#30

Daxton Hill

Former defensive back at Michigan. 2021: 2 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 69 tackles.

DB · Michigan · So. · #30

6′0″ · 192 lb · Tulsa, OK

CFB Index 86 · #20 of 321 cornersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamCincinnati — drafted 2022, Rd 1, Pick 31, #31 overall

Recruiting

5★

S recruit

No. 14 nationally · Signed with Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Michigan. 2021: 2 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 69 tackles.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Michigan in 2019.
Drafted round 1 by the Cincinnati in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Michigan, 143 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #31 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

201912 games

Signed with Michigan5-star out of Booker T. Washington

202113 games

All-Big Tenfirst

2022

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 1, pick 31

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#14 national

CFB

College

Michigan

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #31

Cincinnati · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

Played his entire career under Jim Harbaugh.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 5th NFL season

#31Rd 1 · Pick 31

CincinnatiEntering 5th NFL season

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2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Jim Harbaugh — 23-10 over that span.

2019Michigan9-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2020Michigan2-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Pass-leaning

2021Michigan12-2HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

86All-Conference level #20 of 321?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (97th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (91st percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#67 / 2743 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#235 / 2743 · 91st pct

QB hurries#213 / 2743 · 90th pct

Tackles#279 / 2743 · 90th pct

Interceptions#126 / 824 · 73rd pct

Tackles for loss#688 / 2743 · 73rd pct

4.5

Sacks#1293 / 2743 · 50th pct

0.5

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.4	0.4	0.0	0.4
Road6g	4.5	0.3	0.1	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.8	0.4	0.1	0.7
Weeks 8+7g	5.1	0.3	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

86 · #20 of 321 corners

Former five-star. Now #20 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Michigan	69	42	4.5	0.5	8	2	--
2020	Michigan	38	24	0.0	0.0	4	--	--
2019	Michigan	36	25	3.0	0.0	3	1	--
Career		143	91	7.5	0.5	15	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2021

W 42–27

vs Ohio State

7 TOT · 4 SOLO

With C. McNamara — 159 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 78.6 · 9 rush yds (1 car) · H. Haskins — 169 rush yds (28 car) · 5 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 47-14vs Western Michigan	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 31-10vs Washington	6	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 63-10vs Northern Illinois	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 20-13vs Rutgers	5	4	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 38-17@ Wisconsin	6	4	0.5	0.5	1	1
Wk 6	W 32-29@ Nebraska	5	2	0.5	0.0	1	0
Wk 8	W 33-7vs Northwestern	6	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 33-37@ Michigan State	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 10	W 29-7vs Indiana	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 11	W 21-17@ Penn State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 59-18@ Maryland	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 42-27vs Ohio State	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 42-3@ Iowa	5	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Total		65	39	4.5	0.5	2	7

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology