Nikhai Hill-Green is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Alabama.
Hill-Green carries tight ends down the field in coverage. The five seasons span four programs and four head coaches: Jim Harbaugh, Biff Poggi, Deion Sanders and Kalen DeBoer. All-Big 12 in 2024 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Georgia — Week 15, 2025.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
54 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-31@ Florida State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 73-0vs UL Monroe | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-21@ No. 5 Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-14vs No. 16 Vanderbilt | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-24@ No. 14 Missouri | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 37-20vs No. 11 Tennessee | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 29-22@ South Carolina | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 20-9vs LSU | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-23vs No. 11 Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-20@ Auburn | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 7-28vs No. 3 Georgia | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Bowl | W 34-24@ No. 8 Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 3-38vs No. 1 Indiana | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 54 | 33 | 5.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
54tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%5 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
6%3 pass breakups54 tackles · 5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalen DeBoer
Pass share
53.4%
523 pass / 456 run
Plays / game
65.3
15 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
504 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #353 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #52 of 76 SEC LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Big 12 2nd team (2024)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2023)
AAC Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 4 schools: Jim Harbaugh, Biff Poggi, Deion Sanders and Kalen DeBoer.
