J. D. Hill
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Position: | Wide receiver |
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Personal information | |
Born: | Stockton, CA | October 30, 1948
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 202 lb (92 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Edison (Stockton, California) |
College: | Arizona State |
NFL Draft: | 1971 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4 |
Career history | |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com |
J. D. Hill (born October 30, 1948, in Stockton, California) is a retired American football wide receiver who played seven seasons in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions; he played college football at Arizona State University.[1] He was the first wide receiver selected in the 1971 NFL Draft at 4th in the first round by the Bills.[2][3] His son, Lonzell Hill, also played wide receiver in the NFL. Another son, Shelby Hill, was a wide receiver for Syracuse University.
In 2014 Hill and seven other players were named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the NFL. It alleges he, and more than 400 others were illegally given narcotics to mask the pain so they could play in games. "I became addicted and turned to the streets after my career and was homeless. Never took a drug in my life, and I became a junkie in the NFL" he said. [4]
References[]
- ^ J.D. Hill Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine databasefootball.com
- ^ Wallace, William N. "Patriots Choose Plunkett as No. 1 in College Draft, Spurning Trade Offers," The New York Times, Friday, January 29, 1971. Retrieved November 2, 2020
- ^ 1971 NFL Draft Pick Transactions, January 28 (Rounds 1–7) & 29 (Rounds 8–17) – Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved November 2, 2020
- ^ "Ex-NFL players allege league illegally supplied them with drugs".
- 1948 births
- Living people
- Players of American football from Stockton, California
- American football wide receivers
- Arizona State Sun Devils football players
- Buffalo Bills players
- Detroit Lions players
- American Conference Pro Bowl players
- All-American college football players
- American football wide receiver, 1940s birth stubs