Jaylen Jerrod Hill (born May 26, 1994) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

cornerback A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football. Cornerbacks cover receivers most of the time, but also blitz and defend against such offensive running plays as sweeps and reverses. They create tur ...

who is currently a free agent. He played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

Jacksonville State Jacksonville State University (JSU) is a public university in Jacksonville, Alabama. Founded in 1883, Jacksonville State offers programs of study in six academic schools leading to bachelor's, master's, education specialist, and doctorate degrees ...

Professional career

Hill signed with the

Baltimore Ravens The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays its ...

as an undrafted free agent on May 16, 2017. He made the Ravens' final roster as an undrafted rookie, playing in six games primarily on special teams. He tore his ACL and MCL in Week 16 and was placed on injured reserve on December 26, 2017. On August 31, 2018, Hill was placed on the

physically unable to perform Physically unable to perform (PUP) is a roster designation used in the National Football League (NFL) for players who suffered injuries during football-related activities prior to the start of training camp. Players on the PUP list may participate ...

list to start the season while recovering from knee surgery. On March 19, 2019, Hill was released by the Ravens.

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1994 births Living people African-American players of American football Players of American football from Marietta, Georgia American football cornerbacks Jacksonville State Gamecocks football players Baltimore Ravens players 21st-century African-American sportspeople {{Defensiveback-1990s-stub