Lavert Hill (born October 3, 1998) 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 ...

for the St. Louis BattleHawks of the

XFL XFL may refer to: Sports * XFL (2001), a defunct American football league that played its only season in 2001 * XFL (2020), a professional American football league Vehicles * Bell XFL Airabonita, a 1940 U.S. Navy experimental interceptor aircra ...

. He helped Martin Luther King High School earn the 2015

Michigan High School Athletic Association The Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) is a service organization for high school sports in Michigan and is headquartered in East Lansing. It is a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). Unlike ma ...

Division 2 championship and played in the 2016 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He was recognized as the Lockheed Martin Air Defender of the Year as the nation's top high school defensive back. As a junior at Michigan, he was a 2018 All-Big Ten first-team selection by both the coaches and media. He is the younger brother of

Lano Hill Lano Kash-Pride Hill (born Delano Kash-Pride Hill; November 26, 1995) is an American football safety for the Michigan Panthers of the United States Football League (USFL). He played college football at Michigan. He is the older brother of Laver ...

Early career

In January 2015 Hill gave a verbal commitment to

Penn State #Redirect Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campu ...

and transferred from

Cass Technical High School Cass Technical High School (simply referred to as Cass Tech) is a public high school in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, United States.

to Martin Luther King High School. In November 2015, Hill decommitted from Penn State. As a high school senior, Hill tallied 12

interception In ball-playing competitive team sports, an interception or pick is a move by a player involving a pass of the ball—whether by foot or hand, depending on the rules of the sport—in which the ball is intended for a player of the same team b ...

s (3 for

touchdown A touchdown (abbreviated as TD) is a scoring play in gridiron football. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball into the opponent's end zone. In Ameri ...

s). Hill made several catches, including two touchdowns as part of Martin Luther King's comeback victory in the 2015 Michigan High School Athletic Association Class 2 championship game over Lowell High School. His brother, Lano, had won two Michigan High School Athletic Association championships at Cass Tech. Lavert Hill was a participant in the 2016 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He earned the Lockeed Martin Air Defender of the Year honor as the top defensive back in the national class of 2016. On February 2, 2016, he signed with Michigan with the anticipation of playing in the same defensive backfield as his brother for the first time.

College career

Hill's mentors at Michigan were Cass Tech alums cornerback

Jourdan Lewis Jourdan Julian Lewis (born August 31, 1995) is an American football cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan, where he was named First-team All-American and First-team All-Bi ...

and his

safety Safety is the state of being "safe", the condition of being protected from harm or other danger. Safety can also refer to risk management, the control of recognized hazards in order to achieve an acceptable level of risk. Meanings There are ...

brother. He made his debut on September 3, 2016, against

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

in the season opener as one of 17 true freshmen to appear in the game. Hill's first career start was for the

2017 Michigan Wolverines football team The 2017 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the sport of college football during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolverines played in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference and playe ...

against

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

on September 2, 2017. He had an interception return for a touchdown a week later against

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

. Following the season Hill earned 2017 All-Big Ten team recognition from the coaches (second-team) and the media (honorable mention). His brother, Lano, had been a second-team (coaches) and honorable mention (media) honoree for the 2016 All-Big Ten team. On October 13, 2018, against

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

, Hill recorded a 21-yard interception return for a touchdown. He became the third player in Michigan program history to register two interception returns for touchdowns, following Lance Dottin and

Thom Darden The surname Thom is of Scottish origin, from the city of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Angus, and is a sept of the Clan MacThomas. Thom is also a first name variant of the abbreviation " Tom" of "Thomas" that holds the "h". People with the sur ...

. Following the 2018 season, Hill was named to the 2018 All-Big Ten defensive first-team by both the coaches and media. During the 2019 season, Hill led the Big Ten in passer rating against (23.9 passer rating allowed), and made 15 tackles with a team-leading 12 pass breakups (nine breakups, three interceptions). Following the season, Hill was named to the 2019 All-Big Ten defensive first-team by both the coaches and media.

Professional career

Kansas City Chiefs

Hill signed with the

Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The tea ...

as an undrafted free agent on April 26, 2020. He was waived during final roster cuts on September 5, 2020. He was signed to the practice squad the following day. He was released on November 24, 2020.

Philadelphia Eagles

On December 8, 2020, Hill was signed to the

Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays ...

practice squad. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Eagles on January 4, 2021. He was waived on August 23, 2021.

Arizona Cardinals

On October 26, 2021, Hill was signed to the

Arizona Cardinals The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Cardinals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division, and play t ...

practice squad. He was released on November 1.

San Francisco 49ers

On December 15, 2021, Hill was signed to the

San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National ...

Cleveland Browns

On August 5, 2022, Hill signed with the

Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference ( ...

. Hill was waived with an injured designation on August 30, 2022; after clearing waivers, he reverted to the Browns' injured reserve list on August 31, 2022. He was released on September 9.

References

External links

Michigan bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Lavert 1998 births Living people Players of American football from Detroit Cass Technical High School alumni Martin Luther King High School (Detroit) alumni American football defensive backs Michigan Wolverines football players Kansas City Chiefs players Philadelphia Eagles players Arizona Cardinals players San Francisco 49ers players Cleveland Browns players