Nikhai Hill-Green

Class:
Junior
Position:
LB
Height:
6-2
Weight:
232
Hometown:
Pittsburgh, Pa.
High School:
St. Frances Academy

CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

CAREER HIGHS
• Tackles: 8 - vs. Rutgers (Sept. 25, 2021)
• Solos: 6 - vs. Rutgers (Sept. 25, 2021)
• Asst: 3 - vs. Georgia (Dec. 31, 2021)
• TFLs: 1.0, 2x last vs. Rutgers (Sept. 25, 2021)
• Sacks: none
• Int.: none
• FR: none
• PBUs: 1 - vs. Washington (Sept. 11, 2021)

At Michigan
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2021, '22)
• Two-year letterman (2020-21)
• Has appeared in 18 career games including six on special teams only and six starts at linebacker

Junior (2022)
• Did not see game action

Sophomore (2021)
• Appeared in all 14 games with six starts at linebacker and also played special teams; made 50 tackles including two for a loss and one pass breakup to earn his second varsity letter
• Made his first career start at linebacker and made four solo tackles against Western Michigan (Sept. 4)
• Credited with three solo tackles and one pass breakup against Washington (Sept. 11)
• Made three tackles (two solo) including one in the backfield in a start against Northern Illinois (Sept. 18)
• Starting against Rutgers (Sept. 25), led the team in tackles for the first time in his career with eight (six solo) and made his first stop behind the line of scrimmage
• Produced five tackles (four solo) in a start at Wisconsin (Oct. 2)
• Delivered four solo stops in a start at linebacker at Nebraska (Oct. 9)
• Tallied four tackles (two solo) against Northwestern (Oct. 23)
• Made two stops (one solo) at Michigan State (Oct. 30)
• Credited with three tackles (one solo) playing against Indiana (Nov. 6)
• Made two stops (one solo) playing linebacker and contributing on special teams at Penn State (Nov. 13)
• Playing at linebacker and on special teams at Maryland (Nov. 20), made five tackles (four solo)
• Played snaps at linebacker and contributed on special teams against Ohio State (Nov. 27)
• As a linebacker, contributed three tackles (two solo) against Iowa in the Big Ten Championship Game (Dec. 4) and also contributed on special teams
• Credited with four tackles against Georgia in the Capital one Orange Bowl/CFP Semifinal (Dec. 31)

Freshman (2020)
• Appeared in three games on special teams to earn his first varsity letter
• Made his collegiate debut on special teams against Michigan State (Oct. 31)
• Contributed on special teams Penn State (Nov. 28)
• Assisted on a tackle playing special teams against Wisconsin (Nov. 14)

Prep
• Attended St. Frances Academy (2020), coached by Biff Poggi and Hank Russell
• Helped lead St. Frances to an 11-1 season in 2019 and the No. 3 rank in HighSchoolFootballAmerica.com’s national rankings and the No. 5 ranking in the USA Today Super 25
• Part of a defense that shut out six opponents in 2019

Honors and Rankings
• A three-star prospect by 247Sports Composite rankings, the No. 380 player in the country, No. 27 outside linebacker and No. 16 player in Maryland
• Rated as a four-star prospect by 247Sports, the No. 305 player nationally, No. 26 outside linebacker and Maryland’s 10th-best prospect
• ESPN four-star prospect ranked as the No. 30 player at his position and No. 11 player in Maryland
• Rivals.com three-star prospect listed No. 23 at his position and No. 20 in his home state
• PrepStar Magazine Top 350 All-American; rated as the 14th-best recruit in Maryland, the nation’s 29th overall outside linebacker prospect and the 344th-rated recruit in the country
• Finalist for the 2019 High School Butkus Award

Personal
• Nikhai Seiyere Hill-Green was born December 30, 2000