No current Mean Green football player has seen the field more than senior defensive back Royce Hill.
Hill – who tops the team in career starts with 38 – was voted a defensive co-captain by teammates earlier this fall and has emerged as a key leader in the recent renaissance of the UNT football program.
Switching sides
Hill grew up a fan of the Oakland Raiders – his family is from Los Angeles – and his father, Ronald Hill, was a key figure in beginning his path in sports.
“My dad had me playing sports when I was little,” Hill said. “I actually started playing baseball when I was 4 years old then started playing little league football when I was in fifth or sixth grade.”
The Houston native did not always play on defense, beginning his football days on the other side of the ball.
“When I was young, I played quarterback and wide receiver,” Hill said. “My sophomore year in high school – when I got onto varsity – I messed up the first two plays on offense as a receiver and after that got fired. They moved me to cornerback and I’ve been playing it ever since.”
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