A well-traveled guard who found his best form at Colorado, earning Big 12 Left Guard of the Year honors before signing with the Jets.
Xavier Hill's college path ran through LSU and Memphis before he found a home at Colorado in 2025, where he anchored the Buffaloes' offensive line as their starting left guard. He went unselected in the 2026 NFL Draft despite an eye-catching pro day and signed with the Jets as an undrafted free agent.
Path to the league
Hill spent three seasons at LSU before transferring to Memphis and then to Colorado for the 2025 season. He quickly won the starting left guard job in Boulder, becoming an anchor for the Buffaloes' offensive line in his lone year there.
Career highlights
Pro Football Focus named Hill the third-best pass blocker in the Big 12 in 2025 and honored him as the conference's Left Guard of the Year. He went unselected in the 2026 NFL Draft but generated buzz with a strong pro day, running a 4.99-second 40-yard dash and putting up 26 bench press reps, before signing with the Jets as an undrafted free agent.
2025 season recap
In his only season at Colorado, Hill started 10 of 11 games played at left guard, logging 703 snaps while allowing just three sacks, one quarterback hit and 11 quarterback hurries. The performance earned him Big 12 Left Guard of the Year recognition from Pro Football Focus and a shot with the Jets as a priority undrafted free agent.
Sources
- ESPN: Xavier Hill
- SI: How Colorado's System Prepared Xavier Hill for the NFL
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Guard
- Group
- offense
- College
- Colorado
- Hometown
- Olive Branch, MS, USA
- Age
- 25
- Status
- active
