Colorado University Athletics
2025 Football Roster

Jersey Number 71
Xavier Hill
- Position:
- Offensive Lineman
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 320
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Olive Branch, Miss.
- High School:
- Olive Branch
- Prev School:
- LSU/Memphis
AT COLORADO
HONORS
HONORS
- PFF Big 12 LG of the Week (Week 5)
- First-Team Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12
- Second-Team Pick Six Previews Preseason All-Big 12
- Fourth-Team Athlon Preseason All-Big 12
- No. 29 Offensive Guard Phil Steele Draft Eligible
- Played in 11 games during the 2025 season, starting in 10.
- Third on the offensive line in snaps played with 703.
- Allowed three sacks, one quarterback hits, and 11 hurries.
- Graded the third best pass blocker in the Big 12 and the top rated guard.
- Named PFF Big 12 LG of the Week (Week 5), First-Team Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12, Second-Team Pick Six Previews Preseason All-Big 12, Fourth-Team Athlon Preseason All-Big 12, No. 29 Offensive Guard Phil Steele Draft Eligible.
- 247 Sports lists him with a transfer rating of .8800 as the No. 295 ranked player overall and No. 32 interior lineman (as of July 30, 2025).
- Enters Colorado as a graduate transfer with one year to play one.
- Played and started all 26 games across two seasons at Memphis going 21-5 and won two bowl games.
- In 2024 he was named First Team All-AAC and was on the Outland Trophy Preseason Watchlist.
- One of the leaders on a Memphis offensive line that paved the way for seven 200-yard rushing performances this season and over 2,250 yards on the ground.
- Helped the Tiger offense to rank fourth nationally in time of possession (33:14), No. 12 in scoring offense (35.7), No. 16 in total offense (444.5), No. 20 in passing offense (270.5), No. 26 in first down offense (300) and No. 36 in fewest sacks allowed (19).
- Named College Football Network Preseason AAC Guard of the Year.
- Received First Team Preseason All-AAC (Phil Steele) honors.
- After starting all 13 games in 2023 he was named Second Team All-AAC.
- Helped the Tigers rank sixth in the NCAA in scoring offense (39.4), 10th in passing offense (306.5), 14th in total offense (458.5) and 17th in team passing efficiency (154.79) and completion percentage (.667).
- Played in seven games across three seasons at LSU with two starts.
- Saw action in three games in 2022 against Auburn, New Mexico, and Tennessee.
- Played in three games in his second season, making his first two career starts at left tackle in wins against Central Michigan and McNeese.
- Made one appearance his freshman season in a win over South Carolina.
- Ranked a three star prospect by the recruiting services.
- 247 Sports rated him the No. 30 guard, and the No. 15 player from Mississippi.
- The 247 Sports Composite listed him as the No. 471 player nationally, the No. 24 guard, and the No. 12 player from Mississippi.
- On3 ranked Hill as the No. 1,261 player nationally, and the No. 94 interior offensive lineman.
- Played three seasons of varsity football for head coach Tyler Turner at Olive Branch High School in Mississippi.
- Helped lead his team to a record of 33-8 in his career.
- Represented Mississippi in the 2019 Mississippi-Alabama Football Classic in 2019.
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