Hill Named to Lombardi Award Watch List
Rotary Lombardi Preliminary Watch list. The award is presented at
the conclusion of the college football season to the top lineman in
college football. Offensive linemen, defensive linemen, tight ends
and inside linebackers are eligible for the award. This is the 35th
year of the award, which is presented by the Rotary Club of Houston,
TX.
Hill was one of 54 players named to the preseason watch list,
one of six players from the Atlantic Coast Conference. The other
ACC players were Alex Barron of Florida State, C.J. Brooks of
Maryland, Eric Henderson of Georgia Tech, Heath Miller of Virginia,
and Eric Winston of Miami (FL).
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Hill, who will be a senior in 2004, was a first-team All-ACC
selection last year when he ranked second in the nation in tackles
for loss with 27. He also ranked fifth in the nation in solo tackles
(110) and had 145 tackles overall in 13 games as a starter. He had
43 tackles during Clemson's four game winning streak to end the
season, including double figure tackle games in Clemson's wins over
top 10 Florida State and Tennessee teams. Hill was named the
Defensive Player of the Game in the 2004 Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl when
he had 12 tackles, including a pair of sacks.
A Clemson player has never won the Lombardi Award. William
Perry was a finalist in 1984.
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