{"id":109331,"date":"2021-04-07T15:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T19:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=109331"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:01:36","slug":"2021-nfl-draft-kylin-hill-player-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/04\/07\/2021-nfl-draft-kylin-hill-player-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 NFL Draft: Kylin Hill Player Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Kylin Hill 2021 NFL Draft Overview<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Position: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Running back<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Height: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5&#8242;-10 \u215c\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Weight: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">214-pounds<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Arms: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30 \u00bd\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Hands: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9 \u215d\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><b>School: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mississippi State<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Pro Day Performance<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b>40-yard dash: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.57<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Vertical: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">36\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Broad: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">122\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Three-cone: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7.20<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021-nfl-draft-profiles\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>More 2021 NFL Draft Profiles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>Kylin Hill 2021 NFL Draft Profile<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a true freshman in 2017, Hill appeared in all 13 games for Mississippi State where he saw time on both offense as well as special teams. Hill concluded the season having rushed for 393 yards and two touchdowns on just 78 carries with a 5.04 average yards per carry. The performance ranked Hill as the eighth leading rusher by an SEC freshman. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a sophomore in 2018, Hill won the starting job and went on to play in 11 games while missing two due to a back injury. Nevertheless, Hill put together an impressive season as he rushed for 734 yards and four touchdowns on 117 carries. Moreover, the running back added impressive receiving numbers as he led the conference with four receiving touchdowns. In 2019, the junior running back started all 13 games and led the team in carries, rushing yards, and rushing touchdowns. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hill, impressively, ran for 1,350 yards and 10 touchdowns on 242 rush attempts which gave him an average of 5.58 yards per rush. Furthermore, Hill averaged over 100 rushing yards per game with an average of 103.8. Additionally, the running back was responsible for Mississippi State\u2019s longest rush of the season, 62 yards, along with their longest reception of the season, 88 yards. In 2020, the senior started in three games before leaving the team while breaking the school\u2019s single game receiving record with 158 yards against LSU.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Strengths<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has an NFL ready body and has proven he can handle a large workload both in the running and passing game;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At 214 pounds, Hill absorbs contact well while remaining balanced with his base;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of versatility and can align within different positions within different formations and while he may be best served as a third-down back to preserve his health, Hill has the ability to be a three-down runner;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finishes his runs and has the strength to run in between the tackles;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hill gets vertically with ease and hits open holes with decisiveness along with power.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Weaknesses<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does not have elite speed or quickness and will not consistently break off long runs;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lacks a second gear burst;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pass protection could use polishing;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will rarely create his own holes if the offensive line breaks down;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hill\u2019s overall running vision is just average which negatively influences his ability to wait for rushing lanes to fully develop.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>NFL Comparison: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=WhitJa02,WhitJa20&amp;search=James+White&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James White<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Teams With Need at Position: <\/b>Arizona Cardinals<b>, <\/b>Miami Dolphins<b>, <\/b>New England Patriots<b>, <\/b>Pittsburgh Steelers<b>, <\/b>Atlanta Falcons<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Projection: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third Round<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Bottom Line on Kylin Hill<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given the right situation and offense, Hill could easily develop into a very good, possibly elite, number two option out of the backfield. Much how the Patriots have utilized White as an elite pass-catcher out of the backfield while picking their spots to hand him the ball, Hill has a similar skill set as well as body type. Furthermore, the versatility Hill offers as a mid-round pick will have offensive coordinators salivating to draw up mismatches for Hill against slower linebackers. While Hill will never be the elite of the elite such as Najee Harris or Travis Etienne project as, he could certainly make an NFL offense significantly better as well as more versatile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021-nfl-draft-profiles\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>More 2021 NFL Draft Profiles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"J7EuGi2rQ2Z4M9426nnOUg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1303371604\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'J7EuGi2rQ2Z4M9426nnOUg',sig:'1un3-XrhjmfWR3giV6iP6inCL51b07eoF_5yJmfgYAQ=',w:'594px',h:'446px',items:'1303371604',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kylin Hill 2021 NFL Draft Overview Position: Running back Height: 5&#8242;-10 \u215c\u201d Weight: 214-pounds Arms: 30 \u00bd\u201d Hands: 9 \u215d\u201d School: Mississippi State Pro Day Performance 40-yard dash: 4.57 Vertical: 36\u201d Broad: 122\u201d Three-cone: 7.20 More 2021 NFL Draft Profiles Kylin Hill 2021 NFL Draft Profile As a true freshman in 2017, Hill appeared in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3217,"featured_media":109509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1647,54,33760],"tags":[7927,2030],"class_list":["post-109331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-draft","category-editorials","category-profiles","tag-kylin-hill","tag-nfl-draft-profiles"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247014,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109331\/revisions\/247014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}