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Cornerback
5-9 · 185
Texas City, Texas (Texas City)
#1
A veteran cornerback who played in 44 games, with 14 starting assignments, including three bowl games (1999-2000 Cotton Bowls; 2001 Holiday Bowl) ... earned one of UT's "Whatever It Takes" awards as a senior ... was a key reserve on UT's NCAA-leading defense in 2001 (236.2 ypg) ... blocked two kicks during his career.
SENIOR (2001)
Appeared in all 13 games, including the Holiday Bowl, primarily on special teams ... shared UT's "Whatever It Takes" Award ... served as one of the team's kickoff returners ... returned five kicks for 102 yards (20.4 avg.) ... had a long return of 26 yards at Houston ... also registered a pair of tackles on defense and 12 stops (eight solo) on special teams ... added two tackles at Baylor, at Oklahoma State and against No. 3 Oklahoma ... posted a season-high three special teams stops at Texas A&M ... had one tackle in the Big 12 Championship game against No. 9 Colorado ... saw action in the Holiday Bowl victory over No. 21 Washington.
JUNIOR (2000)
Appeared in seven games before sustaining a season-ending shoulder separation at Texas Tech ... registered one solo tackle and a PBU ... also blocked a field goal against Oklahoma State, the second blocked kick of his career and shared UT's Special Team Player of the Week honors for his efforts.
SOPHOMORE (1999)
Played in 13 games, including the Cotton Bowl, at cornerback and on special teams ... started the final 11 games at right cornerback ... second on the team with 11 PBUs ... tied with three other Longhorns for the team lead in interceptions (two) ... posted five or more tackles in six of his last eight games ... had a career-high seven tackles in his first start of the season vs. Rice ... recorded a career-high six solo stops vs. No. 13 Kansas State ... followed that up with a six-tackle, one-pass breakup effort vs. Oklahoma ... also registered six stops in wins over No. 3 Nebraska and Iowa State ... picked off the first two passes of his career at Baylor ... broke up two passes at No. 24 Texas A&M ... had seven tackles and a sack in the Cotton Bowl.
FRESHMAN (1998)
Played in 11 games, including the Cotton Bowl, at cornerback and on special teams as a true freshman ... started three games ... made his first career start against Rice ... also started at Texas Tech and vs. No. 6 Texas A&M ... tallied a season-high five tackles in each of his three starts ... posted 17 tackles (15 solo) and one tackle for loss (-5 yards) ... caused a fumble against Rice ... recorded three pass breakups and a blocked extra point at No. 5 Kansas State.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Rusty Dowling at Texas City High ... earned District Offensive MVP honors as a senior ... also was a two-year starter at point guard for the basketball team ... earned all-region honors as a junior ... was a high jumper on the track team.
PERSONAL
Born 8/19/79 in Galveston, Texas ... full name is Ervis Wilarnold Hill ... majored in youth and community studies.
CAREER STATISTICS
Year G/GS TT (Solo) Sacks TFL INT (Yds.-TD) PBU FC FR High
2001 12/0 2 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0-0) 0 0 0 3/A&M
2000 7/0 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0-0) 1 0 0 1/ULL
1999 12/10 42 (30) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (4-0) 11 0 0 7/Rice
1998 10/3 15 (13) 0 (0) 1 (-5) 0 (0-0) 3 1 0 5/3x
Career 41/13 60 (45) 0 (0) 1 (-5) 2 (4-0) 15 1 0 7/Rice
Special Teams
Year G TT (Solo) FC FR PBLK KBLK
2001 12 12 (8) 0 0 0 0
2000 7 0 (0) 0 0 0 1
1999 12 4 (2) 0 0 0 0
1998 10 2 (2) 0 0 0 1
Career 41 18 (12) 0 0 0 2
High Games
Tackles: 7 vs. Rice (So.)
Interceptions: 2 vs. Baylor (So.)
Pass Breakups: 2 at Texas A&M (So.); vs. Texas Tech (Fr.)
