Texas LB Anthony Hill Jr. named Big 12 Co-Defensive Freshman of the Year
Texas freshman linebacker Anthony Hill Jr. was named the All Big 12 Co-Defensive Freshman of the Year, the Big 12 Conference announced on Wednesday.
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The 6-foot-2.5, 230-pounder from Denton (Texas) Ryan product played in all 12 games in 2023, and named Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award semifinalist, has registered 57 tackles (34 solo), 6.5 tackles for loss, four sacks, four quarterback hurries and two pass breakups. The metroplex native notched four sacks, ranking eighth all-time for a UT freshman and are tops among all Power 5 true freshman this season. Hill came up huge against Alabama, collecting a pair of sacks including one on Alabama’s final offensive play of the game that buried the Crimson Tide deep in their own territory. He has recorded at least four tackles in 10 of 12 games this season, including a career high eight tackles against Oklahoma and TCU.
The Longhorns led the conference with seven players named to the first team, followed by Oklahoma with four players and Kansas with three, while seven other programs earned two each. Texas also topped the conference in combined first-team and second-team selections with 10 players, followed by Kansas State and Oklahoma with six each, and Kansas and Oklahoma State with five per team.
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
T’Vondre Sweat
Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year
Byron Murphy II
Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year
Adonai Mitchell
Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year
Anthony Hill Jr.
All-Big 12 First Team
Xavier Worthy (WR, KR/PR)
Ja’Tavion Sanders (TE)
Kelvin Banks Jr. (OL)
Bert Auburn (PK)
Byron Murphy II (DL)
T’Vondre Sweat (DL)
Jaylan Ford (LB)
All-Big 12 Second Team
Jonathon Brooks (RB)
Adonai Mitchell (WR)
Jahdae Barron (DB)
Honorable Mention
Kelvin Banks Jr. (Offensive Lineman of the Year)
CJ Baxter (Offensive Freshman of the Year, RB)
Jonathon Brooks (Offensive Player of the Year)
Terrance Brooks (DB)
Ethan Burke (DL)
Trill Carter (Defensive Newcomer of the Year)
Kitan Crawford (Special Teams Player of the Year)
Alfred Collins (DL)
Quinn Ewers (QB)
Gunnar Helm (TE)
Anthony Hill (LB)
Christian Jones (OL)
Jake Majors (OL)
Ryan Sanborn (P)
Barryn Sorrell (DL)
Michael Taaffe (DB)
Jerrin Thompson (DB)
Jordan Whittington (WR)
