Player Bio: Efrem Hill

Efrem Hill

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Atlanta, Ga.

High School:
North Springs HS

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 185

Position:
Wide Receiver

Birthdate:
07/23/1983

Experience:
2L

*2003 OVC Male Athlete of the Year
*2003 Consensus All-American
*2003 OVC Offensive Player of the Year
*2003 Walter Payton Award Finalist
*2002 I-AA All-Independent First-Team Offense

2003: A consensus All-America selection . . . Walter Payton Award finalist . . . named Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year and OVC Male Athlete of the Year . . . caught 92 passes for a school-record 1,387 yards . . . led the nation, averaging 126.09 receiving yards per game . . . led the OVC in receiving yards per game, receptions per game (8.36), scoring (8.2 ppg.) and scoring by touchdown (8.2 ppg.) . . . caught seven passes for 107 yards and a touchdown at Chattanooga . . . caught nine passes for 148 yards and a season-high three touchdowns against West Alabama . . . tallied eight receptions for 87 yards at San Diego State . . . caught four passes for 104 yards and a 64-yard touchdown at Eastern Kentucky . . . caught 11 passes for a career-high 223 yards at UT-Martin . . . hauled in eight passes for 95 yards and two touchdowns against Tennessee State . . . caught 10 passes for 112 yards at Tennessee Tech . . . had a school-record 16 receptions for 197 yards and two touchdowns against Jacksonville State . . . caught 10 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown at Eastern Illinois.

2002: Finished second on the team in receiving for the second straight season with 569 yards on 39 receptions and six touchdowns . . . also returned three kickoffs for 102 yards . . . capped off the season with back-to-back 100-yard receiving games . . . caught five passes for 102 yards and one touchdown at Southeast Missouri State . . . hauled in a season- and career-high six receptions for 125 yards and two touchdowns at Youngstown State . . . named I-AA Independent Offensive Player of the Week after his performance at Youngstown State.

2001: Finished second on the team in receiving with 12 catches for 114 yards . . . had one reception in his first three games, catching one for 11 yards against Chattanooga, one for 10 yards against Nicholls State and one for a season-long 24 yards against Jacksonville State . . . caught two passes in each of the next three games . . . snagged two receptions for 12 yards against Charleston Southern . . . had two catches for seven yards against UT-Martin . . . caught two passes for 23 yards against Elon . . . set a career high with three catches for 27 yards against VMI in the season finale.

High School: During his senior season, he rushed for 943 yards and passed for 680 yards . . . started at quarterback since his sophomore season, earning the team's Best Back Award for two consecutive seasons and the Coach's Corner Award . . . was a three-sport athlete at North Springs, also playing baseball and basketball . . . a member of North Fulton's Super 11, he helped lead North Springs to the quarterfinal round and an eighth-place finish in the state . . . placed ninth in the state in the triple jump with a height of 43'13".

Personal: Born July 23, 1983 . . . the son of Veronica Hill . . . majoring in business.