NFL Draft
4/7/25
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Tommi Hill 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For Nebraska Cornhuskers CB
Height: 6004 (verified)
Weight: 213lbs (verified)
Year: Senior
Pro Comparison: Brandon Facyson
Scouting Overview
Nebraska Cornhuskers cornerback Tommi Hill endured a challenging 2024 season that saw him try to play through plantar fasciitis — an injury that cost him essentially half of the season and prevented him from partaking in Nebraska’s scheduled pro day in the spring.
The looming injury is a big question for a player who looked much more complete and dynamic in 2023 than he did in 2024. Hill is a supersized corner that some teams may want to try to develop as a press player.
He offers good length and rare density to play on the perimeter. He’s a tough, combative athlete whose stature works against him in isolation, but he’s illustrated great angles to football and effective ball production when playing healthy in 2023.
2025 NFL Combine Results
TBD
Positives
- Elite length and reach give him a significant area of influence at the catch point and line of scrimmage
- Can be a chore to neutralize on the perimeter in run support thanks to active eyes and physicality
- Football IQ to anticipate route breaks and undercut targets was commonplace on film
Negatives
- Does not have ideal short area agility or hip fluidity over dynamic turn and run transitions
- Can be tested if stacked early in the rep and missing punches in the contact zone
- Just more than 1,100 snaps at cornerback in four seasons
Background
Hill is from Tarpon Spring, FL. He played his high school football for Maynard Evans HS and Edgewater HS and was a two-way star for Edgewater as a wide receiver and defensive back. Hill posted big numbers on both sides en route to a 4-star recruiting ranking (247 Sports). Hill chose Arizona State over two dozen schools and enrolled with the team as a member of their 2021 recruiting class.
Hill played just one season at Arizona State, appearing in 11 games but logging marginal playing time on defense. He entered the transfer portal after one season and landed at Nebraska, where he attempted to convert to wide receiver mid-way through the 2022 campaign. He would go back to defense as his primary position in 2023 and put together his best season at cornerback — although he did log nearly 30 reps on offense that season as well.
Hill endured injury issues in 2024 that cut his season short and prevented him from getting rolling. Hill was in and out of the lineup with a foot injury before Coach Matt Rhule shut him down with a few games left in the season.
He did accept an invitation to the 2025 Reese’s Senior Bowl in January.
Tale Of The Tape
Hill is a fascinating prospect who offers good functional athleticism, elite length, high-end ball skills, thanks to his background at wide receiver, and physical play demeanor in coverage. He’s understandably raw after pinballing back and forth between offense and defense during his college career, and he enters the NFL with less than 1,200 snaps of defensive football to his game.
The two-way background sets the table for an instinctive player who has a firm feel of routes. Hill has been at his best playing leveraged overtop of routes and feeling the stem develop before anticipating the break. He put up big numbers and production in this regard in 2023 during his breakout campaign.
Hill takes good angles out of the top of the stem, and his length and strides put him in a position to challenge tardy quarterbacks or errant throws left inside. His pick-6 against Shedeur Sanders was a poor decision by the quarterback, but Hill nonetheless covered notable ground and showed off the catch radius to extend and pluck the football.
He’s also shown the ability to track the ball vertically. Getting into a trail position can be an adventure due to modest hip mobility and transitional quickness, but once he’s flipped up the field and the ball is in the air, Hill has shown the ability to convert into a receiver, track it down with an optimal pace, and attack it as it arrives at the catch point.
Hill showcases a physicality that will draw him to teams that want to disrupt timing and play in the face of receivers. His footwork and punch timing to be a technical press defender are still underdeveloped, and given his stride length, he must be vigilant, disciplined, and efficient in the contact window.
As a run support player, Hill shows a good appetite for contact and a willingness to insert when motion puts him into closed formations. He’s executed coverage checks well to pressure with motion away and beaten pullers on power concepts for disruption plays in the backfield. He’s not a booming tackler, but he has the tackle radius and good grip strength to wrap and avoid added yardage gained after contact.
In addition to Hill’s defensive upside and ball skills, he’s served intermittently as a kick returner both at Arizona State and at Nebraska, giving him another potential opportunity to make headway to active gameday duty early in his career.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Hill projects as a developmental cornerback who could feasibly play either press man coverage or deep-third zone coverage most effectively at the NFL level.
His press technique will require more development, and he should be considered a more impactful zone corner early in his career.
Grade: 73.50/100.00, Fourth Round Value
Big Board Rank: 118
Position Rank: CB14
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