| David HillHill, David EarlHeight: 6-2 Weight: 240 Born: January 1, 1954 High School: Highlands (San Antonio, TX) | 
| Year | College | Status | 
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | Lettered | 
| 1973 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | Lettered | 
| 1974 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | Lettered | 
| 1975 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | Lettered | 
| Draft: 2nd round (46th overall) 1976 Detroit Lions | 
| Relatives: Brother of Jim Hill | 
| NFL Game Logs | 
| NFL Playoff Statistics | 
| Roster Key • Stat Key | 
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Detroit Lions (NFL)1976 DET NFL | 81 | TE | 14 | 1 | 
| 1977 Detroit Lions (NFL)1977 DET NFL | 81 | TE | 14 | 11 | 
| 1978 Detroit Lions (NFL)1978 DET NFL | 81 | TE | 16 | 16 | 
| 1979 Detroit Lions (NFL)1979 DET NFL | 81 | TE | 16 | 15 | 
| 1980 Detroit Lions (NFL)1980 DET NFL | 81 | TE | 16 | 16 | 
| 1981 Detroit Lions (NFL)1981 DET NFL | 81 | TE | 15 | 15 | 
| 1982 Detroit Lions (NFL)1982 DET NFL | 81 | TE | 9 | 8 | 
| 1983 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1983 LARM NFL | 81 | TE | 16 | 2 | 
| 1984 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1984 LARM NFL | 81 | TE-UBK | 16 | 16 | 
| 1985 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1985 LARM NFL | 81 | TE | 16 | 16 | 
| 1986 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1986 LARM NFL | 81 | TE | 16 | 15 | 
| 1987 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1987 LARM NFL | 81 | TE | 12 | 12 | 
| 12 Years (NFL)12 Years NFL | 176 | 143 | 
| Transaction | Date | Team | 
|---|---|---|
| Draft | 4/8/1976 | 1976 Detroit Lions (NFL)1976 DET NFL | 
| Signed | 7/16/1976 | 1976 Detroit Lions (NFL)1976 DET NFL | 
| Traded | 8/19/1983 | 1983 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1983 LARM NFL | 
| Exemption | 9/23/1987 | 1987 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1987 LARM NFL | 
| Activated | 10/20/1987 | 1987 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1987 LARM NFL | 
| Free Agent | 2/1/1988 | 1987 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1987 LARM NFL | 
| Signed | 4/19/1988 | 1988 Detroit Lions (NFL)1988 DET NFL | 
| Reserve/Did Not Report | 8/23/1988 | 1988 Detroit Lions (NFL)1988 DET NFL | 
| Free Agent | 2/1/1989 | 1988 Detroit Lions (NFL)1988 DET NFL | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Detroit Lions (NFL)1976 DET NFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 30 | ||
| 1977 Detroit Lions (NFL)1977 DET NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1978 Detroit Lions (NFL)1978 DET NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 24 | ||
| 1979 Detroit Lions (NFL)1979 DET NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 18 | ||
| 1980 Detroit Lions (NFL)1980 DET NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1981 Detroit Lions (NFL)1981 DET NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 24 | ||
| 1982 Detroit Lions (NFL)1982 DET NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 24 | ||
| 1983 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1983 LARM NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1984 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1984 LARM NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1985 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1985 LARM NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1986 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1986 LARM NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 28 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 168 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 Detroit Lions (NFL)1977 DET NFL | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1978 Detroit Lions (NFL)1978 DET NFL | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979 Detroit Lions (NFL)1979 DET NFL | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | COM% | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | SK | YL | FD | 20+ | 40+ | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Detroit Lions (NFL)1976 DET NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1977 Detroit Lions (NFL)1977 DET NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | YAC | FUM | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Detroit Lions (NFL)1976 DET NFL | 19 | 249 | 13.1 | 24t | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 1977 Detroit Lions (NFL)1977 DET NFL | 32 | 465 | 14.5 | 61 | 2 | |||||||
| 1978 Detroit Lions (NFL)1978 DET NFL | 53 | 633 | 11.9 | 32 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 1979 Detroit Lions (NFL)1979 DET NFL | 47 | 569 | 12.1 | 40 | 3 | |||||||
| 1980 Detroit Lions (NFL)1980 DET NFL | 39 | 424 | 10.9 | 29 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1981 Detroit Lions (NFL)1981 DET NFL | 33 | 462 | 14.0 | 34 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 1982 Detroit Lions (NFL)1982 DET NFL | 22 | 252 | 11.5 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1983 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1983 LARM NFL | 28 | 280 | 10.0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 1984 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1984 LARM NFL | 31 | 300 | 9.7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1985 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1985 LARM NFL | 29 | 271 | 9.3 | 37 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1986 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1986 LARM NFL | 14 | 202 | 14.4 | 33 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1987 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1987 LARM NFL | 11 | 105 | 9.5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 358 | 4212 | 11.8 | 61 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Detroit Lions (NFL)1976 DET NFL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1977 Detroit Lions (NFL)1977 DET NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1978 Detroit Lions (NFL)1978 DET NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1979 Detroit Lions (NFL)1979 DET NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1980 Detroit Lions (NFL)1980 DET NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1981 Detroit Lions (NFL)1981 DET NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1983 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1983 LARM NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1984 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1984 LARM NFL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1985 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1985 LARM NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1986 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1986 LARM NFL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1987 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1987 LARM NFL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 
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