Signed by the Packers on Jan. 14, 2025…Originally selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the sixth round (No. 190 overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft and played in 25 regular-season games with three starts and seven postseason contests over four seasons with Cincinnati (2021-24)…Spent the entire 2024 season on the Bengals' practice squad, serving as a practice-squad elevation twice and playing in one game at the Browns (Oct. 20)… Was on the Bengals' active roster, but was inactive for all 17 games in 2023…Appeared in the final 11 regular-season games and all three postseason contests in 2022, playing seven snaps on offense and 54 snaps on special teams in the regular season…Was active but did not play in the first five games of the season…Saw action on special teams in the postseason…Played in 13 regular-season games with three starts (one at right guard, two at center) as a rookie in 2021, helping protect the NFL Comeback Player of the Year QB Joe Burrow, who completed 366 of 520 passes for 4,611 yards and 34 TDs, and blocking for RB Joe Mixon, who rushed for a career-high 1,205 yards and a career-best 13 TDs on 292 attempts (4.1 avg.)… Was inactive for the other four contests (Weeks 1-2, 15-16)…Made his first career start at RG at Detroit (Oct. 17), helping Mixon compile 94 yards on 18 carries (5.2 avg.) and protecting Burrow as he connected on 19 of 29 passes for 271 yards and three TDs…Also made starts at C vs. the L.A. Chargers (Dec. 5) and at Cleveland (Jan. 9)… Played in 36 games with 26 starts (22 at C, four at RG) in three seasons at Georgia (2018-20)…Started all eight games he played in at C in 2020, missing the final two games due to injury…Snapped for QB Stetson Bennett, who connected on 86 of 155 passes for 1,179 yards and eight TDs with six INTs, and for QB JT Daniels, who completed 80 of 119 passes for 1,231 yards and 10 TDs with two INTs… Also blocked for RB Zamir White, who rushed for 779 yards and a career-best 11 TDs on 144 attempts (5.4 avg.)…Recorded a fumble recovery when he recovered a fumble by a teammate 15 yards from the line of scrimmage to keep a TD drive alive in the third quarter of a 44-21 victory vs. Tennessee (Oct. 10)…Protected Daniels as he connected on a career-best 28 passes for a career-high 401 yards and a career-best four TDs vs. Mississippi State (Nov. 21)…Started all 14 games at C in 2019, earning All-Southeastern Conference second- team accolades from The Associated Press…Snapped for QB Jake Fromm, who started all 14 games and completed 234 of 385 passes for a career-high 2,860 yards and 24 TDs…Blocked for RB D'Andre Swift, who rushed for a career-high 1,218 yards and seven TDs on 196 attempts (6.2 avg.)…Part of an offensive line that didn't allow a sack in six games and ranked tied for No. 5 in the country in sacks allowed per game (1.07)…Blocked for Swift as he carried the ball 21 times for a season-high 179 yards (8.5 avg.) and two TDs vs. Kentucky (Oct. 19)…Helped the Bulldogs' offense compile 500 total yards and six TDs vs. Georgia Tech (Nov. 30) as Fromm completed 14 of 29 passes for 254 yards and a season-high four TDs…Protected Fromm, who connected on 20 of 30 passes for 250 yards and two TDs vs. Baylor (Jan. 1) in the Sugar Bowl…Appeared in all 14 games with four starts at RG as a true freshman in 2018, contributing to a Bulldogs offense that ranked No. 16 in the country in rushing offense (238.8 ypg) and No. 18 in total offense (464.9 ypg)…Made his collegiate debut vs. Austin Peay (Sept. 1)…Played all but four snaps at center at Kentucky (Nov. 3), paving the way for two 100-yard rushers (Swift, 156; RB Elijah Holyfield, 115) and protecting Fromm, who was not sacked and completed 14 of 20 passes for 113 yards and a TD… Made his first career start at RG vs. Massachusetts (Nov. 17), helping to protect QB Justin Fields as he completed 5 of 8 passes for 121 yards and two TDs and also rushed for 102 yards and a TD on seven carries (14.6 avg.)…Earned his degree in sport management…Attended Houston County High School in Warner Robins, Ga., where he was a four-year letterwinner and played on both the offensive and defensive line…Earned Class 6A all-state first-team honors from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Georgia Sports Writers Association as a senior in 2017…Earned AP Class 6A all-state second-team honors as a junior in 2016…Also played baseball and basketball and participated in track & field for two years each…Given name Deontrey Nyquan Hill; born in Oglethorpe, Ga.
