2022 Football Roster
Roster
Hill, Jaydon

Jersey Number 23
Jaydon Hill
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Weight:
- 191
- Hometown:
- Huntsville, Ala.
- High School:
- Bob Jones
Bio
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COLLEGIATE HONORS
2023: Started at STAR in 11 games and has appeared in all 12… Finished with a career-high in tackles (39), tackles-for-loss (4.0), sacks (2.0) with four pass breakups, two quarterback hurries and a fumble recovery… Had a pass breakup with three tackles vs. No. 5 Florida State (Nov. 25)... Third-straight game with a solo tackle-for-loss and had four solo tackles at No. 9 Missouri (Nov. 18)... Led the team in tackles with a career-high seven (five solo) with a solo sack at No. 18 LSU (Nov. 11)... Had a quarterback hurry, solo sack for a loss of four yards with four tackles (three solo) against Arkansas (Nov. 4)... Recorded a quarterback hurry with three tackles vs. No. 1 Georgia (Oct. 28)... Finished with six solo tackles at South Carolina (Oct. 14)... Broke up a pass and had four tackles (two solo) with half a tackle-for-loss vs. Vanderbilt (Oct. 7)... Made two solo tackles against No. 11 Tennessee (Sept. 16)... Had five tackles (two solo) in the home opener vs. McNeese (Sept. 9) with a pass breakup… Assisted on tackle-for-loss in the season opener at No. 14 Utah (Aug. 31).
2022: Started cornerback in the last nine straight games…Tied for team-leading in interceptions (2) and totaled 24 tackles with a half a sack and two pass breakups and fumble recovery… Accounted for a solo tackle against Oregon State (Dec. 17) in the Las Vegas Bowl… Assisted on a tackle at Florida State (Nov. 25)... Recorded first career half sack and fumble with four tackles at Vanderbilt (Nov. 19)... Accounted for three solo tackles against South Carolina (Nov. 12)... Posted two pass breakups at Texas A&M (Nov. 5)... Logged two tackles vs. No. 1 Georgia (Oct. 29)... Totaled six tackles (five solo) v. LSU (Oct. 15)... Had two interceptions, including his career first for a 49-yard touchdown return as his second set up a touchdown drive. He also had three solo tackles… Made first appearance since 2020 with a start vs. Eastern Washington (Oct. 2) and finished with four tackles.
2021: Earned a medical redshirt after suffering a season ending injury prior to the season.
2020: Appeared in all 12 games, recording five starts… Finished the season with 14 tackles (nine solo, five assisted), while also notching seven pass break ups, ranking second amongst Gators defenders… Recorded one assisted tackle against Ole Miss (Sept. 26)… Set a new career high for pass break ups in a game with three versus South Carolina (Oct. 3)… Logged two solo tackles at Texas A&M (Oct. 10)… Registered a pass break up against Missouri (Oct. 24)… Finished with one solo tackle against Georgia (Nov. 7)… Took reps against Arkansas (Nov. 14)… Recorded one solo tackle at Vanderbilt (Nov. 21)… Logged one tackle against Kentucky (Nov. 28)… Registered one solo tackle at Tennessee (Dec. 5)… Accounted for one solo and one assisted tackle against LSU (Dec. 12)… Saw action against Alabama (Dec. 19)… Recorded three solo tackles and three pass break ups against Oklahoma (Dec. 30) in the Cotton Bowl.
2019: Appeared in 10 games as a reserve defensive back… Recorded five solo tackles and six assisted tackles throughout the season… Had half a tackle for loss for seven yards against Towson… Notched a career-high four tackles against UT Martin… Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
High School
2017 AHSAA Class 7A first-team All-State selection, as he tallied five interceptions (returning one for a touchdown) and 26 pass breakups his junior year... Had 10 tackles and two pass breakups before suffering a season-ending torn ACL in September... Also a punt returner for Bob Jones... Played for coach Kevin Rose... Chose Florida over Michigan, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas A&M, among others.
COLLEGIATE HONORS
- SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 7, 2022)
- Two-time SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2019 & 2022)
2023: Started at STAR in 11 games and has appeared in all 12… Finished with a career-high in tackles (39), tackles-for-loss (4.0), sacks (2.0) with four pass breakups, two quarterback hurries and a fumble recovery… Had a pass breakup with three tackles vs. No. 5 Florida State (Nov. 25)... Third-straight game with a solo tackle-for-loss and had four solo tackles at No. 9 Missouri (Nov. 18)... Led the team in tackles with a career-high seven (five solo) with a solo sack at No. 18 LSU (Nov. 11)... Had a quarterback hurry, solo sack for a loss of four yards with four tackles (three solo) against Arkansas (Nov. 4)... Recorded a quarterback hurry with three tackles vs. No. 1 Georgia (Oct. 28)... Finished with six solo tackles at South Carolina (Oct. 14)... Broke up a pass and had four tackles (two solo) with half a tackle-for-loss vs. Vanderbilt (Oct. 7)... Made two solo tackles against No. 11 Tennessee (Sept. 16)... Had five tackles (two solo) in the home opener vs. McNeese (Sept. 9) with a pass breakup… Assisted on tackle-for-loss in the season opener at No. 14 Utah (Aug. 31).
2022: Started cornerback in the last nine straight games…Tied for team-leading in interceptions (2) and totaled 24 tackles with a half a sack and two pass breakups and fumble recovery… Accounted for a solo tackle against Oregon State (Dec. 17) in the Las Vegas Bowl… Assisted on a tackle at Florida State (Nov. 25)... Recorded first career half sack and fumble with four tackles at Vanderbilt (Nov. 19)... Accounted for three solo tackles against South Carolina (Nov. 12)... Posted two pass breakups at Texas A&M (Nov. 5)... Logged two tackles vs. No. 1 Georgia (Oct. 29)... Totaled six tackles (five solo) v. LSU (Oct. 15)... Had two interceptions, including his career first for a 49-yard touchdown return as his second set up a touchdown drive. He also had three solo tackles… Made first appearance since 2020 with a start vs. Eastern Washington (Oct. 2) and finished with four tackles.
2021: Earned a medical redshirt after suffering a season ending injury prior to the season.
2020: Appeared in all 12 games, recording five starts… Finished the season with 14 tackles (nine solo, five assisted), while also notching seven pass break ups, ranking second amongst Gators defenders… Recorded one assisted tackle against Ole Miss (Sept. 26)… Set a new career high for pass break ups in a game with three versus South Carolina (Oct. 3)… Logged two solo tackles at Texas A&M (Oct. 10)… Registered a pass break up against Missouri (Oct. 24)… Finished with one solo tackle against Georgia (Nov. 7)… Took reps against Arkansas (Nov. 14)… Recorded one solo tackle at Vanderbilt (Nov. 21)… Logged one tackle against Kentucky (Nov. 28)… Registered one solo tackle at Tennessee (Dec. 5)… Accounted for one solo and one assisted tackle against LSU (Dec. 12)… Saw action against Alabama (Dec. 19)… Recorded three solo tackles and three pass break ups against Oklahoma (Dec. 30) in the Cotton Bowl.
2019: Appeared in 10 games as a reserve defensive back… Recorded five solo tackles and six assisted tackles throughout the season… Had half a tackle for loss for seven yards against Towson… Notched a career-high four tackles against UT Martin… Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
High School
2017 AHSAA Class 7A first-team All-State selection, as he tallied five interceptions (returning one for a touchdown) and 26 pass breakups his junior year... Had 10 tackles and two pass breakups before suffering a season-ending torn ACL in September... Also a punt returner for Bob Jones... Played for coach Kevin Rose... Chose Florida over Michigan, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas A&M, among others.
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