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Darius
Hill Named to John Mackey Award Watch List (07/30/2007) |
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FROM BALL STATE
ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING
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| Darius Hill
(Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs H.S.),
a junior member of the 2007 Ball State University football
team, is one of 32 players named to the John Mackey Award
Watch List for this season. |
| The Mackey
Award is given annually to the best collegiate tight end
in the nation and is selected by the John Mackey Award
Selection Committee and announced in mid-December.
National Football League Hall of Famer John Mackey is
considered to be the best to have played the tight end
position. |
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Hill, who received
honorable mention on the 2006 All-Mid-American Conference
Team, played in all 12 games last season and tied the Ball
State single-season record with 10 touchdown receptions. Hill
was recognized by Sports Illustrated’s Stewart
Mandel as the "Best Player You Have Never Heard
Of", and Hill received honorable mention on
the SI.com team last season. Hill managed 42
catches for 741 yards. He had four games of 100 plus
receiving yards, and had a career high 119 receiving yards
at Purdue. |
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