The Cowboys are already sniffing around at replacements for Rashard Robinson. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reports (via Twitter) that cornerback Holton Hill worked out for the Cowboys today. However, Clarence Hill of the Fort-Worth Star Telegram tweets that the defensive back left Dallas without a deal.
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Hill, a 2018 undrafted free agent out of Texas, spent the first three seasons of his career with the Vikings. The defensive back saw time in 16 games (three starts) as a rookie, finishing with 36 tackles, seven passes defended, and an interception while appearing in 36-percent of his team’s defensive snaps.
Unfortunately, Hill has only seen time in 12 games since that time, collecting 37 tackles, one sack, and four passes defended. His 2019 campaign was limited by a pair of suspensions, while his 2020 campaign was limited thanks to a stint on injured reserve. The 24-year-old was ultimately waived/injured by the Vikings in December.
With Robinson set to miss a pair of games thanks to suspension, the Cowboys moved on from the defensive back last week. The team is currently rostering eight cornerbacks, a relatively modest number heading into camp, so it’s not a surprise that they’re pursuing options at the position.
Holton Hill has more talent. it is a good move
I did not understand Holton Hill getting the Heave-Ho by the Vikings. Perhaps off-field or locker room issues?
I think the consensus among us Vikings fans was that he wasn’t a locker room or off-the-field problem, and that it was a combination of a lack of production on his part when he got the chance to start in 2020, then his 2020 injuries, and then the amount of competition he was going to face both internally (the three 2020 CB draftees, 2018 #1 Mike Hughes, who was subsequently traded, and a 2019 Day 3 draftee that Zimmer has talked up) and externally, once free agency opened (and boy, did that end up being true!), that led to his being cut. Hill had been around for the better part of three years, and it just hadn’t worked out.
Wish him nothing but the best for the future, though I’d hate to see him on the Cowboys.
Liked Hill out of college. I agree that a pick up her will benefit both parties. He definitely has the size they are demanding from DBs.