| Embed: | Eddie Wayne Hill |
| Eddie Wayne Hill | |
| Number: | 24, 31 |
| Position: | Running back |
| Birth Date: | May 13, 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lb: | 205 |
| High School: | Hillsboro (TN) |
| College: | Memphis |
| Draftyear: | 1979 |
| Draftround: | 2 |
| Draftpick: | 54 |
| Pastteams: | |
| Statlabel1: | Rushing yards |
| Statvalue1: | 443 |
| Statlabel2: | Rushing average |
| Statvalue2: | 3.7 |
| Statlabel3: | Rushing touchdowns |
| Statvalue3: | 2 |
| Pfr: | /H/HillEd00 |
Eddie Wayne Hill (born May 13, 1957) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Los Angeles Rams and Miami Dolphins. He played college football for the Memphis Tigers. Hill was selected by the Rams in the second round of the 1979 NFL draft.
He was traded from the Rams to the Dolphins in 1981.[1]
On March 30, 1989, Hill was arrested for possession of cocaine, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The next day, he was released on a US$1000 bond.[2]
FAMILY: Eddie has four children:Valencia, Quadtrine, Blaize and Kyra.
In recent years, Hill has remitting brain cancer. He also believes that he has CTE, a neurodegenerative head injury, but he does not regret playing football.[3]