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2024 TSF Cincinnati DPOY: Justin Hill

The leader of a stingy Winton Woods (10-2) defense, Justin Hill was named the 2024 TriState Football Cincinnati Defensive Player of the Year, as TSF paid tribute to the area’s finest from Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Dayton and Southeast Indiana at the TriState Football Year in Review Show on Monday night, in front of a packed house at the Holy Grail in downtown Cincinnati.

Was named The highest compliment you can have as a defense is when opposing offenses have to gameplan running away from you and that’s what foes did on a weekly basis when facing Hill. He still managed to get in on 33 tackles, with eight sacks, four pass breakups, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one interception. Hill As a junior, Hill was also named OPSWA Division II First Team All-Ohio and OPSWA Division II Southwest District Defensive Player of the Year. He is off to play his college football at the University of Alabama.

Hill was the focal point of a Warriors defense that allowed just 7.8 points per game, held eight foes to seven points or less with four shutouts. As much as the opposition game planned around avoiding the senior  he was still able to get in on 33 tackles, with eight sacks, four pass breakups, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one interception.

His work also earned Hill OPSMA Division I First Team All-Ohio, OPSMA Division I Southwest District Defensive Player of the Year, ECC Defensive Player of the Year (for a second straight year), First Team All-TSF (for a second straight year) and TSF Defensive Player of the Year Finalist (for a second straight year).

The Alabama signee finished his career with 111 tackles, 26.5 sacks, 33.0 tackles for losses, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, 15 pass breakups, two interceptions and a pick-six.

The other 2024 TSF Cincinnati Defensive Player of the Year finalists were seniors Grant Beerman (Lakota West), Raishawn Cotton (Mount Healthy), Ryan Coyle (Cincinnati Country Day), P.J. Nelson (Princeton), Brady O’Connor (LaSalle), Drayden Pavey (Taft) and Trey Verdon (Hamilton) and junior Kobe Clapper (St. Xavier).

This is the 18th year for this award, Hill and P.J. Nelson become just the 15th and 16th players to be named a TSF Cincinnati DPOY finalist two years in a row. That elite group includes three former players that made it to the NFL – Jordan Hicks (Lakota West) in 2008-’09, Joel Heath (Mount Healthy) in 2009 -’10 and Adolphus Washington (Taft) in 2010-’11. Washington was the only one of the three to be named the TSF Cincinnati DPOY (in ’11).

Hill is the fourth Warrior to be named the TSF Cincinnati Defensive Player of the Year joining alums Jermaine Matthews Jr. (2022), Cris Oats (2017) and Chris Williams (2008) with the honor. 

TSF Cincinnati Defensive Players of the Year
2024 – Justin Hill (Winton Woods)
2023 – P.J. Nelson (Princeton)
2022 – Jermaine Matthews Jr. (Winton Woods)
2021 – Jyaire Brown (Lakota West)
2020 – Dontay Corleone (Colerain)
2019 – Deshawn Pace (Colerain)
2018 – Ivan Pace Jr. (Colerain)
2017 – Cris Oats (Winton Woods)
2016 – Kyle Bolden (Colerain)
2015 – Kyle Bolden (Colerain)
2014 – Elijah Taylor (Moeller)
2013 – Sam Hubbard (Moeller)
2012 – Shane Jones (Moeller)
2011 – Adolphus Washington (Taft)
2010 – Steven Daniels (St. Xavier)
2009 – Marcus Rush (Moeller
2008 – Chris Williams (Winton Woods)
2007 – Brandon Mills (Colerain)

 

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