{"id":767047,"date":"2026-02-21T15:38:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/767047\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T15:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:38:46","slug":"texans-linebacker-jamal-hills-jersey-retired-friday-at-morrow-high-school-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/767047\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans linebacker Jamal Hill\u2019s jersey retired Friday at Morrow High School in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 Texans linebacker and special-teams standout Jamal Hill was honored at his high school Friday as his football jersey was retired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Hill, a former Texans sixth-round draft pick from Oregon, was an all-region and all-county safety at Morrow High School in Ellenwood, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s a blessing to be honored by the community that poured into me,\u201d Hill told KPRC 2. \u201cThis moment is not just about getting my jersey retired, it\u2019s about inspiring the next generation to chase greatness the right way\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Hill, 24, recorded six tackles in 12 games and forced a fumble last season on special teams for the Texans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He has 10 tackles in 20 career games. He played 75 percent of the special teams snaps last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He played safety and linebacker at Oregon and has run the 40-yard dash in 4.41 seconds.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Aaron Wilson is a Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and <a href=\"https:\/\/click2houston.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/click2houston.com\">click2houston.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Texans linebacker and special-teams standout Jamal Hill was honored at his high school Friday as his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":767048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[7,221,253,2368,27764,37642,6,222],"class_list":{"0":"post-767047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-texans","11":"tag-houstontexans","12":"tag-jamal-hill","13":"tag-morrow-high-school","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-texans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116109371222650111","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}