Nick Hill Football at www.nickhillfootball.com is a fan-created website by the same people who bring you 618football.com (Football from the 618 Area Code).
Nick Hill is a Undrafted free agent out of Southern Illinois University who signed a three-year contract with the Chicago Bears to play Quarterback. After Nick was signed much of the comments made online focused on that fact that people didn't know much about Nick due to the fact that Nick played Quarterback at a smaller Southern Illinois University that didn't get as much press as some of the bigger schools. The goals of the website is to give some background and history about Nick to those who are new to him and also to allow those that know Nick to follow his professional football career.

We are no way saying that Nick will be the greatest QB ever, that he will be a starter, or even make the Chicago Bears roster as the third Quarterback. We just want to follow, talk, and stand behind Nick in his efforts. Many fans of Nick Hill are from his hometown of Du Quoin-IL (Where?) or watched him play as a Saluki at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Thank You for Visiting Nick Hill Football Dot Com.

• Born April 5, 1985 in Du Quoin, Illinois.
• Main focus in high school was basketball. 1st-team all-state by both the IL Basketball Coaches Association and AP after averaging 22.7 points, 7.7 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 3 steals per contest his senior year. Helped DuQuoin High School to a 28-5 overall mark and finished 8th in Mr. Basketball voting. A first-team IBCA all-state selection and second-team AP all-state choice. Averaged 26.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists per contest as a junior.
• Nick was a three-year starter at QB and was the first 4,000-yard passer at DuQuoin since former Major League Baseball pitcher Don Stanhouse ended his career in 1968. As a senior, named first-team all-state and all-conference and led his team to a 12-2 finish and the state 3A championship game. Was 69-of-132 for 1,451 yards passing - throwing 19 TDs and just one INT - while adding 543 yards and 11 scores in the ground.
• Accepted a full scholarship to Western Kentucky to play basketball. 2003: Played basketball at Western Kentucky and averaged 1.7 ppg in 23 games...Did not play football.
• Red-shirted in 2004 after transferring from Western Kentucky to SIUC.
• Transfered to SIU and played one year as a two-sports athlete of both basketball and football as a Saluki.
• 2006: First-Team Gateway Conference All-Academic and CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-DistrictV...Named Gateway and Sports Network Offensive Player-of-the-Week on Sept. 18...Ranked 2nd in the conference and 7th in the nation in passing efficiency (156.7 rating). Completed 61.7 percent (121-of-196) of his passes for 1,721 yards and 15 TDs...had only 4 INTs and threw 103 consecutive passes before being picked off for the first time in his career against Illinois State...Was the Salukis' third-leading rusher with 91 carries for 382 yards and six TDs...Threw TD to four different receivers against Indiana...Passed for a career-high 231 yards (9-of-11) against Indiana State.
• 2007: He threw twenty-eight touchdowns and seven interceptions in 2007 and lead the Salukis to the I-AA semifinals.
• Signed to the Chicago Bears after not being selected in the 2008 NFL draft. Nick had talks with Indianapolis, Houston and Washington but decided to sign with his childhood team of the Chicago Bears due to the fact that the Bears only have two QBs signed to contracts.