Don’t call it a comeback. Jeremy Hill has been here for years. While he still calls his native Baton Rouge home, the freshman running back is in a decidedly different place as he prepares for his first season with LSU. Because, for Hill, the city and existence he knew for the first 18 years of his life scarcely resemble the space he has inhabited over the past 20 months. Hill was a senior four-star prospect at Redemptorist in December 2010. The top programs in the country were calling, and a commitment to his hometown school awaited. But the bruising 6-foot-2-inch running back found trouble in the unlikeliest place: school. On Dec. 4, 2010, Hill was involved in an incident in a school bathroom, where he and another male student allegedly coerced a 14-year-old girl into oral sex. The incident wasn’t reported to police until Jan. 4, 2011, but Hill was arrested soon after. His football stardom, once a given, was now the least of his worries. “Things happened pretty fast, and it was a whirlwind,” Hill said, with a tinge of remorse. “Once the situation happened, I just had to let the legal process play
Freshman RB Jeremy Hill finally dons purple and gold
By Chris Abshire
Sports Writer
Sports Writer
August 21, 2012