Former WSSU standout signs with NFL Eagles

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania -- Alfy Hill, a former player at Alabama and Winston-Salem State, has signed with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Hill was signed after the Eagles waived linebacker Brandon Herburn and defensive lineman B.J. McBryde.

Hill, who is 6-4 and 283 pounds, played two seasons for the Rams on the defensive line after transferring from Alabama.

He went undrafted in May but did spend time in an Arizona Cardinals tryout camp.


 

“I’m excited,” Hill said by telephone Friday night from Philadelphia. “From what I’ve been told, I’m going to play on Sunday, so it’s hard to believe I’m going to play in an NFL game.”
 

Hill, who signed a three-year contract, was in Winston-Salem when he got a call from the Eagles.

Hill’s agent then did the rest of the work in getting a contract in Hill’s hands.

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