Tennessee Titans general manager Mike Borgonzi did not hesitate to move up into the second round of the 2026 NFL draft to secure Texas linebacker Anthony Hill Jr. on Friday night, adding another athletic and explosive player to Robert Saleh’s defense.Hill is experienced as a three-year starter, but he enters the league with some tantalizing upside and should be an impact player in Nashville. And based on reactions across the NFL media landscape, he was tremendous value at pick No. 60, with the Next Gen Stats Analytics team on NFL.com naming the pick as one of the five biggest value picks on Day 2.Rank 4 - Anthony Hill Jr. - Texas - Tennessee - Round 2 · No. 60 overallProduction Score: 72Athleticism Score: 86OVERALL DRAFT SCORE: 81The Titans needed more speed and range at the second level after finishing 2025 with the third-most rushing yards over expected allowed (+334).
Hill -- Jeremiah's No. 37 overall prospect and one of our top Day 2 sleepers entering the weekend -- fits the bill, possessing the kind of three-down athletic profile that should enable him to compete for snaps right away alongside starters Cody Barton and Cedric Gray.His athletic testing helps explain why he stood out so clearly in the model. At 6-2 and 238 pounds, Hill ran a 4.51 40 with a 37-inch vertical and a 10-5 broad jump while reaching 22.39 mph on his 40-yard dash, the fourth-fastest top speed among linebackers in this year’s class. Pair that movement profile with his production and command of the defense at Texas, and it is easy to see why Hill looked like one of the better bets on the board to outperform his draft slot.There was no doubt heading into the draft that the Titans needed to add to the linebacking corps, and many analysts honed in on Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles early.
But after bypassing Styles in the first round, Hill may have been the best possible prospect to fill that need. A high character, high IQ player, Hill should come in and make his presence felt early on.This article originally appeared on Titans Wire: Titans' Anthony Hill Jr. named one of biggest value picks of Day 2