Arena Football: Nick Hill Named Starting QB for Rio Grande Valley

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[ Rookie Nick Hill of Du QUoin start the season as the <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237600519_3">Rio Grande Valley Dorados</span>' starting Arena League quarterback after a week-and-a-half long <span style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237600519_4">training camp</span> battle with Tiger Lyon, according to published reports in Valley Freedom Newspapers.

Over the past few days, Hill has taken the majority of the practice reps and Dorados coach Marty Hammond has informed the Southern Illinois product that he will be starting the team's season opener on March 28 at Corpus Christi.

Hill's play in the first game will likely determine if he keeps the starting job.

Hill played college ball at Southern Illinois from 2004-2007 after transferring from Western Kentucky and demonstrated great accuracy, completing 68.2 percent of his passes as a Saluki.

He was an all-state basketball and football player at Du Quoin, eventually accepting a basketball scholarship from Western Kentucky.