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#8 Brandon Hills
Class RS JR/TRFrom Washington State (transfer)Ht / Wt 5'10" · 180 lbHometown Colorado Springs, CO · Vista Ridge HS | Washington State
Depth-chart placement
Current role
X3Placement
DepthRoom
Wide ReceiverExperience
4-JRLast change
Updated 2026-07-29WR room context
View full depth chart →Brandon Hills holds the WR-X · Depth spot in Akron Zips’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:
Brandon Hills logged a 1.5% overall usage rate in 2025.
Transfer history
2026Washington State→Akron Zips
Production
2025 seasonLatest season · 2025
29
Kick returns
663
KR yards
Background & career
Brandon Hills is a wide receiver from Colorado Springs, Colorado, who attended Vista Ridge High School before playing for Washington State. He redshirted in 2023, appeared in one game in 2024, and made his offensive collegiate debut in the season-opening win over Portland State. At Akron in 2025, Hills appeared in 11 games and served as the team's primary kick returner, recording 29 returns for 663 yards with a 22.9-yard average and a long of 43 yards against Bowling Green. He totaled 663 all-purpose yards, averaging 60.3 per game.
Washington State2023 – 2024
Akron2025 — presentPrevious schoolWashington StateRecruiting3-star · No. 1397 nationalOriginColorado Springs, CO · Vista Ridge HS | Washington StateAlso playsKR1