AWARDS & HONORS
2026 – Shrine Bowl 1000 watch list. 2025 (at Michigan) – Honorable Mention All-Big Ten selection by coaches and media ... co-Defensive player of the Week (8/30).

PRIOR TO VIRGINIA (MICHIGAN)
2025 – Started all 12 games in which he appeared ... only missed one game - Washington (10/18) ... fourth on the team with 49 total tackles, including 31 solo efforts ... finished with one interception, the first of his career in the season opener against New Mexico (8/30), his first career start. Also had five tackles (3 solo) an a TFL in the contest ... credited with three pass break ups and a forced fumble on the year ... his seven tackles at Oklahoma (9/6) and Ohio State (11/29) were a season bests ... forced a fumble on the opening drive at Michigan State (10/25) that led to a field goal and an eventual 31-20 victory ... started and made a tackle against Texas in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl (Dec. 31).

2024 – Appeared in 12 games including 11 in the defensive backfield; made 21 tackles with 1.5 for loss, one sack, and two pass breakups to earn his second varsity letter ... credited with a season high four tackles playing as a safety at Indiana (Nov. 9) ... broke up a pass and delivered four tackles including a sack against Alabama in the ReliaQuest Bowl (Dec. 31).

2023 – Appeared in nine games at defensive back and contributed on special teams; made two tackles to earn his first varsity letter ... made his U-M debut in the defensive backfield against ECU (Sept. 2).

HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
Attended Churchland High School (2023) in Portsmouth coached by Dontrell Leonard ... helped the Truckers finish 7-4 overall in 2022 following a 7-3 mark his junior year in 2021 ... a 1,000-yard passer and rusher in both his junior and senior seasons ... his senior year (2022), passed for 1,312 yards with 11 touchdowns and added 1,236 rushing yards with 22 rushing touchdowns ... as a junior, amassed 2,400 all-purpose yards with 31 combined touchdowns ... earned a 247Sports Composite ranking of four stars; the No. 214 overall player nationally, the No. 9 athlete and the No. 5 player in the state of Virginia ... named a four-star prospect by 247Sports; the No. 130 overall player in the nation, the No. 7 athlete and the No. 4 player in the state of Virginia ... rated as a four-star prospect by ESPN, the No. 40 player in the region, the No. 33 athlete and the No. 8 player in the state of Virginia ... rivals.com three-star prospect, the No. 54 safety in the nation and the No. 12 player in Virginia ... On3.com four-star consensus prospect, the No. 206 player in the nation, the No. 6 athlete in the country and the No. 5 player in Virginia ... On3.com four-star prospect, the No. 137 player in the nation, the No. 7 athlete, and the No. 5 player in Virginia ... named Virginia Class 4 Region A Player of the Year as a junior (2021) and senior (2022) ... earned All-District honors as a quarterback (first team, 2022, second team, 2021), defensive back (second team, 2022), and punter (second team, 2021-22) ... Two-time All-Tidewater (2021-22), honored as a quarterback ... son of Shawn Hillman ... teammates with 2026 UVA transfer portal commit, Devon Baxter at Michigan.

Brandyn Hillman Postgame - NC State 8.29.26