Aubrey Hill, whose career as a Florida Gators wide receiver coincided with the rise of the program to prominence, died Sunday after “his long battle with cancer,” according to Florida International.
He was 48.
Hill had been working as FIU’s wide receivers coach under head coach Butch Davis since 2017, his time with the Golden Panthers serving as a return to the college ranks in the Sunshine State at the end of a coaching career of nearly a quarter century that began almost immediately after his graduation from Florida.
During his playing days, Hill served as a key target for Steve Spurrier’s “Fun ‘n Gun” offense, amassing 1,454 receiving yards and 18 touchdowns from 1990 to 1994 and playing in 11 or 12 games in each of his final four seasons with the Gators.