2024: Saw action in six games as a center … Made three starts.
2023: Did not see any game action as a sophomore offensive lineman.
2022: Did not see any game action as a first-year offensive lineman.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played one postgraduate year at Avon Old Farms High School in Avon, Conn., where he played for Head Coach Jon Wholley … Selected Second Team All-Founders League team … Honorable Mention All-New England Prep School Athletic Conference selection … Played in the BB&N Bowl Game … Played both offensive line and defensive line … Two-way starter … Led the Winged Beavers to a Founders League title and first-ever New England Prep School Athletic Conference bowl championship with a 7-2 overall record, 6-1 league record, and No. 8 ranking in Connecticut … A 2021 graduate of Webster Schroeder High School in Webster, N.Y., where he played four years of varsity football for Head Coach Michael Stumpf … Honorable Mention Associated Press All-State selection … Two-time Class 2A First Team Section V Federation All-Star from 2019-20 … Two-time All-Rochester City selection …Section V All-Greater Rochester Honorable Mention selection … Served as team captain … Played on varsity since the ninth grade … Saw action at center, tackle, defensive end, nose tackle, and long snapper … Helped guide Schroeder to a 6-2 overall and undefeated 4-0 record as a freshman in 2017 … Earned a total of seven varsity letters including four in football and three in basketball … Played basketball since the third grade and all the way through high school and also played baseball through his junior season … Played AAU basketball … Played on a summer baseball travel team … Magna Cum Laude high school honors graduate … National Honor Society member … Spanish Honor Society member … Business & Marketing National Honor Society member … Nationally certified MS Office specialist … Honored multiple times as a New York State Scholar-Athlete … Earned the Webster Schroeder 2018 John Boomer Award, presented annually to the best student-athlete … Worked 30-40 hours per year for the STEEL Lillies Foundation, which was created in the memory of his mother Tiffany, who passed away from sarcoma cancer in April 2012 … Participated multiple times in Warrior Reading Day, which involved high school being positive role models to elementary school students … Volunteer as a coach and official at local league and camps …
PERSONAL: Sister Payton played on Columbia’s Lacrosse team (2019-22) and graduated in 2022 … Father Jim Lill played both football and baseball for Columbia (1992-95) and graduated in 1996...Enrolled at Columbia College.
