Dexter Lawrence’s Massive Energy Ignites Bengals Nation: ‘I Know They Gave Up A Lot For Me … I Have A Fire’

Veteran defensive tackle B.J. Hill didn’t wait to join in the fun. Hill celebrates his 31st birthday Monday, the first day of Bengals’ offseason workouts. A couple of days after hosting Lawrence at his North Carolina home, Hill hopped Sunday morning’s jet to Cincinnati with Lawrence’s wife Donna, their seventh-month-old daughter Nella, and the big man himself.

“His personality, who he is outside of football. He’s a great human being. I just love being around him,” said Hill of what the godfather of his children brings.

“He makes everybody’s job easier. Mine. (Jonathan) Allen’s. Defensive ends. Linebackers. Safeties. Even the defensive coordinator’s.