Ravens' Will Hill has active warrant for failure to pay child support in New Jersey

In a December interview with The Baltimore Sun, Hill emphasized that he has changed his lifestyle and tends to stay home and spend time with family rather than enjoying the nightlife as he did in the past.

"My living habits, I don't go out on the town much," Hill said at the time. "I sit in the house with my family. I used to be a nightclub guy, especially coming out of college. I've just been watching a lot of movies. I'm a homebody. I took a long look in the mirror and decided to change a lot of things."

Signed by the Ravens in late July to a one-year, $570,000 contract, Hill served his suspension without pay after his agents and the NFL Players Association unsuccessfully lobbied the league to shorten his punishment under a revised league drug policy. The latest suspension cost Hill $201,176 in game checks.

Hill has been suspended for a total of 14 games in three NFL seasons, including two four-game suspensions triggered by positive tests for Adderall and marijuana. The suspensions cost him a total of $405,882 and created an impression of unreliability.

Hill was arrested in 2011 in Florida for driving with a suspended license, was arrested in 2013 for non-payment of child support, went through a divorce and has fathered four children with three women.

A blue-chip recruit out of St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City, N.J., Hill said he turned to marijuana as a relief from stress. Hill characterized that stress as stemming from everything from his old crime-ridden neighborhood in New Jersey to dealing with family issues and people seeking money from him because of his status as an NFL player.

Hill had his moments as he started eight regular-season games and two playoff games for the Ravens during the 2014 season. He had 39 tackles in the regular season, and returned an interception for a touchdown against the New Orleans Saints while shadowing tight end Jimmy Graham.

"Will Hill, he has a lot of talent," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said during a season-ending news conference. "It's something that we always knew. He also has a great love for the game. He learned our defense throughout the course of the season, which it's not easy to do that. We have a tough defense. We do a lot of good stuff back there. But he was running the show pretty well back there toward the end of the year."

Hill is a restricted free agent, meaning the Ravens can retain him with a tender offer and have the right to match any competing offer sheet from other NFL teams.

It's unclear how this latest off-the-field issue, first reported by TMZ, will affect his status.

The Ravens have said they're looking forward to bringing Hill back and challenged him to improve during the offseason to upgrade his play next season.