T.Y. Hilton Scouting Report WR Florida International

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Measurables

5’10 183 pounds, 32 inch arm length, 8.5 inch hands

4.36 40 yard dash

Stats (CFBSTATS.COM)

2011:

2010:

Pros:

Versatile….Really Good return man….speed, speed, speed (4.3 40 yard dash)…does a good job finding space in zones…tough as played through injuries…tough to tackle in open field because he has some wiggle…really good field vision with the ball in his hands and in space

Cons

size (prone to nagging injuries)…not asked to run a different routes…not really a threat in the red-zone…has had some games where he really did nothing, even against inferior competition… doesn’t always catch the ball cleanly…a guy this size you’re always worried about how he’ll handle press coverage (if a defender gets his hands on him it’s over, but if they miss look out) and run blocking because he doesn’t have a ton of strength

Player comparison-Devin Hester. At least teams hope that’s what they’re getting. Similar strengths in college. (Hester by the way only ran a 4.41 40 yard dash in college).

Round projection

2-4 (such a wide range because a sub 4.3 40 could push him high, if he just runs fast-like a 4.38 or something it won’t vault his stock)

FIU bio

2010 (Junior): 2010 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year… First Team All-Sun Belt Conference Wide Receiver & Kick Returner… Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference All-Purpose Player…  named Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Most Valuable Player after racking up 210 all-purpose yards, including an 89-yard kickoff return for touchdown, a touchdown reception, and the game-saving, first-down reception on a “Hook & Ladder” play that kept FIU’s game winning drive alive… led the team with 56 catches and 818 receiving yards… second on the team with four receiving touchdowns… led the team with 816 all-purpose yards… tied for 12th in the country at the end of the regular season with 156.58 all-purpose yards-per-game… broke the school-record for career touchdowns with 26… became the first Panther in history to go over the 5,000 all-purpose yard mark and currently has 5,392… became the only FIU player in history to go over the 2,000 yard mark in kick returns and currently has 2,133… became only the third Panther ever to eclipse the 2,000 receiving yard mark and currently has 2,461, which is second all-time at FIU… returned a kickoff for touchdown in three straight seasons… opened the season with six catches and 42 receiving yards against Rutgers (9/11)… had three catches for 47 yards against Texas A&M (9/18)… hauled in seven passes for 72 yards against Maryland (9/25)… made three grabs against Pitt (10/2) and three against WKU (10/9)… had his fifth-career 100+ receiving yard game, catching eight passes for 124 yards against Florida Atlantic (10/30)… named Sun Belt Conference Offensive and Special Teams Player of the Week after amassing 291 all-purpose yards and scoring four touchdowns against ULM… against the Warhawks, he scored in three different ways, rushing for a score, catching two TD passes and returning a kickoff for a score… in overtime against ULM, he took a reverse on FIU’s first play and went 25-yards for the score… had a career-high 158 rushing yards against Troy (11/13) to go along with two catches for 75 yards… made four catches for 73 yards against Louisiana (11/20)… helped FIU clinch a share of the Sun Belt Conference championship with a season-high 11 catches and 140 receiving yards against Arkansas State… against the Red Wolves, kept FIU’s game-winning drive alive with a first-down reception on fourth-and-seven, and two plays later scored the game-winning 42-yard touchdown… closed out the year with a 210 all-purpose yard performance against Toledo in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, in which he scored two touchdowns.

Video

vs Louisville (JMPASQ)

vs Marshall (JMPASQ)