(S24) - PT 4 - Trial by Fire

[GotDatWeeFee]

For Rashad Hilliard, his first welcome to the league moment was game one of season 23 for the Grey Ducks. There were a lot of things that built up to this moment going wrong. Hilliard had never played a regular-season game at cornerback in his entire career, and this first game was against Norfolk who went on to win the Ultimini that year. He was destroyed that game, Norfolk threw for 3 touchdowns and over 160 yards. He recorded no stats other 5 tackles and was on the field the whole game. That was his turning point, he was down as low as he could get in terms of self-performance and realized he needed to step up his game. After getting a few more games under his belt he went on to have one hell of a rookie season. Posting seven interceptions and placing second by one point for the defensive back of the year award. That isn’t all though he started out the second year strong competing as one of the top three defensive backs in the league and it could be argued he is the best cornerback in the league right now. We will see how season two plays out, but I only expect upward progress for Rashad Hilliard.