Mike Hilton has been everything the Cincinnati Bengals hoped he would be, and then some.
Hilton, who the Bengals poached from the Pittsburgh Steelers during the offseason, is one of the higher-rated cornerbacks in the league, according to Pro Football Focus.
An undrafted free-agent pickup of the Jacksonville Jaguars following the 2016 NFL Draft, Hilton latched on to the Steelers’ practice squad near the end of the year and became a starter in the second game of the 2017 season.
During his four years with Pittsburgh, Hilton became known as something of a sack artist as he accumulated 9.