On one level, it must be a great feeling for a former fringe candidate to hear a coach talk about him as though he is a known commodity. So much of the battle of going from outside the bubble to making the team is answering questions about what you are or may be capable of doing in time, and even then, what follows is the process of proving it on the field.
As he heads into his fourth season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, it seems as though Mike Hilton, the 5’9” cornerback out of Ole Miss, has reached that status.