You know the names. The once highly touted cornerbacks who didn’t do diddly in Pittsburgh. Senquez Golson is the biggest name, still a free agent after the Steelers finally gave up on him. Curtis Brown. Cortez Allen. The allure of Gerod Holliman from box-score scouts. There’s an ugly history. But Mike Hilton is a bright spot. The inverse, the guy so unknown you can’t even say he was forgotten, who caught the Steelers’ attention and now serves as the clear-cut starting slot corner.
He was rewarded for that work with his first career interception Sunday, clinching the win over the Baltimore Ravens, reeling in a tipped pass from Ryan Shazier in the fourth quarter.