On Hilliard: On a scouts board, he has him as a top 5 RB, but this is just Srs. Not counting Jrs and Sophs. coming out this year. Magee is also listed, but don't know where. Hilliard could be a workhorse in the right system. Tough near the goal line, 3rd down back, Special Teams player, can do many things well. Will get into a camp and show up well. No real off the field problems, this also helps. It also helps to have a Cam and Les in your corner. Coaches get calls on players all the time, you'll here a player say after a draft, "I never did hear from this team, I thought another team was gonna draft me." Teams do their homework, but like I said, they go to the coaches, coaches have to tell the truth, if not, he's lost the trust of the NFL coaches and reps. Hilliard lost a few pounds this year and has a very good first step, good field vision, blocks very well. I was talking with a coach the other day at lunch. There was a former LSU player that Peyton Manning help get drafted into the NFL, 1st round. Joe Addai. Manning was looking at film and said, when Joe was in the backfield, he never let a defender get a clean shot on the LSU QB. When Joe came out of Houston Sharpstown High, he played QB.
I'm sorry, putting Welter on that list is utterly ridiculous. Nobody is going to waste their time (like LSU has) as well as taking up valuable space in camp.
I'll see what the scout has to says about JD. I seem to remember an LSU player that many were talking real bad about. That player is in his 5th year in the NFL... He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys in 2010 as an undrafted free agent, based on the recommendation of special teams coach Joe DeCamillis. As a rookie he had 28 special teams tackles, the third-most in team history since 1988 and the most by any Cowboys player since Jim Schwantz team-record 32 in 1996. The next year he led the team again in special teams tackles (19), becoming the first Cowboys player to do it consecutively, since Bill Bates did it in 1989-1990. He also emerged as the unit leader, becoming a team captain by his third year. After two seasons of playing in defensive packages as a hybrid linebacker and safety, in 2012 he got his first career start at strong safety against the Chicago Bears, replacing Barry Church who suffered a season ending achilles injury. Although he started 10 games and finished second on the team in tackles (87). On March 18, 2014, he signed a one year contract with the Chicago Bears, reuniting with special teams assistant Joe DeCamillis.
