1. Isaac Jason Hilliard was born on April 5,1976 and is an American football coach and former wide receiver who is the wide receivers coach for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.
32 Facts About Ike Hilliard
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Ike Hilliard played college football for the Florida Gators, earning consensus All-American honors in 1996.
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Ike Hilliard was a first-round pick by the New York Giants in the 1997 NFL draft.
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Ike Hilliard played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before retiring in 2008.
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Ike Hilliard attended Patterson High School, where he was a star high school football player for the Patterson Lumberjacks.
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Ike Hilliard was rated among the top 10 defensive backs in the Southeast, but his desire was to play wide receiver.
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Ike Hilliard accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played wide receiver for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1994 to 1996 although never having played the position before.
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Ike Hilliard's efforts made him a semi-finalist for the Fred Biletnikoff Award in 1996.
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Ike Hilliard had a sensational performance in the 1997 Sugar Bowl victory for Florida against their arch rival Florida State.
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Ike Hilliard was among the members of the 11th-anniversary class inducted into the Florida-Georgia Hall of Fame.
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Ike Hilliard was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2009.
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Ike Hilliard was chosen for the Florida Football All-Century Team, chosen by Gator fans and compiled by The Gainesville Sun in the fall of 1999.
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Ike Hilliard declared himself eligible for the NFL draft after his junior season, and finished his college career with 126 receptions for 2,214 yards and twenty-nine touchdowns.
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Ike Hilliard played his first eight seasons for the Giants from 1997 to 2004.
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Ike Hilliard underwent posterior spine stabilization surgery, which fused the two vertebrae.
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Ike Hilliard continued at his level of play with disregard for his personal safety, which created a cringe-inducing medical record: bruised lungs and a bruised sternum in 2000, foot surgery before the 2001 season, and a dislocated shoulder in 2002.
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Ike Hilliard signed a one-day contract to retire with the Giants on July 30,2010.
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On May 6,2005, it was reported that Ike Hilliard signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Ike Hilliard worked alongside head coach Jim Haslett and offensive coordinator Jay Gruden.
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In 2011, Ike Hilliard returned to the NFL as an assistant wide receivers coach for the Miami Dolphins under head coach Tony Sparano, assisting in the development of Brandon Marshall and Brian Hartline.
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In 2012, Hilliard was hired by Mike Shanahan of the Washington Redskins as the wide receivers coach.
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Ike Hilliard oversaw a unit that had four wide receivers with at least 500 receiving yards or more.
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Ike Hilliard oversaw a young group of receivers that included veteran Steve Johnson and rookies Robert Woods and Marquise Goodwin.
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In January 2014, Ike Hilliard was hired by Jay Gruden as the wide receivers coach of the Washington Redskins.
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Ike Hilliard joined the Pittsburgh Steelers to be their wide receivers coach in February 2020.
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Under Ike Hilliard, Claypool became the first Steelers rookie in franchise history to score four touchdowns in a game, and the first Steeler since Roy Jefferson in 1968 to do so.
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Ike Hilliard was hired on February 23,2022, to be Auburn's new wide receivers coach.
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Ike Hilliard was not retained after the 2022 season upon the hiring of new head coach Hugh Freeze.
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Ike Hilliard was named the wide receivers coach of the Atlanta Falcons on February 1,2024.
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Ike Hilliard is the nephew of former New Orleans Saints running back Dalton Ike Hilliard.
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Ike Hilliard's cousin Kenny Hilliard is a former NFL player.
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Ike Hilliard worked as an NFL coach while working to complete his degree from 2013 to 2018.