LSU WR Chris Hilton talks Tigers football prep for 2024 season

looking good so far right like just how are you feeling how important is it for you to feel good to play good and kind of where you at on your journey as far as feeling like this is the time for you to take the step that you want us to take uh right now I'm 100% healthy no Nicks no bruises nothing like that and like they say you know you feel good you going to play better so yeah what do you want what do you want out of this year for you what was your real commitment to coming into this year things that you wanted to work on things that you wanted to improve uh mainly my route running and hand placement cuz I struggled catching the ball a little bit last year that's one of the main things I've been working on and what do you feel like you can contribute as far as like a guy that can run every route can take a top off like where do you feel like you Flex the most uh I'm improving uh on running routes but I think ideally I could take the top off that's kind of the main thing that I do how is it working with nus Meer fulltime now is it any different than any quarterback in the past you see it commitment that he's really made to working with you all so like I said I came in with us so that kind of like connection had already been established from when like we first got here so not like y are getting like almost the finished product as far as you know the big three that we're talking about this year with you and Ty and CJ it seems like you're taking the bulk of the the Reps right with most of the first team I guess what kind of um Rapport do you guys have and how do all three of y'all work well together um I would say starts in the in the film room with Coach Hank you know he preparing us uh for practice each day and then we take from the uh the meeting room we just bring to the grass what kind of guys are Kiren and CJ and um there's another one I can't think of isn't there another transfer Z yeah like what kind of guys are they and how are they fitting in uh I would say all characters to be honest like we are we a fun group if you ask anybody we pretty much we bring we bring the energy to the offense yeah as far as Cortez he's done such a good job job developing you guys the last couple of years how how are you working with him and what is it like to to have him as your position coach um he's played the game before so he knows what he's talking about so every time he has a correction towards me I just uh take it and apply it for the next route uh any significance to changing your number this year uh yeah so uh it was my line number which was three and my line name is also Triple Crown so it kind of goes together so turn yeah it make you look faster when you're wearing a single digit oh no no same speed same speed same speed the the bowl game and the big catch you made towards the end and just the overall performance you had did that um what did that mean to you to kind of finish off the season that way uh I mean it wasn't the season that I had hoped for personally for myself so to ended on that note it kind of carried over into the season yeah um kind of I guess take me through your injuries cuz quite honestly I feel like there's too many I can't remember them so like starting back freshman year I guess where where are we at now in kind have you do you feel like you've had something every year almost so I started with my left miniscus my freshman year going to the sophomore year it was my right meniscus and then it was my right labor right here it was three surgeries in two years yeah how do you stay positive and focused through all that uh it was it was tough kind of got off the right path a little bit but I had to uh keep faith in God and just trust in his plan not knowing that it's not my it's not my plan is like it's his is so yeah who got you back on I would say most of it was my mental but also uh Sherman Wilson he helped me out a lot nice um you're not a guy that talks a lot right you're not a loud guy so like so what is it where does your passion come from where does your fire come from how do you get and stay motivated through tough times like that um I would say ever since I've gotten here I've kind of been the guy that's overlooked nobody knows who I am nobody really talks about me and that happened for pretty much my first three years years here so that kind of what gets me going every day do you can you relate to DT I mean he wasn't real loud he wasn't real flashy either the funny thing is we was both roommates so you know the room was quiet would no you know better say anything but yeah I can relate to him yeah um what's uh what do you see in Trey as obviously coming from Zachary like you know he's going to look up to you so like we're first day he flashed all of us wow you know what do you see in that guy how far can he grow uh me personally just another day you know what I'm saying he played as Z but I actually knew him from a while ago cuz we played on the same a team he was on the he was on the younger team so I've been known him for a long time just to see him grow has been a a good sighting yeah he's kind of freak with the size right I mean he's pretty quick for that he's got to grow into his body a little bit you feel like grow uh not so much but uh feel like once he once he understands the offense and he just gains that confidence and that goes for everybody he's going to be okay one more you talked about how last year you felt like you had some drop balls what did you work on this year specifically to get better uh I couldn't even tell you what month I started but it's been 100 footballs every day on the Dr machine whether it be straightforward turn sideways over the shoulder at minimum 100 a day and that still goes on to this day so I'll be doing it again tomorrow tomorrow so yeah all right thanks