2017 Football Roster
Hilliard, Dontrell
Jersey Number 26
Dontrell Hilliard
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Baton Rouge, La.
- High School:
- Scotlandville Magnet
Bio
Career Notes: Three-year letterman...Played in 35 games with 21 starts at running back…Rushed 347 times for 1,857 yards (5.4 avg) and 18 touchdowns...Caught 62 passes for 625 yards (10.1 avg) and two touchdowns…Also returned 18 kickoffs for 278 yards (15.4 avg) and seven punt returns for 25 yards (3.6 avg).
2016: Started in all 11 games played...Led the team in both rushing yards (759) and rushing touchdowns (9)...Averaged 69.0 rushing yards per game...Produced a seaon long run of 67 yards...Rushed for 100+ yards three times, including back-to-back weeks at Tulsa on Oct. 22 and vs SMU on Oct. 29 - Marked the first time a Tulane player achieved 100+ yard rushing games in consecutive weeks since Orleans Darkwa in the 2013 season...Carried the ball 12 times for two touchdowns and a career high 124 yards at Tulsa, then followed that up with 13 carries for 111 yards with one score vs SMU...First 100+ yard rushing game came vs Southern on Sept. 10 when he netted 103 yards on 10 carries...Recorded two multi-rushing touchdowns on the year, including a career best three-touchdown day vs Southern on...Carried the ball a season high 22 times for 99 yards at UMass on Oct. 1...Ranked fourth on the team in receiving with 114 yards on nine receptions, good for an average of 12.7...Leads all Tulane returners in scoring, totaling 54 points.
2015: Played in all 12 games with two starts as a sophomore…Rushed 115 times for 646 yards (5.6 avg.) and six touchdowns in addition to catching 23 passes for 267 yards (11.6 avg.) and one score…Recorded 913 all-purpose yards (76.1 avg.)…Led the team in rushing attempts, rushing yardage, rushing touchdowns, all-purpose yards and all-purpose yards per game…Second on the team in total points (42)…Fourth on the team in receptions and receiving yards…paced the Green Wave in rushing with 117 yards and two touch¬downs on eight carries vs Maine (9/19)…Had an 85-yard touchdown run vs Maine (9/19), tying for the ninth-longest run in school history…Led the Green Wave at Army (11/14) with 91 yards on 14 carries (6.5 avg.)…Posted 97 yards rushing and two touchdown runs of three yards and 43 yards at Memphis (10/31)…Notched a team-high 84 yards on 10 carries (8.4 avg.) with two receptions for 27 yards at SMU (11/21)…Led Tulane with 51 yards on nine carries (5.7 avg.) and one score at Navy (10/24) in addition to catching three passes for 24 yards…Scored Tulane’s lone touchdown vs Houston (10/16) while collecting 53 yards on 11 carries to lead the squad…Had 47 yards on a team-high 11 carries (4.3 avg.) vs Tulsa (11/27) while also catching three passes for 83 yards and a touchdown…Posted 20 yards on nine carries while catching one pass for 12 yards at Georgia Tech (9/12)…Tallied 18 yards on seven carries while catching one pass for two yards vs UCF (10/3)…also ran for 18 yards at Temple (10/10) on four carries (4.5 avg.) in addition to catching one pass for four yards…Paced the Green Wave with 35 rushing yards on eight carries (4.4 avg.) vs UConn (11/7)…Ran for 19 yards on five carries (3.8 avg.) vs Duke (9/3).
2014: Played in 12 games with a pair of starts as a true freshman…Rushed 97 times for 452 yards (4.7 avg.) and three scores while hauling in 30 passes for 244 yards (8.1 avg.) for a touchdown on offense in addition to returning 17 kickoffs for 260 yards (15.3 avg.)…Also logged two tackles (1 solo, 1 assist)…Paced the squad with an average of 79.7 all-purpose yards per game…Ranked third on the team in carries (97), yards rushed (452) and yards rushing per game (37.7 avg.) while also ranking third in receptions (30)…Had season highs of 192 all-purpose yards and 107 receiving yards while scoring a pair of touchdowns (1 rushing, 1 receiving), running 25 times for 85 yards and catching five passes at Houston (11/8), earning American Athletic Conference Player of the Week Honorable Mention and College Sports Madness AAC Offensive Player of the Week honors…Ran for a season-high 123 yards on 11 carries and hauled in two passes for eight yards vs Cincinnati (10/31)…Logged 15 carries for 65 yards and a touchdown and pulled down a season-best six passes (for 12 yards) vs Memphis on Nov. 15…Hauled in six receptions for a season-best 40 yards while running for five times at East Carolina (11/22)…Added 30 yards and a touchdown on six carries at Duke (9/20)…Pulled in three passes for 31 yards while running eight times for 25 yards vs Georgia Tech (9/6)…Ran four times for 43 yards and recorded four receptions for 31 yards vs Temple (12/6).
High School: Four-year letterman at Scotlandville High for coaches Eric Randal and Richard Oliver...Rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports.com while garnering two-star status from Rivals.com and Scout.com...Received an 84 rating, listed as the No. 43 recruit in the state and ranked the No. 111 athlete in the nation by 247Sports.com...Helped lead the Hornets to a combined 26-13 overall record with three trips to the state playoffs...Claimed all-district honors all four years as a prepster, including first-team distinction as a sophomore, junior and senior...Named first-team all-metro his final two seasons and claimed honorable-mention recognition as a sophomore...Claimed honorable-mention all-state as a senior after running for 978 yards and 16 touchdowns...Added 1,096 rushing yards and 19 scores as a junior...Off the field, was a member of the A/B Honor Roll.
Personal: Born in Baton Rouge, La...Has one brother and two sisters...Majoring in digital design.
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Hilliard’s Career Highs
Carries..........25 at Houston, 11/8/14
Yards..........124 at Tulsa, 10/22/16
Long..........85 vs Maine, 9/19/15
Rushing Touchdowns..........3 vs Southern, 9/10/16
Receptions..........6, 2x, last at East Carolina, 11/22/14
Yards..........107 at Houston, 11/8/14
Long..........66 vs Tulsa, 11/27/15
Receiving Touchdowns..........1, 2x, last vs Tulsa, 11/27/15
Kick Returns..........5 at Duke, 9/20/14
Yards..........71 at Rugers, 9/27/14
Long..........28 vs Georgia Tech, 9/6/14
2016: Started in all 11 games played...Led the team in both rushing yards (759) and rushing touchdowns (9)...Averaged 69.0 rushing yards per game...Produced a seaon long run of 67 yards...Rushed for 100+ yards three times, including back-to-back weeks at Tulsa on Oct. 22 and vs SMU on Oct. 29 - Marked the first time a Tulane player achieved 100+ yard rushing games in consecutive weeks since Orleans Darkwa in the 2013 season...Carried the ball 12 times for two touchdowns and a career high 124 yards at Tulsa, then followed that up with 13 carries for 111 yards with one score vs SMU...First 100+ yard rushing game came vs Southern on Sept. 10 when he netted 103 yards on 10 carries...Recorded two multi-rushing touchdowns on the year, including a career best three-touchdown day vs Southern on...Carried the ball a season high 22 times for 99 yards at UMass on Oct. 1...Ranked fourth on the team in receiving with 114 yards on nine receptions, good for an average of 12.7...Leads all Tulane returners in scoring, totaling 54 points.
2015: Played in all 12 games with two starts as a sophomore…Rushed 115 times for 646 yards (5.6 avg.) and six touchdowns in addition to catching 23 passes for 267 yards (11.6 avg.) and one score…Recorded 913 all-purpose yards (76.1 avg.)…Led the team in rushing attempts, rushing yardage, rushing touchdowns, all-purpose yards and all-purpose yards per game…Second on the team in total points (42)…Fourth on the team in receptions and receiving yards…paced the Green Wave in rushing with 117 yards and two touch¬downs on eight carries vs Maine (9/19)…Had an 85-yard touchdown run vs Maine (9/19), tying for the ninth-longest run in school history…Led the Green Wave at Army (11/14) with 91 yards on 14 carries (6.5 avg.)…Posted 97 yards rushing and two touchdown runs of three yards and 43 yards at Memphis (10/31)…Notched a team-high 84 yards on 10 carries (8.4 avg.) with two receptions for 27 yards at SMU (11/21)…Led Tulane with 51 yards on nine carries (5.7 avg.) and one score at Navy (10/24) in addition to catching three passes for 24 yards…Scored Tulane’s lone touchdown vs Houston (10/16) while collecting 53 yards on 11 carries to lead the squad…Had 47 yards on a team-high 11 carries (4.3 avg.) vs Tulsa (11/27) while also catching three passes for 83 yards and a touchdown…Posted 20 yards on nine carries while catching one pass for 12 yards at Georgia Tech (9/12)…Tallied 18 yards on seven carries while catching one pass for two yards vs UCF (10/3)…also ran for 18 yards at Temple (10/10) on four carries (4.5 avg.) in addition to catching one pass for four yards…Paced the Green Wave with 35 rushing yards on eight carries (4.4 avg.) vs UConn (11/7)…Ran for 19 yards on five carries (3.8 avg.) vs Duke (9/3).
2014: Played in 12 games with a pair of starts as a true freshman…Rushed 97 times for 452 yards (4.7 avg.) and three scores while hauling in 30 passes for 244 yards (8.1 avg.) for a touchdown on offense in addition to returning 17 kickoffs for 260 yards (15.3 avg.)…Also logged two tackles (1 solo, 1 assist)…Paced the squad with an average of 79.7 all-purpose yards per game…Ranked third on the team in carries (97), yards rushed (452) and yards rushing per game (37.7 avg.) while also ranking third in receptions (30)…Had season highs of 192 all-purpose yards and 107 receiving yards while scoring a pair of touchdowns (1 rushing, 1 receiving), running 25 times for 85 yards and catching five passes at Houston (11/8), earning American Athletic Conference Player of the Week Honorable Mention and College Sports Madness AAC Offensive Player of the Week honors…Ran for a season-high 123 yards on 11 carries and hauled in two passes for eight yards vs Cincinnati (10/31)…Logged 15 carries for 65 yards and a touchdown and pulled down a season-best six passes (for 12 yards) vs Memphis on Nov. 15…Hauled in six receptions for a season-best 40 yards while running for five times at East Carolina (11/22)…Added 30 yards and a touchdown on six carries at Duke (9/20)…Pulled in three passes for 31 yards while running eight times for 25 yards vs Georgia Tech (9/6)…Ran four times for 43 yards and recorded four receptions for 31 yards vs Temple (12/6).
High School: Four-year letterman at Scotlandville High for coaches Eric Randal and Richard Oliver...Rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports.com while garnering two-star status from Rivals.com and Scout.com...Received an 84 rating, listed as the No. 43 recruit in the state and ranked the No. 111 athlete in the nation by 247Sports.com...Helped lead the Hornets to a combined 26-13 overall record with three trips to the state playoffs...Claimed all-district honors all four years as a prepster, including first-team distinction as a sophomore, junior and senior...Named first-team all-metro his final two seasons and claimed honorable-mention recognition as a sophomore...Claimed honorable-mention all-state as a senior after running for 978 yards and 16 touchdowns...Added 1,096 rushing yards and 19 scores as a junior...Off the field, was a member of the A/B Honor Roll.
Personal: Born in Baton Rouge, La...Has one brother and two sisters...Majoring in digital design.
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Hilliard’s Career Highs
Carries..........25 at Houston, 11/8/14
Yards..........124 at Tulsa, 10/22/16
Long..........85 vs Maine, 9/19/15
Rushing Touchdowns..........3 vs Southern, 9/10/16
Receptions..........6, 2x, last at East Carolina, 11/22/14
Yards..........107 at Houston, 11/8/14
Long..........66 vs Tulsa, 11/27/15
Receiving Touchdowns..........1, 2x, last vs Tulsa, 11/27/15
Kick Returns..........5 at Duke, 9/20/14
Yards..........71 at Rugers, 9/27/14
Long..........28 vs Georgia Tech, 9/6/14
South Alabama Postgame: HC Jon Sumrall, SPEAR Javion White, RB Zuberi Mobley
Sunday, September 07
Tulane Tuesday: BAN Harvey Dyson - 9/2/25
Wednesday, September 03
Tulane Tuesday: HC Jon Sumrall - 9/2/25
Tuesday, September 02
Tulane Tuesday: WR Omari Hayes - 9/2/25
Tuesday, September 02
