INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE

T.Y. HILTON
Wide Receiver 5-9 178 Florida International
13
NFL Exp: 2 (2nd Year with Colts)
How Acquired: D3 – 2012 (92nd overall)
Born: 11/14/89
GP/GS (Postseason): 19/2 (1/0)
CAREER TRANSACTIONS:
• Selected by the Colts in the third-round (92nd overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft.
PRO CAREER:
• Established a career-high in receiving yards (140) in a victory against Seattle on Oct. 6, 2013.
• Recorded five 100-yard receiving games in 2012, a Colts rookie record.
• Finished with the second-most receiving yards (861) by a rookie in franchise history.
• Ranked first among NFL rookies in receiving touchdowns (seven) in 2012.
• Became the first player in Colts history to score on a punt return and catch a pass for a touchdown when he accomplished the feat
against Buffalo on November 26, 2012. Was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance.
2013 (COLTS):
• In the regular season opener against Oakland (9/8), tallied three catches for 20 yards with a long reception of 12 yards. Also contributed
with one punt return for 23 yards.
• Finished a Week 2 contest against Miami (9/15) with a career-high 124 receiving yards while tying a career-high in receptions (six).
Topped his previous career-high of 113 yards all in the first half. It was the highest first half receiving yardage total for the Colts dating
back to December 6, 2009 when Pierre Garcon recorded 126 yards against Tennessee. With the 100-yard contest, tied Jim Mutscheller
for 10th place in Colts history with his sixth career 100-yard game.
• Caught two passes for 13 yards and contributed with two punt returns for 16 yards in the team’s Week 3 victory at San Francisco (9/22).
• Made his second career start at wide receiver in the team’s Week 4 victory at Jacksonville (9/29). Finished the contest with four catches
for 45 yards and a long catch of 18 yards. Also totaled two rushes for six yards.
• In a Week 5 victory against Seattle (10/6), finished the game with five catches for a career-high 140 yards (28.0 avg.) and two
touchdowns. Notched a 73-yard touchdown (career-long reception) on his first catch of the game in the first quarter to give the Colts their
first points of the game. His second score came in the third quarter on a 29-yard reception. The first score marked his fourth career
touchdown of 60 yards or more dating back to 2012. The only other player in the NFL with more in that span is Adrian Peterson (six).
With 140 yards against Seattle, he tied Dallas Clark (seventh) for ninth in Colts history in career 100-plus-yard receiving performances.
The multiple-touchdown performance was the second of his career.
2012 (COLTS):
• Played in 15 games (one start) and recorded 50 catches for 861 yards and had a team-high seven touchdowns. Carried the ball five
times for 29 yards. Added 26 punt returns for 300 yards and one touchdown. Also, returned seven kickoffs for 118 yards.
• Led both teams in receiving against Jacksonville (9/23) with four receptions for 113 yards and one touchdown.
• Registered his second 100-yard performance of the season with six catches for 102 yards against Miami (11/4). Added a 36-yard
touchdown, his second of the season, in the third quarter.
• Finished the game with six catches for 100 yards and two touchdowns at New England (11/18). His 100-yard outing tied him with
Andre Rison (three) for the most 100-yard games in a season by a Colts rookie receiver. Became the team’s first rookie receiver with
two touchdowns in a game since wide receiver Blair White (two) on Nov. 21, 2010 at New England.
• Caught three passes for 33 yards and one touchdown and returned four punts for 111 yards, including a 75-yard score against Buffalo
(11/25). Became the first player in Colts history with a punt return for a touchdown and a receiving touchdown in the same game. His
punt return for a touchdown was the team’s first since Dec. 16, 2007 when T.J. Rushing logged a 90-yard return for a score. Was
named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance.
• Finished a Week 13 contest at Detroit (12/2) with a team-leading six receptions for 100 yards. With his total, he set a new club record
for 100-yard receiving games by a rookie (four), topping Andre Rison’s old record of three, which was set in 1989.
• Finished the game with three catches for 78 yards and one touchdown at Houston (12/16). His score came on a then-season-long 61-
yard reception from Andrew Luck in the second quarter.
• Made his first start of the season at wide receiver at Kansas City (12/23) and caught two passes for 34 yards.
• Finished the game with four catches for 111 yards and one touchdown against Houston (12/30). Topped the 100-yard receiving
plateau for the fifth time in 2012, improving his franchise rookie record for the most 100-yard games in a rookie season. Tied John
Mackey and Austin Collie (seven) for the third-most touchdowns by a rookie in Colts history. The 70-yard catch was a season-long.
• Finished second on the team in receiving with eight catches for 66 yards in the Colts Wild Card Playoff loss at Baltimore (1/6/13).
Caught a long pass of 25 yards.
COLLEGE:
• Started 37-of-50 games at Florida International, where he graduated with school career records for receptions (229), receiving yards
(3,351) and touchdowns (24). Also contributed with 498 rushing yards and seven scores on 69 carries and completed two passes for
38 yards and a touchdown.
• Named a Third Team All-America selection as an all-purpose back by The NFL Draft Report, adding honorable mention honors from
Sports Illustrated in 2011.
• Awarded Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in 2010 and earned All-Sun Belt Conference first-team accolades in 2010 and 2011.
• Garnered Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year accolades from The Sporting News and Rivals.com, was named the Freshman
of the Year by the Sun Belt Conference and was an All-Sun Belt Conference first-team choice as a kick return specialist and all-purpose
player.
• Selected to the Freshman All-America team as a punt return specialist by the
Football Writers Association of America and Freshman All-America kick returner
by The Sporting News. Also received Honorable Mention All-America accolades
from Sports Illustrated.
• Returned 49 punts for 614 yards and two touchdowns, as all three marks set
school career records. His 97-yard scoring punt return against Florida Atlantic
(11/12/11) set the FIU record and ranked as the second-longest in Sun Belt
HILTON SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Rec: 6, four times (Last: vs. MIA 9/15/13)
Yards: 140 vs. SEA (10/6/13)
TDs: 2, two times (Last vs. SEA (10/6/13)
LG: 73t vs. SEA (10/6/13)