{"id":808831,"date":"2026-08-10T09:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T09:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/808831\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T09:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T09:48:09","slug":"packers-claim-former-hs-all-american-receiver-chris-hilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/808831\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers claim former HS All-American receiver Chris Hilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">Christopher \u201cChris\u201d Hilton Jr. grew up north of Baton Rouge, La., with his parents (Chris Sr. and Cindy), who were both track athletes at Southern University. Hilton was a standout football and track star at Zachary High, where he won several state titles in sprints and jumps (personal best of 10.85 seconds in the 100-meter dash).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">A four-star recruit, he was the top-ranked receiver in LSU\u2019s 2021 class (ahead of Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas Jr.). Multiple injuries sidetracked his early career, however, as he struggled to find a consistent role beyond being a deep threat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">Hilton looks like a sprinter with his slender, lean-muscled frame and uses his speed to stretch the field. A limited snap count hindered his ability to develop as a route runner, and he was also up and down with his hands \u2014 his success rate nosedived when defenders crowded his air space. He has limited return experience but played more on special teams in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christopher \u201cChris\u201d Hilton Jr. grew up north of Baton Rouge, La., with his parents (Chris Sr. and Cindy),&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[18811,18815,349,99],"class_list":["post-808831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-green-bay-packers-news","tag-green-bay-packers-roster","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}