Wide receiver Eugene Hilton Jr., the son of former Pro Bowl wide receiver T.Y. Hilton, committed to the University of Wisconsin Badgers as the first 247Sports Composite four-star wide receiver since 2017.
The younger Hilton brother chose Wisconsin over offers from Georgia, Mississippi State and Missouri, among others, after taking an official visit to Madison, Wisconsin, over the weekend of June 7 and being attracted to Luke Fickell's program.
“I was already super into them and I think this just broadened my horizons even more,” Hilton told 247Sports. “Everything that I already knew about them and thought about them, it just helped me see if there was a chance that I could go there and see the place and the people, the people that I'd be around and all that stuff.”
Hilton's addition lifted Wisconsin's freshman class to 12th in the 247Sports Team Composite Freshman Rankings.
If he follows in his father's footsteps, it would be quite a recruiting coup for the Badgers. TY Hilton played at FIU from 2008-11 and was a two-time All-Sun Belt first-team selection and the Sun Belt Player of the Year in 2010, recording 3,531 career yards and 24 touchdown receptions.
The Indianapolis Colts selected Hilton in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He was named to the NFL All-Rookie Team and was selected to four consecutive Pro Bowls from 2014 to 2017. He led the NFL with 1,448 yards receiving in 2016, marking his fourth consecutive season with over 1,000 yards receiving.
He recorded at least 700 yards receiving in eight of his 10 years with the Colts and finished his NFL career with 9,812 yards receiving and 53 touchdowns.
