Justin Hilliard discusses his first year in the NFL, rehabbing his ankle, goals for 2022 and life after football.
When he arrived in Columbus as a, the talented linebacker wanted to make a big impact for the Buckeyes and play in the NFL. Although he was setback by injuries, Hilliard ended up becoming an Ohio State captain and a starting linebacker and is now playing in the league.
Some people believe that by not getting drafted, you get to play the card of “I get to pick where I go.” Did you spin it that way, or would you have rather been drafted?I would have rather been drafted for sure. When looking back on it, everything that happened, happened for a reason. I wouldn’t have changed anything, honestly.
The next day, I ended up literally just scrolling thru Twitter, and I started seeing stuff about guys. You know, what teams are going to pick guys off of waivers. Then my agent explained that whole process. Then literally at that point I was just refreshing my Twitter until I saw any report on who gets claimed. That’s literally how I found out. Was scrolling through Twitter and seeing some reporters' tweets that I was headed to New York.Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I played with Billy for two or three years at Ohio State. So me and him are pretty good friends. Soon as he came in it was obviously nice to see a familiar face. Then we have Jake Hausmann here too, so we had four Buckeyes here.I think the biggest thing, he would always talk to me. When I would talk to him, I would just become obsessed with anything. Or any other routine I could add to my routine just to take care of my body. So I can stay away from injuries moving forward.
It’s a brotherhood I really can’t even describe. I’ve never played with Nate, but as soon as I got to New York, he instantly took me under his wing. Guys like Billy, played with Nick with the 49ers. Still keep up with former roommate Joe , Sam Hubbard, Jashon Cornell. There’s just so many. Started attacking the rehab the day after. Before when I had these injuries, I would rehab just as fast as I could to get back. But the timing of this injury was obviously not good, because nobody wants to get injured. But the timing of it was good because I was in a place where I could get my body back to 100 percent before next season.
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