ASU # 6 CoCo Hillary
Wide Receiver - WR
Height: 5-10 Weight: 190
Junior
Previous Affiliations
Strom Thurmond
Previous Experience
Edgefield, S.C.
Emerged as Armanti Edwards’ favorite target as a sophomore in 2008 ... had nearly twice as many receptions as the team’s next leading receivers a season ago ... still boasts the versatility that makes him a threat as a receiver, runner, kick returner and even a passer ... is slated to start at the Z receiver position after manning the M position for much of last season ... is also likely to resume his role as squad’s primary kickoff returner ... despite having just two seasons under his belt, needs only 13 kickoff returns and 139 kickoff return yards to become ASU’s all-time leader in the respective categories.
2008 : Appeared in all 14 games, making 12 starts at wide receiver (primarily as the M receiver) ... led ASU in receptions (56) and receiving yards (735) ... his 56 receptions were nearly twice as many as the next leading pass-catchers on the team (Ben Jorden and T.J. Courman had 29 catches apiece) ... hauled in multiple receptions in all 14 games ... opened the campaign with a season-best nine receptions for 80 yards at LSU ... notched two receptions in each of the next four games, capped by his first career touchdown catch, a four-yarder in the second quarter of ASU’s blowout win over No. 12 The Citadel ... torched Samford the following week for 78 yards on six receptions, including scores from 50 and 11 yards that gave him the first two-touchdown performance of his career ... tallied three receptions for 63 yards at Georgia Southern, including ASU’s biggest catch of the season for a 15-yard gain on fourth-and-five that led to the Mountaineers’ game-winning touchdown with under three minutes to play ... went on to put together five-straight 60-yard efforts from Oct. 11 (Samford) - Nov. 8 (Chattanooga) ... put an exclamation point on the impressive stretch by hauling in his fourth touchdown of the season in the 49-7 win at UTC ... registered a season-high 94 yards on five catches, including a 27-yard touchdown, in ASU’s 37-21 win over South Carolina State in the postseason opener ... also rushed seven times for 29 yards on the season and returned 30 kickoffs for 701 yards (23.4 ypr) ... his 1,465 all-purpose yards were over 500 more than the closest Mountaineer in the category (Armanti Edwards — 941) and nearly 1,000 more than the nearest ASU wide receiver (Brian Quick — 496).
2007 : Racked up yardage in five different statistical categories — passing, rushing, receiving, kickoff returns and punt returns — in first collegiate season ... shattered school record for single-season kickoff return yardage with 1,030 yards, 332 more than the previous ASU record of 698 set by Pat Swisher in 1977 ... also set school record for kick returns in a season (43) ... 24.0-yard average on kick returns tied for the fifth-best mark in school history ... ranked second in SoCon in total kick-return yardage and sixth with 1,516 total all-purpose yards (1,030 kick return, 339 receiving, 55 punt return and 92 rushing) ... also completed 4-of-5 passes for 83 yards and a touchdown while playing quarterback in the second half of a blowout win over Gardner-Webb ... in first collegiate game, caught four passes for 63 yards and returned seven kicks for 151 yards in season-opening win over Michigan ... hauled in a 24-yard catch and run from Edwards on ASU’s final offensive play to set up the game-winning 24-yard field goal ... returned only two punts of the season for 55 yards versus Lenoir-Rhyne, including an ASU season-best 32-yarder ... turned in an impressive performance in loss at Wofford with three catches for 18 yards and three kickoff returns for 126 yards, including a 95-yard touchdown that gave ASU its first kickoff return for a score since Jimmy Watkins also had a 95-yarder versus Wofford in 2000 ... in addition to passing prowess versus Gardner-Webb, also notched season highs for rushes (9), rushing yards (35) and longest rush (17 yds.) ... set season bests with five catches for 69 yards in win over Western Carolina ... totaled a season-best 184 all-purpose yards with four kick returns for 110 yards, three receptions for 66 yards and two carries for 14 yards in national quarterfinals win over Eastern Washington ... returned four kicks for 110 yards in national semifinals win over Richmond ... hauled in longest reception of the season, a 41-yarder, versus Delaware in national championship game ... became the first Mountaineer to post 90 or more kick return yards in back-to-back games since Jermane Little in 2002 when he posted 126 kickoff return yards at Wofford and 97 at Elon ... accomplished the feat a second time with 104 kick return yards in the national quarterfinals vs. EWU and 110 in the semifinals against Richmond.
2006 : Redshirted ... often played the part of the opposition’s best offensive athlete on the scout team.
High School : Amassed over 3,100 yards of total offense (2,300+ passing, 800+ rushing) and 37 touchdowns to lead Strom Thurmond to the 2005 South Carolina 3A state championship ... named S.C. 3A State Player of the Year by High School Sports Report and second-team all-state by The State.
