A healthy Hillis holds the key for hogs.How much did the University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas strives to be known as a "nationally competitive, student-centered research university serving Arkansas and the world." The school recently completed its "Campaign for the 21st Century," in which the university raised more than $1 billion for the school, used Razorbacks miss Peyton Hillis during the last four games of its 10-4 campaign in 2006? Head coach Houston Nutt Houston Dale Nutt, Jr. (born 14 October 1957), is an American football coach, and the current head coach at the University of Arkansas. Early life and family Houston Dale Nutt was born on 14 October 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. and Hogs defensive coordinator A defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on a football team in the National Football League or college football who is in charge of the defense. This position aids the head coach a great deal in many ways by delegating play calling to other coaches and allowing the head Reggie Herring Persondata NAME Reggie Herring ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Defensive Coordinator for the Arkansas Razorbacks DATE OF BIRTH 7/3/59 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Reggie Herring both say Hillis' absence may have been the difference in losing or winning the last three games. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hillis' blocking was missed against Mississippi State, but the Hogs used trickery Trickery See also Cunning, Deceit, Humbuggery. Bunsby, Captain Jack trapped into marriage by landlady. [Br. Lit.: Dombey and Son] Camacho cheated of bride after lavish wedding preparations. [Span. Lit. on offense and some special teams and defensive returns for touchdowns to beat Mississippi State. Casey Dick Casey Dick (born June 27, 1986) is a college football quarterback for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks. High school career Dick played for Allen High School in Allen, Texas. had no dependable outlet receiver against LSU LSU Louisiana State University LSU Large Subunit LSU La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) LSU La Sierra University LSU Link State Update (OSPF) LSU Learning Support Unit and suffered through a 3-for-17 day. Hillis wasn't on the field to handle Florida's punt that was fumbled in the end zone and became the turning-point touchdown in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game. His blocking and receiving talents were much needed in a sputtering A popular method for adhering thin films onto a substrate. Sputtering is done by bombarding a target material with a charged gas (typically argon) which releases atoms in the target that coats the nearby substrate. It all takes place inside a magnetron vacuum chamber under low pressure. offensive performance against Wisconsin in the Capital One Bowl. Arkansas lost all three games and went from 10-1 and rising up the charts like a bullet to falling to No. 15 in the nation at season's end Season's End are a British band based in Hampshire. They describe themselves as playing Progressive symphonic metal[1], although they are often tagged as a gothic metal band by reviewers and reference sources[2][3]. . A calcium deposit built up in Hillis' right thigh through the season and put him out of action after the Hogs' 31-14 win over Tennessee. Hillis' return to the team was in question. Here was a guy who had fast-tracked his own return as a precocious freshman in 2004 after suffering a fractured back vertebrae Vertebrae Bones in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions of the body that make up the vertebral column. Vertebrae have a central foramen (hole), and their superposition makes up the vertebral canal that encloses the spinal cord. . Many wondered last year if Hillis was mentally spent playing what appeared to be third fiddle to the Hogs' wondrous tailback duo of Darren McFadden Darren McFadden (born August 27, 1987 in North Little Rock, Arkansas) is the 2006 All-American starting tailback for the University of Arkansas and the 2006 Doak Walker Award winner as the nation's top running back, the first sophomore to ever win the award. and Felix Jones. But as the results last year showed, Hillis must be on the field, somewhere, almost all the time. While McFadden may be the Razorbacks' first real threat to win the Heisman Trophy Heisman Trophy Annual award given to the outstanding college gridiron football player in the U.S. The trophy was instituted in 1935 by New York City's Downtown Athletic Club and was officially named the following year for the club's first athletic director, the player-coach , Hillis must be their player who always takes it for the team while still using his good hands, good feet, strength and vision to make big plays blocking, receiving or running. McFadden says of Hillis, "He's a great blocker and a great pass catcher and is very important for our offense. A lot of plays revolve around Verb 1. revolve around - center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about him." Hillis admits it's been an interesting and up-and-down four years at Fayetteville. "Yeah, ever since I've been here it seems like I've been plagued with injuries, but I know it ain't true," the Conway native said. "My sophomore year I was healthy and I've just had a couple of freak deals. I can look at it in a negative way, but I try to look at it in a positive way. I look at this year as a new beginning and hopefully a new adjustment that I play in this offense." New Razorbacks offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator typically refers to the coach on a football team in the National Football League or College football who is in charge of the offense. This position aids the head coach by designing and scripting plays, delegating work to offensive position coaches during David Lee David Lee may refer to:
Convincing Hillis that this was really going to happen turned into tough going for Lee when he arrived. "I think he thought I was another new coach coming in telling him what he wanted to hear," Lee said. "You know I had to kind of convince him, give me a chance here and listen to what I'm saying before you prejudge pre·judge tr.v. pre·judged, pre·judg·ing, pre·judg·es To judge beforehand without possessing adequate evidence. pre·judg this system before we've even been to spring practice. He was a little hardheaded hard·head·ed adj. 1. Stubborn; willful. 2. Realistic; pragmatic. hard  head about it, to be honest with
you, because he didn't trust if he was going to be moved out and
get the ball thrown to him. I think he believes now."
Down went Hillis again for a week with what Houston Nutt termed a "tweaked" hamstring injury hamstring injury Sports medicine A muscle injury of biceps femoris, seen in sprinters and runners, when a contracted muscle meets a lengthening force, overpowering intrinsic muscle resiliency Management RICE, NSAIDs, gradual ↑ of pain-free activity–eg, . Lee, who has spent the offseason devising special plays for receiver Marcus Monk, tight end Ben Cleveland and fullback/H-back Hillis around his dynamic tailback tandem, found all three sidelined with injuries and sounded like he was ready to go postal. "I've got all these plays put in and they're not here to run them," Lee literally cried in mid-August. Hillis was back in uniform two weeks before the Sept. 1 opener with Troy University Troy University (formerly Troy State University) is a public university located in Troy, Alabama and founded in 1887, as "Troy Normal School". The main campus enrollment is approximately 6,300 students. The campus itself consists of 36 major buildings on 460 acres (1. . While many talent scouts believe Hillis has the body and speed to be the prototypical fullback/H-back in the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga , the Conway product sounded wistful in saying this may be his last goround with football. "I'm just saying that if something bad happens, you get an injury or something like that," Hillis said. "I've envisioned playing [in the NFL] and I ... well, of course I had dreams and stuff, but I try to put myself more in that reality that if that did not happen, I wouldn't be so upset. I put myself in check, I guess." Hillis says the thigh injury, which he said occurred when he was hit by a helmet on the thigh fielding a punt in last year's opener against Southern Cal, is now 100 percent healed. He's bought into his multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective role in Lee's offense while knowing that he can help the star tailbacks repeat last year's efforts. "I'm trying to do well for them," Hillis said, "because they're unselfish guys and really good guys, really good friends. You want Darren winning the Heisman, you want Felix being All-American, you want both of them going into the NFL. That's something I want to be a part of." Maybe he didn't want to be such a part of it in the past, Hillis says. After a vital freshman year he found himself no longer the top tailback, or even the top backup. His skills fit elsewhere in the offense, but Nutt tried to give Hillis as many touches as he could, including having him return punts. Few teams ever have put a 6-foot-2, 243.pounder in a deep back for punts, but after a couple of shaky moments, Hillis became Mr. Sure Hands and got the Hogs a handful of return yards to boot. Plus, he led the Razorbacks in receptions from the fullback spot in 2005. Still, Hillis had the belief he could be an I-back for someone else. "Well, yeah, I'm not going to lie. It's true," he said of considering a transfer, "but God put me in this situation for a reason and I'm going to play to the best of my ability. As much as people say they'd like me to run the ball a whole lot, they're helping me out to become a better fullback blocking for [McFadden and Jones]. I'm trying to look at it the best way I can ... This is my last year, and I have to play the best I can." Even Hillis has come to realize that Arkansas has never populated its offensive backfield quite like the Razorbacks have for 2007. "What are the chances of me being here? Arkansas has never had a Heisman Trophy candidate, let alone two All-American candidates at the same time, and it's happening now," Hillis said. "God put me in this situation for a reason. I'm trying to do the best of my ability. It brings good publicity to this team and this program and I'm just lucky to be a part of it." His position coach for three years, Danny Nutt Danny Nutt coached football with the Arkansas Razorbacks alongside his brother Houston Nutt at the University of Arkansas before resigning in July of 2007 for health conditions. , was forced to retire because of health issues during the offseason, and Hillis has found his replacement, Tim Horton This article is about the hockey player. For the restaurant chain that he co-founded and is named after him, see Tim Hortons. Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton (January 12, 1930, in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada–February 21, 1974 in St. , to be "a little more strict and not as laid-back as Coach Nutt. But he brings good things to the table." Lee has convinced Hillis that Arkansas' offense will be more "pro-style" with the ball tossed around more this season. "I can't tell you how much more, but I know it's going to be more because that's what this team needs. We have to be good at it. If we get good at passing the ball, you can expect a lot of wins this year." That last acknowledgement by Hillis gives Lee pause to smile. "He IS important, because he gives us some real versatility and causes some problems for the defense because he's not your traditional I-fullback," Lee said. "He's in the backfield moving around. But at the same time we've got him out at flanker position one time, we've got in him the slot another time. Another time we're motioning him out to the slot or the flanker position. "We're just trying to create some headaches for the defense because he can run and catch. We can't do that with everybody, but we can with him." AUDIO: THE PEYTON HILLIS INTERVIEW Jim Harris Jim Harris may refer to:
HILLIS FILE
PERSONAL: Born Jan. 21, 1986 PARENTS: Doug and Carrie Hillis of Conway
COLLEGE: Hillis is enrolled in the Fulbright College of Arts and
Sciences and is majoring in sociology. He was named a Hard Working Hog
for the 2005-06 academic year.
HILLIS YEAR-BY-YEAR
RECEIVING
Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G
2004 12 97 2 18 1.2 8.1 9.7
2005 38 402 4 45 3.5 10.6 36.5
2006 19 159 0 21 1.9 8.4 15.9
TOTAL 69 658 6 45 2.2 9.5 21.2
PUNT RETURNS
PR Yds TD Lg Avg/Ret Avg/G
2004 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2005 16 165 0 27 10.3 15.0
2006 8 92 0 27 11.5 9.2
TOTAL 24 257 0 27 10.7 8.3
KICK RETURNS
KOR Yds TD Lg Avg/Ret Avg/G
2004 7 128 0 30 18.3 12.8
2005 3 65 0 23 21.7 5.9
2006 1 18 0 18 18.0 1.8
TOTAL 11 211 0 30 19.2 6.8
CAREER GAME-BY-GAME
2004
Date Opponent Rush Yds TD Lg Rec. Yds TD Lg
9/4 New Mexico St. 9 32 2 10 0 0 0 0
9/11 Texas 3 10 1 8 3 15 0 14
9/18 vs. ULM+ 1 1 1 1 3 25 0 15
9/25 Alabama 10 34 1 8 2 24 1 18
10/2 at Florida 5 14 0 7 1 10 0 10
10/16 at Auburn DNP
10/23 Georgia 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 10
11/6 at S. Carolina 6 8 0 5 0 0 0 0
11/13 Ole Miss 18 64 1 12 0 0 0 0
11/20 at Miss. State 6 11 0 6 1 6 0 6
11/26 LSU+ 5 66 0 42 1 7 1 7
2005
Date Opponent Rush Yds TD Lg Rec. Yds TD Lg
9/3 Missouri State 14 135 3 32 1 3 0 3
9/10 Vanderbilt 15 39 0 10 4 60 1 29
9/17 at USC 8 19 0 5 3 22 0 11
9/24 at Alabama 9 54 0 18 2 5 0 5
10/8 ULM+ 5 15 0 6 3 36 0 16
10/15 Auburn 4 8 0 4 7 81 0 29
10/22 at Georgia 2 3 0 2 5 41 0 10
11/5 South Carolina 0 0 0 0 3 11 1 4
11/12 at Ole Miss 3 14 0 5 4 41 1 23
11/19 Miss. State+ 5 28 0 10 3 44 1 22
11/25 at LSU 0 0 0 0 3 58 0 45
2006
Date Opponent Rush Yds TD Lg Rec. Yds TD Lg
9/2 USC 3 16 0 9 1 14 0 14
9/9 Utah State 1 1 0 1 4 45 0 21
9/16 at Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 1 -5 0 --
9/23 Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/7 at Auburn 0 0 0 0 2 21 0 14
10/14 SE Mo State 4 23 0 12 1 5 0 5
10/21 Ole Miss 2 7 1 6 6 43 0 13
10/28 vs. ULM+ 2 6 0 4 2 18 0 14
11/4 at S. Carolina 0 0 0 0 2 18 0 10
11/11 Tennessee 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 0
11/18 at Miss. State DNP-Injured
11/24 LSU+ DNP-Injured
12/2 Florida% DNP-Injured
1/1/07 Wisconsin& DNP-Injured
+ Little Rock, Ark.; % 2006 SEC Championship Game; & 2007 Capital One
Bowl
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