Where Are They Now-Dalton Hilliard and Eric Martin

Dalton owns a labor supply company out of Houma. I get drinks with him on a pretty regular basis.

i ran into Dalton the other day. I thought he'd be bigger.

Dalton Hilliard was my 1st ever favorite athlete, mostly because I saw how excited my dad would get during his freshman year. My dad would watch LSU games in his chair and then suddenly stand up and yell 'Geaux Dalton Geaux' and then look over at me and say 'Man, this guy's good, his legs never stop'.

One of my clearest memories from when I was only about 5 years old is being tucked into bed by my dad. It was shortly after Dalton's freshman year and I asked if he would play at LSU forever. He explained how he could only play three more years and that seemed like forever at the time. When he was drafted by the Saints, I started paying more attention to them and then they were suddenly good so I became a big Saints fan.

Two of my favorite Tigers and Saints.

Here is a typical stat line for Dalton when he was with the Saints:

29 carries for 82 yards. He had no blocking.

In 1982 my sister was dating Greg Bowser, I was 14. One day Greg came to the house with Dalton, Lance Smith, and Malcolm Scott. Ironically Leonard Marshall grew up about 8 houses down from the street from where we lived in Franklin. Dalton had the biggest thighs I had ever seen. Awesome guy. Lance Smith was the biggest man I had seen besides Ernie Ladd. We were out playing football and Lance challenged me to a race. Needless to say that big man nearly beat me in that race. I knew then that I needed to up my game. It was a great treat to meet those guys and I still hold the LSU travel blanket.

They have played a few times at the LSU North Houston alumni tournaments. Really cool guys.

If TD had been around in 1982 Dalton's thighs would have kept us from ever hearing about Kielands calves.