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2025 Football Roster

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13 Rafiqe Hilliard

13 Rafiqe Hilliard

  • Position:
    Defensive Back
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    170
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Chester, Pa.
  • High School:
    Chester

Summary

Biography

AWARDS/HONORS
  • CSC Academic All-District – 2022, 2024
  • D2ADA Academic Achievement Award – 2021, 2022, 2023
  • PSAC Scholar-Athlete – 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • AD Honor Roll – Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
2024 | REDSHIRT JUNIOR
  • Named to CSC Academic All-District Team
  • Appeared in all 13 games with four starts
  • Finished with 25 tackles (16 solo), one interception and one fumble recovery
  • Posted two stops (both assisted) and one fumble recovery against Edinboro
  • Registered seven tackles (six solo) versus nationally-ranked Kutztown in PSAC Championship
  • Tallied five stops (three solo) and one interceptions against Ashland in NCAA Playoffs
2023 | JUNIOR
  • Medical redshirt; appeared in four games with two starts
  • Finished with seven tackles (six solo)
  • Collected three stops (two solo) against Clarion
2022 | SOPHOMORE
  • Named to CSC Academic All-District Team
  • Appeared in all 11 games
  • Finished with eight tackles (three solo)
  • Made three tackles (two solo) against East Stroudsburg
2021 I FRESHMAN
  • Appeared in all 10 games
  • Finished with five tackles (four solo) and one interception
  • Recorded one tackle (solo) and one interception against Lock Haven
  • Tallied two tackles (one solo) and one fumble recovery versus Seton Hill
2020 I FRESHMAN*
  • Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
The asterisk next to the 2020 season indicates the NCAA’s decision to grant an extra year of eligibility for student-athletes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic; the student-athlete’s year of eligibility did not “advance” from 2020 to 2021 due to this NCAA ruling.

HIGH SCHOOL
  • Graduated from Chester in 2020
  • Was coached by LaDontay Bell
  • Received first-team all-county honors at defensive back in 2019
PERSONAL
  • Son of Corey Hilliard and Jamaica Singleton
  • Has one brother and two sisters
  • Majoring in art studio with a minor in digital media technology

CAREER HIGHS

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Historical Player Information

  • 29

    2021Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'0" 170 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2022Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    6'0" 170 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2023Junior

    Defensive Back
    6'0" 170 lbs
    29
  • 13

    2024Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Back
    6'0" 170 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2025Senior

    Defensive Back
    6'0" 170 lbs
    13
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