UNLV cornerback Tim Hough credits ballet for nimble footwork

Tim Hough is seen during a youth football camp at Rebel Park on the campus of UNLV in Las Vegas on Friday, July 29, 2016. Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal

UNLV cornerback Tim Hough said having good footwork is the biggest key to success at his position. The Desert Pines High School product attributes his nimble footwork to ballet.

“I grew up with two (older) sisters, so gymnastics and ballet was our thing,” Hough said Friday at the Las Vegas Bowl Youth Football Clinic at Rebel Park. “I used to go to their practices because my mom was at work so I started doing it with them.”

Hough, who set the school freshman record for interceptions last season with four, said he took ballet classes for…