The 20-year-old right-back was impressive in last week's 2-0 win over Fulham, after first breaking into the first team last season.
"It's always nice when one of your players has a good game and captures the headlines as a result of it," Hodgson said.
"So I'm very happy for him in that respect. But I still think it's better for us to be allowing him to continue to learn his trade, continue to prosper, without trying to raise him up on pedestals to then saw the legs off the pedestals when it suits.
"He was very good in pre-season, his opening game was excellent. We believe strongly in him as a coaching staff, we believe he's got all the qualities needed to become a top right-back.
"But it's one game, and it would be dangerous for us as coaches particularly to start saying that he's a wonder player after one performance.