Taysom Hill

Taysom Hill
BYU Cougars No. 7
Position Quarterback
Class Senior
Career history
College
  • BYU (2012–present)
Bowl games
High school Highland High School
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-08-23) August 23, 1990
Place of birth Pocatello, Idaho
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • 2008 All-Idaho Player of the Year
  • 2008 Gatorade High School Player of the Year
  • 2x FBS Independent Offensive Player of the Week (vs Hawaii in 2012, vs Texas in 2013)
  • CBSSports.com National Player of the Week (vs. Texas in 2013)
  • Athlon Sports National Player of the Week (vs. Texas in 2013)

Taysom Hill (born August 23, 1990) was an American football quarterback for the Brigham Young University Cougars.

High school

Hill attended Highland High School in Pocatello, Idaho, where he was a letterman in football, basketball and track.[1][2] As a senior, he threw for 2,269 yards and 18 touchdowns, and rushed for 1,491 yards and 24 touchdowns, earning the All-Idaho Player of the Year, Gatorade High School Player of the Year, First Team All-State selection and earned All-Region and All-Conference Player of the Year accolades. He holds the school single-season and career records for total offense.[3]

In track & field, Hill ran the 200-meters and competed in long jump. At the 2007 5A District IV/V/VI Regional Meet, he recorded a personal-best time of 22.5 seconds in the 200 meters, placing 3rd, and ran the fourth leg on the 4 × 200m relay squad, helping them earn a first-place finish at 1:31.41 minutes.[4] He won the long jump event at the 2009 5A Regional Meet, with a mark of 6.85 meters (22 feet 5.6 inches).[5]

College career

Coming out of high school, Hill had offers from University of Arizona, Boise State University, Oregon State University, Washington State University, University of Utah, Stanford University, and Brigham Young University. He was heavily recruited by Jim Harbaugh and had originally committed to Stanford; but during his LDS church mission, he found out that Stanford did not allow incoming freshmen to join the team until June. As a result, he decided to go to Brigham Young instead.[6][7]

In his freshman season of 2012, Hill was the #2 QB on the depth chart. He was initially brought in for special packages to utilize his athleticism in short-yardage situations. His very first play from scrimmage in college was an 18-yard touchdown pass against Washington State University in the home opener. Hill wound up playing in 6 games for the 2012 campaign, having started 2 (winning in both starts), before suffering a season-ending knee injury in the closing seconds of a victory over Utah State University.[8][9]

Taysom entered the 2013 season as BYU's starting quarterback. After a tough 19–16 loss in week one at Virginia, Hill bounced back in a big way against Texas the following week as he rushed for 259 yards and 3 touchdowns in a 40–21 win over the Longhorns.[10] On October 3, 2014, Taysom sustained a fractured leg against Utah State, ending his season. BYU lost their first game of the season that night.[11]

On September 5, 2015, Hill suffered a lisfranc fracture during the 2015 season opener against Nebraska.[12] After the game, BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall announced that the injury would cost Hill the rest of the season.[12] On February 16, 2016, Hill announced that he would be returning to BYU for a final season, instead of pursuing options to play at another school as a graduate transfer.[13] He was granted a medical redshirt for the 2015 season and became eligible to play one final season in 2016.[14] On August 23, 2016, Hill was named the starting quarterback over sophomore Tanner Mangum, who had replaced Hill as starting quarterback after Hill's season-ending injury the previous year.[15] Hill changed his jersey number from No. 4 to No. 7 to honor his older brother Dexter, who died earlier in 2016 and who wore No. 7 as a player.[14][16]

On November 26, 2016 Taysom Hill suffered a fourth season ending injury. In the forth quarter against in-state rival Utah State, Taysom Hill went down with a hyper-extended elbow injury. Hill was unable to finish the season.[17]

Personal life

Taysom Hill is the youngest of four children born to Doug and Natalie Hill. He was named after Taysom Rotary Park located in his hometown of Pocatello, Idaho.[18]

He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as an Mormon missionary in Sydney, Australia from 2009 to 2011. He married Emily Nixon in 2014 in the Salt Lake Temple.[19][20]

References

  1. ↑ Voices.IdahoStatesman.com (1969-12-31). "Highland's Tayson Hill named Gatorade Idaho Football Player of the Year". Voices.IdahoStatesman.com. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  2. ↑ "Blog – BYU's New Generation of Quarterbacks: Taysom Hill". Truebluecougars.com. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  3. ↑ "Taysom Hill Athlete Profile – The Official Site of BYU Athletics". byucougars.com.
  4. ↑ "5A District IV/V/VI Regional Meet – Track & Field Meet". Athletic.net.
  5. ↑ "5A Regional Meet (Dist IV, V, VI) – Track & Field Meet". Athletic.net.
  6. ↑ "BYU football: Taysom Hill talks, tells real reason why he left Stanford". Salt Lake Tribune.
  7. ↑ http://www.sltrib.com (2011-04-11). "Utah Local News – Salt Lake City News, Sports, Archive". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  8. ↑ "Knee injury shelves BYU quarterback Taysom Hill for year – NCAA Football – SI.com". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  9. ↑ Brandon Gurney (2012-10-08). "BYU football: Taysom Hill out 4–6 months with LCL injury (+ video)". Deseret News. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  10. ↑ AP 12:42 a.m. EDT September 8, 2013 (2013-09-08). "BYU clobbers No. 16 Texas". Usatoday.com. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  11. ↑ "Taysom Hill suffers left leg fracture". ESPN. October 3, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  12. 1 2 Drew, Jay (September 5, 2015). "BYU football: Another season lost for star Taysom Hill". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  13. ↑ Drew, Jay (February 16, 2016). "BYU football: Taysom Hill returning to Cougars for 2016 season". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  14. 1 2 Durkee, Travis (May 13, 2016). "BYU's Taysom Hill changing number to honor late brother". Sporting News. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  15. ↑ Gemmell, Kevin (August 23, 2016). "Fifth-year senior Taysom Hill named BYU starting quarterback". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  16. ↑ Walker, Sean (March 26, 2016). "Taysom Hill excused from BYU spring game after brother's sudden death". KSL.com. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  17. ↑ http://www.sltrib.com/home/4645458-155/byu-football-taysom-hill-suffers-fourth. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ #4 Taysom Hill. "Taysom Hill Athlete Profile | The Official Site of BYU Athletics". Byucougars.com. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  19. ↑ "BYU football: Quarterback Taysom Hill engaged to Emily Nixon". Deseret News.
  20. ↑ "Taysom Hill Athlete Profile". BYU Athletics.

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