Taysom Hill is an American football quarterback for the Brigham Young University Cougars.
Education
Hill attended Highland High School, where he was a letterman in football, basketball and track. 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.
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.
He won the long jump event at the 2009 5A Regional Meet, with a mark of 6.85 meters.
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. As a result, he decided to go to Brigham Young instead. 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.
Taysom entered the 2013 season as Brigham Young University"s starting quarterback. On October 3, 2014, Taysom sustained a fractured leg against Utah State, ending his season.
Brigham Young University lost their first game of the season that night.
On September 5, 2015, Hill suffered a lisfranc fracture during the 2015 season opener against Nebraska. After the game, Brigham Young University head coach Bronco Mendenhall announced that the injury would cost Hill the rest of the season. But after the 2015 season, Hill announced that he would be returning to Brigham Young University for a final season.