Taysom Shawn Hill is an American football quarterback and utility player for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He played college football for the BYU Cougars. Hill holds the school single-season and career records for total offense at BYU. He went undrafted in the 2017 NFL Draft, but signed with the Green Bay Packers as free agent on May 5. Hill was waived by the Packers on September 2, 2017, before being claimed off waivers by the Saints.
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Taysom Shawn Hill is an American football quarterback and utility player for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He played college football for the BYU Cougars. Hill has played in four offensive skill positions and on both sides of the ball on special teams, including as the team’s primary gunner on punt return, and has blocked multiple punts in his career. He went undrafted in the 2017 NFL Draft, but signed with the Green Bay Packers as free agent on May 5. Hill was waived by the Packers on September 2, 2017, before being claimed off waivers by the Saints. He was promoted to the active roster on December 3 and appeared in twelve special teams plays against the Carolina Panthers. Hill holds the school single-season and career records for total offense at BYU. He is also the school’s all-time leading rusher with 2,269 yards and 18 touchdowns. Hill is a three-time All-American in track and field, and won the long jump event at the 2009 5A Regional Meet, with a mark of 6. 85 m. He is a four-time all-star in football, basketball, and track at Highland High School in Pocatello, Idaho.
Hill had multiple offers from programs in the West, including University of Arizona, Boise State, Oregon State, Washington State University, University of Utah, Stanford University, and Brigham Young University. He had originally committed to Stanford out of high school, but after returning from his LDS church mission, he enrolled in January at BYU after learning Stanford did not allow incoming freshmen to join the team until June. His 40-yard dash of 5-44 seconds would have finished first among all participating quarterbacks at the NFL Combine, beating Texas A&M’s Trevor Knight’s 4-second 54-second dash and 35-inch vertical jump. He also won the 200 meters and long jump events at the 2007 5A District IVVVI Regional Meet. Hill played in 6 games in 2012, starting and winning two starts midseason before suffering a season-ending knee injury in the closing seconds of a victory over Utah State. Hill resumed starting in the 2013 season.
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