Taysom Hill
 Hill in the dress of the New Orleans Saints (2018) |
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| New Orleans Saints - No. 7 | |
| Quarterback | |
| Date of birth: August 23, 1990 | |
| Place of birth: Pocatello , Idaho | |
| Height: 1.88 m | Weight: 100 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2017 for the New Orleans Saints | |
| Career | |
| College : BYU | |
| Not drafted in 2017 | |
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| Current status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Pass attempts-arrived passports | 13 - 6 |
| Passing game | 119 yards |
| Quarterback rating | 46.6 |
| Running game | 352 yards |
| Run touchdowns | 3 |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Taysom Shawn Hill (* 23. August 1990 in Pocatello , Idaho ) is an American American football poker players in the National Football League (NFL). He plays for the New Orleans Saints as a quarterback . Before that, he had a short contract with the Green Bay Packers .
college
Hill, who also made a name for himself as a track and field athlete and basketball player during high school , had offers from several universities and initially chose Stanford University . In order to get to the football team's training start in time, the devout Mormon would have had to either interrupt his missionary service or take a semester off. So he finally attended Brigham Young University , which he met in this regard, and successfully played college football for their team, the Cougars . Between 2012 and 2016 he played in a total of 37 games, throwing passes for 6929 yards and 43 touchdowns as well as 32 touchdowns himself.
NFL
Green Bay Packers
Hill was not considered in the 2017 NFL Draft , mainly because his college career was overshadowed by several serious injuries and it seemed so doubtful whether his health was even up to a professional career. But he was then signed as a free agent by the Green Bay Packers . He took part in the entire preparation, was used in all games of the preseason , but was sacked just before the start of the regular season .
New Orleans Saints
Just a day later, the New Orleans Saints signed him and made him their third quarterback. Towards the end of the 2017 season, Hill came to the special teams , where he was entrusted with defensive duties.
Since 2018 he has been used increasingly together with Drew Brees . Two nominal quarterbacks are on the field at the same time, which makes the offense even more difficult for the opponent to calculate. Hill is used as a passer, pre-blocker or as a running back . He also acts as a kick returner and is intended as a replacement holder should Thomas Morstead fail. This versatility has him in the media already nicknamed Swiss Army Knife ( Swiss Army Knife ) is introduced.
In the 2019 season, Hill was called up in a total of 10 different positions, mainly in the various special team units and increasingly as a tight end . Particularly impressive was his performance in the game against the Atlanta Falcons , in which he was able to block a punt , run a touchdown and catch another.
statistics
| year | team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Receiving | Kick return | Special teams | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comp | Att | Yds | Pct | TD | INT | rate | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | KR | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Combined tackles | Solo tackles | Branch tackles | Blocked punts | Fum | Lost | FF | FR | |||
| 2017 | NO | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | 4th | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | NO | 16 | 3 | 7th | 64 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | 36.3 | 37 | 196 | 5.3 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 1.3 | 5 | 0 | 14th | 348 | 24.9 | 47 | 0 | 6th | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | NO | 16 | 3 | 6th | 55 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 81.9 | 27 | 156 | 5.8 | 30th | 1 | 19th | 234 | 12.3 | 45 | 6th | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 37 | 6th | 13 | 119 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | 46.6 | 64 | 352 | 5.5 | 35 | 3 | 22nd | 238 | 10.8 | 45 | 6th | 15th | 360 | 24 | 47 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Report of the Salt Lake Tribune dated September 7, 2012, accessed November 2, 2018
- ↑ Player statistics on sports-reference.com, accessed on November 2, 2018
- ↑ Report on ksl.com from September 26, 2017, accessed on November 2, 2018
- ↑ Report by The Advocate dated September 28, 2018, accessed November 2, 2018
- ↑ USA Today report of February 9, 2020, accessed April 18, 2020
- ↑ Report on ran.de from November 29, 2019, accessed on April 18, 2020
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hill, Taysom |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hill, Taysom Shawn (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 23rd August 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pocatello , Idaho , United States |