Happy Birthday to Taysom Hill!
Packers QB Taysom Hill celebrates his birthday on August 23rd. See photos and facts from his career. Photos by Evan Siegle, packers.com.
Hill, rushed a touchdown during the preseason matchup against the Washington Redskins. He took off up the middle and raced 23 yards for the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter.
He started 33 of 37 games played over five seasons at Brigham Young, finishing his career with 23 wins as a starting quarterback.
8, finished his college career with 6,929 yards and 43 TDs on 609-of-1,047 passing (58.2 pct.).
He added 2,815 rushing yards and 32 TDs on 534 attempts (5.3 avg.) at Brigham Young.
Hill, finished No. 5 in school annals and No. 1 among quarterbacks in rushing yards and posted nine 100-yard rushing games.
He finished No. 11 in school history in passing yards.
Hill was on the preseason watch list for the Maxwell Award three times, and the Walter Camp Award and Davey O'Brien Award twice.
Hill started all 12 games he appeared in as a senior in 2016, finishing with 222 completions on 372 attempts (59.7 pct.) for 2,323 yards and 12 TDs with 11 INTs.
8 ran 137 times for 603 yards (4.4 avg.) and eight TDs during time at Brigham Young.
Hill was named to the preseason watch list for the Wuerffel Trophy, Manning Award and CFPA National Peformer of the Year and was also named to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award top 30 watch list.
He had his lone 100-yard rushing performance on the year vs. West Virginia (Sept. 24), finishing with 105 yards on 14 carries (7.5 avg.).
