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Taysom Hill

Taysom Shawn Hill

Quarterback

6-2, 235 lbs

Pocatello, Idaho

Born: August 23, 1990 in Pocatello, Idaho (35-258)

High School: Highland HS

Mission: Australia

Pronunciation: TAY-suhm

Relatives: Brother Jordan Hill; Nephews Michael Daley, John Henry Daley

2014 Team Captain 2015 Team Captain 2016 Team Captain

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Passing

Season	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yd	Yd/Att	TD	INT	Lng	Eff	Sacked	Sack Yds
2012	42	71	59.2	425	6.0	4	2	28	122.4	6	40
2013	236	438	53.9	2938	6.7	19	14	60	118.1	37	227
2014	88	131	67.2	975	7.4	7	3	56	142.7	14	72
2015	21	34	61.8	268	7.9	1	1	53	131.8	3	11
2016	222	372	59.7	2327	6.3	12	11	75	117.0	22	117
Total	609	1046	58.2	6933	6.6	43	31	75	121.5	82	467

Rushing

Season	Att	Yd	Yd/Att	TD	Lng
2012	55	358	6.5	4	68
2013	246	1344	5.5	10	68
2014	86	463	5.4	8	30
2015	9	72	8.0	2	35
2016	136	600	4.4	8	39
Total	532	2837	5.3	32	68

Punting

Season	No	Yd	Avg	Lng	Net Yd	Net Avg	TB
2012	1	31	31.0	31	11	11.0	1
2013	2	48	24.0	35	28	14.0	1
Total	3	79	26.3	35	39	13.0	2

Defense

Season	Tkl	Solo	Ast
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	1	0
Total	2	1	1

Scoring

Season	Touchdowns								PAT		FGM	Sfty	Pts
Season	RshTD	RecTD	KRTD	PRTD	FRTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
2012	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	24
2013	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	60
2014	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	48
2015	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	12
2016	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	48
Career	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	192

Participation

Season	Class	No	Pos	Games	Starts
2012	FR	4	QB	6	2
2013	SO	4	QB	13	13
2014	JR	4	QB	5	5
2015	RS-Medical	4	QB	1	1
2016	R-SR	7	QB	12	12
Total				37	33

Roster History

Season	Class	No	Pos
2012	FR	4	QB
2013	SO	4	QB
2014	JR	4	QB
2015	RS-Medical	4	QB
2016	R-SR	7	QB

Passing

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	TD	INT	Long	Eff
Aug 30, 2012	H	WSU	W 30-6	0	1	1	100.0	18	18.0	1	0	18	581.2
Sep 8, 2012	H	WEB	W 45-13	0	1	3	33.3	18	6.0	0	0	18	83.7
Sep 20, 2012	A	BSU	L 6-7	0	4	10	40.0	42	4.2	0	0	21	75.3
Sep 28, 2012	H	HAW	W 47-0	1	12	21	57.1	112	5.3	2	1	24	123.8
Oct 5, 2012	H	USU	W 6-3	1	24	36	66.7	235	6.5	1	1	28	125.1
Aug 31, 2013	A	UVA	L 16-19	1	13	40	32.5	175	4.4	1	1	52	72.5
Sep 7, 2013	H	TEX	W 40-21	1	9	26	34.6	129	5.0	0	1	32	68.6
Sep 21, 2013	H	UTAH	L 13-20	1	18	48	37.5	260	5.4	0	1	32	78.8
Sep 27, 2013	H	MTSU	W 37-10	1	14	19	73.7	177	9.3	0	1	31	141.4
Oct 4, 2013	A	USU	W 31-14	1	17	31	54.8	278	9.0	3	1	60	155.7
Oct 12, 2013	H	GT	W 38-20	1	19	27	70.4	244	9.0	1	0	45	158.5
Oct 19, 2013	A	HOU	W 47-46	1	29	44	65.9	417	9.5	4	3	53	161.9
Oct 25, 2013	H	BSU	W 37-20	1	27	41	65.9	339	8.3	3	0	40	159.5
Nov 9, 2013	A	WIS	L 17-27	1	19	41	46.3	207	5.0	2	1	34	100.0
Nov 16, 2013	H	IDST	W 59-13	1	11	19	57.9	153	8.1	2	3	36	128.7
Nov 23, 2013	A	ND	L 13-23	1	21	36	58.3	168	4.7	1	1	15	101.1
Nov 30, 2013	A	NEV	W 28-23	1	14	18	77.8	98	5.4	2	0	12	160.2
Dec 27, 2013	B	UW	L 16-31	1	25	48	52.1	293	6.1	0	1	23	99.2
Aug 29, 2014	A	CONN	W 35-10	1	28	36	77.8	308	8.6	3	0	35	177.1
Sep 6, 2014	A	TEX	W 41-7	1	18	27	66.7	181	6.7	0	1	27	115.6
Sep 11, 2014	H	HOU	W 33-25	1	21	34	61.8	200	5.9	1	2	38	109.1
Sep 20, 2014	H	UVA	W 41-33	1	13	23	56.5	187	8.1	2	0	56	153.5
Oct 3, 2014	H	USU	L 20-35	1	8	11	72.7	99	9.0	1	0	53	178.3
Sep 5, 2015	A	NEB	W 33-28	1	21	34	61.8	268	7.9	1	1	53	131.8
Sep 3, 2016	N	ARIZ	W 18-16	1	21	29	72.4	202	7.0	1	0	19	142.3
Sep 10, 2016	A	UTAH	L 19-20	1	21	38	55.3	176	4.6	0	2	19	83.6
Sep 17, 2016	H	UCLA	L 14-17	1	26	48	54.2	250	5.2	1	1	39	100.6
Sep 24, 2016	N	WVU	L 32-35	1	23	35	65.7	245	7.0	2	3	29	126.2
Sep 30, 2016	H	TOL	W 55-53	1	11	21	52.4	248	11.8	1	0	75	167.3
Oct 8, 2016	A	MSU	W 31-14	1	18	27	66.7	138	5.1	1	0	22	121.8
Oct 14, 2016	H	MSST	W 28-21	1	16	28	57.1	165	5.9	3	1	25	134.9
Oct 20, 2016	A	BSU	L 27-28	1	21	41	51.2	187	4.6	0	0	33	89.5
Nov 5, 2016	A	CIN	W 20-3	1	15	25	60.0	130	5.2	0	1	43	95.7
Nov 12, 2016	H	SUU	W 37-7	1	22	29	75.9	320	11.0	2	1	32	184.4
Nov 19, 2016	H	UMASS	W 51-9	1	18	30	60.0	165	5.5	0	0	24	106.2
Nov 26, 2016	H	USU	W 28-10	1	10	21	47.6	101	4.8	1	2	35	84.7

Rushing

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Aug 30, 2012	H	WSU	W 30-6	0	2	6	3.0	0	5
Sep 8, 2012	H	WEB	W 45-13	0	6	27	4.5	2	17
Sep 15, 2012	A	UTAH	L 21-24	0	1	8	8.0	0	8
Sep 20, 2012	A	BSU	L 6-7	0	12	72	6.0	1	17
Sep 28, 2012	H	HAW	W 47-0	1	15	165	11.0	1	68
Oct 5, 2012	H	USU	W 6-3	1	19	80	4.2	0	17
Aug 31, 2013	A	UVA	L 16-19	1	11	42	3.8	1	13
Sep 7, 2013	H	TEX	W 40-21	1	17	259	15.2	3	68
Sep 21, 2013	H	UTAH	L 13-20	1	20	99	5.0	0	41
Sep 27, 2013	H	MTSU	W 37-10	1	18	165	9.2	2	50
Oct 4, 2013	A	USU	W 31-14	1	9	14	1.6	0	24
Oct 12, 2013	H	GT	W 38-20	1	15	65	4.3	1	18
Oct 19, 2013	A	HOU	W 47-46	1	34	128	3.8	0	16
Oct 25, 2013	H	BSU	W 37-20	1	18	69	3.8	1	20
Nov 9, 2013	A	WIS	L 17-27	1	17	53	3.1	0	13
Nov 16, 2013	H	IDST	W 59-13	1	6	62	10.3	0	22
Nov 23, 2013	A	ND	L 13-23	1	24	101	4.2	0	16
Nov 30, 2013	A	NEV	W 28-23	1	26	154	5.9	1	35
Dec 27, 2013	B	UW	L 16-31	1	31	133	4.3	1	19
Aug 29, 2014	A	CONN	W 35-10	1	12	97	8.1	2	26
Sep 6, 2014	A	TEX	W 41-7	1	24	99	4.1	3	30
Sep 11, 2014	H	HOU	W 33-25	1	26	160	6.2	1	24
Sep 20, 2014	H	UVA	W 41-33	1	17	72	4.2	1	15
Oct 3, 2014	H	USU	L 20-35	1	7	35	5.0	1	12
Sep 5, 2015	A	NEB	W 33-28	1	9	72	8.0	2	35
Sep 3, 2016	N	ARIZ	W 18-16	1	11	37	3.4	0	11
Sep 10, 2016	A	UTAH	L 19-20	1	13	87	6.7	2	39
Sep 17, 2016	H	UCLA	L 14-17	1	10	-7	-0.7	0	11
Sep 24, 2016	N	WVU	L 32-35	1	14	105	7.5	0	27
Sep 30, 2016	H	TOL	W 55-53	1	6	3	0.5	0	11
Oct 8, 2016	A	MSU	W 31-14	1	8	47	5.9	1	12
Oct 14, 2016	H	MSST	W 28-21	1	17	49	2.9	1	12
Oct 20, 2016	A	BSU	L 27-28	1	13	48	3.7	1	18
Nov 5, 2016	A	CIN	W 20-3	1	12	75	6.3	1	15
Nov 12, 2016	H	SUU	W 37-7	1	7	29	4.1	1	16
Nov 19, 2016	H	UMASS	W 51-9	1	13	81	6.2	1	18
Nov 26, 2016	H	USU	W 28-10	1	12	46	3.8	0	12

Defense

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Tkl
Sep 5, 2015	A	NEB	W 33-28	1	1
Oct 14, 2016	H	MSST	W 28-21	1	1

Punting

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	No	Yds	Long	TB
Sep 28, 2012	H	HAW	W 47-0	1	1	31	31	1
Aug 31, 2013	A	UVA	L 16-19	1	1	35	35	1
Sep 27, 2013	H	MTSU	W 37-10	1	1	13	13	0

Participation

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS
Aug 30, 2012	H	WSU	W 30-6	0
Sep 8, 2012	H	WEB	W 45-13	0
Sep 15, 2012	A	UTAH	L 21-24	0
Sep 20, 2012	A	BSU	L 6-7	0
Sep 28, 2012	H	HAW	W 47-0	1
Oct 5, 2012	H	USU	W 6-3	1
Aug 31, 2013	A	UVA	L 16-19	1
Sep 7, 2013	H	TEX	W 40-21	1
Sep 21, 2013	H	UTAH	L 13-20	1
Sep 27, 2013	H	MTSU	W 37-10	1
Oct 4, 2013	A	USU	W 31-14	1
Oct 12, 2013	H	GT	W 38-20	1
Oct 19, 2013	A	HOU	W 47-46	1
Oct 25, 2013	H	BSU	W 37-20	1
Nov 9, 2013	A	WIS	L 17-27	1
Nov 16, 2013	H	IDST	W 59-13	1
Nov 23, 2013	A	ND	L 13-23	1
Nov 30, 2013	A	NEV	W 28-23	1
Dec 27, 2013	B	UW	L 16-31	1
Aug 29, 2014	A	CONN	W 35-10	1
Sep 6, 2014	A	TEX	W 41-7	1
Sep 11, 2014	H	HOU	W 33-25	1
Sep 20, 2014	H	UVA	W 41-33	1
Oct 3, 2014	H	USU	L 20-35	1
Sep 5, 2015	A	NEB	W 33-28	1
Sep 3, 2016	N	ARIZ	W 18-16	1
Sep 10, 2016	A	UTAH	L 19-20	1
Sep 17, 2016	H	UCLA	L 14-17	1
Sep 24, 2016	N	WVU	L 32-35	1
Sep 30, 2016	H	TOL	W 55-53	1
Oct 8, 2016	A	MSU	W 31-14	1
Oct 14, 2016	H	MSST	W 28-21	1
Oct 20, 2016	A	BSU	L 27-28	1
Nov 5, 2016	A	CIN	W 20-3	1
Nov 12, 2016	H	SUU	W 37-7	1
Nov 19, 2016	H	UMASS	W 51-9	1
Nov 26, 2016	H	USU	W 28-10	1

Passing

Season	Team	Lg	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int	Rat
2018	New Orleans Saints	NFL	3	7	42.9	64	9.1	0	1	16.4
2019	New Orleans Saints	NFL	3	6	50.0	55	9.2	0	0	81.9
2020	New Orleans Saints	NFL	88	121	72.7	928	7.7	4	3	95.3
2021	New Orleans Saints	NFL	78	134	58.2	978	7.3	4	5	75.4
2022	New Orleans Saints	NFL	13	19	68.4	240	12.6	2	0	146.8
2023	New Orleans Saints	NFL	6	11	54.5	83	7.5	1	0	109.3
2024	New Orleans Saints	NFL	2	4	50.0	21	5.3	0	1	-38.5
		NFL	193	302	63.9	2369	7.8	11	10	86.4

Rushing

Season	Team	Lg	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
2018	New Orleans Saints	NFL	35	185	5.3	2
2019	New Orleans Saints	NFL	27	156	5.8	1
2020	New Orleans Saints	NFL	87	459	5.3	8
2021	New Orleans Saints	NFL	70	374	5.3	5
2022	New Orleans Saints	NFL	96	575	6.0	7
2023	New Orleans Saints	NFL	81	401	5.0	4
2024	New Orleans Saints	NFL	39	278	7.1	6
		NFL	435	2428	5.6	33

Receiving

Season	Team	Lg	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
2018	New Orleans Saints	NFL	3	4	1.3	0
2019	New Orleans Saints	NFL	19	234	12.3	6
2020	New Orleans Saints	NFL	8	98	12.3	1
2021	New Orleans Saints	NFL	4	52	13.0	0
2022	New Orleans Saints	NFL	9	76	8.4	2
2023	New Orleans Saints	NFL	33	291	8.8	2
2024	New Orleans Saints	NFL	23	187	8.1	0
		NFL	99	942	9.5	11

Kick Returns

Season	Team	Lg	No	Yds	Avg
2018	New Orleans Saints	NFL	14	348	24.9
2019	New Orleans Saints	NFL	1	12	12.0
2023	New Orleans Saints	NFL	1	18	18.0
2024	New Orleans Saints	NFL	1	42	42.0
		NFL	17	420	24.7

Punt Returns

Season	Team	Lg	No	Yds	Avg	TD
2018	New Orleans Saints	NFL	1	0	0.0	0
		NFL	1	0	0.0	0

Defense

Season	Team	Lg	Tkl	Sack	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	TD	FF	FR	FR TD
2017	New Orleans Saints	NFL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	New Orleans Saints	NFL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	New Orleans Saints	NFL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	New Orleans Saints	NFL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2023	New Orleans Saints	NFL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	New Orleans Saints	NFL	1							1
		NFL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

Passing

Season	Team	Lg	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	Rat
2018	New Orleans Saints	NFL	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	2.1
2019	New Orleans Saints	NFL	1	1	100.0	50	50.0	293.8
		NFL	1	2	50.0	50	25.0	147.9

Rushing

Season	Team	Lg	Att	Yds	Avg
2018	New Orleans Saints	NFL	3	8	2.7
2019	New Orleans Saints	NFL	4	50	12.5
2020	New Orleans Saints	NFL	4	15	3.8
		NFL	11	73	6.6

Receiving

Season	Team	Lg	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
2018	New Orleans Saints	NFL	1	2	2.0	1
2019	New Orleans Saints	NFL	2	25	12.5	1
2020	New Orleans Saints	NFL	2	5	2.5	0
		NFL	5	32	6.4	2

Defense

Season	Team	Lg	Tkl	FF	FR
2018	New Orleans Saints	NFL	1	0	0
2019	New Orleans Saints	NFL	1	0	0
		NFL	17	1	1

Passing

Season	Team	Lg	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int	Rat
2017	Green Bay Packers	NFL	14	20	70.0	149	7.5	2	0	124.8
2018	New Orleans Saints	NFL	36	49	73.5	365	7.4	2	2	90.9
2019	New Orleans Saints	NFL	40	59	67.8	443	7.5	3	1	99.8
2021	New Orleans Saints	NFL	19	32	59.4	219	6.8	1	1	77.5
		NFL	109	160	68.1	1176	7.4	8	4	95.7

Rushing

Season	Team	Lg	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
2017	Green Bay Packers	NFL	10	71	7.1	1
2018	New Orleans Saints	NFL	19	161	8.5	2
2019	New Orleans Saints	NFL	18	148	8.2	0
2024	New Orleans Saints	NFL	5	21	4.2	1
		NFL	52	401	7.7	4

Receiving

Season	Team	Lg	Rec	Yds	Avg
2022	New Orleans Saints	NFL	1	10	10.0
2023	New Orleans Saints	NFL	1	2	2.0
		NFL	2	12	6.0

Date	Team	League	Transaction
		NFL
May 5, 2017	Green Bay Packers	NFL	Signed UDFA
Sep 3, 2017	New Orleans Saints	NFL	Claimed off waivers from GNB
Apr 26, 2020	New Orleans Saints	NFL	Signed 1-year $16.3M extension
Mar 14, 2021	New Orleans Saints	NFL	Re-signed to 4-year extension
Dec 23, 2021	New Orleans Saints	NFL	Placedon reserve/COVID-19 list
Dec 29, 2021	New Orleans Saints	NFL	Activated from reserve/COVID-19 list
Nov 22, 2022	New Orleans Saints	NFL	Re-signed to 4-year $40M extension
Dec 6, 2024	New Orleans Saints	NFL	Placed on injured reserve with torn ACL
Jul 22, 2025	New Orleans Saints	NFL	Placed on PUP list

2012 - MCL Sprain on Oct. 5. Missed rest of season.
2012 - Enrolled at BYU after previously committing to Stanford prior to his mission.
2014 - Fractured leg on Oct. 3. Missed rest of season.
2015 - Lisfranc fracture on Sep. 5. Missed rest of season.
2016 - Hyper-extended elbow. Missed bowl game.
2017 - Signed with the Green Bay Packers on May 5 as an undrafted free agent