Deacon Hill (American football)
| Utah Tech Trailblazers – No. 10 | |
|---|---|
| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  Junior |
| Major | Sports and Recreation Management |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 11, 2003 Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 258 lb (117 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | |
| High school | Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California) |
Deacon Hill (born February 11, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Utah Tech Trailblazers. He previously played for the Wisconsin Badgers and Iowa Hawkeyes.
Early life and high school
[edit]Hill attended Santa Barbara High School in Santa Barbara, California, where he lettered in football and basketball. He was rated a four-star recruit by Rivals[1] and a three-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN. Hill committed to play college football at Wisconsin over offers from Kansas State, Nevada and UCLA.[2]
College career
[edit]Wisconsin
[edit]Hill did not play during his freshman season in 2020 and was redshirted in 2021.[3] In 2022, he played in only one game where he did not complete any passes.[4]
On October 9, 2022, Hill announced that he would be entering the transfer portal.[5] On December 25, 2022, he announced that he would be transferring to Fordham, but on January 4, 2023, he announced that he would instead be transferring to Iowa.[6]
Iowa
[edit]In 2023, Hill was named the starting quarterback during Week 5 after Cade McNamara suffered a leg injury,[7] becoming the heaviest quarterback in Iowa program history.[citation needed] He made his career debut as a starting quarterback with six of 21 completed passing attempts for 110 yards, one touchdown, one interception and a QBR of 2.0.[8][9]
After spring practices in April 2024, Hill announced he would once again enter the transfer portal.
Utah Tech
[edit]On May 18, 2024, Hill announced that he committed to Utah Tech.
College statistics
[edit]| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| Wisconsin Badgers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Redshirt
| |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | DNP | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | |
| Iowa Hawkeyes | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 13 | 9 | 6−3 | 122 | 251 | 48.6 | 1,152 | 4.6 | 5 | 8 | 87.4 | 50 | -126 | -2.5 | 2 | |
| Utah Tech Trailblazers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 0−4 | 36 | 75 | 48.5 | 412 | 5.5 | 2 | 1 | 100.3 | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| Career | 18 | 13 | 6–7 | 158 | 326 | 48.5 | 1,564 | 4.8 | 7 | 9 | 90.3 | 61 | -119 | -2.0 | 3 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Deacon Hill, SOPHOMORE Quarterback, Iowa". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ Temple, Jesse. "Why freshman QB Deacon Hill has been turning heads and what he's learned at Wisconsin: 'That dude's got a cannon'". The Athletic. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
- ^ "Deacon Hill". Wisconsin Badgers.
- ^ "Iowa football thoughts: How Deacon Hill approaches Wisconsin return". Des Monies-Register. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
- ^ Belz, Matt (October 9, 2022). "Wisconsin freshman QB Deacon Hill enters the transfer portal". Wisconsin Badgers on SI. SI.com. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ Vessels, Chandler (January 4, 2023). "Former Wisconsin QB Deacon Hill flips transfer destination, commits to Iowa". HawkeyeReport.com. On3.com. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ "Who is Deacon Hill? Meet Iowa's quarterback who's replacing the injured Cade McNamara". KCCI. October 6, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
- ^ Kenney, Ben (October 9, 2023). "QB Deacon Hill and Iowa won Saturday's game in hilarious fashion". Badgers Wire. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ Dochterman, Scott (October 9, 2023). "Key play calls from Iowa's win against Purdue; Deacon Hill's first start". The Athletic. Retrieved October 11, 2023.