Deacon Hill (American football)
American football player (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
| 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) |
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Hill grew up in Santa Barbara, California and attended Santa Barbara High School 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. He committed to play college football at Wisconsin over offers from Kansas State, Nevada and UCLA.[2][3]
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Wisconsin
Hill did not play during his true freshman season in 2020 or 2021 and was redshirted.[4] During the 2022 season, he played in only one game where he did not complete any passes.[5]
On October 9, 2022, Hill announced that he would be entering the transfer portal.[6] On December 25, 2022, he announced that he would be transferring to Fordham,[7] but on January 4, 2023, he announced that he would instead be transferring to Iowa.[8][9]
Iowa
During the 2023 season, Hill was named the starting quarterback during Week 5 after Cade McNamara suffered a leg injury during the first quarter and became the heaviest quarterback in Iowa program history.[10][11] He made his career debut as a starting quarterback with six out of 21 completed passing attempts for 110 yards, one touchdown, one interception and a QBR of 2.0. [12][13]
After spring practices in April 2024, Hill announced he would once again be moving on and entered the transfer portal.
Utah Tech
On May 18, 2024, Hill announced on social media that he committed to Utah Tech. The Trailblazers are located in Saint George, Utah, which is closer to Hill's home state of California.
College statistics
| 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 | |
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