Deacon Hill (American football)

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.

Deacon Hill

Utah Tech Trailblazers – No. 10
Position	Quarterback
Class	Junior
Major	Sports and Recreation Management
Personal information
Born:	(2003-02-11) February 11, 2003 (age 22) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	258 lb (117 kg)
Career history
College	Wisconsin (2020–2022) Iowa (2023) Utah Tech (2024–present)
High school	Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California)
Stats at ESPN

Early life and high school

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

Wisconsin

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

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

On May 18, 2024, Hill announced that he committed to Utah Tech.

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

References

1. "Deacon Hill, SOPHOMORE Quarterback, Iowa". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
2. 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.
3. "Deacon Hill". Wisconsin Badgers.
4. "Iowa football thoughts: How Deacon Hill approaches Wisconsin return". Des Monies-Register. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
5. Belz, Matt (October 9, 2022). "Wisconsin freshman QB Deacon Hill enters the transfer portal". Wisconsin Badgers on SI. SI.com. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
6. Vessels, Chandler (January 4, 2023). "Former Wisconsin QB Deacon Hill flips transfer destination, commits to Iowa". HawkeyeReport.com. On3.com. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
7. "Who is Deacon Hill? Meet Iowa's quarterback who's replacing the injured Cade McNamara". KCCI. October 6, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
8. Kenney, Ben (October 9, 2023). "QB Deacon Hill and Iowa won Saturday's game in hilarious fashion". Badgers Wire. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
9. 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.

External links

• Wisconsin Badgers bio
• Iowa Hawkeyes bio
• Utah Tech Trailblazers bio