“I’m part of Nike’s research and development and I’m sort of the guinea pig to be a part of it. We are literally exhausting every avenue to recover and to stay healthy and make sure my foot doesn’t make limitations.”
Taysom Hill is many things, his roles are a mixed stack and he’s endured lofty expectations since his high school days and becoming the youngest in the train of athletic brothers Jordan and the late Dex Hill. Now he is taking on the role of lab rat for the biggest sports company on the planet.
Nike is using Hill’s foot to build a specific shoe to enable him to compete at the highest level following his injury, surgery and rehabilitation from a freak Lisfranc fracture suffered against Nebraska in BYU’s 2015 opener in Lincoln.