He wasn’t drafted by an NFL team. He was claimed off waivers by his current team before spending much of his rookie season as a practice-squad player. After four seasons, he still doesn’t have a starting job and he’s still primarily a utility player and a backup quarterback.
And yet Taysom Hill has somehow become a phenomenon in the NFL, a jack-of-all-trades.
After a shaky start to the season, the Taysom Hill Show is back on center stage. In front of a national TV audience Sunday night, Hill ran the ball seven times for 54 yards, caught a pass for 21 yards and completed two passes for 48 yards in a rout of Tampa Bay that improved the Saints’ record to 6-2.