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Utah football: Linebacker Gionni Paul understands Taysom Hill’s pain, hopes to speak with BYU QB

SALT LAKE CITY — BYU quarterback Taysom Hill’s injury hit close to home for Utah linebacker Gionni Paul.

Hill left BYU’s win over Nebraska with a Lisfranc sprain, which may require surgery and will sideline the quarterback the rest of this season. Hill now has suffered three season-ending injuries in his career at BYU.

The same injury hampered Paul last season.

Paul fractured his Lisfranc joint during Utah’s 2014 spring practices, which cost him an entire summer and a pair of games before making his Utes debut against Michigan last September. Even then, he still had challenges.