PROVO, Utah — One week before BYU opened its season against the University of Nebraska, Taysom Hill and his wife, Emily, sat contemplating the bruises and breaks in the backfield of his career and the wide-open field ahead.
As most in the college sports world already know, Hill, born and raised in Pocatello, Idaho, had previously suffered season-ending injuries in 2012 and 2014. But this was a new year, and the all-everything quarterback was set to begin his senior season as a Heisman Trophy hopeful.
To no one’s surprise in Provo, Hill was on virtually every postseason award watchlist.