Taysom Hill\u2019s nine-year run with the New Orleans Saints has come to an end.<\/p>\n
The Pocatello native and Highland High School graduate announced Wednesday night that he will not be returning to the Saints for a 10th season, closing the book on one of the most unusual and productive careers in franchise history. Hill did not announce his retirement, leaving the door open to sign with another team.<\/p>\n
\u201cI still don\u2019t have a clear answer about what the future holds, but I know that returning to New Orleans is not in the cards,\u201d Hill wrote in a statement posted to social media.<\/p>\n
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New Orleans Saints quarterback Taysom Hill (7) runs for a 20-yard touchdown against the Indianapolis Colts during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023 in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n
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Green Bay signed Hill as an undrafted free agent out of BYU in 2017. But the Saints claimed him off waivers later that year and turned him into one of the NFL\u2019s most unique weapons.<\/p>\n
He lined up at quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end and special teams, which earned him the moniker \u201cthe Human Swiss Army Knife.\u201d Hill leaves with 2,426 passing yards, 2,551 rushing yards, 1,034 receiving yards and 57 total touchdowns over 118 games. Last season, he became the only player of the Super Bowl era to reach 1,000 career yards passing, rushing and receiving.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we needed more, he gave us everything,\u201d said New Orleans Super Bowl-winning and soon-to-be Hall of Fame quarterback Drew Brees in a tribute video put out by the Saints. \u201cBecause that\u2019s what it means to be a Saint in New Orleans. We adapt. We endure. No shortcuts. No excuses. All heart and soul.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Hill\u2019s last two seasons were derailed by injuries.<\/p>\n
He tore his ACL and suffered additional knee ligament damage in a Week 13 game in December 2024, requiring a partial knee reconstruction. He opened the 2025 season on the physically unable to perform list and played 13 games \u2014 his fewest since 2018 \u2014 before suffering an AC joint sprain in the regular-season finale against Atlanta.<\/p>\n
Hill said he\u2019d spent the offseason thinking through what came next before finally putting his thoughts into words.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs training camp begins, I didn\u2019t want my silence to be misinterpreted,\u201d he wrote, \u201cand as hard as it is to put into words, I wanted to express my gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n
That gratitude started with the city itself, where his oldest son was born and his family built a life over nine seasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had always heard, \u2018If you love New Orleans, New Orleans will love you back,\u2019\u201d Hill wrote. \u201cThat could not have been more true.\u201d He said the city \u201cexceeded every expectation\u201d he had of what it would be like to live and play there, crediting the passion and loyalty of Saints fans as \u201ctruly one of a kind.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hill guided the Rams to the 2008 Class 5A state championship and was the Gatorade Idaho Player of the Year that same year. He signed with BYU after a two-year LDS mission to Australia. Injuries cut short four of his five seasons, but he still finished fourth in school history with 9,744 yards of total offense and set the Cougars\u2019 career rushing record for a quarterback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taysom Hill\u2019s nine-year run with the New Orleans Saints has come to an end. The Pocatello native and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":835298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[634,9140,9133,9142,9145,407176,64,63,9137,7735,9139,1249,593,407175,407174,30843,199553,42812,199552,26175,197277,9135,85,7508,120291],"class_list":["post-835297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-american-football","tag-american-football-bowls","tag-american-football-competitions","tag-american-football-finals","tag-american-football-games","tag-american-football-playoffs","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-gridiron-football-variants","tag-idaho","tag-national-football-league","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-competitions","tag-nfl-playoff-games","tag-nfl-playoffs","tag-nfl-seasons","tag-nfl-teams","tag-nfl-teams-seasons","tag-nfl-games","tag-pocatello","tag-seasons-in-american-football","tag-sports","tag-super-bowl","tag-taysom-hill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}