Taysom Hill to transfer to Michigan?

Submitted by Maizen on

https://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=37411349&nid=294&fm=home_page&s_cid=toppick2

Sounds like Taysom Hill is definitely leaving BYU after this season. Michigan is the only specific school his former OC mentions by name.

 

One possibility could be playing for Jim Harbaugh at Michigan, which starts a senior quarterback who transferred in for this season. Hill signed to play for Harbaugh at Stanford but never went there and transferred upon returning from a church mission after the coach left to take over for the San Francisco 49ers.

"I would tell Taysom to do the best thing for Taysom," Doman said. "If Michigan comes knocking and you've got a fifth opportunity to play quarterback for Jim Harbaugh, and that's the best thing for Taysom Hill then he should go do that for sure." 

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Blue Noise

November 18th, 2015 at 5:29 PM ^

Thank you for posting the highlights. Anyone on here doubting whether adding Hill would be a good move if we get the opportunity to do so needs to watch these.
Cannon arm, accuracy, devastating speed, and great instincts. At the least, he adds depth, experience, competition. At the most...well...
When the only downside is that he may upset the apple cart and cause the transfer of one or more QBs who are unlikely to contribute in any significant way at this point anyway--that's not really much of a downside.



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alum96

November 18th, 2015 at 3:12 PM ^

I know Hill wants to play QB but guys he would immediately be our best running back.  I am dead serious.  When I previewed BYU this summer I said the best rb on the 2 teams would be the QB of BYU.   He is a Braxton Miller clone running. Granted he probably lasts 2 weeks as a rb healthwise but still.

Also the # of trick packages you could do with him on the field would be incredible if he is a H back type.

Let him and O'Korn duel it out.  If Hill goes down you still have O'Korn or whomever beats out O'Korn if any.  I'm willing to take a gamble on the 85th scholarship for 1 year.  It's like buying an option contract - big upside, limited downside.

 

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JR's Flow

November 18th, 2015 at 3:13 PM ^

I think Hill will be looking for a guarantee he is the starter and I can't see Harbaugh doing that with the reports about O'Korn. Unless Hill is content with competing and possibly just having a package in this offense, theres just too many negative outcomes possible with this.

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Erik_in_Dayton

November 18th, 2015 at 3:18 PM ^

That would be fantastic.  You don't stop adding top players.  Look at what USC did under Carroll and what Saban's done at Alabama.  Let Hill, O'Korn, and Co. battle it out. 

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Farnn

November 18th, 2015 at 3:20 PM ^

How quickly people here seem to have forgotten the QB issues here from not taking a QB a couple years ago. The answer to a D1 starting caliber QB wanting to transfer to your team is the same as the answer when someone asks if you're a god: YES!

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ChiBlueBoy

November 18th, 2015 at 3:28 PM ^

I didn't see much that's new in the article. Mostly opinion on why Mangum is their future and Hill should transfer. We'll see, but I wouldn't take this too seriously.

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LSA Superstar

November 18th, 2015 at 3:32 PM ^

Go read Bambi's latest diary post about returning starters on next year's Big Ten contenders.  Then consider plugging in Hill.

If Hill wants to continue playing football (and I'd understand why if he doesn't), this is the perfect marriage of need and opportunity.  The fact that guys like Gentry and O'Korn have potential only makes this better, too, because it mitigates the risk from Hill's injury history.

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collindebein

November 18th, 2015 at 3:39 PM ^

Hill was amazing in 2014 until he got injured.  A lot of people viewed him as a Heisman contender.  O'Korn by comparison was very mediocre his sophmore year and was replaced.  Perhaps O'Korn has improved but it is unlikely O'Korn is all of a sudden at a Heisman contender level without any additional game experience.

 

 

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jmblue

November 18th, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^

O'Korn's experience isn't limited to 2014. In 2013, he had an excellent freshman season.  His stats are here.  His sophomore year Houston changed the offense and he struggled.  I don't know exactly what the issue was, but he demonstrated the previous year that he can play at a high level.

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True Blue Grit

November 18th, 2015 at 3:39 PM ^

already and we need to devote another one to Hill, I say no.  Not worth it.  Now, if he wants to come here and pay his own way, sure.  At some point though, I'd rather we not have to rely on transfer QB's to be our starter.  Bringing in guys we recruit and develop will be better in the long run. 

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umchicago

November 18th, 2015 at 3:53 PM ^

hill would provide much needed experienced QB depth.  next year, we will have O'Korn and a bunch of underclassmen with near zero experience.

re: scholarships - it's only for one year.  you are merely trading a scholarship for 2016 for one in 2017.  that difference is negligible.

if hill wants to come to UM, let him.  it's really a no-brainer here.

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UM Fan from Sydney

November 18th, 2015 at 3:46 PM ^

I'd be OK with that. It would be excellent to have another fifth-year senior starter. If he doesn't come, though, we have plenty of guys ready to step in next season.

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yourmom_is_hot

November 18th, 2015 at 3:55 PM ^

i'm not sure what experience he would bring other than how to properly sit on the training table.  He doesn't know the playbook and he's been out of more games he's been in.  That's great if he wants to come to Michigan, but I don't see him contributing much.

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ElBictors

November 18th, 2015 at 3:55 PM ^

Coach Brock is just looking out for Hill.  No different than an agent who leaks to the media that a "number of teams have expressed interest" when possibly none have.

Why Michigan would need Hill makes no sense really but it doesn't hurt Hill to have that impression out there, no matter how baseless it may be.

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charblue.

November 18th, 2015 at 3:57 PM ^

to a speculative question based on current reality for Michigan and the quarterback it is now using. I get the feeling that quarterback like every other position under Harbaugh becomes an ongoing competition with no job secure until it is in the coach's mind. Which Harbaugh had clearly felt was the case with Rudock even when the press started wedge questioning about Rudock's early season performance.

Not sure this becomes a thing because the move is entirely up to the player based on circumstance and opportunity and whether Harbaugh wants to hold a scholarship for him. I suspect we will be seeing a thinning of the qb ranks this offseason so that scholarship availability might become a moot point. But if you want to play qb at Michigan, you better embrace the idea of competition on a scale unknown to any other college program.

 

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