Elbow injury ends career of BYU QB Taysom Hill

BYU QB Taysom Hill has thrown for 2,323 yards, rushed for 603 yards and combined for 20 TDs this season.

For the fourth time in the past five years, the season of BYU quarterback Taysom Hill has been cut short by injury.

This time, the elbow injury Hill suffered Saturday night against Utah State means Hill will not play in the team’s bowl game, thus ending his career. The program said in a press release that Hill underwent an MRI and was diagnosed with a left elbow strain.

Hill finishes his career with a 23-10 record as BYU’s starting quarterback. He previously suffered season-ending injuries in 2012 (knee), 2014 (ankle) and 2015 (foot), playing in a combined eight games over those three seasons. Three of his four season-ending injuries have taken place against Utah State.

His only full healthy season came in 2013, when he led the Cougars to an 8-5 record. This season, his fifth with the program, the Cougars finished the regular season with an 8-4 record heading into the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego. Tanner Mangum, who started in 2015 after Hill was injured in the season-opener, will likely get the start against a to-be-determined opponent.

Overall in his career, Hill finished with 6,929 passing yards, 2,815 rushing yards and 75 total touchdowns (43 passing, 32 rushing). His 9,744 yards of offense is fourth-best in BYU history and his 75 touchdowns ranks No. 5 in program history.