Deacon Hill (American football)

Deacon Hill (born February 11, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Utah Tech Trailblazers football. He previously played for the Wisconsin Badgers and Iowa Hawkeyes.

Early life and high school
Hill grew up in Santa Barbara, California and attended Santa Barbara High School where he lettered in football and basketball. He was rated a four-star recruit by Rivals and a three-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN. He committed to play college football at Wisconsin over offers from Kansas State, Nevada and UCLA.

Wisconsin
Hill did not play during his true freshman season in 2020 or 2021 and was redshirted. During the 2022 season, he played in only one game where he did not complete any passes.

On October 9, 2022, Hill announced that he would be entering the transfer portal. On December 25, 2022, he announced that he would be transferring to Fordham, but on January 4, 2023, he announced that he would instead be transferring to Iowa.

Iowa
During the 2023 season, Hill was named the starting quarterback during Week 5 after Cade McNamara suffered a leg injury during the first quarter and became the heaviest quarterback in Iowa program history. He made his career debut as a starting quarterback with six out of 21 completed passing attempts for 110 yards, one touchdown, one interception and a QBR of 2.0.