Question What More Must Taysom Hill Do Before He Retires To Be Considered An NFL Hall Of Fame Player? (2 Viewers)

[CajunSaint08]

What Merl and WhoDat?Drewdat don't understand is that New Orleans is small market when it comes to the media. If we had a love fest with the media markets, then all the nation would know Taysom Hill's name and accomplishments. Yes, the other teams know who Taysom Hill is, (but still do not know how to defend him) but he is not a common household name. Tiger, Neon Deon, Farve, Manning, Brady, Michael Jordon, Magic, .....I could go on, but if Taysom played for a big market team, no matter how good or bad that team was, the media would hype Taysom up every week, every year and he would be a lock for the hall of fame.

I used names from other sports just to prove a point. I believe someday he should be voted in, but not anytime soon. I like just where he is at.

 

[iamsaved]

Fun Facts Including NFL Records By Taysom Hill:


1. Taysom Hill is the Only Player in NFL History to Rush for At Least 100 Yards, have At Least 50 Yards Receiving, have At Least 10 Yards Passing, and Rush for At Least 3 TDs in the Same Game. (11/17/24 - Cleveland)

2. Taysom Hill is the Only Player in NFL History to Score At Least 3 Rushing TDs in a Game while Averaging At Least 19 Yards Per Rushing Attempt. (11/17/24 - Cleveland)

3. Taysom Hill is the Only Player in NFL History to have Completed a Pass, have a Reception, and Score a Rushing TD on the Same Drive in an NFL Game. (11/17/24 - Cleveland)

4. Taysom Hill is the Only Player in NFL History to Rush for At Least 100 Yards, have At Least 50 Yards Receiving, Complete At Least One Pass, Rush for At Least 3 TDs, and have At Least 40 Return Yards in an NFL Game. (11/17/24 Browns)

5. Taysom Hill is the Only Player in NFL History to Rush for Over 100 Yards, have At Least 50 Yards Receiving, have At Least 10 Passing Yards, and have At Least 3 Rushing TDs in a Game with less than 10 Rushes. (11/17/24 - Cleveland.)

6. Taysom Hill is the Only Player in the Super Bowl Era to have At Least 30 Rushing TDs, At Least 10 Receiving TDs, and At Least 10 Passing TDs in a Career. (It was last done Before the Super Bowl Era by Frank Gifford, 60 Years Ago.)

7. Taysom Hill is the Only Tight End in NFL History to Rush for At Least 100 Yards, Pass for At Least 10 Yards, Have At Least 50 Yards Receiving, while Scoring At Least 3 Rushing TDs in a Single Game. (11/17/24 - Cleveland)

8. Taysom Hill Broke the NFL Record for Rushing Yards by a Tight End against Cleveland on 11/17/24 with 138 Yards. He broke his own NFL Record of 112 Yards set in 2022. Hill holds 4 of those Top 10 TE Rushing spots in NFL History.

9. Taysom Hill became Only the 3rd Tight End Since at least 1950 in the NFL to Record at Least 50 Yards Rushing and 50 Yards Receiving in a Single Game. The other 2 were Keith Byars (1992) and Jonnu Smith (2019).

10. Taysom Hill is the Only the 2nd Player in NFL History to have a Rushing TD of At Least 75 Yards at the Age of 34 or older. Jim Thorpe was 34 in 1921 when he had an 80 Yard TD Run. That was 103 Years Ago.

11. Taysom Hill Holds 2 of the Top 10 Longest Rushing TDs in NFL History by a Player 34 Years Old or Older. (75 & 33)

12. Taysom Hill Set an NFL Record for Players At Least 34 Years Old to Average 19 Yards or More Per Rushing Attempt while Rushing for At Least 135 Yards in an NFL Game. (11/17/24 - Cleveland)

13. Taysom Hill is the Only Player in NFL History to have a Rushing TD of At Least 60 Yards AND another Rushing TD of At Least 75 Yards At the Age of 32 Or Older. (2022 - 60 yarder at the age of 32, 2024 - 75 yarder at the age of 34)

14. Taysom Hill is the Only Player in NFL History to have 3 Rushing TDs in the Same Game with one being At Least 10 Yards, one being At Least 30 Yards, and the other being At Least 75 Yards. (11/17/24 - Cleveland - 10, 33 & 75)

15. Taysom Hill is the Only Player in NFL History at the Age of 34 or older to Score 3 Rushing TDs in the Same Game. (11/17/24 against Cleveland)

16. Taysom Hill is the Only Player in NFL History that has Averaged At Least 5.0 Yards Per Carry More Than Once in a Season at the age of 30 or Older. Hill has done so 4 times. He's currently on pace to do it a 5th time.

17. Taysom Hill set an NFL Record in 2019; The Most Single Season TDs (7) Without a Turnover by a QB in a Season.

18. Taysom Hill set an NFL Record in 2019; The Most Receiving TDs (6) by a QB in a Season.

19. Taysom Hill Holds The NFL Record For Most Receiving TDs (11) In The Regular Season In A Career By A QB.

20. Taysom Hill Is The Only QB In NFL History Ever To Have Scored 2 Touchdowns Receiving In The Playoffs In A Career.

21. Taysom Hill Is The Only QB In NFL History To Have Blocked 2 Punts In A Career.

22. Taysom Hill is The Only Player in NFL History to have Rushed for At Least 30 TDs, Passed for At Least 10 TDs, have At Least 10 Receiving TDs, Blocked At Least 2 Punts, Recovered At Least 1 Fumble in a Career.

23. Taysom Hill is Tied with John David Crow for the Most Games (22) in NFL History to have At Least 1 Reception, At Least 1 Rushing Attempt, and At Least 1 Completion as a Passer. Next are Frank Gifford and Tom Tracy with 19 games.

24. Taysom Hill has the Most Games (22) for Players in the Super Bowl Era with At Least 1 Reception, At Least1 Rushing Attempt, and At Least 1 Completion as a Passer. Next are Walter Payton and Antwann Randle El with 9 Games each.

25. Taysom Hill is Only the 2nd Player in the Super Bowl Era to have 8 or more Receptions, 130 Yards or more Rushing, And 3 or more Rushing TDs in a Single NFL Game (11/17/24). The Only other was LaDainian Tomlinson - 12/01/2002.

26. Taysom Hill Became the 1st Player Since 1971 to have At Least 50 Yards Rushing, At Least 50 Yards Receiving, Complete At Least One Pass, and Rush For At Least 3 TDs in an NFL Game. (Ed Podolak, 54 Seasons Ago.)

27. Taysom Hill is the Only Player in NFL History to Rush for At Least 100 Yards, have At Least 50 Yards Receiving, Return a Kickoff At Least 40 Yards, Complete At Least 1 Pass, and Rush for At Least 3 TDs in an NFL Game. (11/17/24 - CLE)

28. Taysom Hill Is Only The 6th Player Since The Year 2000 To Have Led His Team In Rushing In An NFL Game While Also Scoring At Least One TD Receiving And Also Throwing At Least One TD In The Same Game.

29. Taysom Hill & Nick Chubb are the Only 2 NFL Players who have Averaged At Least 5.0 Yards Per Carry in Each of the Past 6 Years (2018>). No other NFL Player has Averaged 5.0 or More Yards Per Carry for 6 Consecutive Seasons.

30. Taysom Hill had 126 Yards and 3 TDs from the Wildcat. Those are Both the Highest in the NGS (Next Generation Stats) Era (since 2016) Ever Recorded. (11/17/24 Against Cleveland.)

31. Taysom Hill lined up 10 Times in the Slot, 8 Times at QB, 6 Times in the Backfield, 4 Times out Wide, and 4 Times Tight. He is the 1st Player in the NGS Era to Line Up At Least 4 Times In All 5 Positions. (11/17/24 Against Cleveland.)

32. Taysom Hill Is Only The 4th Player In NFL History to Have 2.000 Yards Or More Passing, 2,000 Yards Or More Rushing, And 600 Yards Or More Receiving In A Career. The Others are Charley Trippi (NFL 1947-1955, 1952 & 1953 Pro Bowls, HOF 1968), Robert "Bob" Hoernschemeyer (All-America Football Conference / AAFC 1946-1950, NFL 1950-1955, The Professional Football Researchers Association named Hoernschemeyer to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2008), Kordell "Slash" Stewart (NFL 1995-2005, 2001 Pro Bowl and AFC Offensive Player of The Year). Kordell Stewart last played in the NFL 20 Years Ago, Bob Hoernschemeyer 70 Years Ago, and Charley Trippi 70 Years Ago.

33. Taysom Hill is Only the 2nd Player in NFL History to Pass for At Least 2,000 Yards, Rush for At Least 2000 Yards, and have At Least 900 Yards Receiving in a Career. The other Player who did so was Charley Trippi, 70 Years Ago.

34. Taysom Hill is Only the 2nd Player in NFL History to Score At Least 25 Rushing TDs, 10 Receiving TDs, and Throw At Least 10 Passing TDs in a Career. Frank Gifford was the other player. He retired 60 Years Ago after the 1964 season.

The NFL requested TH7s gear and created a display with it memorializing his accomplishment, placing it in the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio after the Saints defeated the Chicago Bears on November 5th, 2023.

35. Taysom Hill Is Only The 5th Player In NFL History To Record 10 Or More Passing TDs, 10 Or More TDs Rushing, and 10 Or More TDs Receiving in a Career, Joining Frank Gifford, Red Grange, Charley Trippi, And Jimmy Conzelman.

The Last of the other 4 Players to play in an NFL Game was Frank Gifford. He last played in an NFL Game 60 Years Ago. Charley Trippi 70 Years Ago, Red Grange 90 Years Ago, and Jimmy Conzelman 95 Years Ago.

All 4 Of Them Are NFL Hall Of Fame Inducted Players.

36. Taysom Hill has the Highest Career Average Yards Per Rushing Attempt in NFL History (Minimum 400 Attempts.) Top 5 #1. TH7 - 5.6 YPC. #2 Tied, Jamaal Charles, Bobby Mitchell, Bo Jackson - 5.4 YPC. #5. Jim Brown - 5.2 YPC.
(Stats are based on Players who have had the majority of their rushing yardage from the traditional running back, fullback, or wildcat alignments. Not included are QBs who have gained the majority of their yardage by scrambling.)


Ongoing In 2024:

Taysom Hill is averaging 7.9 Yards Per Carry so far in 2024. For players with at least 30 Rushing Attempts he trails only Kyler Murray who is averaging 8.1 Yards Per Attempt.

Taysom Hill has a 70.6% Rushing Success Rate so far in 2024. He has the Highest Rushing Success Rate Of Any NFL Player through Week 11 of the 2024 Season with At Least 30 Rushing Attempts.

Taysom Hill is the Only Player in NFL History that has Started At Least 9 Games at Quarterback with a 7-2 Record (.777% Winning Percentage) as a Starter who was not given the chance to Start a 10th Game as an NFL Quarterback. (Yet)



Taysom Hill NFL Record(s) Watch:

1. Taysom Hill now has over 1,000 Yards Rushing, over 1,000 Yards Passing, and currently has 906 Receiving Yards. With another 94 Receiving Yards Taysom Hill will become Only the 2nd Player in NFL History to Enroll into the 1,000, 1000, 1000 Club, Players having At Least 1,000 Yards Rushing, Receiving, and Passing in a Career. Currently, Charley Trippi is the Only NFL Player that has accomplished that feat. Taysom Hill is now in his 8th NFL Season. He wasn't given a Single Offensive Snap in 2017. Charley Trippi played 9 Seasons in the NFL from 1947 to 1955. Charley Trippi last played in the NFL 70 Seasons Ago. If TH7 gets another 94 Yards Receiving in 2024 he will be the Only one to do it in 8 yrs.

2. Taysom Hill needs 94 more Receiving Yards to become the Only Player in NFL History to have At Least 1,000 Yards Receiving, 1,000 Yards Rushing, 1,000 Yards Passing and At Least 30 Rushing TDs, 10 Passing TDs, and 10 Receiving TDs.

3. Taysom Hill needs 4 more TD passes to become the Only Player in NFL History to Rush for At Least 30 TDs, have At Least 10 TD Receptions, and Throw At Least 15 TD Passes.


NOTE: All NFL Records Listed Above Are Also Saints All-Time Franchise Records.


Fun Facts Including New Orleans Saints Records by Taysom Hill

Taysom Hill Milestones Set On 11/17/24 ~ Taysom Hill set personal Career Highs for Receptions with 8, Rushing Yardage with 138, Yards from Scrimmage with 188, Average Yards Per Carry in a Game with 19.7 Yards Per Attempt, All-Purpose Yards with 230, Times Targeted as a Receiver with 10. He Tied his Career total touches high with 15. His 3 Rushing TDs Tied his Single Game High. With Hills 3 TDs Sunday 11/17/24 against Cleveland, Hill increased his Career Total TDs to 44, surpassing Pierre Thomas and moving into Sole Possession of 9th Place in Saints All-Time Franchise History. Hill also Played in his 104th Career Game as a Saint, moving into 52nd on the Clubs All-Time Games Played List, Tied with Renaldo Turnbull. Hill passed up Jameis Winston and moved into a tie with Richard Todd for 16th Place All-Time in Saints Franchise History in Career Passing Yardage with 2,369 yards.


1. Taysom Hill is the Saints All-Time Career Yards Per Attempt Leader for Players who have had a minimum of 400 Rushing Attempts. Hill currently has a Career Rushing Average of 5.62 Yards Per Attempt.

2. Taysom Hill is the Only Player in Saints Franchise History that has a Career Average of over 5.0 Yards Per Attempt who has had at least 400 rushing attempts.

3. Taysom Hill is the Only player in Saints Franchise History to Rush for over 100 Yards in a game on Fewer than 10 Attempts. He's done it Twice. 7 for 138 against Cleveland on 11/17/24. 9 for 112 against Seatle on 10/09/22.

4. Taysom Hill now Holds the Saints All-Time Franchise Record for the Highest Yards Per Carry in a Game in which a Saints player Rushed for At Least 100 Yards. He averaged 19.71 Yards Per Attempt against Cleveland on 11/17/24.

5. Taysom Hill And Alvin Kamara Are The Only Two Saints Players In Franchise History To Have Scored At Least 30 TDs Rushing And that have Also Scored At Least 10 TDs Receiving In A Career.

6. Taysom Hill And Alvin Kamara are the Only Two Players in Saints Franchise History that Have Scored At Least 3 TDs in a Single Game, Two Different Times. (Kamara is the only Saints player to have done so 3 different times.)

7. Taysom Hill and Alvin Kamara are Tied for the Most Runs of 40 Yards or More in Saints All-Time Franchise History. Both Hill and Kamara have done so 5 Times.

8. Taysom Hill George Rogers, Deuce McAllister, Mark Ingram II, and Mario Bates are the Only 5 players that have at least 2 of the Top 25 Longest Runs From Scrimmage in Saints Franchise History. (Taysom 75 & 60 Yards.)

9. Taysom Hill is the Only Saints Player that has had the Longest Run From Scrimmage in 4 Consecutive Seasons at the Age of 30 or older: In 2021 (31) - 44 Yards, 2022 (32) - 60 Yards, 2023 (33) - 27 Yards, and 2024 (34) -75 Yards.

10. Taysom Hill is now tied with Craig Heyward for 15th place in Saints All-Time Rushing Attempts with 432. With a single Rushing Attempt Hill will move into 15 place alone.

11. Taysom Hill now has 44 Touchdowns as a Saints Player, now the 9th Most in Saints All-Time Franchise History.

12. Taysom Hill has Scored 35 of his Total Touchdowns at the Age of 30 or Older. That is the Highest in Saints Franchise History for a Player 30 Years Old or Older.

13. Taysom Hill has the Longest Kickoff Return so far in the 2024 Season for the Saints with a 42 Yarder in Week 11 against Cleveland on 11/17/24.

14. Taysom Hill Ranks 2nd for Active Saints Kickoff Returners (with at least 10 career kickoff returns) Average Per Kickoff Return. #1 is Alvin Kamara - 30.4 Average, #2 is Taysom Hill - 24.4 Average, #3 is Rashid Shaheed - 23.0 Average.

15. Taysom Hill and Alvin Kamara have Only Missed 11 Total Games Each Due To Injury since becoming members of the Saints in 2017, Less Than Any Other Players that joined in 2017 Except for Zach Wood, who has Not Missed A Game.

16. Taysom Hill has Played In The 5th Most Games as a Saint Since 2017. He has Played in 104 Games. #1 is Zach Wood - 126, #2 is Cam Jordan - 124, #3 is Alvin Kamara - 112, #4 is Demario Davis - 108, #5 is Taysom Hill - 104.

17. Taysom Hill (2023), Lamar Smith (1998), And Dalton Hilliard (1985), Are The Only Players In Saints Franchise History To Have Scored At Least 1 TD Receiving And Have Thrown For At Least 1 TD In The Same Game.

18. Taysom Hill Is The Only Saints Player In Franchise History To Have At Least 2,000 Yards Passing, To Have At Least 2,000 Yards Rushing, And Have At Least 900 Yards Receiving In A Career.

19. Taysom Hill Is The Only Player In Saints Franchise History To Ever Record 10 Or More TD Passes, 10 Or More TDs Rushing, and 10 Or More TDs Receiving In A Career.

20. Taysom Hill Ranks 13th All-Time in Saints Franchise History in Rushing Yardage with 2.427 Yards in his Career through week 11 of the 2024 Season.

21. Taysom Hill set a personal best Career High with 230 All-Purpose Yards which includes Rushing, Receiving, and Return Yardage. (11/17/24 Against Cleveland). It is the 19th Highest All-Purpose Game in Saints Franchise History.

22. Taysom HIll is the Only Saints Player to have At Least 400 Rushing Attempts, 300 Passing Attempts, and 90 Receptions in a Career.

23. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Most Receptions By A QB In A Single Season With 33, In 2023.

24. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Career Receptions By A QB With 94.

25. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Receiving Completion Percentage In A Season By A QB at 86.4% in 2019. (Minimum 5 Receptions)

26. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Receiving Completion Percentage In A Career Of All TEs or QBs At 75.8% (Minimum 60 Career Receptions).

27. Taysom Hill has the 19th Most Receiving Yards for a Tight End in Saints Franchise History.

28. Taysom Hill has a 60.6% Career Rushing Success Rate, the Highest Of Any Player in Saints Franchise History.

29. Taysom HIll has a Career Catch Percentage of 75.8%. He has the Highest Catch Percentage of All Tight Ends in Saints Franchise History (Minimum 60 Receptions).

30. Taysom Hill has a Career Catch Percentage of 75.8%. He's 6th Saints All-Time in Career Catch % for Players with At Least 120 Targets. 1st PT23 @ 84.1%, 2nd M.I. @ 80%, 3rd AK41 @ 78.7%, 4th Sproles @ 76.3%, 5th MT13 @ 76.0%.

31. Taysom Hill has the 3rd Highest Saints All-Time Completion Percentage for QBs in a Single Season (2021 - 72.7%) with At Least 120 Passes Attempted in a Season. #1 - Drew Brees in 2018 - 74.4%. #2 - Drew Brees in 2019 - 74.3%

32. Taysom Hill has a Career Yards Per Passing Attempt of 7.8 Yards which is Tied with Drew Brees for the Highest of All Saints Passers in Franchise History with At Least 75 Career Attempts as a Saints Quarterback.

33. Taysom Hill is Tied for the 5th Highest QB Rating of All Saints Quarterbacks with At Least 300 Passes Attempted. #1. Drew Brees @ 101.5, #2, Derek Carr @ 100.1, #3. Andy Dalton @ 95.2, #4/5 Jameis Winston/Taysom Hill @ 87.7

34. Taysom Hill has a Career Record as a Starting Quarterback of 7 Wins and 2 Losses. His .777 Win Percentage is the Highest of All Saints Quarterbacks in Franchise History with At Least 7 Starts.

35. Taysom Hill passed Jameis Winston and moved into a tie with Richard Todd when he completed an 18-yard pass in the game against Cleveland 11/17/24. Hill is now tied with Todd for 16th Place in Passing Yards (2,369) Saints History.

36. Taysom Hill currently Ranks #14 (Including Kickers) in Saints All-Time Scoring Leaders with 264 Points. He Ranks #9 in Saints All-Time Scoring (Not Including Kickers).

37. When Taysom Hill gets 8 Touches or More in a Game the Saints have Won More Than 80% of those games throughout his Career. It's the Highest Win % in Saints Franchise History for those with 8 Touches or More in Career Games.

38. The Saints now have a Record of 19 Wins and 3 Losses Since 2018 when Taysom Hill Rushes At Least 7 Times in a Game. It's the Highest Win/Loss Percentage of Any Saints Player with 7 or More Rushes in a Game.

39. The Saints have a Record of 19 Wins and 2 Losses Since 2018 when Taysom Hill Rushes For 40 Yards or More in a Game. It's the Highest Win/Loss Percentage of Any Saints Player when Rushing for 40 or More Yards in a Game.

40. The Saints have a Record of 11 Wins and 1 Loss Since 2022 when Hill Rushes for at least 40 Yards in a Game. It's the Highest Win/Loss Percentage for Any Saints Player when Rushing for 40 or More Yards in a Game.

41. Taysom HIll is the Only Saints Player in Franchise History to Score Multiple TD Runs Over 30 Yards in a Game. (33 and 75) 11/17/24 against Cleveland.

42. Taysom Hil is the Only Saints Player in Franchise History to Score At Least 3 TDs in a Game with All of them being 10 yards or Longer. (10, 33, 75) 11/17/24.

43. Taysom Hill is the Only Saints Player in Franchise History accomplish ALL of the following on Special Teams: Block 2 Punts, Force a Fumble, Recover a Fumble, have a Tackle For Loss, Force a Safety, Return a Punt, Convert a Fake Punt for a 1st Down, Make At Least13 Solo Tackles, Make At Least 17 Combination Tackles, Cover Punts, Cover Kickoffs, Return At Least 20 Kickoffs, Average over 24 Yards Per Kickoff Return, have At Least 489 Yards on Kickoff Returns, and Play At Least 1,200 Snaps on Special Teams.



Taysom Hill Saints Records Watch

1. Taysom Hill has 432 Rushing Attempts as a Saint. He's currently Tied with Craig "IronHead" Heyward for 15 Most as a Saint. Hill only needs 1 More Rushing Attempt to move into 15th Place Alone All-Time for Saints Rushing Attempts.

2. Taysom Hill is currently tied with Renaldo Turnbull in 52nd Place for All-Time Number of Games Played as a Saint with 52. With 1 More Game Played, Hill will move into a Tie with Pierre Thomas and Willie Whitehead at #50 All-Time.

3. Taysom Hill now has 2,427 Rushing Yards. He's 13th on the Saints All-Time Rushing Leader List behind Wayne Wilson. Hill needs 36 More Rushing Yards to move into 12th Place. With 128 he would pass Mario Bates into 11th Place.

4. Taysom Hill is now Alone in 9th Place in Total TDs in Saints All-Time Franchise History with 44 so far in his Career. Eric Martin is in 8th Place with 48. Hill needs 4 More TDs to Tie Martin and 5 More to move into 8th Place Alone.

5. Taysom Hill now has 33 Career Rushing TDs, and he is in 5th Place All-Time as a Saint. Dalton Hilliard is in 4th Place with 39 Rushing TDs. Hill needs 6 More Career Rushing TDs to Tie Dalton Hilliard, 7 to move into 4th Place alone.



Note: All Stats and Records above are through week 11 of the 2024 Season.


Lagniappe:

Taysom Hill > Chuck Norris

With most of us here high on TH7s most recent production and also the production over the course of his Saints career, I'm starting a ( Yes Another One! ) Special Taysom Hill Thread. I'll start with:Chuck Norris holds Taysom Hills Jock, but only when it's not in use.

saintsreport.com

The info I compiled above is a tip of the hat to Taysom Hill.


I may have missed a few Saints or NFL Taysom Hill Records. If you know of any others, Please post them.



Question: What Other Individual Accomplishment(s) Does Taysom Hill Have To Achieve, If Any, Before He Retires, To Be Considered An NFL Hall Of Fame Player?

0% chance

 

[HouseCall]

He probably needs to be league or Superbowl MVP to be even considered

I think this is the answer. If he were to do something like get a Super Bowl MVP, he’d maybe get in - not first ballot - but during one of those years where there aren’t all slam dunks eligible.

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

What Merl and WhoDat?Drewdat don't understand is that New Orleans is small market when it comes to the media. If we had a love fest with the media markets, then all the nation would know Taysom Hill's name and accomplishments.

What accomplishments?? The highest accolades you can get in the NFL are as follows: MVP, DPOY, All Pro, and the Pro Bowl. TH has NONE of these. None!!!

Yes, the other teams know who Taysom Hill is, (but still do not know how to defend him) but he is not a common household name. Tiger, Neon Deon, Farve, Manning, Brady, Michael Jordon, Magic, .....I could go on, but if Taysom played for a big market team, no matter how good or bad that team was, the media would hype Taysom up every week, every year and he would be a lock for the hall of fame.

To even put TH name up with Tiger, Deon, Farve, Manning, Brady, and Michael Jordan is embarrassing. I'm wondering if this is satire. If you're serious you need to seriously stop drinking the Kool-Aid.

We all love TH but he's a jack of all trades, master of none. Oh and he lost his starting QB job.

He's not even and has never been the best offensive player on any team he's ever been on and you speak his name with the likes of Tom Brady???

Come on guys this is just wayyyy too much.

 

[RJS]

Since you invoked Charley Trippi and to answer your question, match his career.

Charley Trippi - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

please read the whole thing, it's fantastic.

 

[solarbear88]

It requires about a decade of dominant play to be in the HOF. Unfortunately, they only recently found his role and he is 34.

 

[SonOfNOLA]

Devin Hester is 2x All-Decade, 4x All-Pro, and 4x Pro Bowler.

Frank Gifford is 1x NFL MVP, 1x All-Decade, 6x All-Pro, 8x Pro Bowler, along with a SB championship.

All-Pro and Pro Bowl accolades matter the most for HOF induction. Thats the main reason Jahri Evans is near HOF induction. Jahri was recognized as one of the NFL’s best Guards during his entire prime by receiving the highest positional honors in several All-Pro selections.

Taysom has unique / / / slash records but doesn’t have any AP/PB accolades. He has to be recognized as one of the league’s best players for an entire season through APs and PBs. He won’t have a legitimate case for the NFL HOF without the accolades. He would need 1300+ rushing yard seasons or 15-20+ rushing TD seasons for All-Pro consideration. It may be too late for him to have a shot at those awards since he doesn’t get enough rushing touches to rack up higher numbers. He realistically has about 2-3 seasons left before he retires.

Taysom might have a chance for finalist consideration if he can somehow finish his career as a top 20-30 all time NFL rushing TD scorer. He needs 48 rushing TDs to reach 20th, 43 rushing TDs to reach 25th.
Multiple sub 20+ rushing TD seasons before he retires may also put him in the conversation.

 

[srcampbell]

If Devin Hester is in the HOF, then Taysom Hill should make it too.

 

[Treybad]

Great athlete but not a Hall of Famer

 

[Boy_of_wonder75]

Kordell "Slash" Stewart...
Career Passing: 14,746 yards, 77 TD
Career Rushing: 2,874 yards, 38 TD
Career Receiving: 658 yards, 5 TD
The only reason his receiving numbers weren't higher is because he became the Steelers QB1.

If I'm a HOF voter, as amazing as Taysom is, I start thinking about all of the guys who could've done what he does if they had not become good QBs (Michael Vick, Randall Cunningham, Steve Young, Lamar Jackson, Donovan McNabb, Archie Manning), decent enough QBs to be starters (Justin Fields, Vince Young, Kordell Stewart, Ryan Tannehill, Aaron Brooks) or the guys who wouldn't by into moving from QB (Tim Tebow, Scott Frost)... and it would be hard for me to vote Taysom into the HOF.

Kordell Stewart is probably the best comparison when contemplating Hill's chances for the HoF. I don't think Hill is a first-ballot candidate, but I think over time he'll get there if he's fortunate enough to be on a team that makes a deep playoff run where he does something memorable.

 

[Rouxble]

Devin Hester is 2x All-Decade, 4x All-Pro, and 4x Pro Bowler.

Frank Gifford is 1x NFL MVP, 1x All-Decade, 6x All-Pro, 8x Pro Bowler, along with a SB championship.

All-Pro and Pro Bowl accolades matter the most for HOF induction. Thats the main reason Jahri Evans is near HOF induction. Jahri was recognized as one of the NFL’s best Guards for his entire prime through the highest positional honor in several All-Pro selections.

Taysom has unique / / / slash records but doesn’t have any AP/PB accolades. He has to be recognized as one of the league’s best players for an entire season through APs and PBs. He won’t have a legitimate case for the NFL HOF without the accolades. He would need 1300+ rushing yard seasons or 15-20+ rushing TD seasons for All-Pro consideration. It may be too late for him to have a shot at those awards since he doesn’t get enough rushing touches to rack up higher numbers. He realistically has about 2-3 seasons left before he retires.

Taysom might have a chance for finalist consideration if he can somehow finish his career as a top 20-30 all time NFL rushing TD scorer. He needs 48 rushing TDs to reach 20th, 43 rushing TDs to reach 25th.
Multiple sub 20+ rushing TD seasons before he retires may also put him in the conversation.

Interesting fact I found that also answers the question @Artifactual asked. There isn’t a single player in the Hall of Fame that played after 1950 who doesn’t have at least one Pro Bowl.

So what does Hill need to do? He needs to get that first Pro Bowl for starters, otherwise he would be setting a different kind of record by making the HOF without one.

Edit: There is one, Ken Riley, that made it. However, he had a 1st team AP to his name, and he is fifth all time on the career interception leaderboard. So Hill needs at least one of a PB or AP, but few players have made it recently without multiple.

 

[Covington Saint]

It requires about a decade of dominant play to be in the HOF. Unfortunately, they only recently found his role and he is 34.

Terrel Davis disagrees

 

[Kingston]

I could see it if having a Taysom Hill type player catches on for a lot of the other teams. I read an interesting article a couple of seasons ago that was a pretty solid argument that Reggie Bush belongs in the NFL HOF. Basically the crux of the argument is he redefined/created the modern day role of a “joker” running back. However, that said part of the argument included the bit about “Super Bowl Champion Reggie Bush”, so I agree with others that Taysom needs to ply his trade in a Super Bowl to get a crack at it. Also, Reggie Bush led to almost every team in the NFL copying the Saints and employing a quick, shift RB that can play WR as well; to date I haven’t quite seen any other teams take a 3rd string QB and deploy them in the same manner as we do with Taysom. I was kind of thinking that the Steelers would do it with Justin Fields but they haven’t really done so. Also, like a lot of folks pointed out his impact on the game might take 30 plus years of lobbying to get him in.

Me personally, I think his unique abilities and for the fact he has the ability to single handedly take over games should be able to get him in the conversation. If he could have 5-6 games like last Sunday instead of 2-3 times a season and if he could have a game like that in the Super Bowl or even in the playoffs that would help his case immensely.

 

[solarbear88]

Terrel Davis disagrees

Typically what I said is the case. Occasionally, people who have careers cut short and are hugely popular get in like TD. He did win a couple superbowls so that helps too.

Hill has been in the NFL and had some incredible games from time to time, but it took the Saints too long to figure out how to use him, and a lot of games he had minimal stats.

Hey you never know. He might get in 3 awesome years here and get in.

The fact Swilling isn't in the HOF says to me they might hold playing in NOLA against some people.

 

[Boy_of_wonder75]

Terrel Davis disagrees

Davis also holds the record for most touchdowns in a single postseason, went to the Pro Bowl for three consecutive years, was a Super Bowl MVP, was a league MVP the next season, and carried John Elway to two Super Bowl wins. Injuries derailed his career, not a lack of talent. HoF voters recognized that.