Deacon
Hill
Deacon Hill is a Utah Tech fifth-year quarterback from Santa Barbara, California and Santa Barbara High School by way of Wisconsin and Iowa. Utah Tech's own 2025 opener release confirmed his return after starting four of five games in 2024 before a season-ending injury.
Why this athlete matters right now
Why Deacon Hill is the right Utah Tech football profile
Utah Tech does not often put an FBS-experienced quarterback at the top of its depth chart, and that is what makes Hill worth covering with a real player page. The 6-foot-4, 247-pound redshirt senior started nine games at Iowa in 2023 and helped the Hawkeyes to the Big Ten Championship game.
That is the kind of resume that gives an FCS program scoring-system stability as it prepares to enter the Big Sky in 2026-27.
What the official official source record shows
Utah Tech's own August 2025 preview listed Hill among the three returning signal-callers with 2024 playing experience and framed him as the veteran arm back from injury. His career line through 2024 includes 1,152 passing yards and five touchdowns at Iowa, plus 412 yards and two touchdowns at Utah Tech before the injury.
That makes Hill a profile built on real production at high-major stops, not on projection, and it grounds the Utah Tech page in an actual quarterback story during a conference-transition year.
At a glance
Key achievements
- Former Iowa starting quarterback who helped the Hawkeyes to the 2023 Big Ten Championship Game
- Listed as Utah Tech's returning veteran quarterback in the school's 2025 season-opener release
- Wisconsin and Iowa transfer in his fifth college football season at Utah Tech
Official sources
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