PROVO, Utah — There was that time in his first career start against Hawaii that Taysom Hill took off through a hole and just kept going, outrunning the pursuit angle of a safety and a cornerback and leaving his BYU teammates slack-jawed at the notion their freshman quarterback just did something like that.
There was that time at Texas a defender tried desperately to stop him from the end zone by diving at his knees only to end up underneath him, looking up — and looking silly — as Hill hurdled him for a touchdown.
There was that time last fall against Utah State when he laid on the turf, knowing immediately his ankle was broken along with BYU's storybook season, and he refused to let the training staff help him to the sideline, preferring to hop on one leg and push back the pain until he could go back to the locker room and cry.