Hill, Hine and Arellano recognized for outstanding play

PROVO, Utah --  Juniors Taysom Hill and Adam Hine along with senior Scott Arellano were honored with six awards collectively for their exceptional performances in BYU's 41-33 win over Virginia Saturday.

 

Taysom Hill was named Athlon Sports Independent Player of the Week for the second consecutive week and was honored with the FBS Independent Offensive Player of the Week for the fourth straight week, the first-ever player to do so.

 

Hill was a dual threat in leading the Cougars to the home win over Virginia.  He completed 13 of 23 passes for 187 yards and two touchdowns, while adding a team-high 72 rushing yards and a touchdown on 17 carries. Hill has scored a rushing touchdown in six consecutive games—one game away from tying the BYU record for consecutive games with a rushing TD. His seven touchdowns scored this season are tied for third among all FBS players. With his rushing yardage against the Cavaliers, Hill is now 10th on BYU’s career rush-yardage ledger (2,108 yards); he is the only quarterback in the top 10.

 

The junior was also one of eight quarterbacks to be named a Manning Award Star of the Week, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl. College football fans can go to the Allstate Sugar Bowl Facebook page to vote for the best performance from the past weekend. Voting closes on Thursday at 11 a.m. CDT, and the top vote-getter will be announced the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week.

 

Junior Adam Hine was honored by College Football Performance Awards as the Kickoff Returner Performer of the Week. His 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown stretched BYU's lead to 41-26 in the fourth quarter of Saturday's game against Virginia. It was the first kickoff return for a touchdown of his career and the first for a BYU player since Cody Hoffman's in 2011.