Though Towson University’s Tom Flacco welcomes the opportunity of playing a role similar to New Orleans Saints quarterback Taysom Hill in the NFL, he’s still preparing to be a quarterback at the next level.
In Saints head coach Sean Payton’s offense, Hill is used as a running back, receiver and on special teams even though he is listed on the roster as a quarterback. In his last two seasons with the Saints, Hill has accumulated 352 rushing yards and 238 receiving yards. Hill has only attempted 13 passes during his NFL career.
The 6-foot-1, 205-pound Flacco has heard the Hill comparisons and is not taking them as a slight. However, he has not played any other position since he first began playing quarterback in his freshman year at Eastern High School (N.J.). Flacco threw for 6,082 yards, ran for 1,066 yards and led Towson to a pair of 7-5 season after the Tigers finished 5-6 in 2017.
“Being an athletic person gives me more opportunity to make a team, be on a 53-man roster and get my foot in the door to be a quarterback in the future,” Flacco said on Glenn Clark Radio Jan. 31. “That’s what I’m kind of looking at it as.”
