Saints do-it-all Taysom Hill on verge of 'emotional' return

After conversations with his surgeon and the rest of his medical team, when Taysom Hill wondered when he could play football again, the initial feedback the New Orleans Saints veteran received was less than encouraging.

Doctors informed Hill that while a return could be possible, there were doubts — question marks, he called them — whether that would realistically happen in 2025. He would be, after all, 35 years old. And Hill not only tore his ACL last December, but he suffered additional damage — four torn ligaments that stabilize the corner of the knee — that required a partial knee reconstruction.

“It was one of those things where you just put your head down, you go to work and see what happens,” Hill said.

So, to be standing in the Saints’ locker room, on the verge of potentially