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The 2014 college football season is more than three months away, but the hype is already building for BYU quarterback Taysom Hill. The website Heismanpundit.com has put Hill on its 25-player 2014 Heisman Trophy Watch List. Utah State QB Chuckie Keeton also made the list that includes 2013 Heisman winner Jameis Winston of Florida State, UCLA QB Brett Hundley, Oregon QB Marcus Mariota, Notre Dame QB Everett Golson and OSU QB Sean Mannion. Hill is one of 15 quarterbacks on the list. Hill, who will be a junior this fall, ran for 1,344 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2013 and threw for 2,938 yards and 19 scores.