2024 Fantasy football: Taysom Hill puts on historic showing

National Football League 2024 Fantasy football: Taysom Hill puts on historic showing Nov. 17, 2024 8:57 p.m. ET FOX Sports Research The Saints put on a show in a 35-14 win against the Browns .

After losing seven straight games, New Orleans has recorded back-to-back wins under interim head coach Darren Rizzi. Derek Carr finished 21-of-27 for 248 pass yards and two touchdown throws, with Marquez Valdes-Scantling recording 87 receiving yards and Alvin Kamara totaling 89 yards from scrimmage.

But while the Saints earned a much-needed win behind the usual suspects' performances, he wasn't the most impressive player on the field on Sunday.

Taysom Hill was out of this world.

ADVERTISEMENT The seventh-year hybrid tight end had one of the most unique stat-lines seen in recent memory. He finished one-of-two for 18 pass yards and an interception, recorded seven carries for 138 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns, had eight receptions for 50 yards, and recorded one fumble.

This made us think, just where does this performance rank from a fantasy football perspective? We broke down the numbers and found that Hill's performance ranks in the top five single-game performances among all tight ends over the last 20 seasons.

Whether you look at it from a half-point points per reception (PPR) standpoint, full-point PPR viewpoint, or use the standard fantasy scoring method— Hill's stat-line ranks top five in all three since 2000.

His 138 rushing yards are the most in NFL history by a tight end, and he became the first non-running back ever with 130+ rushing yards and 50+ receiving yards in a game. Hill is also the first player since at least 1950 to score multiple in a game with at least one catch, one completion, one interception, and one lost fumble to go with it.

FOX Sports Research broke down the top 10 fantasy stat-lines from tight ends since 2005, from all three scoring viewpoints. Let's take a look:

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