Personal
- Parents are David & Kara Hillstead
- Major: Business
- Has three brothers
- Speaks Mandarin
- Enjoys fishing, hunting and dirtbiking
- High school teammates with Utah cornerback Smith Snowden
Before BYU
- Earned Academic All-Mountain West designation (2023)
- Played in eight games for the Aggies in 2023, starting four
- Finished the season 94-of-158 (.595) for 1,062 yards and 11 touchdowns to eight interceptions
- Set a Utah State freshman single-game passing record with his performance versus James Madison in 2023, going 25-of-47 for 399 yards with four touchdowns
- Prepped at Skyridge High School
- Rated a three-star recruit, No. 15 overall prospect in state of Utah and No. 60 quarterback nationally in Class of 2023
- Three-starter for the Falcons, finishing his career with 6,898 yards and 73 touchdowns to 24 interceptions, also rushed 327 times for 1,791 yards and 35 touchdowns
- Five 300-yard passing games and five 100-yard rushing games at Skyridge
- Threw three or more touchdown passes in 13 games, recorded nine games with multiple rushing touchdowns
- Led Skyridge to state championship (2022)
- Utah 6A All-State Second Team honoree (2022)