Utah State Aggies · QB RoomQB

McCae Hillstead

Class  RS JR/TRFrom  BYU (transfer)Ht / Wt  5'10" · 190 lbHometown  Lehi, UT · Skyridge HS

Depth-chart placement

Current role

QB1

Placement

Starter

Room

Quarterback

Experience

4-JR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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QB room context

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McCae Hillstead holds the QB · Starter spot in Utah State Aggies’s quarterback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

QB · StarterMcCae HillsteadStarter

QB · BackupKaleb MarylandBackup

Transfer history

2026BYU→Utah State Aggies

Background & career

McCae Hillstead is a junior quarterback for the Utah State Aggies. The 5'10", 190-pound signal caller hails from Lehi, Utah, where he attended Skyridge High School. Hillstead transferred to Utah State after playing at Brigham Young University. He was a three-star recruit in the 2023 class with a rating of 0.8433 and a national ranking of 1610.

Utah State2023

BYU2024 – 2025

Utah State2026 — present

Previous schoolBYURecruiting3-star · No. 1610 nationalOriginLehi, UT · Skyridge HS