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The 2018 BYU Football Almanac Provides Local and National Media a Look at BYU’S Program in Preparation for the 2018 Football Season The 2018 BYU Football Almanac provides local and national media a look at BYU’s program in preparation for the 2018 football season. For more information visit BYUCougars.com or contact BYU’s football media relations staff at 801-422-8948. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 Quick Facts 6-7 2018 Preview 8-9 2018 Offense 10-11 2018 Defense and Special Teams 12 ESPN and BYUtv 13 BYU in the National Statistics 14-15 2017 Starters and 2018 Returning Statistics 16-17 2018 Depth Chart and Returning Lettermen 18-21 Returning Players to Watch 22-24 2018 Rosters 25 2018 Recruiting Class and Newcomers 26-39 Returning Player Bios 40-41 Head Coach Kalani Sitake 42-49 BYU Football Staff 50 The BYU Family 51 BYU Athletic Administration 52-53 Brigham Young University 54 Mission Service 55 Cougar Club 56-58 LaVell Edwards Stadium 59 Facilities 60-67 2018 Schedule and Opponent Outlooks 68-69 2018 Opponent Game-by-Game History 70-71 2017 Season Review 72-84 2017 Game-by-Game 85 2017 Award Winners 86-95 2017 Statistics 96-97 BYU’s Last 40 Seasons 2 98-99 1984 National Championship 100-101 LaVell Edwards 102 All-American Quarterbacks 103 3,000 Club 104-109 Major Award Winners 110 Polynesian Pipeline 111 Tight End Tradition 112-113 College Football Hall of Fame Inductees 114-116 All-Americans 117 Academic All-Americans 118-119 All-Conference Selections 120 Conference History 121-122 BYU and the NFL 123 Players in the Super Bowl 124-125 NFL Draft 126-133 Year-by-Year Results 134-135 40-Year Results and Rankings 136 All-Time Opponent W/L Record 137-150 Bowl History 151-157 Lettermen 158-161 Yearly Leaders 162-176 Individual Records 177-180 NCAA Rankings and Records 181-198 Team Season Records 199-205 Team Game Records 206-207 Media Services 208 Media Partners 3 QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION FOOTBALL STAFF Location Provo, Utah Head Coach Kalani Sitake (BYU ‘00) Founded Oct 15, 1875 Seasons Entering third year Elevation 4,553 feet Career Record 13-13 Enrollment 33,517 Record at BYU same Nickname Cougars Asst HC/Sp Tms Coord /LB Ed Lamb (BYU ‘96) Mascot Cosmo Offensive Coordinator Jeff Grimes (UTEP ‘91) Colors Blue and White Defensive Coordinator/DL ‘Ilaisa Tuiaki (SUU ‘06) Stadium LaVell Edwards Stadium (63,470) Pass Game Coord /QB Aaron Roderick (BYU ‘98) Surface Natural Grass Offensive Line Ryan Pugh (Auburn ‘12) President Kevin J Worthen Running Backs AJ Steward (Kansas ‘12) Athletics Director Tom Holmoe Receivers Fesi Sitake (SUU ‘11) Tight Ends Steve Clark (BYU ‘92) PROGRAM HISTORY Cornerbacks Jernaro Gilford (BYU ‘04) National Championships 1 (1984) Safeties Preston Hadley (BYU ‘13) Conference Championships 23 (last 2007)* Head FB Strength & Cond Nu’u Tafisi (Cal ‘06) Bowl Appearances 35 Strength & Conditioning Asst Justin McClure Bowl Record 14-20-1 Strength & Conditioning Asst AJ Middleton Last Bowl Appearance 2016 Poinsettia Bowl Football Analyst JD Falslev W, 24-21 vs Wyoming Football Analyst Michael Smith Last Bowl Victory same Defensive Graduate Assistant Manase Tonga First Year of Football 1922 Defensive Graduate Assistant Vince Feula All-time Record 568-415-26 ( 578) Offensive Graduate Assistant Dallas Reynolds All-time Home Record 311-139-6 ( 689) Offensive Graduate Assistant Harvey Unga All-time Road Record 230-250-19 (480) Director of Operations Jon Swift All-time Neutral Record 28-26-1 ( 518) Community Relations Coordinator Jack Damuni All-time Independent Record 56-35 ( 615) Support Services Coordinator Jasen Ah You Stadium Record 238-74 ( 760) Player Dev /On-Campus Rec Coord Tasha Bell Stadium Record (since 1982 expansion) 169-49 ( 775) Player Personnel Coordinator Alema Fitisemanu Stadium Record (since 2000 renaming) 78-26 ( 750) Football Equipment Manager Mick Hill *Independent since 2011 Video and Technology Coordinator Errol Seaver Head Football Trainer Steve Pincock MEDIA RELATIONS Sports Medicine Rehab Coordinator Brett Mortensen FB Media Relations Director Brett Pyne Director, Student Academic Center Trevor Wilson Office Phone 801-422-4912 Football Academic Advisor Jim Hamblin Cell Phone 801-367-1631 FB Media Relations Asst Director Kenny Cox TEAM INFORMATION Office phone 801-422-5202 Defense 4-3 Cell Phone 801-420-7703 Offense Multiple Football Graduate Assistant Ari Davis 2017 Record 4-9 Cell Phone 801-243-8269 Affiliation FBS Independent Office Number 801-422-8999 Total lettermen RETURNING (R)/LOST (L) 58/25 Media Relations Main Office 801-422-8948 Offensive lettermen R/L 25/10 Media Relations Fax 801-422-0633 Defensive lettermen R/L 29/13 Edwards Stadium Press Box 801-422-2609 Specialist lettermen R/L 4/2 Website www byucougars com Starters R/L 14/8 Twitter @BYUCougars, @BYUFootball Offensive starters R/L 7/4 Facebook BYUFootball Defensive starters R/L 7/4 Address: 30 SFH; Provo, UT 84602 4 1984 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 75 ALL-AMERICANS 36 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA CITATIONS 35 BOWL GAMES 23 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 13 CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICANS 7 COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME MEMBERS 7 SAMMY BAUGH WINNERS 4 DAVEY O’BRIEN WINNERS 2 OUTLAND TROPHIES 1 HEISMAN TROPHY 1 DOAK WALKER AWARD 1 MAXWELL AWARD 5 2018 SEASON PREVIEW NEW FACES LIGHT THE SPARK FOR NEW SEASON The 2017 season was a year of adversity for the Cougars A combination of youth and inexperience along with 25 members of the two-deep missing time due to injuries contributed to a 4-9 season not often experienced by the program With last year in the rear-view mirror and a goal to get back to winning, BYU football is working hard to prepare for the 2018 season The 2018 season will feature another loaded schedule, with matchups against eight teams that played in a bowl game in 2017 The schedule is highlighted by a Pac-12 heavy lineup of four teams including Arizona, Cal, Washington and Utah In addition to the Pac-12 slate, BYU will face top-10 Wisconsin of the Big Ten in Madison The Cougars also take on teams from the Mountain West, including in-state foe Utah State, regional rival Boise State and Hawai'i Fellow independents UMa- ss and New Mexico State are also on the schedule along with a matchup against the Mid-American Conference’s Northern Illinois and FCS power McNeese State The season opens against Arizona on the road Sept 1 Last season the Wildcats finished 7-6 and third in the Pac-12 conference Arizona hired Kevin Sumlin as its new head coach, bringing with him a successful track record of high-powered offenses from his days at Houston and Texas A&M Sumlin has also produced some of the country’s top quarterbacks in the nation, including Case Keenum at Houston and Heisman winner Johnny Manziel at Texas A&M Sumlin will have another good one at Arizona with dual-threat quarterback Khalil Tate Tate averaged 272 9 yards of total offense per game last season The Cougars return to LaVell Edwards Stadium to face Cal in the home opener the next week They defeated Cal in the last matchup in a shootout 42-35 in 2014 BYU then hits the road again for a date with top-10 power Wisconsin The Badgers finished last season 13-1 and No 7 in final rankings Wisconsin handled the Cougars in Provo last season so BYU will look to answer in Madison this year A first-time matchup with McNeese State at home on Sept 22 comes before another Pac-12 contest at Washington the following week The Huskies won 10 games last season and finished at No 15 in the coaches poll It will be the Cougars’ first trip to Seattle since defeating Jake Locker and the Huskies 28-27 in 2008 6 Following the Washington game, BYU gets three straight at home The stretch begins with a Friday night contestwith Utah State, before an old rival, Hawai'i, comes to Provo looking to avenge a loss to the Cougars in Honolulu last year After a bye week, the Huskies of Northern Illinois will make their first trip to LaVell Edwards Stadium NEW FACES LIGHT THE SPARK FOR NEW SEASON After the three-game homestand, the Cougars will visit the blue turf in another regional matchup against Boise State The Broncos finished in the top 25 again last season and defeated BYU in Provo 24-7 The Cougars make their longest trip of the year the following week with a game against UMass at Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots on Nov 10 BYU’s last home game of the year will be on Nov 17 against New Mexico State The Aggies have seen a resurgance recently, making a bowl game for the first time since the 1960s last season An old tradition returns to conclude the 2018 season, with the Deseret First Duel against Utah resuming its place as the final regular season game on Nov 24 BYU will visit Rice-Eccles Stadium to try and break the streak of seven straight losses to the Utes All eyes will be fixated on the Cougars’ new offense, designed by new offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes Grimes, BYU’s of- fensive line coach from 2004-06, returned to BYU after successful runs at Colorado, Virginia Tech, Auburn and most recently, LSU The seasoned coaching veteran has more than 25 years of experience with some of the most talented offensive minds in the game Grimes assembled a new offensive staff that includes three former offensive coordinators in Aaron Roderick (passing game coordinator, quarterbacks), Fesi Sitake (wide receivers) and returning tight ends coach Steve Clark Rounding out the new staff is Ryan Pugh (offensive line), a Grimes protege that spent time with him at Auburn and LSU, and AJ Steward (running backs) out of Rice The cupboard has plenty of options for Grimes and Co to get things going while the defensive unit returns plenty of talent as well Both sides of the ball experiemented in spring with some position changes in hopes to get the best 11
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