PROVO, Utah-Wednesday, the first All-American in BYU football history, Eldon Fortie, passed away at 79 at Mesa, Ariz. Known as “The Phantom,” Fortie started for three seasons for the Cougars at tailback (1960-1962). In 1962, Fortie, who was also listed as a quarterback on sports-reference.com, led the Western Athletic Conference […]
PROVO, Utah-Monday, BYU head football coach Kalani Sitake announced the promotion of Aaron Roderick to offensive coordinator. Fesi Sitake was also promoted, to passing game coordinator, for the 2021 season. Roderick had previously served as passing game coordinator for the Cougars during the past three seasons. Roderick will continue to […]
PROVO, Utah-Wednesday, BYU junior left tackle Brady Christensen confirmed, via his Twitter account, he will forego his senior season of eligibility and declare for the NFL Draft. THANK YOU BYU!! pic.twitter.com/Igv89VkZz1 — Brady Christensen (@Brady_BYU) December 30, 2020 The 6-6 300-pound Christensen has been named to nine All-American teams this […]
PROVO, Utah-In news released Tuesday evening, three BYU football standouts were named as All-Americans by The Athletic. Junior tackle Brady Christensen and sophomore kicker Jake Oldroyd were named to The Athletic’s second team. Freshman tight end Isaac Rex was named to the publication’s second-team all-freshman All-American team. This is the […]
PROVO, Utah-Tuesday, BYU junior tackle Brady Christensen was named to another All-American team as The Sporting News made him a second-team All-American. The 6-6 300-pound Bountiful High School product has now been named to seven All-American teams this season. He is the first BYU football standout to be named to […]
PROVO, Utah-Monday, BYU football left tackle Brady Christensen was named to The Associated Press All-American first team and kicker Jake Oldroyd was named as a third-team All-American per a release. Christensen, a junior out of Bountiful, Utah and Bountiful High School, is the Cougars’ first AP first-team All-American selection since […]
PHILADELPHIA-Thursday, Maxwell Football Club executive director Mark Wolpert announced BYU Football head coach Kalani Sitake is one of 12 semifinalists for the 2020 George Munger College Coach of the Year award. Sitake, who is 38-26 (.594) after completing his fifth season as the Cougars’ head coach, led the Cougars to […]
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP)-Zach Wilson threw for 425 yards with three touchdown passes and two rushing scores as No. 13 BYU routed UCF 49-23 in the Boca Raton Bowl on Tuesday night. Wilson, considered a top NFL prospect, completed 26 of 34 in what likely was his final college game. The Cougars (11-1) led […]
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.-Tuesday, BYU junior receiver Dax Milne was named as one of three finalists for the 2020 Burlsworth Trophy. This is annually awarded to the most outstanding football player who began his career as a walk-on. The other finalists are Arkansas linebacker Grant Morgan and Pittsburgh center Jimmy Morrissey. Milne […]
DALLAS-Monday, BYU head football coach Kalani Sitake was named as a finalist for the 2020 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award, joining eight other contenders. Sitake, who is 37-26 (.587) in his fifth season at BYU, led the Cougars to a 10-1 record in 2020, headed into Tuesday’s roofclaim.com […]
