The Cougars will honor 13 players prior to Saturday afternoon s regular-season home finale against FCS foe Utah Tech, but who else leaves with them is anybody s guess.
The Cougars will honor 13 players prior to Saturday afternoon s regular-season home finale against FCS foe Utah Tech, but who else leaves with them is anybody s guess.
Deseret News
BYU has some significant holes to fill on the defensive line. Can the Cougars do it?
Defensive coordinator Ilaisa Tuiaki says a rugged early schedule will test BYU’s defensive front, which is thin and inexperienced
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Kelsey Brunner, Deseret News
Major 2020 contributors and starters Khyiris Tonga, Zac Dawe and Bracken El Bakri are in the NFL, at least for the time being, and rising star Seleti Fevaleaki is in the transfer portal.
In other words, BYU’s defensive line in 2021 figures to be the most inexperienced position group on the team. Of the nine defensive linemen on the depth chart the Cougars finished the season with last year when they pummeled Central Florida in the Boca Raton Bowl, only five are back.