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BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff (12) calls the play in the huddle during game against Oklahoma play at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. Retzlaff will find himself in a heated battle for QB1 duties when spring camp opens later this month in Provo. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
Both signing periods have come and gone, players can’t enter the transfer portal until it opens for 15 days on May 1, and spring football camp for BYU begins in about two weeks.
In other words, the Cougars’ roster for the 2024 football season is taking shape.
Sure, there will be a few additions in May and June, as there were last year when BYU added transfers such as offensive lineman Caleb Etienne, receivers Darius Lassiter and Keelan Marion and linebacker Harrison Taggart.
But for the most part, we have a pretty good idea which personnel BYU coaches will have to work with as they go about building a team they hope can improve upon last season’s 5-7 finish and get the Cougars back to a bowl game.
Now seems like a good time to make some projections regarding BYU’s depth chart in 2024, a depth chart that will be stocked with veterans and not have nearly as many newcomers as it did last year.
BYU coaches have worked harder to retain and develop their own players than they have to find new ones out of the transfer portal, head coach Kalani Sitake said during signing day last week.
They only lost a couple scholarship players to the portal, and none from the offense.
As a result, BYU is ranked No. 49 (of 134 FBS teams) in total returning production by ESPN’s Bill Connelly. The Cougars are 46th on offense and 54th on defense, in terms of getting guys back who made significant impacts in 2023.
The analyst says the Cougars return 68% of their offensive production from 2023 and 63% of their defensive…
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Author : Deseret News
Publish date : 2024-02-13 22:30:00
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