‘Best I have ever had’: BYU boasts an outstanding group of receivers, and more depth is on the way

BYU wide receiver Darius Lassiter makes a catch during game against Sam Houston at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. According to receivers coach Fesi Sitake, “(Lassiter) has had arguably the best spring ball of the guys in the room.” | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News

New BYU quarterback Gerry Bohanon has played in 31 college football games at Baylor and South Florida. The graduate transfer has been a part of six teams already, four with the Bears and two with the Bulls.

The well-traveled signal-caller knows a talented receiver when he sees one. So when Bohanon says this group of BYU receivers will collectively be the best he’s been around, people should probably take notice.

“I am so excited about those guys, and what they can do,” Bohanon said last Saturday as 2024 spring football practices concluded in Provo. “The talent we have at receiver and tight end is phenomenal. It’s as good of a group as I’ve played with.”

If guys can stay healthy, and the ever-lurking lure of the transfer portal doesn’t emerge, receiver will easily be the deepest position on the team, along with safety, when the Cougars embark on their second season in the Big 12 this fall.

Receivers coach and passing game coordinator Fesi Sitake so far has been able to retain all his top pass-catchers from 2023 with the exception of tight end Isaac Rex, who graduated and declared for the NFL draft, and walk-on Dom Henry, who committed on Jan. 5 to FAU after having shined in spring camp last year but not recording any statistics last season.

“In terms of depth, I feel it is the best I have ever had,” Sitake told the Deseret News last week. “There are always a couple of receivers here and there that (might have been better). But in terms of quality of depth and how many guys I can roll through, especially as you…

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Publish date : 2024-04-04 19:20:24

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