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BYU head coach Kalani Sitake walks off the field after the opening day of BYU football spring camp held at the Zions Bank Practice Fields of the Student Athlete Building on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Kalani Sitake isn’t resting on an 11-2 record and Alamo Bowl trophy from 2024.
He enters spring football practice with a tremendous opportunity to sharpen his operation, lift his players, take advantage of some NIL momentum and other ancillary additions to his program.
That’s why, on Thursday, after practice in the sun with eager players, he clearly outlined his goals for the media.
“I want us to keep hungry and humble,” he said. “We have work to do.”
In the background, his staff has continued to make headway in recruiting, his lifeblood. Now that his school will be backed by P4 money in 2025-26, a full share of the Big 12’s $32 million, it puts the Cougars on a far more lofty platform than they were a year ago when they came out of independence and only got a half share.
Perhaps the best illustration of this headway, so to speak, is the progress made with top recruits who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And the top prospect in the 2026 class is five-star Folsom High quarterback Ryder Lyons, who is a Latter-day Saint and ranked as a top — if not the best — QB recruit nationally.
I’m told offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick has visited the Lyons family recently and favorably discussed how he puts players in a great position to succeed. His success in helping Zach Wilson, Jaren Hall and Jake Retzlaff pull off big wins and headway with their careers rings true.
Ryder and his parents, Tim and Kamee, both BYU graduates, have witnessed how Sitake treats his players and has created a positive, productive…
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Author : Deseret News
Publish date : 2025-03-03 21:14:00
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