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BYU’s new offensive line coach in 2024, TJ Woods, lived up to his billing last year and helped the Cougars rediscover the rushing attack that had been missing in BYU’s first season in the Big 12 in 2023.
We should be great. That’s the standard. That’s the expectation. And these guys have been working their tail off to try to uphold that standard.”
— BYU offensive line coach TJ Woods
BYU also did a respectable job protecting the quarterback, as Jake Retzlaff was able to start in all 13 games — he got banged up a bit in the Utah game, but didn’t miss any playing time — and lead the Cougars to an 11-2 record. Retzlaff was sacked only 18 times, losing 95 yards on such occasions.
So what will Woods and a revamped BYU offensive line — starters Connor Pay, Caleb Etienne and Brayden Keim have moved on to professional football — do for an encore in 2025?
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Get even better. That was the 23-year college football coaching veteran’s response Monday as the Cougars entered the final week of spring practices.
While acknowledging that Pay, Etienne and Keim will be extremely difficult to replace, Woods said that from a pure talent standpoint, the unit he is building this spring and summer puts them “in a much better spot this year” than last year.
“Our vision for this season is going from good to great with our unit. I think we did a lot of good things last year. I don’t know if we did a lot of great things. That’s been my challenge to them. We should be great. That’s the standard. That’s the expectation. And these guys have been working their tail off to try to uphold that standard,” Woods said.
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