When BYU offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick and starting quarterback Jake Retzlaff met in February to lay out some goals for spring football camp and the 2025 season, Roderick said he would like to see Retzlaff get his completion percentage above 70%, throw 30 touchdown passes, have fewer than 10 interceptions and have the kind of seasons that multi-year starters such as Zach Wilson and Jaren Hall had in their final seasons in Provo.
But Retzlaff suggested the bar should be raised even higher, which comes as absolutely no surprise to those who know the rising redshirt senior from Corona, California, best. Retzlaff wants to complete 75% of his throws, blow past 30 TD passes and throw fewer than half of the interceptions than he did last year.
“We are talking about winning big games, of course, and we are talking about winning a Big 12 championship, of course, and we are talking about going to the College Football Playoff and competing for a national championship, of course,” Retzlaff, who turned 22 last week, told reporters who cover the team in a spring camp-ending interview session last Monday.
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With Retzlaff starting all 13 games, BYU went 11-2 last year, finished in a four-way tie for first place in the Big 12 with a 7-2 league record, barely missed the CFP and drubbed Colorado 36-14 in the Alamo Bowl. So those team goals aren’t too far-fetched.
Neither are the numbers, considering Wilson and Hall made similar leaps under Roderick’s tutelage as their careers at BYU progressed. After starting in BYU’s last four games in 2023, all losses, Retzlaff won the starting QB derby over Gerry Bohanon last fall and completed 57.9% of his passes for 2,947 yards and 20…
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