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Reggie Frischknecht has been underestimated many times, yet his stock continues to rise.
The 6-foot-4, 200-pound receiver from Manti, who played at Snow College last year before enrolling at Weber State, now expects to battle for playing time at BYU after the departure of All-American kick returner Keelan Marion to Miami.
Interestingly, after Marion entered the transfer portal, BYU then signed Frischknecht, who led junior college football in touchdown receptions (14). The Cougars later added former four-star Stanford receiver Tiger Bachmeier.
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In the BYU camp, one may call it a two-for-one.
Snow College coach Zac Erekson, a former star receiver at Springville High, Dixie State and then BYU, knows the receiver position well. Frischknecht caught his eye as an athletic three-sport athlete at Manti High, and he decided to watch the under-the-radar 3A receiver his senior year.
“But before I called anybody, Utah, Utah State and BYU called, so did Hawaii. Louisiana Tech was actually on a plane that night to come see him.”
— Snow College coach Zac Erekson on Reggie Frischknecht
“By the third or fourth game, it was obvious that Reggie had the talent and he could be a P4 receiver.”
Erekson believes he was the top receiver in the state of Utah his senior year, but didn’t receive the attention he deserved. He then got him to play the 2024 season for Snow College.
“A lot of people didn’t think the 3A competition he played in was very high,” said Erekson. “We went to Reggie’s first game his senior year against Snow Canyon High and we knew right then, this kid can play.
“We watched him three other times that year and in each game we saw him, aside from the film we watched,…
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Publish date : 2025-05-26 03:00:00
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