A little over a week ago, BYU football was hit with an absolute bombshell that could hold significant implications for the future of 10-year coach Kalani Sitake’s program.
The situation almost certainly will have a major impact on the Cougars’ 2025 season, which begins in fewer than 100 days when BYU hosts Portland State on August 30 at LaVell Edwards Stadium.
A civil lawsuit filed in Salt Lake City’s 3rd District Court on May 21 accused Cougars starting quarterback Jake Retzlaff of sexual assaulting a Salt Lake County woman on Thanksgiving Eve in 2023.
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While the allegations are infinitely more serious than any discussion of who will play quarterback at BYU, it makes sense to presume that preparations are underway in Provo to identify which backup quarterback could step into the starting role.
After Retzlaff, it is basically a two-man race between redshirt sophomore McCae Hillstead, a Utah State transfer, and redshirt junior Treyson Bourguet, a transfer from Western Michigan, in BYU’s quarterbacks room.
Both quarterbacks joined the program in 2024 and were backups last season behind Retzlaff and QB2 Gerry Bohanon, who has exhausted his college eligibility.
Two more quarterbacks will join the program shortly — Bountiful High’s Emerson Geilman and Bear Bachmeier of Murrieta Valley (California) High — but it is highly unlikely that a true freshman would be handed the reins over guys who logged playing time in the 2023 season. Bachmeier did participate in Stanford’s 2025 spring practices before entering the transfer portal and signing with BYU on May 7.
In an interview on March 28, when BYU’s spring practices were wrapping up, offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick…
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