The stunning, sad and disturbing developments regarding starting quarterback Jake Retzlaff notwithstanding, May was an encouraging month for the BYU football program as it continued preparations for its third season in the Big 12.
The Cougars began the month connecting with their fans in Idaho and Southern Utah with Fan Fest celebrations in Idaho Falls and St. George, and ended the month signing players from the transfer portal and high school ranks who should be able to make big impacts on the team as soon as this season.
Most notably, coach Kalani Sitake and his staff landed quarterback Bear Bachmeier and receiver Tiger Bachmeier from Stanford, and flipped lineman Alai Kalaniuvalu from Oregon. The Bachmeier brothers will join the team this summer, while Kalaniuvalu is currently on a church mission in Colorado and will enroll at BYU before the 2027 season.
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“It was a perfect fit for us, and I think that is how a lot of the guys going into the portal are looking at it now.”
— BYU coach Kalani Sitake on landing the Bachmeier brothers, Tiger and Bear
June could be similarly profitable, as some of the top prep prospects in the West — guys like California quarterback Ryder Lyons, Lone Peak receiver Jaren Pula, Oregon running back LaMarcus Bell and Idaho lineman Jax Tanner — are scheduled to make their official campus visits.
Sitake spoke to reporters at the recent Big 12 meetings in Orlando and then again Monday at the Coaches Legacy Invitational golf scramble benefitting the National Kidney Foundation of Utah and Idaho at Hidden Valley Country Club in Sandy, and politely declined to talk about the civil lawsuit filed against Retzlaff on May 21 alleging the rising senior…
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