As BYU’s spring football camp was winding down about five months ago, offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick said Snow College and Colorado transfer Isaiah Jatta had earned the starting left tackle spot on the Cougars’ offensive line in 2025.
That statement in late March wasn’t received with a lot of attention and fanfare, but to the 6-foot-6, 315-pound Jatta, it meant everything.
“It was kinda like validation for a lot of hard work,” Jatta told the Deseret News last week. “After last season, I had a good talk with coach Kalani (Sitake), and he told me to be ready and good things would happen, and to trust the process and when the time is right, that trust would be rewarded. And it has been.”
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Jatta made a couple starts at right tackle last year against Kansas and Arizona State after Brayden Keim got hurt in the Utah game, and showed well. He didn’t get a chance to play against his former school, Colorado, in the Alamo Bowl because he was nursing a left foot injury.
He is 100% healthy now, and ready to make his second and final season in Provo a memorable one. Michigan transfer Andrew Gentry is projected to be the starting right tackle, giving BYU one of the better tackle tandems in the Big 12.
“I am fully bought-in to the team chemistry and camaraderie and all that, all those things,” Jatta said. “I’ve found a good home here and I am really enjoying it.”
Offensive line coach TJ Woods said he is “pleased” with where Jatta is at, and in the San Diego native’s work ethic and drive to improve.
“We have several guys like (Jatta) who played snaps last year or started games and performed well, so that’s encouraging,” Woods said. “But the real…
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