2021_BYU_Cougars_football_team

2021 BYU Cougars football
2021 BYU Cougars football
Independence Bowl, L 28–31 vs. UAB
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
AP	No. 19
Record	10–3
Head coach	Kalani Sitake (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Aaron Roderick (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Ilaisa Tuiaki (6th season)
Captain	Keenan Pili ; Jaren Hall ; Payton Wilgar ; James Empey
Home stadium	LaVell Edwards Stadium
	Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 BYU Cougars football team

American college football season

The 2021 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars were led by sixth-year head coach Kalani Sitake and played their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium. This was the eleventh year BYU competed as an NCAA Division I FBS independent. The Cougars finished with 10 wins for the second year in a row.

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Before the season

Personnel

Roster

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2021 BYU Cougars football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`17`	Jacob Conover	Fr
QB	`15`	Nick Billoups	Fr
QB	`11`	Cade Fennegan	Fr
QB	`3`	Jaren Hall	So
QB	`16`	Baylor Romney	So
QB	`10`	Sol-Jay Maiava-Peters	Fr
QB	`19`	Rhett Reilly	So
OL	`74`	Campbell Barrington	Fr
OL	`56`	Clark Barrington	So
OL	`65`	Chandler Bird	Fr
OL	`66`	James Empey	Jr
OL	`71`	Blake Freeland	So
OL	`75`	JT Gentry	So
OL	`67`	Brock Gunderson	Fr
OL	`77`	Donovan Hanna	Fr
OL	`61`	Hunter Hill	Fr
OL	`64`	Brayden Keim	So
OL	`76`	Harris LaChance	So
OL	`73`	Tysen Lewis	Fr
OL	`60`	Tyler Little	Fr
OL	`62`	Cooper McMullin	Fr
OL	`78`	Cade Parrish	Fr
OL	`50`	Burke Parker	Fr
OL	`70`	Connor Pay	Fr
OL	`63`	Dylan Rollins	Fr
OL	`52`	Joe Tukuafu	Jr
OL	`72`	Seth Willis	Fr
RB	`25`	Tyler Allgeier	So
RB	`19`	Miles Davis	Fr
RB	`22`	Mason Fakahua	Fr
RB	`4`	Lopini Katoa	Jr
RB	`21`	Jackson McChesney	Fr
RB	`7`	Hinckley Ropati	So
RB	`27`	Beau Robinson	Fr
TE	`97`	Ethan Erickson	Fr
TE	`82`	Bentley Hanshaw	Fr
TE	`32`	Dallin Holker	So
TE	`80`	Lane Lunt	Jr
TE	`83`	Isaac Rex	Fr
TE	`35`	Ben Tuipulotu	Fr
TE	`13`	Masen Wake	So
TE	`96`	Carter Wheat	Fr
WR	`86`	Maguire Anderson	Fr
WR	`85`	Brayden Cosper	So
WR	`0`	Kody Epps	Fr
WR	`88`	Terence Fall	Fr
WR	`36`	Talmage Gunther	Fr
WR	`1`	Keanu Hill	Fr
WR	`5`	Chris Jackson	Jr
WR	`89`	Kade Moore	Fr
WR	`12`	Puka Nacua	So
WR	`45`	Samson Nacua	Sr
WR	`23`	Hobbs Nyberg	Fr
WR	`2`	Neil Pau'u	Jr
WR	`27`	Chase Roberts	Fr
WR	`18`	Gunner Romney	Jr
WR	`85`	Tanner Wall	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`3`	Chaz Ah You	So
DB	`25`	Talan Alfrey	Fr
DB	`20`	Jacob Boren	So
DB	`19`	Javelle Brown	Fr
DB	`4`	Caleb Christensen	Fr
DB	`17`	Matthew Criddle	Jr
DB	`2`	Keenan Ellis	Jr
DB	`27`	Sione Finau	So
DB	`22`	Ammon Hannemann	Fr
DB	`1`	Micah Harper	Fr
DB	`18`	Kaleb Hayes	Jr
DB	`11`	Isaiah Herron	So
DB	`21`	Dean Jones	Fr
DB	`43`	Jared Kapisi	Sr
DB	`28`	Hayden Livingston	So
DB	`5`	D'Angelo Mandell	Jr
DB	`30`	Jason Money	Jr
DB	`12`	Malik Moore	Jr
DB	`41`	Nick Nethercott	Fr
DB	`26`	Mitchell Price	Jr
DB	`10`	Morgan Pyper	So
DB	`30`	Quenton Rice	Fr
DB	`0`	Jakob Robinson	Fr
DB	`35`	Ethan Slade	Fr
DB	`7`	George Udo	So
DB	`15`	Jaylon Vickers	So
DB	`29`	Shamon Willis	Jr
DB	`13`	Jaques Wilson	Jr
DL	`92`	Tyler Batty	Fr
DL	`55`	Lorenzo Fauatea	Jr
DL	`97`	Hunter Greer	Fr
DL	`95`	Caden Haws	Fr
DL	`53`	Fisher Jackson	Fr
DL	`57`	Josh Larsen	Fr
DL	`58`	Uriah Leiataua	Sr
DL	`93`	Blake Mangelson	Fr
DL	`62`	Atunaisa Mahe	So
DL	`48`	Alex Muti	Fr
DL	`94`	John Nelson	Fr
DL	`90`	Jacob Palu	Fr
DL	`42`	Mike Petty	Fr
DL	`99`	Alema Pilimai	So
DL	`54`	Kade Pupunu	Fr
DL	`59`	Joshua Singh	Fr
DL	`98`	Gabe Summers	So
DL	`51`	Alden Tofa	Jr
DL	`91`	Earl Tuioti-Mariner	Jr
LB	`42`	Jacob Bosco	Fr
LB	`33`	Ben Bywater	Fr
LB	`47`	Theo Dawson	So
LB	`36`	Cade Hoke	Fr
LB	`46`	Drew Jensen	So
LB	`38`	Jackson Kaufusi	So
LB	`37`	Isaac Matua	Fr
LB	`41`	Keenan Pili	So
LB	`45`	Pepe Tanuvasa	Jr
LB	`47`	Viliami Tausinga	Fr
LB	`31`	Max Tooley	So
LB	`49`	Payton Wilgar	So
LB	`34`	Josh Wilson	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DS	`87`	Britton Hogan	So
DS	`84`	Austin Riggs	Fr
P	`24`	Ryan Rehkow	Fr
K	`99`	Cash Peterman	Fr
K	`39`	Jake Oldroyd	So
K	`37`	Justen Smith	Fr

Head coach

Kalani Sitake (BYU)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Ed Lamb (BYU)
Assistant head coach, Special Teams, Safeties
Aaron Roderick (BYU)
Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
Darrell Funk (Colorado State)
Offensive line
Fesi Sitake (Southern Utah)
Passing Game Coordintor/wide receivers
Steve Clark (BYU)
Tight ends
Harvey Unga (BYU)
Running backs
Ilaisa Tuiaki (Southern Utah)
Defensive coordinator, Interior Defensive line
Jernaro Gilford (BYU)
Cornerbacks
Preston Hadley (BYU)
Defensive ends/Hybrids
Kevin Clune (Cal State Fullerton)
Linebackers
Nu'u Tafisi (California)
Director of strength and conditioning
Justin McClure (Northern Colorado)
Football strength and conditioning coach
Kalani Simeona (BYU)
Football strength and conditioning coach
Jon Swift (BYU)
Director of football operations
Jack Damuni (BYU)
Director of On-campus Recruiting and Community/Player Relations
Jasen Ah You (BYU)
Director of recruiting and Player Personnel
Blair Peterson (Towson)
Offensive analyst
Alfred Pupunu (Weber State)
Offensive analyst
Vince Feula (BYU)
Defensive analyst
Randy Coy Jr. (Utah Valley)
Defensive and Special teams analyst
Jordan Howard (Utah)
Offensive graduate assistant
Spencer Patterson (Utah Tech)
Offensive graduate assistant
Kyle Griffitts (BYU)
Defensive graduate assistant
Gavin Fowler (BYU)
Defensive graduate assistant

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Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

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Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Notes
Ricky Wolfgramm	DL	6'2"	258	Salt Lake City, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling^[1]
Quenton Rice	DB	6'1"	190	Las Vegas, Nevada	^[2]
Isaiah Glasker	DB	6'5"	205	South Jordan, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling^[3]
Nathan Hoke	LB	6'3"	225	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Mission prior to enrolling^[4]
Kyson Hall	WR	5'11"	180	Spanish Fork, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling^[5]
Jovesa Damuni	RB	6'0"	180	Providence, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling^[6]
Raider Damuni	DB	6'2"	190	Provo, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling^[7]
Dallin Havea	RB	6'2"	230	Orem, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling^[8]
John Henry Daley	DL	6'5"	225	Alpine, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling^[9]
Logan Fano	LB	6'4"	225	Spanish Fork, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling^[10]
Sione Hingano	OL	6'5"	285	Chandler, Arizona	Mission prior to enrolling^[11]
Bentley Redden	TE	6'5"	220	San Clemente, California	Mission prior to enrolling^[12]
Weston Jones	OL	6'5"	255	Washington, Michigan	Mission prior to enrolling^[13]
Dylan Rollins	OL	6'6"	285	Missoula, Montana	^[14]
Joshua Singh	DL	6'0"	260	Orem, Utah	^[15]
Cooper McMullin	DL	6'6"	305	Carlsbad, California	^[16]
Maguire Anderson	WR	6'0"	185	Lutz, Florida	^[17]

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Notes
Tysen Lewis	OL	6'5"	270	Freshman	^[18]
Talen Alfrey	DB	6'3"	185	Freshman	^[19]
Campbell Barrington	OL	6'6"	280	Freshman	^[20]
Donovan Hanna	OL	6'4"	230	Freshman	^[21]
Isaac Matua	LB	6'3"	205	Freshman	^[22]
Ethan Erickson	TE	6'5"	225	Freshman	^[23]
Brock Gunderson	OL	6'4"	265	Freshman	^[24]
Dallin Holker	TE	6'5"	222	Sophomore	^[25]
Chase Roberts	WR	6'4"	195	Freshman	^[26]
Hunter Greer	DL	6'5"	235	Freshman	^[27]
Jake Jensen	QB	6'2"	210	Freshman	^[28]
Jaylon Vickers	DB	5'10"	183	Freshman	^[29]
Nick Nethercott	DB	6'3"	183	Freshman	^[30]
Cash Peterman	K	6'0"	180	Freshman	^[31]
Mike Petty	DL	6'3"	215	Freshman	^[32]
Beau Robinson	RB	6'1"	190	Freshman	^[33]
Tanner Wall	WR	6'1"	175	Freshman	^[34]
Viliami Tausinga	LB	6'1"	210	Freshman	^[35]
Cade Hoke	LB	6'0"	220	Freshman	^[36]
Jacob Bosco	LB	6'2"	235	Freshman	^[37]

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Notes
Dean Jones	DB	6'2"	190	Freshman	Originally Signed in 2020^[38]
Josh Larsen	DL	6'4"	230	Freshman	Originally Signed in 2020^[39]
John Nelson	DL	6'4"	260	Freshman	Originally Signed in 2020^[40]
Blake Mangelson	DL	6'5"	215	Freshman	Originally Signed in 2020^[41]
Samson Nacua	WR	6'3"	195	Senior	Transfer from University of Utah^[42]
Puka Nacua	WR	6'2"	190	Junior	Transfer from University of Washington^[43]
Nick Billoups	QB	6'2"	193	Freshman	Transfer from University of Utah^[44]
Cade Fennegan	QB	6'2"	190	Freshman	Transfer from Boise State University^[45]
Jakob Robinson	DB	5'10"	165	Freshman	Transfer from Utah State University^[46]
Hunter Hill	OL	6'5"	285	Freshman	Transfer from Utah State University^[47]
Kaleb Hayes	DB	5'11"	190	Freshman	Transfer from Oregon State University^[48]
Tyler Little	OL	6'7"	260	Freshman	Transfer from Butte College^[49]
Cade Parrish	OL	6'5"	295	Freshman	Transfer from Snow College^[50]

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Notes
Zayne Anderson	DB	6'2"	210	Senior	Graduation
Isaiah Kaufusi	LB	6'2"	220	Senior	Graduation
Matt Bushman	TE	6'5"	240	Senior	Graduation
Troy Warner	DB	6'1"	200	Senior	Graduation
Khyiris Tonga	DL	6'4"	321	Senior	Graduation
Jeddy Tuiloma	DL	6'1"	300	Senior	Graduation
Chris Wilcox	DB	6'2"	195	Senior	Graduation
Tristen Hoge	OL	6'5"	310	Senior	Graduation
Chandon Herring	OL	6'7"	310	Senior	Graduation
Bracken El-Bakri	DL	6'3"	286	Senior	Graduation
Zac Dawe	DL	6'4"	271	Senior	Graduation
Sam Lee	LB	6'0"	220	Senior	Graduation
Kieffer Longson	OL	6'7"	315	Senior	Graduation
Kavika Fonua	LB	6'0"	205	Senior	Graduation
Samuel Allred	DB	6'0"	205	Senior	Graduation
Kyle Griffitts	TE	6'3"	245	Senior	Graduation
Brady Christensen	OL	6'6"	300	Junior	NFL Draft
Zach Wilson	QB	6'3"	210	Junior	NFL Draft
Dax Milne	WR	6'1"	190	Junior	NFL Draft
Petey Tuipoluto	DB	6'3"	190	Freshman	Mission
Hirkely Latu	DL	6'3"	235	Sophomore	Transfer
Chase Wester	RB	5'11"	195	Junior	Transfer
Seleti Fevaleaki	DL	6'3"	270	Freshman	Transfer
Wes Wright	DB	6'1"	175	Sophomore	Transfer
Chase Hughes	LB	6'1"	214	Sophomore
Joe Nelson	WR	6'3"	190	Freshman
Chayce Bolli	WR	6'0"	190	Freshman
Luc Andrada	RB	5'10"	175	Freshman
Keanu Saleapaga	OL	6'6"	310	Junior
Andrew Slack	OL	6'5"	300	Freshman
Hank Tuipulotu	TE	6'3"	240	Freshman
Freddy Livai	DL	6'3"	260	Freshman
Truman Andrus	LB	6'2"	215	Freshman
Preston Lewis	LB	6'2"	240	Freshman
Mo Unutoa	OL	6'5"	290	Sophomore
Tavita Gagnier	LB	6'2"	196	Freshman

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	8:30 p.m.	vs. Arizona		Allegiant Stadium Paradise, NV (Vegas Kickoff Classic)	ESPN	W 24–16	54,541
September 11	8:15 p.m.	No. 21 Utah		LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT (Beehive Boot & Holy War)	ESPN	W 26–17	63,470
September 18	8:15 p.m.	No. 19 Arizona State	No. 23	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN	W 27–17	61,570
September 25	8:15 p.m.	South Florida	No. 15	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN2	W 35–27	60,217
October 1	7:00 p.m.	at Utah State	No. 13	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT (Beehive Boot & The Old Wagon Wheel)	CBSSN	W 34–20	25,240
October 9	1:30 p.m.	Boise State	No. 10	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ABC	L 17–26	63,470
October 16	1:30 p.m.	at Baylor	No. 19	McLane Stadium Waco, TX	ESPN	L 24–38	48,016
October 23	1:30 p.m.	at Washington State		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FS1	W 21–19	22,541
October 30	8:15 p.m.	Virginia	No. 25	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN2	W 66–49	57,685
November 6	1:30 p.m.	Idaho State	No. 15	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	BYUtv	W 59–14	63,470
November 20	2:00 p.m.	at Georgia Southern	No. 14	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPN+	W 34–17	20,862
November 27	8:30 p.m.	at USC	No. 13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	ESPN	W 35–31	55,926
December 18	1:30 p.m.	vs. UAB	No. 13	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA (Independence Bowl)	ABC	L 28–31	26,276
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll (and CFP Rankings, after November 2) - Released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

2021_BYU_Cougars_football_team

2021 BYU Cougars football team

Before the season

Departures to NFL

Coaching changes

2021 recruits

2020 returned missionaries

2021 other additions

2021 departures

Schedule

Rankings

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Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

Depth chart

Game summaries

Vegas Kickoff: Arizona

No. 21 Utah

No. 19 Arizona State

USF

Utah State

Boise State

Baylor

Washington State

Virginia

Senior Day: Idaho State

Georgia Southern

USC

Independence Bowl: UAB

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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 8 Notre Dame		–		11	–	2
No. 19 BYU		–		10	–	3
Army		–		9	–	4
Liberty		–		8	–	5
New Mexico State		–		2	–	10
UMass		–		1	–	11
UConn		–		1	–	11

Rankings from AP Poll

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	RV	RV	23	15	13	10	19	RV	25	17	14	14	13	12	12	19
Coaches	RV	RV	23	16	15	10	20	RV	RV	20	15	15	15	14	14	22
CFP	Not released									15	14	14	13	12	13	Not released

Name	Position
Kalani Sitake	Head coach
Ed Lamb	Assistant head coach/special teams/safeties coach
Aaron Roderick	Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach
Darrell Funk	Offensive line coach
Fesi Sitake	Passing game coordinator/wide receivers coach
Steve Clark	Tight end coach
Ilaisa Tuiaki	Defensive coordinator/Interior Defensive line coach
Preston Hadley	Defensive ends/Hybrids coach
Jernaro Gilford	Cornerbacks coach
Harvey Unga	Running backs coach
Kevin Clune	Linebackers coach

Statistics	BYU	Arizona
First downs	18	27
Plays–yards	60–350	83–426
Rushes–yards	31–163, 1 TD	35–81
Passing yards	207	345
Passing: comp–att–int	19–29–0, 2 TD's	36–48–1, 1 TD
Time of possession	28:11	31:07

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
BYU	Passing	Jaren Hall	18–28–0, 198 yards, 2 TD's
	Rushing	Tyler Allgeier	17 carries, 94 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Neil Pau'u	8 receptions, 126 yards, 2 TD's
Arizona	Passing	Gunner Cruz	34–45–1, 336 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Michael Wiley	15 carries, 64 yards
	Receiving	Stanley Berryhill	12 receptions, 102 yards

Statistics	Utah	BYU
First downs	15	21
Plays–yards	51–340	76–380
Rushes–yards	25–193, 1 TD	46–231
Passing yards	147	149
Passing: comp–att–int	15–26–1, 1 TD	18–30–0, 3 TD's
Time of possession	24:34	35:26

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Utah	Passing	Charlie Brewer	15–26–1, 147 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Micah Bernard	12 carries, 146 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Dalton Kincaid	1 reception, 37 yard
BYU	Passing	Jaren Hall	18–30–0, 149 yards, 3 TD's
	Rushing	Tyler Allgeier	27 carries, 102 yards
	Receiving	Puka Nacua	4 receptions, 37 yards

Statistics	ASU	BYU
First downs	19	24
Plays–yards	62–426	67–361
Rushes–yards	33–161, 2 TD's	39–144, 1 TD
Passing yards	265	217
Passing: comp–att–int	21–29–2	16–28–2, 3 TD's
Time of possession	32:23	27:37

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
ASU	Passing	Jayden Daniels	21–29–2, 265 yards
	Rushing	Daniyel Ngata	8 carries, 82 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Rachaad White	9 receptions, 65 yards
BYU	Passing	Jaren Hall	15–27–2, 214 yards, 2 TD's
	Rushing	Tyler Allgeier	21 carries, 69 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Gunner Romney	6 receptions, 95 yards, 1 TD

Statistics	USF	BYU
First downs	23	21
Plays–yards	72–367	50–443
Rushes–yards	48–185, 3 TD's	25–138, 2 TD's
Passing yards	186	305
Passing: comp–att–int	17–24–0	20–25–0, 3 TD's
Time of possession	35:37	24:23

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
USF	Passing	Timmy McClain	17–24–0, 186 yards
	Rushing	Jaren Mangham	26 carries, 86 yards, 2 TD's
	Receiving	Xavier Weaver	5 receptions, 76 yards
BYU	Passing	Baylor Romney	20–25–0, 305 yards, 3 TD's
	Rushing	Tyler Allgeier	15 carries, 81 yards, 2 TD's
	Receiving	Gunner Romney	5 receptions, 119 yards, 1 TD

Statistics	BYU	USU
First downs	22	24
Plays–yards	66–466	83–336
Rushes–yards	35–221, 3 TD's	35–22
Passing yards	245	314
Passing: comp–att–int	22–30–0, 1 TD	26–48–2, 2 TD's
Time of possession	31:28	28:32

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
BYU	Passing	Baylor Romney	15–19–0, 187 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Tyler Allgeier	22 carries, 218 yards, 3 TD's
	Receiving	Puka Nacua	3 receptions, 62 yards
USU	Passing	Logan Bonner	21–41–1, 276 yards, 2 TD's
	Rushing	Elelyon Noa	8 carries, 13 yards
	Receiving	Deven Thompkins	9 receptions, 125 yards, 1 TD

Statistics	Boise	BYU
First downs	24	24
Plays–yards	74–312	64–413
Rushes–yards	45–140, 2 TD's	27–111, 1 TD
Passing yards	172	302
Passing: comp–att–int	18–29–0	22–37–1, 1 TD
Time of possession	33:27	26:33

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Boise	Passing	Hank Bachmeier	18–29–0, 172 yards
	Rushing	Cyrus Habibi-Likio	18 carries, 75 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Khalil Shakir	8 receptions, 66 yards
BYU	Passing	Jaren Hall	22–37–1, 302 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Tyler Allgeier	19 carries, 73 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Gunner Romney	6 receptions, 102 yards

Statistics	BYU	BAY
First downs	15	22
Plays–yards	55–409	75–534
Rushes–yards	24–67, 2 TD's	47–303, 4 TD's
Passing yards	342	231
Passing: comp–att–int	22–31–0, 1 TD	18–28–1, 1 TD
Time of possession	24:24	35:36

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
BYU	Passing	Jaren Hall	22–31–0, 342 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Tyler Allgeier	15 carries, 33 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Puka Nacua	5 receptions, 168 yards, 1 TD
BAY	Passing	Gerry Bohanon	18–28–1, 231 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Abram Smith	27 carries, 188 yards, 3 TD's
	Receiving	Tyquan Thornton	5 receptions, 84 yards

Statistics	BYU	WSU
First downs	22	20
Plays–yards	69–385	60–350
Rushes–yards	48–238, 3 TD's	23–93, 3 TD's
Passing yards	147	257
Passing: comp–att–int	16–21–0	26–37–1
Time of possession	29:37	30:23

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
BYU	Passing	Jaren Hall	15–20–0, 143 yards
	Rushing	Tyler Allgeier	32 carries, 191 yards, 2 TD's
	Receiving	Neil Pau'u	6 receptions, 70 yards
WSU	Passing	Jayden de Laura	26–37–1, 257 yards
	Rushing	Max Borghi	18 carries, 83 yards, 3 TD's
	Receiving	Travell Harris	7 receptions, 60 yards

Statistics	UVA	BYU
First downs	28	36
Plays–yards	64–588	83–734
Rushes–yards	25–216, 3 TD's	46–385, 6 TD's
Passing yards	372	349
Passing: comp–att–int	24–39–2, 4 TD's	22–37–0, 3 TD's
Time of possession	25:58	34:02

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UVA	Passing	Brennan Armstrong	21–33–2, 329 yards, 4 TD's
	Rushing	Brennan Armstrong	11 carries, 94 yards, 2 TD's
	Receiving	Dontayvion Wicks	4 receptions, 125 yards, 1 TD
BYU	Passing	Jaren Hall	22–37–0, 349 yards, 3 TD's
	Rushing	Tyler Allgeier	29 carries, 266 yards, 5 TD's
	Receiving	Samson & Puka Nacua	3 and 8 receptions, both 107 yards, both 1 TD

Statistics	ISU	BYU
First downs	10	28
Plays–yards	59–238	76–560
Rushes–yards	30–71, 1 TD	38–173, 2 TD's
Passing yards	167	387
Passing: comp–att–int	15–29–2, 1 TD	25–38–0, 5 TD's
Time of possession	28:22	31:38

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
ISU	Passing	Sagan Gronauer	15–27–1, 167 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Tyevin Ford	13 carries, 47 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Tanner Conner	4 receptions, 81 yards
BYU	Passing	Jaren Hall	20–25–0, 298 yards, 4 TD's
	Rushing	Jackson McChesney	10 carries, 43 yards
	Receiving	Puka Nacua	6 receptions, 120 yards, 1 TD

Statistics	BYU	GSU
First downs	26	19
Plays–yards	68–510	52–268
Rushes–yards	39–198, 2 TD's	37–146, 2 TD's
Passing yards	312	122
Passing: comp–att–int	17–29–0, 2 TD's	11–15–2
Time of possession	31:09	28:51

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
BYU	Passing	Jaren Hall	17–29–0, 312 yards, 2 TD's
	Rushing	Tyler Allgeier	25 carries, 136 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Gunner Romney	5 receptions, 87 yards
GSU	Passing	Connor Cigelske	11–14–1, 122 yards
	Rushing	Logan Wright	14 carries, 50 yards, 2 TD's
	Receiving	Logan Wright	5 receptions, 43 yards

Statistics	BYU	USC
First downs	27	26
Plays–yards	74–465	80–458
Rushes–yards	42–189, 3 TD's	44–210, 2 TD's
Passing yards	276	248
Passing: comp–att–int	20–32–2, 2 TD's	23–36–0, 1 TD
Time of possession	29:09	30:51

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
BYU	Passing	Jaren Hall	20–32–2, 276 yards, 2 TD's
	Rushing	Tyler Allgeier	21 carries, 111 yards, 2 TD's
	Receiving	Keanu Hill	4 receptions, 72 yards, 1 TD
USC	Passing	Jaxson Dart	23–35–0, 248 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Vavae Malepeai	20 carries, 99 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Lake McRee	4 receptions, 63 yards

Statistics	UAB	BYU
First downs	23	18
Plays–yards	66–412	58–394
Rushes–yards	43–223, 1 TD	35–199, 4 TD's
Passing yards	189	195
Passing: comp–att–int	19–23–1, 3 TD's	15–23–0
Time of possession	35:27	24:33

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UAB	Passing	Dylan Hopkins	19–23–1, 189 yards, 3 TD's
	Rushing	DeWayne McBride	28 carries, 183 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Ryan Davis	3 receptions, 50 yards
BYU	Passing	Baylor Romney	15–23–0, 193 yards
	Rushing	Tyler Allgeier	27 carries, 192 yards, 3 TD's
	Receiving	Gunner Romney & Masen Wake	Both 3 receptions, 55 yards