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Speaker 1: Let's get out to the hotline.
Speaker 3: Welcome at Cougar Sports in saturbenty KSL dot com. We
got d Shawn Walker was up Sewan Ben.
Speaker 4: It's always a pleasure to join these airways with a
man who I like to refer to as the A. J.
Deponta of the o U Sports Media and his producer,
the real R W three Ronald weeverm.
Speaker 1: Third AJ No, I'm telling you AJ see bons. Uh.
Speaker 3: There's not an AJ to Bonds and our ESPN the
fan crew, Nope, unfortunately, Uh, but we I mean Ronald,
It's pretty close to to Rob Wright the third. I'll
give him that like he's uh, he's he's a great
point are a great architect of our offense.
Speaker 4: He's also great when he gets you. When he when
he gets you going downhill. If you know, no, I
won't think no doubt.
Speaker 1: No doubt about it.
Speaker 3: Hey, uh, Sean, let's talk. Uh, let's talk a little
hoop for a moment here. B Wi, you finally got
a dub. They got to win.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 3: When you're looking at the remaining schedule for BYU basketball, okay,
you hope that they're they're on the right track. They
can get back to their winning ways right now. Okay,
we have Colorado. You're at U of A, you take
on Iowa State at home, U c F at home.
Speaker 1: Then you're at West Virginia at Cincinnati.
Speaker 3: Then you welcome Texas Tech uh to the friendly confines
of the Marriage Center.
Speaker 1: Seven games left.
Speaker 3: What will the record be for the coops in these
final seven games?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I don't. I don't think I'm speaking
out of turn as if I say that without some
series defensive adjustments, and I think you saw some of those,
particularly in the second half Baylor, it's going to be
some more tough setting for BYU, Like they've got to
play better defense. I've got a lock in a little
bit better. If this is a team that has incredible lengths,
I think on the defensive side of the basketball, when
they utilize it, I think they're a good defensive team.
They've gone away with that for the past couple of games.
Now that being said, I think, speaking to your point,
something that was overlooked a little during this four game
losing skid was the quality of competition that BYU face.
You know, yesterday at Baylor was a game that BYU
quite frankly had to win for morale reason, for vibes reasons,
in addition to the fact that they had just lost
four in a row, like they needed to be able
to put something together to prove that they weren't just
going to get run over by the rest of the
Big twelve schedule. But the previous four games before that,
and I'll even include Oklahoma State to an extent, and there,
I mean, these were four very good teams, certainly three
of the four all rings in the Top twenty five
Top twenty, Top fifteam now through them in uh In, Arizona, Houston,
and Kansas. Like, I don't think there's any shame necessarily
in b what you losing to those three teams in particular,
unless you really want to get into kind of the
manner of sort of how they how they lost to
some of them. Certainly that Houston game comes to buy
with how they lost to them, But losing to a
top ten Houston team coached by Kelvin Sampson teams and
climbing is going to be a lottery pick in the
NBA draft whenever he decided to leave college. Quite frankly,
whether it's this year or in the future. Uh So, Like,
I don't think by you had necessarily any bad losses
in that four game stretch, But going on the road
to a hostile environment, uh you know, there weren't as
bad a chance that popped up as what we heard
about and wrote about and talked about everything. Uh In
still out of Oklahoma, but there was still some pretty
hostile chants that came out of out of Foster Pavilion man,
and I think BYU just proving that they could overcome
that should help should have fans feeling a little bit
more confident for the rest of the schedule. Now that
being said, there are still some very good teams and
they got to go You mentioned they got to go
to Arizona. That right now doesn't feel like a game
the by you can necessarily win right now. And I
say that knowing that it didn't feel that way when
BAU went to Arizona last year. And looks what happened
to Tuza, right, it's the Big twelve. The surprises happened,
shocks happens. But I think being able to write the
ship and prove that they can right the ship, you
got to feel a little bit better about BYU at
least splitting the rest of the league season and getting
into the conference tournament with one of those top half seeds,
and then you kind of see where it goes from there.
This is an NCAA Tournament caliber team. Finishing out the
rest of the season is what's going to determine if
this is like a six to seven seed and I'm
going the meme right now, so or if it's more
like a four seed.
Speaker 1: I like it. Where are you predicting right now?
Speaker 3: So let's say they go four and three in the
final seven games, right, and that would put them I
believe lease, you know, I think around like five hundred,
a little above five hundred in Big twelve play there,
you know, what type of sheeting do you predict they'll
get if they if they.
Speaker 4: Go that route, I think that would put them probably
right around the middle of the pack in the Big twelve.
I think somewhere seven, eight, nine, somewhere in there. I mean,
I think that's probably I think this is a team
that's in the top half of the league. How high
into the top half of the league, I think is
is where the question is, like there is a and
again with the caveat that it's the Big twelve and
things can change literally in a matter of a weekend,
because that's just how good and how deep this league is.
All but one team ranked in the top one hundred
of the net. Every team in the league ranked in
the top I think it's one forty or one fifty
of the net. Like this is. This is a very
good league. So things can change on any given weekend.
But I think you're starting to see a little bit
of like a top four kind of stratify in itself
right there, and I think the UYU is just outside
of that. So they're probably somewhere in that sort of
that we're going fourteen tiers. They're probably somewhere right around
the edge of that second tier of fourteam, you know,
right in that seven, eight, nine range, somewhere in there,
which gives them a vibe and on the plan the
first day of the conference tournament. That'll help, and maybe
that's even better for their NCAA tournament helps because then
they can get into a game, get into get into
a little bit of a rhythm in Kansas City to
try to take over into the NCAA tournament as well.
Speaker 3: Sean Walker here on your Utah ESPN Radio Network representing
KJLKJL dot com. Sean, this, this Bway basketball team, I
think is still a very good to great team.
Speaker 1: The big three are who they are. Who do you.
Speaker 3: Expect from the supporting cast to step up and finally
make an impact?
Speaker 1: Here, Hadeem stepped up. You see the guy.
Speaker 3: We've seen maybe flashes from others from time to time,
but who who's going to be the guy or guys
that are gonna step up consistently down this stretch.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I thought Heideman move actually had a very good
game against Baylor. He did a lot of journey works
that doesn't always get notice. Uh, scored a bucket here
and there. I mean, he was good. He's he's just
he's so versatile. He can rebound for you, he can
guard a little that use the langl on the perimeter defensively,
like he's he's the kind of guy who I think
is maybe the easy answer right now again with recency
bias and all of that, uh, in terms of of
something that this team needs, Like they've got role players
besides that big three. You know, Quebe Kita's not coming
out of the starting lineup because he's the team's leading
rope rebounder. He's uh, probably I think their best rim protector.
You can maybe make an argument for for the do
but it's it's probably Kida and I don't think there's
too much of an argument there. But dude's got a
nice little role uh defensively as well. I think I
think Hadem gives you a little bit of that pop
again some size on the edge. He can play. I mean, really,
he could play them all well five if he wants to.
But at the very least they know we're two to
four a little bit interchangeable as well. Doesn't why I
have a shot needs to work on a shot some
but again we're talking role players, and I think most
importantly what this team needs out of the supporting cast.
Speaker 5: Out of those role players.
Speaker 4: Kevin Young's brought it up over and over again, especially
during that four game skid, is they need shooters. They
need a just spot up three point shooters to come
off the bench and provide a little bit of a
spark and a little bit of extra energy. That's what
they were lacking when they lost four in a row.
Quite frankly, he didn't totally get it back. They didn't
totally get it back last night, but you saw Rob
Wright kind of play that role, fill that role a
little bit. I'd like to see something come from maybe
like an Alexi Coastitch or Mihailo Boskovich who can do
a little bit of that. I'd like to see that
will out of one of them to step up. And
I think if that, if they get that, then this
team suddenly becomes a little bit more of what we
thought they could be in preseason and non conference play.
Speaker 1: Sean, let's pivot.
Speaker 3: Let's talk some BYU football Cougar's in the pros. Jack Kelly,
Chase Roberts invited to the NFL Combine which of the
Cougar football players eligible for a Combine invite? Can you
make an argument got snubbed they should have got the invite.
Speaker 4: I think you can make a pretty serious argument for
a lot of linemens that are coming in offensively or defensively.
I would really like to see what a guy like
Weyla ma Blahu does did at the Combine. I know
combine spots are sometimes a little bit different for offensive
linemen in particular, but this is the guy that I
think could be a very solid rotational piece in an
NFL system, and he's a great locker room presence. His
teammates love him. They all raise about Whatalen I think
that could have been. I think that probably could have
been a pretty good one. But I've got no argument
going against Chase Roberts or Jack Kelly. Like both of
those guys should hear their names called in the NFL
Draft next April. I think going to the Combine, a
good pro day experience, a good you know, good round
of the interviews, that sort of thing will only help
them significantly. I'll even go out on a limb and
I'll say I think Jack Kelly could wind up in
hearing his name called somewhere in the first two days
of the draft. He's a guy that if an NFL
team really gets to know who he is, really dies
in his name. She's what he did both at Weaver
State and in his time at BYU. I don't think
you want him slipping into like one of those you know, fifth, sixth,
even seventh rounders, and there you want to go in
and grab him up with with some kind of surety
and certainty because he's I won't pretend like he's a
game changing linebacker in the NFL, but I think he's
kind of that next level where you want to make
sure you go out and get him.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think Jack is.
Speaker 3: A fantastic prospect. Chase robertson intriguing prospect. If he tests
out well with this productivity, with his size, with his tangibles,
I'd imagine he'd be a mid round draftable prospect obviously,
Chase Roberts giving me a synopsis of where you think
Chase could go if he tests well.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and I think Chase could be a very reliable
NFL receiver just because he does a lot of things well.
He does you know, he performs well in a lot
of areas route running, hands, speed wise, knowledge of the
game again, kind of that locker room component as well.
I think there are a lot of things that he
just does well. His challenge is going to be proving
to NFL teams that he can be elite in at
least one area of the game. You didn't always see
that out of Chase Roberts. I think if he can
show that he's an elite route runner or has elite hands,
or or he didn't always have that over the top
burner speed, maybe he can show a little bit more
of that through a good combine and pro day and
individual workouts that kind of thing. Then I think he
suddenly catapults himself into a guy the teams have to
go chase down to get rather than a guy who's
just kind of there and they bring him into to
see what they have out of him.
Speaker 3: One last thing hot or not. A little throwback from
the mid two thousands, hot or not. The big twelve
glass digital basketball court hot or not.
Speaker 4: Oh, I'm gonna look, I've got nothing against this led
lighting glass court. I think it could be cool. I
think there are some really neat things they could come
from it. I saw how it worked actually during a
euro League game last summer. I can't remember it was
who was playing, but it was a random middle of
the night came on ESPN Plus that I just happened
to come across. So I think it could be cool.
But I have to give it a knot because of
the way Brett your ease this announcement, the way the
Big Twelve didn't want to announce anything, but they teased
that an announcement was coming today. This this is not
the kind of announcement that you piece. This is not
game changing, This is not something that every league is
going to have to have. This is not changing the
caliber of college basketball the conference tournaments as we know it. Like,
what are we doing, guys? This is an announcement that
you roll out your press release when it's ready. You
don't you don't try to overhype it. You don't try
to tease it for more than this. Uh, Because I
think there are a lot of people that, quite frankly
right now, are less very disappointed because there were there
were some rumors about, you know, maybe the conference tournament
is going to move, which, by the way, it was
never leaving Kansas City for twenty thirty long guys tay
to bring it to you. But there was there was
some talk about like, well, maybe they'll change the format
of the tournament, you know, put in an extra advis
system or you know, there there were all sorts of things.
Maybe they stopped the tournament because I think we've had
this conversation before. Ben Conference tournaments and power leagues are
kind of appointments right now when it comes to in
CA tournament selection. So there were there were a lot
of rumors that like maybe this announcement could be jumping
a lot more than it was. Just announce just announce
it an thing, like we don't need to tease. This
is not something that we can tease. So again, is
it a cool concept? Sure? Is it a great idea?
Uh yeah, I mean we'll see. Like I'm I'm willing
to give it a try and give the But in
terms of an oldment, it's it's a myth. It's one
percent nod, it's a myth. It's I could have done
with getting this press release in my press box in
my you know, boxing today and seeing seeing some videos
and photos floating around Twitter, and oh yeah, that's kind
of cool. But to tease, to tease the announcement of
an announcement. No, that's that's a miss. That's a no.
Please don't ever do it again.
Speaker 1: Don't do it, not do not do it. Sean.
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Speaker 1: We're gonna get to know him a little bit better
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Cooler Sports press release today. Fueled by a career high
nine from Roberright Third Number twenty two, Buiu atlasted Baylor
in ninety ninety ninety four.
Speaker 1: On Tuesday evening.
Speaker 6: At Foster Pavilion and Waco, Texas, Right the third, facing
his former program, erupted for our personal best thirty points,
converting twelve of his twenty one attempts from the floor.
He added two three pointers on five tries, and impacted
the game defensively with four steels, while also contributing four
rebounds and three assists. The outing marked this eighth game
of the season which he scored twenty points or more.
Ajd Bondster matched the scoring punch, pouring in thirty six
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and going seven to eight from the free throw line.
The freshman standout also dished out seven assists, grabbed five rebounds,
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are passing the thirty point mark. They became the first
BAU teammates to accomplish the feat in the same game
since January fourteenth, nineteen eighty four win when Devin Durant's
thirty four points and Brett applegates thirty two points combined
for sixty six points in a win over Utah. Ritchie
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and nine rebounds. Aden Book controlled the glass with ten
rebounds to go along with the blocking the seat. Benard
Davis Junior provided a spark in the second half, scoring
all twelve of his points after the break and hitting
six to seven free throws late to help DYU steal
its first ever winning wake up as a team. The
Cougars were solid defensively fours and thirteen Baylor turnovers and
converting those into twenty four points. Will also dominating the
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Cougar football team. I always say, you got to allocate
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It's not the most heralded portion of a of a
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done well over the last three seasons. It's been their
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out to the hot line. Welcome in the newest member
of the BA Cougar football team. We got a long
snapper from Snow College, the Snow College Badger transfer. We
got Raiding Heinz nicknamed rado per his head coach Zach Ericson.
Speaker 1: What's up? Raidon?
Speaker 5: How's it going?
Speaker 1: I'm doing good, man. How's everything going with you right now?
Speaker 5: Doing good? Just living life, spending time with the family
and just getting better each day.
Speaker 3: Love it man, well number one, congratulations on your commitment
to b yu out as a field and know where
you're gonna be balling out as a long snapper for
the next few seasons.
Speaker 5: Oh, I'm so excited. Is a dream come true for sure,
and I'm just ready to get there. Meet the guys,
meet the coaches, and just you know, level up by
us a special place, level up.
Speaker 3: I love it man. How long you been down at
Snow College. Tell us a little bit about your trajectory.
Speaker 1: Let's start off with this. Where'd you play high school football?
And how'd you get to snow.
Speaker 5: Yeah. So I actually played my first three years in
high school in a school called Brighton Is in Colorado.
And then right before my senior year, my family we
moved to Arizona and so I finished my I did
my senior year at American Leadership Academy Queen Creek.
Speaker 3: Love that man. So, yeah, the the a LA connection.
And who was your coach down there?
Speaker 5: I had Max Hall and Dennis Pitta as my coaches.
Speaker 1: Pretty good coaches.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 1: What was it like in coached up by Max and Dennis? Oh?
Speaker 5: It was amazing. I mean Max's brain on the offense.
He taught me so much just about how to to
play play offense, but I didn't play much. And then
you know Dennis Pitta with his experience as a tight
end class you know, receiver being able to catch the ball,
and you know, he just they were both just so amazing,
so patient and so good at what they did. It
helped me to so much.
Speaker 1: I love that man.
Speaker 3: Well what was it like, uh, you know, I mean
what positions did you play? We were always a long
snapper growing up. How did you get trained up on
the long snapping? Did you play any other positions?
Speaker 5: Yeah? So in high school, I played outside linebacker and
then a slot receiver slash tight end mixed. And it
wasn't until my senior year I actually got long snapped.
And I was, you know, new to the area and
one of my buddies that I just you know, became
friends with, he was a punter and he was working
after practice, and so I stayed after and I was like, hey,
i'll help. You have seen you know, I'm not sure
I'm any good at this, but I've seen guys do it,
and so I just started long snapping for him. And
then you know, he he was like, coach, you got
to see this. He showed our coach my senior year,
and you know, coach was like all right, And then
I was a long snapper.
Speaker 3: Well, you know, long snappings are unique talent, right, and
it's you know, sometimes it can be individually developed, or
you can have some coaches involved as well.
Speaker 1: How did that process play out for you?
Speaker 5: Well, just, honestly, it's been just working on myself and
then trying to see videos of you know, professional snappers
and watching college snappers and just trying to mimic what
they do. And you know, God's definitely blessed me. To
be able to continue to improve and get better and
better and you know, just continue and narrowing in the craft.
Speaker 1: Love that man.
Speaker 3: Well Snow College utilized your services. Zach Erickson got youa
to e from and and and I'm sure it's worked
out well for you.
Speaker 1: Tell us about your progress there at Snow.
Speaker 5: Yeah, no, it was. It was definitely a blessing BI
a little to be there with, you know, coach Ericson
as well as coach O'Neill as a special teams coach.
She they I was able to be putting positions where
you know, I got to really lock in on long
snapping and push myself and to be better and better.
And you know, as I focused in on the craft
being solely a long snapper, it was super cool to
just watch you know, an art come together, you know,
me getting better and you know, just having fun with it.
Learning that how just you know the importance of special
teams and how how essential it is to be good
at that.
Speaker 3: Well at b YU always needs good lung snappers. It's
a you know, it's funny the long snapping position, like
no one really gets to know the long snapper, and
if they do, it's not necessarily always for the best reasons.
Speaker 1: Right, Is that a lot of pressure on a guy
like you?
Speaker 5: I definitely say at the start, and then I I've
been working on you know through the season. This last season,
my first season, I definitely felt a lot of pressure,
you know, coming back from my mission and not having
very much practice because I didn't think that that's what
I'd be doing. I that's a lot of pressure then.
But as my second season went on, you know, I
just tried to change my mindset and look at you know,
we're playing this game of football, and it's just an opportunity.
It's another opportunity to go out there and do my job.
And I know that I can do it. And so
as long as I believe that I'll do it and
I and I go out and I do it and perform.
You know, it really changed and I just got more
and more confident in the second year as I went
out and I snapped, and you know, just seeing that
people people believed in me, people trusted in me, and
you know, it also made it fun when I was
able to get down the field and make a few
tackles that it made a lot more fun.
Speaker 3: Well, your background is maybe a linebacker and also a
receiver probably helps you out with that. It sounds like
you got some pretty good top end speed so you
can get down there and it maybe makes some open
field tackles.
Speaker 5: Yes, sir, I was able to have at Snow. You know,
it's last semester, last season. I was able to have
two solo tackles and then two assisted. So you know,
it was fun getting down the field, either causing guys
is to obviously I tackle them, or causing them to
stop their changing direction, you know, making them go side
to side and stay up the field.
Speaker 3: Well, it's it's cool to see those talents showcase.
Speaker 1: Did you play any other sports growing up? If so,
what were they? Uh?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean I just honestly, I was signing everything.
My parents always, you know, encourage us going out and doing.
Their rule was if you started something, you got to
finish it, whether you like it or not. And so
I growing up, I was just going through high school.
You know, right before high school, I did lacrosse. I
did basketball in high school, and then I did track
and field as well. As my junior year, I actually
got a neat opportunity where I did competitive cheer, so
I learned you know, body control slips as well as
you know, some upper body strengths doing throwing girls in
the air and all that stuff.
Speaker 3: You said, that's a unique path no one really talks about,
you know, engaging in that particular sport and activity, and
so you mentioned like the acrobatics of it and then
the strength portion of it.
Speaker 1: How has that helped you in football?
Speaker 5: I mean, for one, body control has definitely helped me
on the on the field, just being able to I
mean just going from snapping to straight up sprinting, you know,
not money. People are kind of folded in half and
then just get out of that and start sprinting, and
then people are right off the line there. You know,
they're trying to hate you, stop you get you off
tracks of being able to move. And you know, just
having that control really helps as well as you know,
having the shoulder strength. I feel like it's definitely fighting
hand fighting with people, pushing them off, knacking the hands
down and running through people. It definitely has helped me
in the game and just being i mean more stronger
and balanced player.
Speaker 3: Love that breakdown right and Hines, the newest member of
the Bay Cougar football team. Special Team or long snapper
coming from Snow College, VA American Leadership Academy in Queen Creek,
talking some BAYU football here, Radon, what do you plan
on in rolling at BYU?
Speaker 1: When will you be in provo?
Speaker 5: I'll be in provo, I believe the end of June
beginning or not even sorry, beginning at June, end of May.
Speaker 3: Okay, that's just right around the corner. What are you
gonna be doing? What are you gonna be doing in
the meantime? Are you taking some additional classes in training,
et cetera?
Speaker 5: Yeah? Right now, I've been helping out at the house.
The reason I actually I told you, you know, five
point thirty should work. I just got I made sure
I milk the cow early today and did all the
animals early today so that way I could be on
this and I didn't have any distractions out outside.
Speaker 1: I love it, man.
Speaker 3: Yeah, tell us a little bit more about the family
and a little bit about the farm, man. Where you're
at with doing, you know, taking care of all the animals.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, we just got ourselves a small farm,
you know, we just it's kind of something that we've
loved to do and and I mean I'm the oldest
of eight and so there's a lot of kids, so
that kind of helps with the chores. We spread it
out and you know, the animals have been super cool,
just I mean for me and for my little siblings.
You know, talk learning about responsibility and you know, these
animals are not going to feed themselves, are not going
to take care of themselves. You know, we got to
be out there. We got to show up. We got
to do everything, even if we're tired, we don't want to.
You know, got to get up early, and you got
to make sure that it's doing it. You got to
take consistent with this. So it's a lot of cool
things that we've I think as a family and for
myself that have learned just from you know, taking care
of these animals.
Speaker 1: Well, I'll tell you what.
Speaker 3: Like I asked the question many times to our listenership, like, hey,
at this day and age, how do you raise kids
with grit, with fortitude and teach them good habits? And
some people say, hey, you get them in sports right.
A lot of people say, oh, get them into music
right because they can.
Speaker 1: You know, wrap things out.
Speaker 3: Others said, hey, get them on a farm, so they
got to get up every morning and do chores and
get work done, and that will create the grit and
the habits that lead to success. And it sounds like, uh,
you got, you got, you got double fashioned if you
got the sports and the farm work.
Speaker 1: Going, Yes, sir, So you know, would you lie? Would
you recommend?
Speaker 3: Like, do do I need to go buy a piece
of property and raise my kids on a farm?
Speaker 1: Is it? Would you recommend it? Highly recommend it?
Speaker 5: I mean I would. That's what I want to do
when I'm older with my kids, you know, I want
to live close to the family, be able to take
care of obviously having sports, have fun with them, but
as well have those animals, because I mean, not only
does it teach responsibility, you know, like you said, grit,
but as well. I mean, I think it's amazing how
they get back, you know, for taking care of the cows.
We get milk, and we use that milk for obviously
drinking milk, but we do butter. You can, you can
do yogurt, you can do cheese, I mean you can
even we used to do milk goats as well, and
I mean we have we make soaps out of it.
So I think it's a lot of cool things. You know,
teaches obviously the grit and the responsibility and being consistent,
but as well just how much like God's creations are
for us and just teaches us about his love for us.
Speaker 3: Love that, man, I really appreciate that commentary and perspective.
Raydon Hines, the newest member of the bue Hoover football team,
the long snapper, coming out of Snow Junior College. They've
been able to get to know any of your your
future teammates, have you, you know, have you taken any
official recruiting visits, et cetera up to provo?
Speaker 1: Give us a little breakdown of.
Speaker 3: Maybe the guys that you already know on the team
and you're recruiting, or your recruitment that led you to Provo.
Speaker 5: Yeah, so I've not been able to meet any of
the guys texted, I got a couple of texts, you know,
welcome to the team, super grateful for them reached out.
But outside of that, don't really know anybody. So it's
kind of a I mean, it's a fresh clean slate,
meet new guys, new talent, which is super fun and
you know, a good opportunity just to learn and to grow.
But haven't been able to be on campus yet, but
I am. I'm excited for when that time comes and
I get to be there.
Speaker 1: I get to.
Speaker 5: See all the guys, the coaches, meet them as well
as get get in with the facilities because I've just
heard there and seen their top notes from the videos
I've been watching.
Speaker 1: Who recruited you?
Speaker 3: Which coaches recruited you to be YU and why was
Bay you the place for you?
Speaker 1: So I got I.
Speaker 5: Talked with Dylan Almond as well as Justin Enna, and
you know, they're just awesome. I love talking with them,
as well as my coach at SNOW Special Teams coach
coach O'Neill. He I know he was talking with coach
just Pukinga and was talking about getting me up there
during the season. It wasn't able to work out with
that during like the regular season get me up there
for some just like some looks up there. But I
was able to talk with those two coaches and O'Neil
was talking finger and it's definitely byu is. I mean
obviously it's the Church of Jesus Christ, the Lord's School,
and that's I mean, it's just a place that I've
always wanted to be because of the culture. I mean,
the religion classes that I've heard of, and just the
feel there is it's one in a million. BYU is
definitely a completely different campus than any other school out there.
So it's just a place I want to be where
I can grow not only with football, but as a
man and with my relationship with my father in Heaven.
Speaker 1: Love that rating and great, you know, I feel the
same way.
Speaker 3: It's it's the best institution to become a holistic human.
Speaker 1: What do you plan on studying there at BYU.
Speaker 5: Right now? I'm planning on business administration. No, I've been
interested always with like numbers and how businesses work in
creating them, and it's just always struck my attention. And
so that's something I want to pursue to learn more in.
And two uh huh, yeah, pursue my life wise.
Speaker 1: Hello, what what does mom and dad do?
Speaker 3: Give us a little breakdown, And do you have any
you know, aunts, uncles or anything that that that that
inspired you to go down that path.
Speaker 5: So, my my dad's a plumber and my mom stayed
at home and you know, taking care of the kids,
which is a job all of its own. And uh,
you know, it's just watching them and taking care of finance.
They were. They were really awesome. And I think my
sophomore year or so, they took a personal finance class
and they brought me with and had me in the
class too, so that I could learn how to you know,
budget money, or how to save, how to just be
smart with the money that we have. You know, being
in such a big family, you know you have to
You can't just go out and buy all your your
wants and everything. You know, you can't be impulsive with
your purchases. You got to really be be in line
with what you need over your wants. And so, you know,
they've been inspired me that way, and so it's always
been something that I really like and I want to do,
and you know, I want to learn more so that
way that I can teach my kids and I can
help my family and you know, if we're able to start
a family business or anything else, that I can have
a solid foundation for that and help be like a
push for that.
Speaker 3: Love that man well excited to see. You know how
the experience works out for you, b Yu as you
go through the business side of things, maybe get an MBA,
et cetera, or maybe you're in the NFL after a
few years. How many years of eligibility do you have left, Raidon?
Speaker 5: I have two playing years and one red shirt year.
Speaker 3: Nice man, that's good you got. Did you guys discuss
that eligibility at all? Do they plan on playing you
this year? Do you think do you think you'll take
a red shirt year?
Speaker 5: Not sure yet, I don't. I know that they got
a long snapper up there right now for the spring.
I hope to come in and be able to keep
and uh, you know, wherever it goes, it goes.
Speaker 1: Love that rating.
Speaker 3: Well, what else do you like to do outside of uh,
outside of football school and obviously working on the farm.
Speaker 5: Man, I'm honestly, I'm I'm a pretty simple guy. I
don't do much outside that. I love. I love football,
I love working out. I love being with my family,
spending time with them. I help obviously help around the house.
And then, you know, anything outside of that, maybe hang
out with some friends or you know, going like tonight,
I'm going to institute tonight with one of my buddies,
volunteeing a little bit. So love pretty low key, you know,
I just.
Speaker 1: Hey, you keep it low key, stay out of trouble.
Speaker 3: Have fun, get things accomplished, say it keeps it low
trauma as well. Yep, well that's awesome, Braydon Well, shout
out to you, Shout out to the fam, Shout out
to UH your accomplishments as well. Congratulations on getting that
offered to YU. Can't wait to see you ball out
at Brigham as the long snapper, and once again, congratulations
and everything.
Speaker 1: Thanks for letting us get to know you a little
bit better.
Speaker 3: I guess we'll see you in provo here shortly in
June slash may.
Speaker 5: Yes, sir, I appreciate it. Thank you so much, Thank.
Speaker 1: You, Hey, appreciate you riding.
Speaker 3: Thanks for hopping on so we can get to know you,
your family and your trajectory and path to BYU.
Speaker 5: Of course, thank you.
Speaker 1: All right, there you go.
Speaker 3: That's Rayton Hines, the newest member of the ba You
Cougar football team, the long snapper six foot two d
and fifteen pounds at of Snow College via American Leadership Academy.
A great interview with him. I can't wait to get
to know him a little bit better.
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