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the latest news on the recruiting trails surrounding Cougar Athletics.

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it better than Vanderwealth and Blaine Anderson. And to stop

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a little recruiting the Kruegers. What is b what you're

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trying to find in the twenty twenty seven class. Who

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are they recruiting them? Why are they're recruiting them? B Way,

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you just received their first commitment of the twenty twenty

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seven class tightened to young. We caught up with them yesterday.

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It was a great conversation two way player six with

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three two hudred and fifteen pounder at a mountain Ridge

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High School in harrim And, Utah. So I intrigued to

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Let's welcome in college football recruiting analysts of two four

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to seven Sports just got a nice renewal shout out

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to Blair and Goulo hopping on with was Blair? How

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you living man? Thanks for joining us?

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Speaker 2: Doing well? Ben? How are you? How's everything I'm doing great?

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Speaker 1: Man, appreciate you hopping on for a little recruiting talk

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some cruit and the Cougar's Talk Number one. Congratulations on

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your contract anew with two four seven sports locking you up.

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That was a great move by.

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Speaker 2: Them, Thank you. Yeah, it's been about ten years already

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since I've been in this current role, and yeah, excited

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to continue to bring all the fans across the West coast.

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You know all the latest recruiting news which includes BYU. Right,

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they've been recruiting the West Coast harder than any Big

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twelve program in recent years. And you know, I'm excited

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to continue following along.

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Speaker 1: No doubt about it. Can't wait to see what coverage

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you provide for all of those that subscribe, and we

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Blair the most recent guy. Let's start off with tightened young.

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We got to know him a little bit better yesterday.

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But nice recruit for BYU to start off the twenty

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twenty seven clash. Is it odd to get a recruitment,

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a commitment from a recruit this early on in the process.

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Speaker 2: No, they're actually a little bit late. Ben. You know,

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this was the first commitment for twenty seven and when

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you kind of look up and down the board, there's

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a lot of programs that already have fifteen twelve. You know,

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double digit commitments. So BYU has kind of played things

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a little bit slow here in this twenty seventh cycle.

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And I know they're setting up for a big official

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visit weekend during the month of June, and you know,

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for the most part, I think BYU is always going

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to be a little bit more methodical, and they're going

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to be a little bit more careful with the types

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of offers that they send out and the types of commitments

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that they try to push for. You know, I think

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they've reversed their strategy. I think a few years ago

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I was on this very show talking about how tough

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it was going to be for them to hang on

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to so many early commitments, right, and they were expending

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a lot of energy and a lot of resources early

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on in the recruitment, only to see you know, the

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SEC schools, big ten schools, a bunch of programs from

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across the country jump in with late offers and flipping

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players that they thought they had locked up. So I

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think BYU has been a little bit different now, a

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little bit more strategic. I love the addition of Titan

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because he's so versatile, he can do a lot of

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different things. It's kind of odd to think of him

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as a linebacker because he had over one thousand receiving

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yards last year. You know, like that's a marquee number.

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a barometer. It's a gauge, right, whether or not a

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player in his twelve to fourteen games during a high

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school season can reach the one thousand yard mark. And

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Titan did that. But that two wave production obviously speaks volumes.

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his physicality, He plays at a different tempo and I

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think he's going to be a terrific, terrific off ball

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linebacker when he does arrive on campus.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you break down his skill set and you see

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a lot. There's a lot to get excited about. And

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He's a high football IQ kid. I mean, I don't

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know what position, which linebacker position he's going to play,

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but man, he sounds like a Mike linebacker, sounds like

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a leader of a defense.

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Speaker 2: Ben. I just saw him a couple of weeks ago

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at the at the Powerhouse five on five tournament, Right,

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and you're thinking about a receiver tight end who plays

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linebacker and he's out here getting one on one reps

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in a pass rush tournament, and we all kind of

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looked at each other. We're like, dude, like what are

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you doing here? Right? And you know, he just wanted

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to match up and he wanted to compete. And that's

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I think that's the type of player that they're getting.

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that's that's first and foremost. You know, his versatility, he's

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he's kind of a Swiss army knife with with what

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he's gonna be able to do. He can play a

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little h back if you need him to, can line

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him up inside and the why, can go out wide

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and match up against corners and in kind of those

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red zone situations on offense and then on defense. You know,

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really physical, has a nose for the football, loves to

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get after it, you know. And I think when you

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when you project and when you look at the long

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term upside, there is a lot to dream on there.

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stitch on his jersey at some point, because he does

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have that personality, has the leadership skills and it seems

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like he's a big hit with a lot of different players.

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Speaker 1: We got Blair and Gulo twenty four to seven Sports

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talking some cruiting the Cougars here on your Utah ESPN

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Radio network, and this is Cougar Sports. Let's talk a

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little bit on some of these other offers that boil

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us to hold out. I think for two four seven

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confirmed offers, I think there's around like eighty four offers

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around that time. Like, how does that compare to like

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other universities used to be BOI used to be used

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to be like very strategic, like they didn't go volume

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with their their offers. They'd be a little bit more

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judicious and not dolling them out. But what does that

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compare to other P four institutions right now? The offersheet

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of eighty four across all position groups.

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Speaker 2: I would think that just based on the quantity, I

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would think that BYU is kind of on the lower

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end of what some of these power for teams are

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are shelling out. You know, there's some schools that have

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over two hundred offers out there right They'll offer everyone

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in the top twenty four to seven. They'll offer every

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four star that's on the list they'll offer, you know,

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all the three stars in their own state, and you know,

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when you you know, before you kind of think about it,

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they're already up to two hundred, three hundred offers. So, yeah,

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BUYU plays it a little bit differently. They played a

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little bit slower. I don't think they really send out

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more offers until they know they have an answer on

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a certain prospect, right, Like they're not going to offer

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more than they can want, or that they can take,

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or players that they would want. And so I think

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they're a little bit slower. They're a little bit more methodical.

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in this twenty six class, you know, like Glasger, you know,

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the legend Glaska from Lehigh I think he had to

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wait for his offer, you know, a little bit, even

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though he had other Power four and they were just

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in you know, he was just in their backyard as well. So, yeah,

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the eighty four numbers a little low, But I think

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that's how they want it. I think that's by design.

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I think that when they do that, it creates a

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little bit more value for the offer. It makes it

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mean more, right, it has a little bit more significance.

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they are targeting you as a recruit, I think it

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sends a clear message that you're going to be a

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priority for them.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, when you look at the offer sheet for that

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they've doled out eighty four of these. I know you've

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done some nice features on some of these prospects that

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have have maybe you know, scheduled out official visits, et cetera.

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offerrees for Buyu.

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Speaker 2: I mean it has to start with Body Sparrow. Right,

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he is the number one player in the state of Utah,

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another two way talent, can play safety, can play receiver.

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so an elite basketball player. I mean he's on the

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Nike youth circuit in the summer, you know, and he's

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won a state championship over at Davis in hoops. I

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think a terrific all around prospect, a top one hundred

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national guy too, So you know, he he kind of

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has to start and he has to be the headliner.

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now for him. Oklahoma has a lot of smoke. Michigan

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and Utah are involved. He likes Oregon, he likes Tennessee.

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to stay in the picture. You know, from the sound

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of it, sounds like Buyu will be getting an official

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visit this summer, right before he makes the decision. Now,

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you know, it kind of remains to be seen whether

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or not he'll even make it to that official visit,

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because it does sound like he's open to making a commitment,

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you know, whenever he feels like that that might be.

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So you kind of wonder, right like June nineteenth, if

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that's the weekend that he makes it down to Provo,

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you know, will he all re be committed or will

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he even take that official visit? You know, So that's

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something I think the coaching staff has to figure out,

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to in a way accelerate that process. You know, he's

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he's he's unquestionably the number one guy in the state

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for this twenty seven class. Another one that we really

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like is edge rusher Uhila Wolfbrahm. We just saw him

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at the Adidas Polynesian Bull National combine in showcase, and

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he just picked up offers from Oklahoma and Michigan this week.

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Also Colorado offered him today. He's a national recruit with

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dozens of offers, and I think that's one player that

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BYU fans should get plenty of familiar with because it

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does sound like the Cougars are doing a really good

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job there. They were on him first. He's kind of

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in their backyard there in Spanish Fork. And so another

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player that I think they're doing really really well with

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that I wouldn't be surprised if you know, when it's

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all said and done, he ends up being one of

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the marquee signature for BYU. And then the other one

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that I that I really like that I think b

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defensive lineman from Tustin out in southern California. He was

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just on campus this week and really really hit it

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off with the coaching staff, coach coach Popinga, coach Sataki.

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They all got rave reviews from Jeremiah Williams, who I

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think right now is trying to decide whether he's going

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to play at b YU. He's gonna play at ASU,

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or he's going to stay close to home and play

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at UCLA. I think those are the three schools out

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from everything that we've heard and all the indications that

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Speaker 1: Wow, that's awesome. Yeah, he's got an official visit setup,

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the June nineteenth weeekend, right, So, I think when you

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look at the official visits, it becomes kind of clear

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what a program feels is going to be the right call, right, Like,

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there are some programs that schedule an official visit early

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and those kick off this weekend. By the way, Ben,

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So I know BYU doesn't have any schedule for this weekend,

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but there's gonna be some programs like bringing in official

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visitors this weekend and then it goes on until the

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end of June, right before commitment season. But you know,

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there's some programs that are either chasing or they're fighting enough,

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facing enough fill battle to get to get a player

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to commit, and you know, they have to schedule an

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early official visit just so that they have a eight

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puncher's chance, you know. And then there's other situations like

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BYU does a really good job of making sure that

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they lock in all their top targets for the same weekend.

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It looks like June nineteenth it's going to be the

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one where they'll bring in a lot of players that

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they feel really good about, not only with you know,

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where they are as prospects, but also how they maybe

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sit in the in the prospects list. And so he'll

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be among those visitors that makes it down to campus

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on June nineteenth.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but body scoone over, I want to go back. Sorry,

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Body Sparrow, I want to go back to him. What

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position do you think he projects at? What position do

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you think he'll play at the next level.

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Speaker 2: I think he's going to be an incredible safety. Like,

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like it's tough, right because we're talking about another one

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thousand yard receiver who can go up and high point

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the football and he can play above the rim, and

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he's so dynamic as an offensive prospect and kind of

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reminds you a little bit of you know, Chase Roberts

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and Puka Nakua and you know some of these other

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big time pass catchers. So Lesie moa right that we've

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seen in the state of Utah in recent years. But

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then you look at his awareness and just the way

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he tracks the football and his closing speed, and you know,

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I saw him at the season opener Life last year

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and he returned an interception seventy five yards and it

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was it was just instinctive. He broke on the football,

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caught it in stride and then he was gone and

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no one was going to stop him, you know. And

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that's the type of impact that I think he can

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make at the college level, you know. And that's right now,

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one of those positions that is super sexy in terms

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of like being able to match up against tight ends,

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being able to match up against slot receivers. If you

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need to cover as a nickel, you can drop down,

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if you go into the box, you can track and

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tackle and chase the ball in the flats. And then

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he's got, like I said, the awareness to play kind

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of a center fielder Rover roll as well. So he's very,

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very versatile and instinctual as a safety, and I think

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from an upside standpoint. That's that's probably where he's going

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to make a lot of money.

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Speaker 1: Blair Angulo two four to seven Sports Dock and recruiting

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here on your Youth Die ESPN Radio Network. A couple

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of other guys. I'm intrigued by Peyton Higginson, Manase Brown

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and Jaglone. Peyton's right down the street from by. You

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think he plays at Salem Hills And uh, you know,

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Jag and Manasi are both really good prospects. Break down

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those guys.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Peyton is another player, another kind of in that

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Titan Deyong mold where he can play a little bit

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of everything. Just had three interceptions in a in a

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single seven on seven on seven game down in Dallas

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this past weekend, So you know, it's kind of showing

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his ball skills as a defender. Could also play some

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some receiver and and and uh, you know, I think

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the multifacetedness of his game really makes them attractive as

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a as a next next level prospect. He's supposed to

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be at UCLA later this week for a visit as

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they kind of try to figure out where he might

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fit in their recruiting class. I know he's really high

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on Michigan and Utah obviously, with the long standing connections

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to coaches on both staffs and just the familiarity and

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and you know how how long some of those coaches

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have been recruiting him, you know when you think about

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Jay Hill and Morgan Scallee and you know, Kyle Whittingham

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and all the guys that have those ties to the

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beehiveh State. So you know, by is kind of a

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in a in a battle there. But but I think

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they're in a really good spot with him, and they

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will continue to be in a really good spot with him.

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You know. Jag yawn A is another one that that

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I think has all the tools to be a really

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really good edge rusher and and kind of a pass

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rush specialist at the next level. He's supposed to visit

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on the June twelfth weekend, so they would be the

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weekend right before that big one on June nineteenth. Washington's

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also involved. Utah is going to get kind of that

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final official visit. It does sound like this is going

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to be a b y U versus versus Utah battle

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for one of the best players and one of the

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best defensive prospects out west. You know and and so

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I think for for those two, you know, it's it's

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kind of looking good. You have to feel good about

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their chances to land him. And then Manase Brown, a big,

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raw offensive lineman who can kind of play some tight end,

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has also you know, dabbled on a defensive line at

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at Corner Canyon down in Provo. You know, a player

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that that really didn't get a lot of run. You

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know when you think about how deep Corner Canyon has

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been at the high school level the last couple of years.

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But I think has really started to entrench himself as

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one of those big intriguing prospects. He's about six six

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sixty seven two thirty and kind of a ball of

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clay that you're going to be able to mold. I

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don't think he truly has gotten a grasp of like

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how good he might be able to be or how

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good he's going to turn into. But that's another player

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that right now has has scheduled an official visit with Bhyu.

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I think it's the only trip he has scheduled, and

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that would be for that June nineteenth weekend. So you know,

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when you when you follow the visits, then you kind

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of think okay like Uyu either likes him, he likes

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them a lot, and it's very mutual. And you know

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that's that's a prospect to watch for sure.

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Speaker 1: Everyone follow Blair and Gulo on Twitter. Everybody subscribe to

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content is always we always appreciate talking ball with you.

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Speaker 2: Thanks man. I'll see you around here in the next

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few months. I'll be making making the rounds for Sphinx showcases,

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so I anticipate you.

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Speaker 1: I missed you at the Powerhouse, Bro. I missed you

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at the Powerhouse. I was there. I did.

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Speaker 2: I did see the radio set up over there in

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the corner. Uh you know, I think I had a

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flight to cat So I did miss you.

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Speaker 1: All right, mag come and hit me up next time

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you see the tent and the RV rolling around.

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Speaker 2: All right, yep, all right, Ben, take care, all.

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