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how Jack Kelly compared to the field, how Chase Roberts
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creator the aggregator, the algorithmic initiator of the relative athletic score.
Speaker 3: We go.
Speaker 1: I can't leave platty on the like, can.
Speaker 4: How the heck, are you fantasmic to be on.
Speaker 1: Yes, sir, it's a combined season, which means we got
to delve into the data with your platform, Kent. What
is you know? What is relative athletics score? Give us
a foundational approach for those that aren't familiar with your
your metrics, your process, your algorithm.
Speaker 4: Yeah, so a lotive athletic scores. It score has been
around since twenty thirteen. We take all athletic testing from
players at the pro day and at the Combine and
their pro days, and we score it against their position
group all time from nineteen eighty seven all the way
to the player's draft year. We do everything on a
scale of zero to ten, so it essentially works like percentile.
When you're looking at the individual scores, you just kind
of move the decimal place over one. We compile all
those scores and create an average. The average is compared
again to every player at that position group. We can
put it on a zero to ten against. We can
get a nice clean zero to ten athletics score for
the players. It's all stop light color coded, so everything's red, yellow,
or green. The intention is just meant to create a
way to very easily under and how athletic a player
is when compared to their peers. Just at a glance.
You can tell by looking at it.
Speaker 1: Where they are.
Speaker 4: You can look at the scores and understand where they're percentileized.
It's a really good way to just evaluate the relative
athleticism of a player.
Speaker 1: What have you learned about about this particular metric over
the years, Like how long you been doing this, what
is your background and what have you learned about this
metric as it pertains to athleticism and eventual maybe productivity
or athleticism on the football field. Yeah.
Speaker 4: I think what people get wrong about it a lot
is they look at raz and they think, well, that's
that's like a determination of how good a player is,
And that's not what it's doing. It's just looking at
athletic talent only, and it's only using the metrics that
we test every year. So you get this nice lake
for lake comparison where you can look at the speed
of someone be able to compare it one for one
for what it would look like for two different players
because they all run the same drills, they all do
the same the same What's nice about that is for
comparison purposes, you can get a good idea of how
athletic a guy is, but it doesn't tell you how
good they are, And a lot of athletic traits aren't
necessarily covered by the drill that we do at the combine.
So it gives you a good idea of what athleticism is,
but it should never be your b all end all
for anything. Sometimes you have a player who's super athletic,
but they've never played football before. We saw that with
I forget the player's name. He came from Germany, but
it was on the Minnesota Vikings for a little bit,
a little bit. You know, he's super athletic guy, but
he barely played football. But if right Lions drafted a
player out of BC UP in Canada a year or
two ago, and that's the same thing a player that
has a completely different sport essentially, I mean, it's football,
but it's not the same type of football. So athleticism
is a part of evaluation, it's not the entire evaluation.
I think once people understand that, it makes it a
much more valuable tool because you can look at players
who don't necessarily test the best, but you can still
find a use form on the football field. Even with
any of their poor tests, because if there's the test
really in an area that they don't necessarily use, who cares?
Who cares? It's like, it doesn't make me a better
driver because I'm really good at finding the right radio station. Right, Yeah,
like that's helpful in a little bit, but that doesn't
help me make me a better driver.
Speaker 1: You know, these are differentiator things, right, You're going to
look at two maybe same similar players and productivity, and
then maybe you differentiate by by athleticism. Is that what
you would say?
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's a really good way to use it. If
you have a couple of players that are very similar
in skill sets and you're trying to figure out which
one you would prefer between them, it makes a good
way to say, well, I think this guy has more upside.
There's more to what he can do than what we've
already seen. We can develop him pass where he is currently,
whereas a player doesn't necessarily have that. Maybe they're relying
on their field awareness to be able to do certain things.
That has a cap too. Maybe it's maybe it's not
the same ceiling that you're looking at for the players.
It's also a good differentiator for scheme if you run
a scheme that really requires a lot of fast players.
You see that with the Chiefs. The Detroent Lions did
that for a little it. You know, any teams that
you speed, they're probably not gonna draft the guys that
don't run fast, And if they do, it's going to
be for a role that doesn't require that kind of speed.
Speaker 1: What's a good example. Who's a good example over the
years of someone that's not all that athletic or just
an average athlete, but a very very good NFL football player.
Do you have some kind of these iconic figures that
didn't test all that well but balled out in the
National Football League.
Speaker 4: Oh, there's always players like that. And that's another thing
I think people will lose sight of is that the
stuff like relative athletic scores not to find only the
good players, because you want to find those diamonds in
the rough.
Speaker 1: Two.
Speaker 4: One of the best ones in the NFL right this
moment is a BYU player, which is Puka. Google only
had a five point one to eight. We know that
there's a possibility he was injured during the pre draft process.
I wasn't ever able to confirm that, but I heard
it from a couple of different people. But even so,
his score wasn't the greatest, and he's one of the
best wide receivers in the NFL when he's healthy. That
happens quite often at the wide receiver position because there's
so many different ways to win at the wide receiver position.
You don't necessarily see that from tight end. Tight End
kind of got to be athletic to be able to
do what they do well. Same thing with pass rushers.
There aren't a lot of pre athletic testing and past strussures,
but wide receiver there is a whole bunch of them.
You see, the same thing for running backs. You know,
a power runner doesn't necessarily need all those timing drills
because that's not really what they're there for, you know
what I mean.
Speaker 1: Yeah, No, it's very intriguing. I think bringing up Pooka
is a valid a valid example. All right, Well, let's
talk relative athletics score now, as it pretends to be
yu who are all time like the best testers from BYU, right,
the best athletes in a combine setting coming out of
Brigham Young University with your historic your combine and your
pro day performances in front of it.
Speaker 4: Yeah, so I started looking into that a little bit.
And if you're looking at across all time, there's actually
two RAS scores. We keep one that locks in at
the player's draft year, and there is an all time score,
so we can compare things side by side. So I
wanted to use that score. It's not necessarily the player's
regular res but the all time score. The highest score
of all time for BYU was Scott Young from two
thousand and five. Even way back then, still tested like
a boss, and that score holds up over time. More recently,
Chanden Herring, Brady Christensen, Blake Freeland. A lot of offensive
linemen come out of YU that have really good athletic testing,
and you know, you've seen these guys coming up for
a while. It's not quite a factory, but it's on
the production line somewhere.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 4: Ziggyanta is probably one of the most well known guys.
Extremely athletic coming out of school and use that athleticism
to his advantage. He was very raw from a coaching
perspective when he was first picked up in the draft,
but a player that had tons and tons of athleticism.
Fred Warner had a nine point seven three. We're not
even past nine point seven three, Like this is the
top ten guys in the ninety seventh percentile. For some
of these guys, Taysom Hill obviously lots of athletic talent
there went on to use that in the NFL. Kingley
Suwamataya another guy with super athletic talent. The school has
been able to produce a lot of really athletic players
in the NFL values that type of stuff.
Speaker 1: It is. You know, you look at what BYU's done
in like the percentile or just because traditionally Byu is
not viewed as like the athlete creator in the National
Football League, but you're looking at these test scores like,
oh wait, no, these guys are like the best of
the best. This is the lead of the elite. Do
they have a branding problem with the athletes they're producing
or what?
Speaker 4: I think the success has to really play out in
the NFL to get that reputation right because the fans
don't really care about the testing as much as they
do the on field product. The diehards like myself, we
love the draft. We love following everything related to the draft,
we love following the numbers. All that stuff really hits
home for us. For most people, they want to see
those wins and they want to see the players perform
on the field. I think a lot of players that
come out of YU have been more rough when it
comes to their actual technical ability on the field. I
think that's where that development comes in, because it's not
just about being athletic. You have to be able to develop.
One of the reasons that Zigiyanza had the success that
he did was that the Detroit Lions at the time
were running that wide nine scheme and he was just
such a perfect fit for that pin your ears back
and rush the quarterback that they needed those wide nine
ends to do. So it was that schematic fit combined
with that athletic talent, and they didn't use him pretty
much at all, like they didn't at Byu. Byu didn't
use him. How the Detroit Lions ended up using him,
but you put him in a role that he really
thrived in and he was able to excel at that.
And maybe that's what they're doing wrong. Maybe they're a
little bit too generalized. Maybe they're not making people specialize
as much as they should be. A lot of colleges
have this issue of preparing their players for the professional
football for being at that next level. Because they're concentrating
on winning, they're not necessarily paying attention to how can
we also develop these guys to becoming great professional football players.
So it really boils down to what they're trying to
do with the players, and I think that BYU doesn't
really focus on the professional aspect as much as they
do developing the players to be as good of football
players in college as they can be.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's hard to like have a same similar scheme
to run in college with like the supporting casts that
are around some of these high profile players or highly
athletic players. To make that transition in a linear fashion
to a same simbilar scheme in the National Football League,
that's very difficult to do, Right, That's a tough thing
to do.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that level of talent comes and hit you like
a ton of bricks, no.
Speaker 1: Doubt about it. Kent Lee platty math bomb on X.
You had to follow him. He has created the relative
athletics who are aggregating all of the pro days, all
of the combines, putting a grade to the athleticism of
everybody that has ever participated in a combine. Why you
had a couple of guys s out out to the
Indianapolition Day and the Combine. Jack Kelly had him shelf today.
Let's break down who's performance. What stood out to you
about Jack Kelly.
Speaker 4: Kelly I think scored as the third highest linebacker at
the combine. He had a nine point eighty one RIS
and that's with almost all of the drills. He didn't
do the bench, but he did everything else. He did
the agility drills. Almost nobody does the agility drills of
the combine anymore. They do them very late in the process,
right before they do drills, and a lot of players
just skip the agility drills to do the on field
drills because that's where the coaches are looking, that's what
the people who are going to draft them are paying
attention to. The NFL really does have a scheduling problem
with their combine. But even then, he did pretty well
at those agility drills. He had a ninety first percentile
shuttle and he had a seventieth percentile cone, which is
very good for both of those. And the cone was
actually his worst score at seventieth percentile. Everything else he
tested in was above seventy, above eightieth percent of they're
all in that green so they're all in that elite
range that we consider for each of the TEP his
explosive drills, which are really big for a lot of
coaches for linebackers. He had ninety third percentile broad with
a ten foot five broad. He had a thirty seven
inch vertical, which is a ninetieth percentile score, and he
ran a four or five seven in the forty, which
is phenomenal for a linebacker. So all those athletic traits
that you want he was able to pull out. I'm
pretty sure he's the highest rated player from BYU this year.
Speaker 1: Yep.
Speaker 4: He's great. Kind of in the mid round. Should see
him going in like the fourth or fifth round. Probably
he could sneak into Day two, but he's probably going
to go early Day three.
Speaker 1: Love that breakdown. You know, you wonder if he's going
to just stand on all those times or and just
do field work at his pro day? What would you do?
I mean, it doesn't look like he's really got to
prove himself athletically. He's already in the top percentile of athleticism.
Speaker 4: Yeah, if any of the coaches, I'm not sure if
people are concerned about it. If any coaches have any
issues with strength, they're going to want to see his bench.
They're going to want to see what he can put up.
He has pretty arms compared to linebackers these days, so
the bens shouldn't be that much of an issue. Shorter arms,
you tend to bench a lot easier. Just from a
physics perspective, you know, you don't have to worry about
going up the side. Yeah, but you know he's I
would expect him to stand all his times. I wouldn't
expect him to rerun anything. He might rerun that cone,
I don't. I don't know if he's going to be
as that, but it's plenty good enough. But you know
how these guys are, they're super competitive. The same thing
is true probably with his explosion drills, even though they're
his best drills. I would bet that he tries them again,
just because a lot of guys really want to try
to up one up themselves.
Speaker 1: Chase Roberts also went out to the NFL Combine. He's
got great size for a wide receiver. How did he
tested out? Per Relative Athletics score?
Speaker 4: He was actually one of the lower rated wide receivers
in this class. At the combine in terms of athletic testing,
but that doesn't say a lot because this this combine
is kind of a weird one. We had a fewer
people tested this combine than any of the other ones.
A lot of people want to say that the trend
it's not really this year is just kind.
Speaker 1: Of a weird one.
Speaker 4: The thing that a lot of people are going to
point to is this forty yard dash time you're in
a forced explore. That's not very good. I think what
people need to realize, though, is that's also not very bad.
Like that's not a terrible time. It's not great. But
he's a bigger wide receiver, so he has other traits
that that teams are going to value, that teams are
gonna want. The speed's not that big of a concern.
His explosion drills were really good. Both of those were
above eightieth percentile. When you have a bigger wide receiver,
that's very important. You want a guy who can have
some burst and be a little bit explosive. He compares
very favorably to Kean Coleman, who came out a couple
of years ago who said some mixed success in the NFL,
but that type of receiver, and teams are always looking
for guys like that, guys that they can put up
and go up and get some footballs. I think he
has a role in the NFL. He's probably looking at
a later Day three projection. I don't think the speed
hurt him at all. I think that that just kind
of validates what you see on tape with him. He's
not a burner, But what's really going to hurt him
is actually his linked the same problem that we had
with Jack. Kelly's arms just aren't very long. When you
have a bigger receiver, you want them to be as
lengthy as possible to maximize that advantage that their size
gives them. But if you have it has good enough
route running ability, if he shows good enough strength at
the line, I don't think that's much of a limiting
factor either. I think this is still a plenty athletic player.
He ended up with a seven point eighty one overall
so far, still has the agility drills in the bench
to do. I'd expect them to do the agility drills.
A lot of players that are bigger wide receivers, coaches
tend to want them. Skill's got to run the agilities
to see if it's a weakness. Wide receivers almost always
skipped the bench, so I wouldn't expect to see him
do that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so you brought up Keenan Coleman six four, two
fifteen out of Florida State. He was the second round pick,
thirty third overall. That's who your your athletic comp is for?
Chase Roberts.
Speaker 4: Yep, that's the one.
Speaker 1: What about Jack Kelly? Who did you mention? I don't
know if you did mention who's your player comp for
Jack Kelly?
Speaker 4: I didn't, but I did have a good one for
him too. He comes very closely to Drew Drew Tranquill,
even even right up to where his draft projection is.
Frankle was taken in the fourth round. He's been a
pretty good role player in the NFL. He's a good linebacker,
he's a starter. He plays really well. He's not a superstar,
but he's a good enough playayer. He gets plenty of
playing time. He's been on the Chargers and the Chiefs.
He's probably going to continue playing one of those guys
that's just going to grind out a really nice, productive
NFL career. And I think that Kelly's going to face
the same kind of road to the NFL to convincing
teams that he has that value. He's just got to
grind it out and show that he can be a
reliable player on the field. Coverage is always going to
come up, especially when you have speed, which he does.
If he can show himself to be a reliable coverage linebacker,
then then teams are going to put him on the
football field because there's there's downs that you want guys
like that. If he shows that his pursuitabilities are good enough,
he's going to be on the field for the running
drills a bit more limited in that in previous years,
the run game is coming back like a mounting storm.
So maybe maybe that's going to be even more favorable
if that's his skill set. But I think that he's
got a role in the NFL. I think that's why
he's projected kind of in that that early days three
range because teams know that he has that ability special
teams abilities in another area that guys like this can
shine in, and I don't think there's gonna be much
of a concern to that. You get a linebacker that
can run a four to five seven, that's a gunner
right up front. You can throw him right at there
and have him gun You can have him take guys
out very easily. He's two forty. That's gonna hurt run
of the that scene.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, let's go back to the Puka conversation and
some of these VAYU players that are in the NFL.
Is there anything in his like athletics score that that
would tell you, hey, this guy is going to be
a diamond in the rough When McVeigh and his staff
ended up drafting him in the slot that they didn't
like from a return on investment, for the quality and
what they got in productivity, it's probably the best ROI
in in that draft from that class, from where they
got when they paid for them. It's not even close.
So is there anything in the athletics score that you're like, Okay,
like this was you could tell possibly. I mean, he
was a productive college player, but he wasn't like absurdly
politnik off type of productivity, you know, So I'm like, Okay,
is there anything there that you're like, Okay, this is
a good indicator of a great football player, productive football player,
even though he didn't test out in the elite to
great level.
Speaker 4: There really wasn't, and you know, we have guys like
Cooper Cup who actually test. His overall score was in
that same kind of right around five range. But Cupp
had that an elite test. He had an area that
he was elite in from a testing standpoint, and he
also used that very widely on the field, So making
that projection was a lot easier when you're looking at
the athletic traits and then comparing it to the on
field ability. But Poopa didn't really have that. Excuse me.
Everything was kind of mediocre. His explosion girls were very
middle ground. He had a thirty seven percentile vert and
a sixty third percentile broad, so they average out to
about five. His forty yard dash was four five six,
which is just barely above bare average for a wide receiver,
so not very great there, and his agility drills were
below average for each of them. His cone was very bad.
He had seven point three to two cone, which is
only sixteen percentile. So he didn't have any areas that
he stood out in any meaningful way from an athletic perspective.
I think when you're looking at a player like that,
you're relying almost exclusively on the tape. When you're looking
at the testing for Puka, you're really just looking at
a guy who doesn't have enough. It doesn't have anything
that's a significant weakness. His agility drills might be if
that's something that you really wanted from him as a player,
but his explosion drills not being fantastic. That's not a
green flag, but it's not really a red flag either.
Same thing with his speed. We know that Puka is
not a burner. He's not one of those super fast guys.
He's never has been. So having a middle of the ground,
a middle of the round speed isn't a big deal
because that's not where he excels anyway. So it's not
a limitation. So it's more that it isn't telling you
anything negative than it is telling you something positive that
you want to jump on.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I look at some of these guys like Tyler
Alzier and kyros Toni. They just got they just got
contracts right they they're in They they were maybe drafted
a little bit later in their draft class, but they've
been productive and they're they're great football players. Had how
did Tyler and Kiris specifically test out coming out of
their pro days? Their combine performances.
Speaker 4: Well, Algier was like one of my one of my guys,
and then you know, we talked about that when he
came out. This is the guy that I really really liked,
and I was super excited for him, and he actually tested,
uh in a way that you don't usually see, and
when you do, it's it's a productive profile. So he
didn't have a profile of some elite, top tier athlete,
but he did have a very similar profile to a
lot of very productive NFL running backs, guys that don't
have that elite speed, but they excel in other areas
and they're able to use that in in a productive way.
You know, it was really exciting to watch him actually
find that NFL success because because he projected in such
a way and we could actually see it. Uh, see
him get picked up again for another contract is really
exciting because he get to keep seeing it. Who is
the other one that you had asked.
Speaker 1: About, kyrist So there's tylarier than Kyris.
Speaker 4: Yeah, he just got signed too, that's right, Yeah, yeah,
and earlier to stay right Yep. His was a seven
point Yeah, his was a seven point two two as
a defensive tackle. I'm pulling it up right now. I
didn't have that one prepared.
Speaker 1: Okay, I went off because of all the pre agent
news that just occurred.
Speaker 4: That happens. Yeah, seven point two is fine. So from
an overall perspective, you're you're not looking at anything that's
super negative. This looks to me like a nose tackle profile.
He's got got really good weight, really good bench. His
ten yards split's good, his broad's good. Those are all
all big nose tackle indicators. Didn't have very long arms,
which would generally be a ding against the nose tackle. This,
it looks from an athletics standpoint like a productive run
defender type of profile. Somebody that's not necessarily going to
be great side to side, but if you want them
to take up space or barrel forward, you're going to
be able to get that. I haven't watched enough of
them to be able to say if that's exactly how
he plays. But from an athletic perspective, there's a role
for guys like this. There's a productive role for guys
like this. You can find a way to use them
very easily.
Speaker 1: Love it can't appreciate our time. As always, we invite everyone,
what's the best way to support, to you what you do,
how you do it. For all of our listeners, we
always invite everyone to check out the website.
Speaker 4: Yeah, the website is our as dot football. You can
go out and look at any player from nineteen eighty
seven to today, where we just passed over thirty thousand
players on the website. I think twenty twenty six thousand.
I think of them have scovers. A bunch of them
don't cause they don't test. You can check out my
website there, that's the best way.
Speaker 1: To do it.
Speaker 4: You can also check me out on Twitter at math bomb,
and I'm over on blue Sky as well also as
math Bone, so I'm very easily accessible. I'm a little
bit less active this year than I am most years.
I'm still going to be doing all the scores and
putting out all the work. I just won't be quite
as active on the socials. But social media and the
website are the best ways of support, and I do
it every year. Been doing this for fourteen years now,
going on fifteen.
Speaker 1: Do fantastic. You need to hire an intern just to
churn out all the content on social media. That's the
next step, Matt, Come on, let's go baby, we need
that social media content.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's always been my mistake because I always take
on interns to like teach them coding and try to
find good ways to help them advance themselves in the
metrics field. But I really should have been working on
the social stuff.
Speaker 1: Just get just hired to do the social stuff. Just
churn it out, copy and paste it out there. Man,
that's what you need to put it out to the
masses and get people subscribing to your content. You did
great work. A couple of guys to look out for
if they're pro days from BYU, so that you know.
I think Tanner Wall's going to test out extremely well.
Actually talent Alfrey could test out well. Moriy Bomba I
think is gonna kill it in the forty. This guy
is a blazer. I think he's gonna find himself on
special teams. Maury Bomba is a guy to look out for.
And then I think Isaiah Jada as well as gonna
test out really well. Good athlete, really good ath To
keep an eye on those guys when they pop up
for their pro days.
Speaker 4: We'll do for sure, all.
Speaker 1: Right, can't leave platty ladies and gentlemen. We Appreciate you,
Thanks so much.
Speaker 4: Thanks for having me on man, appreciate you all right.
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what sold you on coming to BYU out of the
transfer portal?
Speaker 6: Well, first things first, the quorter move was quick high school, right,
So I had a couple of visits lined up.
Speaker 3: I ended up coming here first.
Speaker 6: And you know, after I came here, just after me
and all the all the coaches, you know, FESSI, I
mean every person in this whole university was telling me
how great Kline was, and then sitting down with him
talking in for like an hour or so, I kind
of knew it was the place I wanted to be.
With the strength staff, with Skyler, I mean, they got
everything that I need. And you know, obviously the past
kind of two years, I've been a little banged up,
And I mean, I think that this place has the
best opportunity for me to stay healthy, just the way
they run things and in the weight room and with
the training staff and all that. So after I took
the visit, I had a few more lined up, and
I was like, you know, if I keep going on
visits and they end up getting someone, you know, the
moves quick, I would have been frustrated with myself. So
I kind of just locked it down and and now
I'm here.
Speaker 1: So so does this story kind of feel sort of
like boss to you, Ronald, you know where I'm going
with this a little bit? Yes? With this number way.
Keanu came onto our show and like kind of like
elaborated on some of the reasons why, like by he
was the place, and he mentioned went out of his
way to talk about like injuries and health and strength
and conditioning, uh and uh, all of those things that
Kyler just went into. I think that was a big,
big component. Obviously mentioned the relationships, the vibe, Killane Fesci
everyone at this university. All those things stood out to him.
But I thought it was interesting that he went into
depth with the strength and editioning and health side of
things because he's been injured. He's been tinged up at
Oregon for so long.
Speaker 7: Yeah, when we had Keanu come on and we put
the request in, Keanu said, yeah, you know, the strength
and conditioning guy's doctor Skyler Man. It's interesting that two
guys been in back to back years out of the
transportal have mentioned the BAeA strength and conditioning staff. And
there's no secret guys have been healthy a lot. Ben
I mean, that's one of the reasons why BAU has
been successful, not just because of the talented players in
the scheme, is the availability of the talented star players.
You have to be available and you have to make plays.
And Keanu was intrigued by that. He said, he played
what thirteen games last year, eleven games? Like he said,
that was double more than what he played in Utah.
He just said that two weeks ago at the start
of springball. So that is one of the attractive reasons.
And KYLEI Casper, who I'm teasing a little bit, will
discuss his health. He has been dinged up and probably
you know said, Okay, where's the place that guys are healthy?
Speaker 1: What are they doing?
Speaker 7: And that's why BAUS attractors so shout out to Kobe
Claus and doctor skytlan Man, Ryan Phillis and the boys.
They're taking care of the BYU athletes for sure. And
Dan Willcox as well with the nutrition.
Speaker 1: Yes. Indeed, Kyler the prodigada Chandler Zona via Oregon. Remember
he played in twenty three games at Oregon since twenty
twenty two. He only caught six passes for seventy seven
yards for the Ducks. His father, Kevin, played wide receiver
at Iowa and then in the NFL for eight seasons,
so he comes from good lineage. He was a consensus
four star recruit and a top three hundred player nationally
out of Williams Field High School. He was ranked in
the top thirty nationally at his position by rivals. He
was number fourteen in the twenty four seven Composite, number
twenty five in the nation, number twenty and then two
four seven Sports number twenty nine. Wracked up over thirteen
hundred yards on seventy three catches and eleven touchdowns his
senior year in high school. He was He earned first
team All state honors as a senior after catching fifty
three passes for nine hundred and forty three yards and
nine touchdowns. He was also recruited at high school by Arizona,
Arizona State, cal Colorado, Duke, Georgia, Iowa, Iowa State, Miami,
Michigan State, Mississippi State, MISSOI, Nebraska, Northwestern Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma,
Oregon State, Penn State, Tennessee, TCU, UCLA, USC, Utah, Vanderbilt,
a robust offer sheet, and even a rod A rod
manched He's like, Kyler was a guy that we really
liked out of high school. It's just we weren't. We
weren't able to really attract him. I can't remember his
exact words, but we were kind of out of his
league at the time. And the swoo the swoosh got
him right then Uncle Phil got him. Let's get back
to Kyler. Casper's commentary from Camp KLLATEI. A Rod talks
about your relationship in high school. How important are those
relationships when making decisions coming out of the portal?
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I mean it is important.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 6: I remember being recruited by FESSI and actually behind the
camera here Tason is making a face at me and
that it was my biggest connection because he was my
quarterback in seven on seven with tusson turn back in
the day. So you know, once I hit the portal,
he was the first person I talked to from here
and then got me in touch with everybody else. But yeah,
that was a huge connection as well to have that,
have that, you know, a friend here and kind of
get me a rundown on how things go and all that.
Speaker 1: So Trasonborg gave for the win for the w Right Ronald,
you whispered in my ear. You know, it was the
whole conversation. Maybe it's justin Kirklin coming from Oklahoma State
UA because of the connectivity between his teammates. Trayson borgaye
seven on seven teammate of Kyler Casper, I imagine that
played a little bit of a role to get some
intrigue to come Kyler's way. One hundred percent.
Speaker 7: When you play with the guy had been before, you
know what he's capable of, and you've seen him play,
you know, in person on tape, and then you know
when that school is doing well from a national level
and you're seeing them like Kyler's cing BYU and the
College Football playoff rankings, he's seeing him in the Big
twelve Championship, game, and he's like, yeah, that's something I
want to be a part of, you know, when you're
looking maybe for your next destination. He's got two years left, ben,
so he wants to make the most of that. He's like,
where's the place I can go? Well, they're losing Chase Roberts. Well,
you know obviously the unfortunate situation with Parker Kings and
things like that. Like you just you look at a
bunch of stuff where he's like, all right, where can
I fit in a this is the best place And
then he said it FESTI recruited him, so he had
that previous relationship and that's what it comes down to.
That's why Keanu was at BA. You've been strength and
conditioning staff, but most importantly the relationships.
Speaker 1: Yeah it matters, no doubt about it. Kyler Cashper. Uh,
you had a few injuries along the way. How are
you feeling health wise right now?
Speaker 3: I'm feeling great. I'm one hundred percent.
Speaker 6: Just last this last one, it wasn't as major as
the first, like the first, you know, real surgery I
had on it. It was more of just a little
like clean up but not I kind of had an
option to either just like rest it and see if it,
you know, got better, or do this small procedure. And
I ended up doing the small procedures because again, gave
me the best chance to be healthy. And I did
that and took my time rehabing and and now I
feel great. So yeah, I feel I feel great Now.
I'm one hundred pcent. I've been one hundred percent for
for about like a month and a half two months now,
and so yeah, I'm good.
Speaker 1: Uh, do what details do we have on the injury?
Do we know that? Ronald the three Man, I don't
think I haven't delved it. So I'll do a little
due diligence see what I can find out. And obviously
you'd rather have Kyler, you know, discuss what injuries you's had.
But I don't know if anything's been documented from like
the organ side. Uh, And I'll get into that. But Kyler,
what are you looking to accomplish in springball?
Speaker 3: Should just just make plays? Should just just make plays?
Speaker 1: You know?
Speaker 6: Just so, Like I already had a bunch of guys
come up to me. I was like, man, I ain't
know you can move like that? Like I didn't think
I'm They're like, I haven't seen tall guys move like that.
Just running a rout, so short routs and intermediate routs
and all that stuff. So you know, I think just
showing I can do more than like says and whatnot,
just and just showing just like I can play football.
Speaker 3: Man, I just need to do used to be happier.
Now I'm here, so you know, I'm excited.
Speaker 1: So I was able to find out a little bit here.
Also what you know comment on on that, Uh what
what are you looking to accomplish? Make plays stand out? Right,
He's looking to get into the swing of things, learned
the playbook, all those things. But last year, this was
October thirteenth, Dan Lanning expounded on Kyler casper season ending injury.
It looks like he sustained a foot injury that cost
him the rest of his twenty twenty five season. Dan
lenn explained in his press conference that that Casper appeared,
who had appeared in the team's first four games before
an injury cost him, you know, in the Penn State
game and now the full season. So Saturday, Casper was
listed as out for the season. He had an injury
to his foot and ended up having surgery on that,
and so he won't be available for US unfortunately. So
now in his fourth season with the Ducks, Casper has
yet to be a regular contributor, catching six pass for
seventy seven yards to date. More than half of those
came on a forty yard reception in the season opener
against Montanna State. So he was getting into a little
bit more productivity most recently and was looking to make
a bigger impact until he was his season was cut short.
So anyway, Casper was out the rest of the year
and he had two years of eligibility, So now he's
coming to b YU with those two years of eligibility.
Now getting back to Kyler, that's a little bit more
detail on his injury. Didn't it didn't realize. We didn't
realize that Trason was one of your quarterbacks in seven
on seven ball? Is he as legendary as they say?
Speaker 6: That might be the greatest seven on seven quarterback in
the history. We never lost the game.
Speaker 3: We were ridiculous. There was me. Yeah, we never lost
the game.
Speaker 6: Two years me was Jacobe Lane on the other side,
key On Graves went to Hostay at chow nine and
cron Adams was outside catch and Michael Masunez was at
I think Texas now and something. He was at Misigan State.
So we had a squad and uh yeah, we never
lost the game. Trason was back there slinging that thing.
Speaker 1: So Tracing slinging that never lost the game. And they
had a squad down there, same squad, same squad, one
of the best squads in Arizona, it sounds like. So
they had an all star crew with Tracing Borga and
Kyler Kasper and the crew. Shout out to Tracon Borgay
for his pivotal influence in all of this. How much
does a relationship like that help you when you transfer
to a new environment.
Speaker 6: Now, Yeah, I mean it was huge, Especially like the
first month or so I was here, I didn't have
a car, so Chasen lifts right down the street or
literally a couple hoses down or apartments down, whatever, And
so I was rolling with him everywhere and he was
showing me around. We end up going to Park City
having dinner there for a night. He just kind of
showed me around the whole area. So, I mean, it's
great having him, but man, I'm here for football. I
got two years lest so like as much as like
this is a it's a beautiful place. I might offen
some people, but much nicer than Eugene. That's the sor
like I've been. The sun's out. You know, it's very
clean place.
Speaker 3: Here so far.
Speaker 6: But I mean I'm here for football. I got two
more years, so my focus is just in this building.
Speaker 1: Shoot your thoughts. Your commented to that particular rhetoric from
Kyler Casper Ronald the three man Weaver.
Speaker 7: In the words of the Brandon sy Gourny who he loves,
Hey shot shot through Oregon fans are it's gonna offend
people to Eugene, but it's cleaner.
Speaker 1: Here's beautiful.
Speaker 7: I say, Yo, did he just call Eugene dirty?
Speaker 1: Look?
Speaker 7: I mean, hey, the kid's words, not mine. I'm not
putting words in his mouth. But prolos beautiful Ben. I
always say there's two places in my life that is
extremely beautiful. Maybe you can add the third ist one.
I'm gonna say this because I'm biased. It's the Chicago
skyline in the summertime between five and seven pm, when
you're flying in seeing that city view of the the
you know, the Sears Tower which I will always call
her by in Lake Michigan. And then Utah there's nothing
like coming in on the beautiful you know, winter day.
Remember Presley Freeman, Ben, when we interviewed her when she
committed to be you, what did she say? She said, Yeah,
coming from Georgia, like the mountain in the snow, like
that was beautiful. Like there are people not members out
of this faith that come here that love the scenery.
Speaker 3: The League.
Speaker 7: Moore has been on podcast Red Rocks Beautiful Salt it like,
it's so beautiful here. So, I mean, Kylee's just speaking
the same thing. Aidon Robbins said the same thing, Ben,
He's like, I got a nice backdrop when I was
at my apartment at Little Lake and then the mountains.
What other view would you like? You know, same thing, Ben.
I wake up in the morning, I come up the
stairs and I look and I'm like, wow, American four
K Like, I mean, I don't know what else you
want to see? Man, So's it is beautiful here and
it definitely looks nice for sure, and Utah.
Speaker 1: No doubt about it. That's one of the the A's
iconic picturesque really nothing like the Wallstatch front, especially at
the clear edays, the clear spring, shuddy days. How do
you feel after a week of practice. Are you fitting
well into the offense, Kyler?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Absolutely.
Speaker 6: I think they're doing a good job of using me
right now and kind of letting me.
Speaker 3: Play my game.
Speaker 6: And I don't think they're putting any limits on me,
whether when it comes to the roles. And I've ran
some witch today and like they got me everywhere like
so I think, Uh, I think I'm all around receiver
and I could be used like in the slot, be
used outside. Even though I'm a little over sixty six,
I can do everything that a receiver can do. So
I think they're giving me the freedom to be able
to do that showcase.
Speaker 1: That versatile Uh and uh, he can do it all.
And I was told that he's got great top end
speed too, so he can be a vertical threat. He's
got great footwork as well. I mean, look, you grew
up in a home with it in with an NFL
wide receiver for eight years. That man has the skill
set and the talent to make a big impact this year. Uh.
He's got the tangible tools, but he also has the
refined technical tools. Uh that that great coaching uh is
uh you know stems from so Uh. I'm intrigued by
Kyler no exense for much about a couple last things
here we as we begin to have a little bit
higher expectation of who Kyler Casper is and what type
of impact he's gonna make. What's your relationship like so
far with Barry. You gotta get a little chemistry with
him going right.
Speaker 3: I mean, bear bears awesome.
Speaker 6: We actually got the chance I think we uh connected
a little more when we went up to Portland for
the for the little Nike thing we did with Skylar
Skylar Maine and then some of the guys, and it
was cool to be able to have two days just
to you know, really get to know him outside of football.
I mean, we did some some stuff, but it was
it was majority just to not focused on football. So
I got to know him. He's hilarious. That's a funny dude.
And uh, I mean on a field, it's been great.
You know, we were during workouts and what now we
will come and get extra roles and extra catches in,
you know, almost a couple of times a week, and
so it's been it's been real good being a connection
with him on and off the field.
Speaker 1: Yeah. So a few of the the players from b
y U they were they were invited out to Nike
to do some testing. Uh and uh uh, maybe we'll
do a little follow up on that. It was pretty
robust and I got to know their athletic ability. I
think their VF two max, all these crazy things. They're
at the Sports Science location there for Nike. Anyway, last thing,
do you did you consider out of high school? B
why you and you were getting recruited?
Speaker 2: Uh?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I remember a little bit of it.
Speaker 6: High school so just crazy with recruiting wise, like everywhere
in the country.
Speaker 3: So it's hard to remember every little thing.
Speaker 6: And it was a little minute ago now, but you know,
I think I remember talking to Festi quite a bit,
and I mean it was it was It was cool
that I already had a prior relationship coming into the
portal with FeSi and then, like I had mentioned before,
with Tyson he was my quarterback in.
Speaker 3: Seven or seven high school.
Speaker 6: What now, So I had a prior relationship, somewhat of
prior relationship with the program and all that.
Speaker 3: So yeah, it's good.
Speaker 1: It's very much relational. It's regional geographical. Like there's a
lot of components that led Kyle Casper to b YU
it's a good get no doubt out of the portal.
That's a little player profile getting an O Kyler Casper.
Could he be wide receiver one. We'll find out soon enough.
I believe by the end of spring ball should have
a better idea of what role he'll play at BYU
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