2020 BYU Cougars football team

The 2020 BYU Cougars football team represents Brigham Young University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars are led by fifth-year head coach Kalani Sitake, and play their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium. This is the ninth year BYU competes as an NCAA Division I FBS independent.

2020 BYU Cougars football
Conference	Independent
2020 record	0–0
Head coach	Kalani Sitake (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Grimes (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Ilaisa Tuiaki (5th season)
Home stadium	LaVell Edwards Stadium (Capacity: 63,470)

2020 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Army			–						0	–	0
BYU			–						0	–	0
Liberty			–						0	–	0
New Mexico State†			–							–
UConn†			–							–
UMass†			–							–
Note: † Due to COVID-19, the teams have suspended the 2020 football season. As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Before the season

Coaching changes

Running back coach A.J. Steward took a position on the University of Arizona coaching staff and was replaced by former BYU running back Harvey Unga.

2020 recruits

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Notes
Tuipulotu Lai	DL	6'3"	270	Lahaina, Hawaii	Absent From Fall Roster[1]
Sol-Jay Maiava-Peters	QB	6'0"	190	Laie, Hawaii	[2]
Kody Epps	WR	5'10"	170	Los Angeles, California	[3]
Bruce Garrett	RB	5'11"	190	Texarkana, Texas	[4]
Isaiah Tupuo	OL	6'3"	316	Sacramento, California	Mission prior to enrolling[5]
Josh Larsen	DL	6'4"	230	Woods Cross, Utah	Absent From Fall Roster [6]
Micah Harper	DB	5'11"	170	Chandler, Arizona	[7]
Josh Wilson	LB	6'0"	210	Draper, Utah	[8]
Terence Fall	WR	6'2"	185	San Bernardino, California	[9]
Alex Muti	DL	6'3"	200	Kealakekua, Hawaii	[10]
Nukuluve Helu	RB	6'1"	195	Tooele, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling[11]
Petey Tuipulotu	DB	6'3"	190	Fort Mill, South Carolina	[12]
Ty Burke	DB	6'1"	175	Syracuse, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling[13]
Dean Jones	DB	6'2"	190	Phoenix, Arizona	Mission prior to enrolling[14]
Bodie Schoonover	LB	6'4"	215	American Fork, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling[15]
Logan Pili	LB	6'1"	205	Provo, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling[16]
John Nelson	DL	6'4"	260	Salem, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling[17]
Jake Griffin	OL	6'6"	265	Mesa, Arizona	Mission prior to enrolling[18]
Chandler Bird	OL	6'1"	285	Ocean City, New Jersey	[19]
Jori Benson	OL	6'5"	260	Pleasant Grove, Utah	[20]
Devin Downing	WR	6'2"	175	American Fork, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling[21]
Tate Romney	LB	6'3"	220	Chandler, Arizona	Mission prior to enrolling[22]
Miles Davis	DB	6'1"	193	Las Vegas, Nevada	[23]
Ace Kaufusi	DB	6'3"	200	Kahuku, Hawaii	Mission prior to enrolling[24]
Koa Eldredge	WR	6'0"	190	Honolulu, Hawaii	Mission prior to enrolling[25]

2019 returned missionaries

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Notes
Tyler Batty	DL	6'5"	261	Freshman	[26]
Tanner Baker	DL	6'5"	260	Sophomore	[27]
Mason Fakahua	QB	6'2"	217	Freshman	[28]
Bentley Hanshaw	TE	6'6"	225	Freshman	[29]
Preston Lewis	LB	6'2"	225	Freshman	[30]
Ryan Rehkow	P	6'5"	205	Freshman	[31]
Andrew Slack	OL	6'5"	290	Freshman	[32]
Seth Willis	OL	6'6"	325	Freshman	[33]
Ben Tuipulotu	TE	6'4"	200	Freshman	[34]
Connor Pay	OL	6'6"	295	Freshman	[35]
Truman Andrus	LB	6'2"	215	Freshman	[36]
Joe Nelson	WR	6'3"	190	Freshman	[37]
Austin Riggs	LS	6'5"	215	Freshman	[38]
Elijah Unutoa	OL	6'5"	270	Freshman	[39]
Kade Moore	WR	5'11"	170	Freshman	[40]
Justen Smith	K	6'2"	190	Freshman	[41]

2020 other additions

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Notes
Caleb Christensen	DB	5'9"	193	Freshman	Originally Signed in 2019[42]
Fisher Jackson	DL	6'5"	252	Freshman	Originally Signed in 2019[43]
Hobbs Nyberg	WR	5'11"	195	Freshman	Originally Signed in 2019 Baseball[44]
Jaques Wilson	DB	5'11"	185	Junior	Transfer from West Los Angeles College [45]
Chris Jackson	WR	5'10"	180	Junior	Transfer from Mt. San Antonio College [46]
Chase Hughes	LB	6'1"	214	Sophomore	Transfer from University of Wyoming [47]
Lane Lunt	TE	6'4"	230	Junior	Transfer from Eastern Arizona College [48]
Hinckley Ropati	RB	5'11"	210	Sophomore	Transfer from Cerritos College [49]
Wes Wright	DB	6'1"	175	Sophomore	Transfer from Snow College [50]
Hirkley Latu	DL	6'3"	240	Sophomore	Return after sitting out 2019 [51]

2020 departures

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Notes
Sam Baldwin	LB	6'3"	205	Senior	Graduation
Emmanuel Esukpa	RB	5'11"	225	Senior	Graduation
Dayan Ghanwoloku	DB	5'11"	200	Senior	Graduation
Mitch Harris	LS	6'4"	219	Senior	Graduation
Aleva Hifo	WR	5'10"	187	Senior	Graduation
Austin Kafentzis	LB	6'1"	200	Senior	Graduation
Moroni Laulu-Pututau	TE	6'5"	240	Senior	Graduation
Austin Lee	DB	6'0"	200	Senior	Graduation
JJ Nwigwe	DL	6'5"	260	Senior	Graduation
Trajan Pili	DL	6'2"	255	Senior	Graduation
Sawyer Powell	DB	6'1"	195	Senior	Graduation
Addison Pulsipher	OL	6'5"	293	Senior	Graduation
Thomas Shoaf	OL	6'5"	300	Senior	Graduation
Talon Shumway	WR	6'3"	210	Senior	Graduation
Micah Simon	WR	6'1"	195	Senior	Graduation
Beau Tanner	DB	6'0"	189	Senior	Graduation
Ty'son Williams	RB	6'0"	220	Senior	Graduation
Joe Critchlow	QB	6'4"	220	Sophomore	Transfer
Skyler Southam	K	6'0"	195	Sophomore	Transfer
Devin Kaufusi	DL	6'7"	257	Junior	Transfer
Austin Chambers	DL	6'5"	305	Junior	Transfer
Alex Wyble-Meza	RB	5'10"	200	Sophomore	Transfer
Alex Miskela	LB	6'1"	235	Freshman	Transfer
Ethan Atagi	OL	6'5"	323	Sophomore	Transfer
Danny Jones	P	6'4"	240	Junior
Dallin Lee	DB	6'2"	200	Freshman
Jacob Smith	OL	6'5"	306	Freshman
Austin Whetzel	WR	5'11"	175	Junior
Nate Heaps	TE	6'4"	260	Sophomore
Brevan Ward	OL	6'5"	298	Sophomore
Jacob Boren	WR	5'9"	180	Freshman
Batchlor Johnson IV	WR	5'9"	160	Junior
Spencer Romney	WR	5'10"	171	Sophomore
Jacob Talbot	WR	6'3"	200	Sophomore
Will Watanabe	DB	5'10"	202	Freshman
Kimball Henstrom	DB	6'0"	191	Freshman
Dimitri Gallow	DB	6'0"	190	Junior
Chapman Beaird	DB	6'3"	196	Freshman
Koy Harris	WR	6'1"	175	Sophomore

Schedule

BYU‘s games against Michigan State, Minnesota, Utah, Arizona State, Stanford, and Missouri were all canceled before the season started. These were moves by the Pac-12, Big Ten, and SEC related to COVID-19 in order to reduce the spread of the virus through travel restrictions.[52][53][54] Any other changes to the schedule will be made in accordance with these restrictions. On August 8, 2020, the Mid-American Conference canceled their season taking Northern Illinois off of BYU's schedule. On August 10, 2020, Mountain West Conference canceled their 2020 season removing Utah State, Boise State, and San Diego State from the Cougar's 2020 schedule. [55]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 7	at Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD
September 26	Troy	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT
October 16	Houston	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT
November 21	North Alabama	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Football Media Day

Affiliates[56]

• BYU Radio- Flagship Station Nationwide (Dish Network 980, Sirius XM 143, KBYU 89.1 FM HD 2, TuneIn radio, and byuradio.org)
• KSL 102.7 FM and 1160 AM- (Salt Lake City / Provo, Utah and ksl.com)
• KSNA- Blackfoot / Idaho Falls / Pocatello / Rexburg, Idaho (games)
• KSPZ- Blackfoot / Idaho Falls / Pocatello / Rexburg, Idaho (coaches' shows)
• KMXD- Monroe / Manti, Utah
• KSVC- Richfield / Manti, Utah
• KDXU- St. George, Utah

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position
Kalani Sitake	Head Coach
Ed Lamb	Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams/Linebackers Coach
Jeff Grimes	Offensive Coordinator
Eric Mateos	Offensive Line Coach
Fesi Sitake	Wide Receivers Coach
Steve Clark	Tight End Coach
Aaron Roderick	Passing Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
Ilaisa Tuiaki	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line Coach
Preston Hadley	Safeties Coach
Jernaro Gilford	Cornerbacks Coach
Harvey Unga	Running Backs Coach

Roster

2020 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 3 Jaren Hall So QB 10 Mason Fakahua Fr QB 10 Sol-Jay Maiava-Peters Fr QB 19 Rhett Reilly So QB 16 Baylor Romney So QB 1 Zach Wilson Jr OL 56 Clark Barrington So OL 70 Jori Benson Fr OL 64 Chandler Bird Fr OL 67 Brady Christensen Jr OL 66 James Empey Jr OL 71 Blake Freeland So OL 75 JT Gentry So OL 73 Caden Haws Fr OL 77 Chandon Herring Sr OL 69 Tristen Hoge Sr OL 64 Brayden Keim Fr OL 76 Harris LaChance So OL 74 Kieffer Longson Sr OL 73 Connor Pay Fr OL 61 Keanu Saleapaga Jr OL 63 Joe Tukuafu Jr OL 71 Elijah Unutoa Fr OL 68 Mo Unutoa Jr OL 72 Seth Willis Fr RB 25 Tyler Allgeier So RB 35 Sione Finau So RB 11 Bruce Garrett Fr RB 4 Lopini Katoa Jr RB 21 Jackson McChesney Fr RB 7 Hinckley Ropati So RB 13 Masen Wake So RB 29 Chase Wester Jr TE 89 Matt Bushman Sr TE 42 Kyle Griffitts Sr TE 82 Bentley Hanshaw Fr TE 80 Lane Lunt Jr TE 83 Isaac Rex Fr TE 35 Ben Tuipulotu Fr TE 32 Hank Tuipulotu So TE 96 Carter Wheat Fr WR 24 Luc Andrada Fr WR 85 Brayden Cosper So WR 2 Miles Davis Fr WR 0 Kody Epps Fr WR 1 Terence Fall Fr WR 87 Talmage Gunther Fr WR 12 Keanu Hill Fr WR 84 Tevita Ika Fr WR 24 Chris Jackson Jr WR 5 Dax Milne Jr WR 15 Kade Moore Fr WR 13 Joe Nelson Fr WR 26 Hobbs Nyborg Fr WR 2 Neil Pau'u Jr WR 18 Gunner Romney Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 23 Zayne Anderson Sr DB 10 Javelle Brown Fr DB 15 Caleb Christensen Fr DB 30 Keenan Ellis Jr DB 27 Tavita Gagnier Fr DB 22 Ammon Hannemann Fr DB 36 Micah Harper Fr DB 11 Isaiah Herron So DB 43 Jared Kapisi Sr DB 20 Hayden Livingston So DB 0 D'Angelo Mandell Jr DB 12 Malik Moore Jr DB 26 Mitchell Price Jr DB 28 Morgan Pyper So DB 15 Petey Tuipulotu Fr DB 7 George Udo So DB 4 Troy Warner Sr DB 32 Chris Wilcox Sr DB 29 Shamon Willis Jr DB 13 Jaques Wilson Jr DB 39 Wes Wright So DL 56 Tanner Baker So DL 92 Tyler Batty Fr DL 99 Zac Dawe Sr DL 93 Bracken El-Bakri Sr DL 55 Lorenzo Fauatea Jr DL 44 Seleti Fevaleaki Fr DL 77 Fisher Jackson Fr DL 21 Hirkley Latu So DL 58 Uriah Leiataua Sr DL 94 Freddy Livai Fr DL 45 Darius McFarland So DL 62 Atunaisa Mahe So DL 48 Alex Muti Fr DL 88 Alema Pilimai So DL 78 Andrew Slack Fr DL 94 Gabe Summers So DL 57 Alden Tofa Jr DL 95 Khyiris Tonga Sr DL 51 Jeddy Tuiloma Sr DL 91 Earl Tuioti-Mariner Jr LB 3 Chaz Ah You Jr LB 59 Truman Andrus Fr LB 33 Ben Bywater Fr LB 17 Matthew Criddle Jr LB 34 Kavika Fonua Sr LB 48 Solofa Funa Fr LB 55 Chase Hughes So LB 46 Drew Jensen So LB 53 Isaiah Kaufusi Sr LB 38 Jackson Kaufusi So LB 50 Sam Lee Sr LB 52 Preston Lewis Fr LB 41 Keenan Pili So LB 47 Pepe Tanuvasa Jr LB 36 Kade Pupunu Fr LB 31 Max Tooley So LB 49 Payton Wilgar So LB 34 Josh Wilson Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class DS 54 Britton Hogan So DS 60 Austin Riggs Fr P 24 Ryan Rehkow Fr K 38 Jake Oldroyd Jr K 19 Justen Smith Fr	Head coach Kalani Sitake (BYU) Coordinators/assistant coaches Ed Lamb (BYU) Assistant Head Coach, Special Teams, Linebackers Jeff Grimes (UTEP) Offensive Coordinator Aaron Roderick (BYU) Passing Game Coordintor/Quarterbacks Eric Mateos (SBU) Offensive Line Fesi Sitake (Southern Utah) Wide Receivers Steve Clark (BYU) Tight Ends Harvey Unga (BYU) Running Backs Ilaisa Tuiaki (Southern Utah) Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Line Jernaro Gilford (BYU) Cornerbacks Preston Hadley (BYU) Safeties Nu'u Tafisi (California) Strength and Conditioning Justin McClure (Northern Colorado) Asst. Strength and Conditioning AJ Middleton (Redlands) Asst. Strength and Conditioning Jon Swift (BYU) Director of Football Operations Alema Fitisemanu (BYU) Player Personnel Coordinator Jack Damuni (BYU) Community Relations Coordinator Jasen Ah You (BYU) Support Services Coordinator Tasha Bell (Utah Valley) Player Development/On Campus Recruiting Harvey Unga (BYU) Offensive Graduate Assistant Spencer Patterson (Dixie State) Offensive Graduate Assistant Manase Tonga (BYU) Defensive Graduate Assistant Gavin Fowler (BYU) Defensive Graduate Assistant [57] Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Depth chart

Defense [58] FS Zayne Anderson George Udo Ammon Hannemann WLB MLB SLB Isaiah Kaufusi Kavika Fonua Chaz Ah You Keenan Pili Payton Wilgar Max Tooley Jackson Kaufusi Pene Tanuvasa Ben Bywater SS Troy Warner Malik Moore Hayden Livingston CB Chris Wilcox Isaiah Herron Javelle Brown DE DT DT DE Uriah Leiataua Khyiris Tonga Lorenzo Fauatea Zac Dawe Seleti Fevaleaki Atunaisa Mahe Bracken El-Bakri Tyler Batty Alden Tofa Earl Tuioti-Mariner Gabe Summers Alema Pilimai CB D'Angelo Mandell Shamon Willis Keenan Ellis Offense [58] X-Receiver Gunner Romney Dax Milne Chris Jackson LT LG C RG RT Brady Christensen Clark Barrington James Empey Tristan Hoge Blake Freeland Mo Unutoa Keanu Saleapaga Caden Haws Chandon Herring Harris LaChance Brayden Keim Seth Willis JT Gentry Keiffer Longson Joe Tukuafu TE Matt Bushman Isaac Rex Carter Wheat Z-Receiver Neil Pau'u Keanu Hill Kody Epps QB Zach Wilson Baylor Romney Jaren Hall Key Reserves RB Sione Finau RB Tyler Allgeier WR Brayden Cosper WR Luc Andrada WR Tevita Ika DB Morgan Pyper DB Mitchell Price DB Jared Kapisi RB Lopina Katoa Jackson McChesney Hinckley Ropati FB Masen Wake Kyle Griffitts Lane Lunt Special Teams PK Jake Oldroyd PK Ryan Rehkow P Ryan Rehkow P Jake Oldroyd KR Dax Milne KR Lopini Katoa PR Tyler Allgeier PR Jackson McChesney LS Britton Hogan LS Austin Riggs H Hayden Livingston H Jaren Hall

Rankings

Further information: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP
Coaches	NR
CFP	Not released															Not released

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