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Re: Blake Freeman

2021-09-25T13:17:32-06:00

I know I've heard DL Victory Vaka is a greyshirt enrolling in January.
Have you heard anything about these other players who didn't make the active roster this year?

Defensive Lineman
Cade Albright
Brooks Maile

Linebackers
Michael Daley
Faka'osi Nasilai

Statistics: Posted by Fido — Sat Sep 25, 2021 1:17 pm

Re: Blake Freeman

2021-09-25T13:03:48-06:00

Is Elia Migao a greyshirt. I heard he could not get accept and went to USU? He and his brother are good recruits.

Looks like you are right: script script

Statistics: Posted by Fido — Sat Sep 25, 2021 1:03 pm

Re: Blake Freeman

2021-09-24T19:05:57-06:00

Is Elia Migao a greyshirt. I heard he could not get accept and went to USU? He and his brother are good recruits.

Statistics: Posted by scott715 — Fri Sep 24, 2021 7:05 pm

Re: Blake Freeman

2021-09-24T13:08:54-06:00

It seems like we may lose a couple more linemen this offseason--Empey and Tukuafu are the most likely candidates due to their tenure in the program.

But they seem to have a pipeline going as long as there aren't too many misses in there:

Incoming for 2022:
Elia Migao 6-4 320 from Temecula, CA - greyshirt this year
Jake Griffin 6-6 265 from Mesa, AZ - returning from mission
Isaiah Tupou 6-3 315 from Sacramento, CA - returning from mission

2022 Draft Class (not sure if any are mission first):
Peter Falaniko 6-3 305 from St. George, UT
Vae Soifua 6-4 285 from Orem, UT
Talin Togiai 6-6 290 from Rigby, ID
Trevin Ostler 6-5 240 from Bountiful, UT

They keep getting guys with size. Everyone on the current roster except 6-1 Chandler Bird on the practice squad is listed at 6-4 or taller and average weight is 295.

Riley Nelson was talking about how BYU is going after size. they went through that odd go fast go hard phase looking for more athletic lineman but that didn't play to BYU's strengths. So, they've gone back to big hog mollies and it seems to be working out.

Statistics: Posted by BroncoBot — Fri Sep 24, 2021 1:08 pm

Re: Blake Freeman

2021-09-24T09:04:27-06:00

It seems like we may lose a couple more linemen this offseason--Empey and Tukuafu are the most likely candidates due to their tenure in the program.

But they seem to have a pipeline going as long as there aren't too many misses in there:

Incoming for 2022:
Elia Migao 6-4 320 from Temecula, CA - greyshirt this year
Jake Griffin 6-6 265 from Mesa, AZ - returning from mission
Isaiah Tupou 6-3 315 from Sacramento, CA - returning from mission

2022 Draft Class (not sure if any are mission first):
Peter Falaniko 6-3 305 from St. George, UT
Vae Soifua 6-4 285 from Orem, UT
Talin Togiai 6-6 290 from Rigby, ID
Trevin Ostler 6-5 240 from Bountiful, UT

They keep getting guys with size. Everyone on the current roster except 6-1 Chandler Bird on the practice squad is listed at 6-4 or taller and average weight is 295.

Statistics: Posted by Fido — Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:04 am

Re: Blake Freeman

2021-09-23T22:14:13-06:00

I think it was Barrington last year. Good to see the line reload this year. It even cost Whitt his house.

Statistics: Posted by BroncoBot — Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:14 pm

Re: Blake Freeman

2021-09-22T22:33:46-06:00

Didn't we have a top rated lineman last year as well? It obviously isn't just the so called skill players that are skilled when you have a team this good

The reason the team is this good is because of the line. Every time BYU has had a dominant team, we have had a dominant Offensive line. That is why I was sad when Grimes left last year. We had great teams during Lavell because of Roger French, the 06-09 teams were great because of Jeff Grimes and then coincidentally our Grimes coached Olines of the last couple of years are good again. I hope the new Offensive line coach can keep this going.

Statistics: Posted by frdbtr — Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:33 pm

Re: Blake Freeman

2021-09-22T18:26:41-06:00

It is too early to tell what the impact will be without Grimes.

Statistics: Posted by scott715 — Wed Sep 22, 2021 6:26 pm

Re: Blake Freeman

2021-09-22T14:52:52-06:00

I was kinda worried with Grimes leaving that our OL would take a hit. It may still take a few years to see if we are still able to bring in the same type of recruits and coach them up. But this season is promising.

Statistics: Posted by byufan4ever — Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:52 pm

Re: Blake Freeman

2021-09-22T11:06:13-06:00

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Statistics: Posted by scott715 — Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:06 am