1. Offensive Line Starting to Take Shape

    PROVO — Every offensive success starts with the O-line and that concept hasn’t been lost in BYU’s offensive linemen this spring...

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  2. Egbert Making Transition, Fua Stepping Up at Outside Linebacker

    Just over two weeks ago, BYU redshirt freshman Jordan Egbert was dreaming of catching touchdown passes for the football team from the tight end position...

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  3. Report: Ammon Olsen out 4 Weeks Due to PCL Injury

    I just got word that Ammon Olsen is out four weeks due to PCL injury and bone contusion (no surgery). Could've been a lot worse...

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  4. BYU QB Suffers Knee Injury in Spring Game

    Filling in for the injured Taysom Hill in BYU’s spring game, quarterback Ammon Olsen was off to a good start.....

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  5. Kyle Van Noy Looking to Savor Senior Season

    PROVO — Having shocked most observers with his decision to return to BYU for his senior season rather than declare early for the National Football League draft, linebacker Kyle Van Noy is eager to make the most of his final year of college football...

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  6. Inside Linebackers Filling Void Left by Ogletree and Kaveinga

    Anyone cutting through the middle or trying to come up the gut of the BYU football team’s defense in the last couple of years has had to deal with linebackers Brandon Ogletree and Uona Kaveinga...

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  7. BYU Football: Rebuilding Defensive Line a Spring Priority

    Provo • Longtime starters Romney Fuga and Russell Tialavea have graduated, while Ezekiel "Ziggy" Ansah awaits April’s National Football League Draft, where he is expected to be one of the first 10 to 15 players selected...

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  8. Taysom Hill Emerging as a Team Leader

    PROVO — Taysom Hill entered spring practices as the assumed heir apparent to Riley Nelson by most and has done little to dispel such assumptions...

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  9. New Offense and Tempo Puts More Pressure on Running Backs

    In BYU football's new-look, high-speed offensive attack, as a running back lines up he's got to have a lot of things running through his head: The play, the position, the defense, the ...

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  10. Adam Hine Finally Emerging at Running Back

    Provo • BYU offensive coordinator Robert Anae has said several times this spring that the offense he is installing will move so fast that three or four running backs will be required ...

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  11. Mendenhall Announces BYU Will Hold a Spring Game

    PROVO — These days, it's never a sure thing. In fact, it's been considered doubtful on several occasions in recent years...

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  12. Y. Offensive Coordinator on Defensive

    Provo • BYU football coach Bronco Mendenhall is doing things a bit differently in spring camp as far as interactions with the media is concerned, making himself and new offensive coordinator Robert Anae available just once a week, on different days...

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  13. Spring Football Begins Week Three

    PROVO, Utah - The BYU football team began its third week of spring practice with another outdoor session on Monday afternoon.....

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  14. Howell a BYU Football Head Coach in the Future with a Great Climb in the Present

    Here's a common bellwether of assistant coaches, and how they view their status and security: Ask if they own a house. Nick Howell, married with four children, does...

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  15. Converted BYU Tight End Holt Takes Approach of Former Teammate in Move to DL

    Spring football practices have Austin Holt feeling like everything is backwards. "I changed my number. I changed everything. It's been a good change, though," he said after Monday's BYU football practice, the start of the third week...

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  16. Fast Recovery Helps QB Taysom Hill Seize Control

    Provo • When BYU football coach Bronco Mendenhall previewed spring camp two weeks ago, he promised the offense would move at a faster pace, that he would be more involved in it, and that the starting quarterback competition would be wide open...

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  17. Five Questions with Coach Garett Tujague

    PROVO — Garett Tujague joined BYU's staff during the offseason as the offensive line coach and couldn't be more excited about the opportunity...

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  18. Offense Wants to Go Fast This Year

    PROVO — A lot of the focus on BYU's football team this spring has been on Robert Anae’s offense and what specific changes the new offensive coordinator is making to the unit...

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  19. Injured Defenders Hague, Manumaleuna, Expect to Get Year Back

    Provo • A couple of defensive players are taking a leap of faith at BYU’s spring football camp this year, but coach Bronco Mendenhall says it is not as big of a gamble as it would appear...

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  20. Ziggy Ansah May Yet Add to His Resume

    PROVO — Whatever Ziggy Ansah did during the NFL Combine in Indianapolis a few weeks ago, he’ll do it better during his pro day in Provo, according to those who know the athlete better than anybody...

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  21. In Spring, Cougars Are 'out of Their Comfort Zone'

    PROVO — In part due to breaking in a brand new offensive coaching staff that's installing a new, up-tempo brand of offense, BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said spring practices are a rebirth of sorts...

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  22. BYU's Rehabbing Hoffman Celebrates Birthday During Spring Football

    Cody Hoffman felt older Wednesday, his birthday. It wasn't necessarily a cake-and-ice-cream time. The BYU football pass-catching star is missing the entire spring camp after offseason ...

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  23. Offensive Linemen Getting Lots of Attention in Spring

    The new BYU football offensive line coach is certainly hard to miss. A former Cougar lineman, Garett Tujague was listed at 6-foot-5 and 295 pounds during his time in Provo from 1989-91 and still looks like he could line up against his players...

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  24. Pikula Leads a Group of Inside Linebackers Who Have Been Biding Their Time

    PROVO — Manoa Pikula has been champing at the bit since arriving at BYU in 2011 and is finally getting his opportunity this spring...

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  25. BYU Football: So Far, Only QB Battle Is to Be Taysom Hill's Backup

    Provo • On the first day of spring camp a week ago, senior Jason Munns was the quarterback when the second-team offense took the field during the scrimmaging portion of BYU’s practice...

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