2022 BYU Cougars football team

2022 BYU Cougars football
Conference	Independent
Head coach	Kalani Sitake (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Aaron Roderick (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Ilaisa Tuiaki (7th season)
Home stadium	LaVell Edwards Stadium (capacity: 63,470)
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Army			–						0	–	0
BYU			–						0	–	0
Liberty			–						0	–	0
New Mexico State			–						0	–	0
Notre Dame			–						0	–	0
UConn			–						0	–	0
UMass			–						0	–	0
As of March 24, 2022; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2022 BYU Cougars football team will represent Brigham Young University in the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars will be led by seventh-year head coach Kalani Sitake and play their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium. This is the 11th and final year that BYU will compete as an NCAA Division I FBS independent as in 2023, the football program will join the Big 12 Conference.^[1]

Before the season[]

Previous season[]

Coaching changes[]

2022 recruits[]

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Notes
Noah Moeaki	TE	6'3"	220	American Fork, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling[2]
Peter Falaniko	OL	6'3"	315	St. George, Utah	[3]
Parker Kingston	WR	6'0"	180	Layton, Utah	[4]
Brooks Jones	DL	6'6"	190	Queen Creek, Arizona	Mission prior to enrolling[5]
Kaden Chidester	DL	6'8"	240	Richfield, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling[6]
Dominique Mckenzie	WR	6'0"	165	St. George, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling[7]
Cooper Ross	DL	6'5"	245	Mesa, Arizona	Mission prior to enrolling[8]
Trevin Ostler	OL	6'5"	240	Bountiful, Utah	[9]
Cody Hagen	WR	6'1"	180	Draper, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling[10]
Aisea Moa	DL	6'3"	245	North Ogden, Utah	[11]
Marcus Mckenzie	DB	6'0"	170	St. George, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling[12]
Cannon Devries	DB	6'0"	165	North Ogden, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling[13]
Liutai Kinikini	LB	6'3"	195	Herriman, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling[14]
Vae Soifua	OL	6'4"	190	Orem, Utah	[15]
Maika Kaufusi	LB	6'3"	185	Cottonwood Heights, Utah	Mission prior to enrolling[16]
Jarinn Kalama	WR	6'3"	200	Honolulu, Hawaii	Mission prior to enrolling[17]
Talin Togiai	OL	6'5"	291	Rigby, Idaho	Mission prior to enrolling[18]
Micah Wilson	LB	6'3"	215	Draper, Utah	[19]
Zion Allen	DB	6'1"	150	Stockton, California	[20]
Korbyn Green	DB	6'0"	175	Tulsa, Oklahoma	[21]
Nathaniel Gillis	DB	6'1"	174	San Diego, California	[22]
Zoom Esplin	DL	6'8"	250	Encinitas, California	Mission prior to enrolling[23]
Evan Johnson	WR	6'1"	175	Monterey, California	[24]

2021 returned missionaries[]

Bruce Mitchell	DL	6'4"	265	Freshman	[25]
Michael Daley	LB	6'3"	220	Freshman	[26]
Brooks Maile	DL	6'4"	285	Freshman	[27]
Logan Fano	LB	6'4"	225	Freshman	[28]
Isaiah Glasker	DB	6'5"	205	Freshman	[29]

2022 other additions[]

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Notes
Kingsley Suamataia	OL	6'6"	330	Freshman	Transfer from University of Oregon[30]
Christopher Brooks	RB	6'1"	235	Senior	Transfer from University of California[31]
Houston Heimuli	RB	5'11"	265	Senior	Transfer from Stanford University[32]
Lisala Tai	OL	6'7"	336	Sophomore	Transfer from Snow College[33]
Gabe Jeudy-Lally	DB	6'2"	185	Sophomore	Transfer from Vanderbilt University[34]

2022 departures[]

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Notes
Jared Kapisi	DB	6'0"	195	Senior	Graduation
Uriah Leiataua	DL	6'4"	255	Senior	Graduation
Samson Nacua	WR	6'4"	195	Senior	Graduation
Bentley Hanshaw	TE	6'5"	245	Freshman	Transfer
Mitchell Price	DB	6'0"	195	Junior	Transfer
Jacques Wilson	DB	5'11"	185	Junior	Transfer
Cade Parish	OL	6'5"	295	Freshman	Transfer
Rhett Reilly	QB	6'2"	180	Sophomore	Transfer
Jaylon Vickers	DB	5'10"	195	Sophomore
James Empey	OL	6'4"	303	Junior
Neil Pau'u	WR	6'4"	215	Junior
Tyler Allgeier	RB	5'11"	220	Sophomore
Baylor Romney	QB	6'2"	195	Sophomore
JT Gentry	OL	6'5"	304	Sophomore
Jason Money	DB	6'1"	203	Junior
Drew Jensen	LB	6'2"	215	Sophomore
Chris Jackson	WR	5'10"	184	Junior
Keenan Ellis	DB	6'0"	181	Sophomore
Tysen Lewis	OL	6'5"	290	Freshman
Jacob Palu	DL	6'2"	319	Freshman
Shamon Willis	DB	5'10"	180	Junior

Schedule[]

BYU will host six home games, travel to five different away games, and play at a neutral site game in Las Vegas against Notre Dame.^[35][36]

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result
September 3	at South Florida	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL
September 10	Baylor	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT
September 17	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR
September 24		LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT
September 29		LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT (rivalry)
October 8	vs. Notre Dame	Allegiant Stadium Paradise, NV (Shamrock Series)	NBC
October 15	Arkansas	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT
October 22	at Liberty	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA
October 28	East Carolina	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT
November 5	at	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID
November 19		LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT
November 26	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA
Rankings from (and , after November 1) - Released prior to game

Rankings[]

Ranking movements

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

NuSkin BYU Sports Network[]

The NuSkin BYU Sports Network is owned and operated by BYU Radio and features the talents of Greg Wrubell (play-by-play), Riley Nelson^{[permanent dead link]} (analyst), Mitchell Juergens (reporter/sideline analyst), and Jason Shepherd (host) for the third consecutive year, with Ben Bagley subbing in for Jason Shepherd when he has women's soccer broadcasts. The network is in charge of producing and broadcasting all BYU Football pre and post game shows as well as coaches shows and live broadcasts.

Affiliates^[37]

• 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/Safeties Coach
Aaron Roderick	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
Darrell Funk	Offensive Line Coach
Fesi Sitake	Passing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach
Steve Clark	Tight End Coach
Ilaisa Tuiaki	Defensive Coordinator/Interior Defensive Line Coach
Preston Hadley	Defensive Ends/Hybrids Coach
Jernaro Gilford	Cornerbacks Coach
Harvey Unga	Running Backs Coach
Kevin Clune	Linebackers Coach

Roster[]

2022 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 17 Jacob Conover Fr QB 15 Nick Billoups Fr QB 11 Cade Fennegan Fr QB 3 Jaren Hall Jr QB 10 Sol-Jay Maiava-Peters Fr OL 74 Campbell Barrington So OL 56 Clark Barrington Jr OL 65 Chandler Bird Fr OL 72 Trey Bishop Fr OL 75 Sam Dawe Fr OL 71 Blake Freeland Jr OL 67 Brock Gunderson Fr OL 68 Ryan Gunn Fr OL 77 Donovan Hanna Fr OL 61 Hunter Hill Fr OL 64 Brayden Keim So OL 76 Harris LaChance So OL 60 Tyler Little Fr OL 66 Sonny Makasini Fr OL 62 Cooper McMullin Fr OL 59 Burke Parker Fr OL 70 Connor Pay So OL 63 Dylan Rollins Fr OL 61 Keanu Saleapaga Sr OL 78 Kinglsey Suamataia Fr OL 52 Joe Tukuafu Sr OL 79 Ben Ward Fr OL 69 Seth Willis Fr RB 25 Austin Bell Fr RB 2 Christopher Brooks Sr RB 19 Miles Davis Fr RB 22 Mason Fakahua Fr RB 20 Sione Finau So RB 35 Houston Heimuli Sr RB 4 Lopini Katoa Sr RB 21 Jackson McChesney Fr RB 47 Ma'a Notoa So RB 7 Hinckley Ropati So RB 26 Beau Robinson Fr RB 49 Bailey Sutzer Fr TE 97 Ethan Erickson Fr TE 82 Kyle Hester Fr TE 5 Dallin Holker Jr TE 80 Lane Lunt Sr TE 83 Isaac Rex So TE 24 Ben Tuipulotu Fr TE 13 Masen Wake Jr TE 96 Carter Wheat Fr WR 86 Maguire Anderson Fr WR 20 Brayden Cosper So WR 0 Kody Epps Fr WR 88 Terence Fall Fr WR 36 Talmage Gunther So WR 1 Keanu Hill So WR 89 Kade Moore Fr WR 12 Puka Nacua Jr WR 23 Hobbs Nyberg So WR 27 Chase Roberts Fr WR 18 Gunner Romney Sr WR 28 Tanner Wall Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 3 Chaz Ah You Sr DB 25 Talan Alfrey Fr DB 3 Zion Allen Fr DB 20 Jacob Boren Jr DB 19 Javelle Brown Fr DB 4 Caleb Christensen Fr DB 17 Matthew Criddle Sr DB 29 Conner Ebeling Fr DB 27 Tavita Gagnier Jr DB 16 Isaiah Glasker Fr DB 22 Ammon Hannemann So DB 1 Micah Harper Fr DB 18 Kaleb Hayes Sr DB 11 Isaiah Herron Jr DB Gabe Jeudy-Lally So DB 21 Dean Jones Fr DB 15 Carter Krupp Fr DB 28 Hayden Livingston Jr DB 5 D'Angelo Mandell Sr DB 12 Malik Moore Sr DB 5 Nick Nethercott Fr DB 10 Morgan Pyper Jr DB 30 Quenton Rice Fr DB 0 Jakob Robinson So DB 26 Ethan Slade Fr DB 7 George Udo So DL 92 Tyler Batty So DL 55 Lorenzo Fauatea Sr DL 97 Hunter Greer Fr DL 95 Caden Haws So DL 53 Fisher Jackson So DL 57 Josh Larsen Fr DL 90 Brooks Maile Fr DL 93 Blake Mangelson Fr DL 62 Atunaisa Mahe Jr DL 96 Bruce Mitchell Fr DL 58 Aisea Moa Fr DL 48 Alex Muti Fr DL 94 John Nelson Fr DL 42 Mike Petty Fr DL 44 Samisoni Peaua Fr DL 63 Isaiah Perez Fr DL 99 Alema Pilimai So DL 54 Kade Pupunu Fr DL 59 Joshua Singh Fr DL 98 Gabe Summers Jr DL 51 Alden Tofa Sr DL 91 Earl Tuioti-Mariner Sr LB 33 Bronson Andrus Fr LB 46 Truman Andrus So LB 50 Jacob Bosco Fr LB 2 Ben Bywater So LB 44 Michael Daley Fr LB 23 Theo Dawson So LB 56 Logan Fano Fr LB 39 Jackson Frank Fr LB 36 Cade Hoke Fr LB 13 Jackson Kaufusi Jr LB 37 Isaac Matua Fr LB 52 Jacob Olsen Fr LB 41 Keenan Pili Jr LB 45 Pepe Tanuvasa Sr LB 47 Viliami Tausinga Fr LB 31 Max Tooley Jr LB 43 Hama Tuione Fr LB 49 Payton Wilgar Jr LB 34 Josh Wilson So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class DS 87 Britton Hogan Jr DS 84 Austin Riggs So DS 54 Dalton Riggs Fr P 24 Ryan Rehkow So K 99 Cash Peterman So K 39 Jake Oldroyd Jr K 37 Justen Smith Fr	Head coach Kalani Sitake (BYU) Coordinators/assistant coaches Ed Lamb (BYU) Assistant Head Coach, Special Teams, Safeties Aaron Roderick (BYU) Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Darrell Funk (Colorado State) Offensive Line Fesi Sitake (Southern Utah) Passing Game Coordintor/Wide Receivers Steve Clark (BYU) Tight Ends Harvey Unga (BYU) Running Backs Ilaisa Tuiaki (Southern Utah) Defensive Coordinator, Interior Defensive Line Jernaro Gilford (BYU) Cornerbacks Preston Hadley (BYU) Defensive Ends/Hybrids Kevin Clune (Cal State Fullerton) Linebackers Nu'u Tafisi (California) Director of Strength and Conditioning Justin McClure (Northern Colorado) Football Strength and Conditioning Coach Kalani Simeona (BYU) Football Strength and Conditioning Coach Jon Swift (BYU) Director of Football Operations Jack Damuni (BYU) Director of On-campus Recruiting and Community/Player Relations Jasen Ah You (BYU) Director of Recruiting and Player Personnel Blair Peterson (Towson) Offensive Analyst Alfred Pupunu (Weber State) Offensive Analyst Vince Feula (BYU) Defensive Analyst Randy Coy Jr. (Utah Valley) Defensive and Special Teams Analyst Jordan Howard (Utah) Offensive Graduate Assistant Spencer Patterson (Dixie State) Offensive Graduate Assistant Kyle Griffitts (BYU) Defensive Graduate Assistant Gavin Fowler (BYU) Defensive Graduate Assistant [38] Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Depth chart[]

Game summaries[]

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