Brigham Young Recruiting Outlook

Brigham Young:

• Kieffer Longson, Dougherty Valley (San Ramon, CA), OG, 6-7/300, 3 stars 
• Mika Tafua, Kamehameha Schools Maui (Makawao, HI), WDE, 6-3/210, 4 stars 
• Dayan Lake, Northridge (Layton, UT), CB, 5-10/185, 3 stars
• Jeremiah Ieremia, Hurricane (Hurricane, UT), ILB, 6-0.5/228, 3 stars  
• Tevita Mounga, Vista Murrieta (Murrieta, CA), DT, 6-2/290, 3 stars
• Will Sedgwick, Laguna Hills (Laguna Hills, CA),OLB, 6-2/220, 3 stars
• Kody Wilstead, Pine View (Saint George, UT), PRO QB, 6-6/210, 3 stars
• Devin Kaufusi, Timpview (Provo, UT), WDE, 6-6/200, 3 stars (rivals 2 star)
• **Khari Vanderbilt, San Jose City College (San Jose, CA), S, 6-2/185, 3 stars  
• **Kimane Domena, Pursuit Of Wellness (Portland, OR), DUAL QB, 6-2/190, 3 stars  
• Zayne Anderson, Stansbury (Tooele, UT), S, 6-3/190, 3 stars (rivals 2 star)
• Beau Hoge, Highlands (Fort Thomas, KY), DUAL QB, 6-1/205, 2 stars  
• David Lui, Pittsburg Senior (Pittsburg, CA), DT, 6-3/262, 2 stars
• Riley Burt, Box Elder (Brigham City, UT), ATH, 6-1/190, 3 stars (rivals 2 star)
• Akile Davis, DeSoto (DeSoto, TX), WR, 6-1/186, 2 stars
• **Elias Miller, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV), RB, 6-0/185, 3 stars 
• Micah Simon, Bishop Dunne Catholic (Dallas, TX), ATH, 6-0/175, 2 stars  
• Eric Takenaka, Snow College (Ephraim, UT), S, 5-10/205, no stars (rivals 2 star)
• *Trent Hosick, Arizona Western (Yuma, AZ), QB, 6/2/225, 3 stars

*Only listed on Rivals list.
**Only listed on 247 list.

According to 247, San Jose State is the 54th ranked recruiting class in the nation and the second ranked independent program behind Notre Dame. The Cougars were able show their national appeal with seven different states making up their recruiting class, including a commit from Kentucky. As things currently stand, BYU could easily push a top 50 overall recruiting class for this season with only 19 overall commits listed.

The Cougars are coming off of a disappointing 8-5 season that got sidetracked when quarterback Taysom Hill fell to injury. Despite Hill returning in 2015 for his senior season, the Cougars have brought in several quarterbacks looking to earn that coveted backup signal caller role. Whoever ends up as the backup must be ready to play as Hill's style of play leaves him more ssusceptibleto injury.


2014 Returning Starters: (6 or more starts in 2014)
Defense (7):
Michael Davis (8 starts, 43 tkl, 6 pbu, DB), Bronso Kaufusi (10 starts, 43 tkl, 11.5 tfl, 7 sacks, 1 ff, 1 fr, All-Independent, LB), Kai Nacua (6 starts, 40 tkl, 3.5 tfl, 2 INT, DB), Remington Peck (9 starts, 24 tkl, 3 tfl, 1.5 sacks), Manoa Pikula (8 starts, 49 tkl, 2 tfl, 1 INT, LB), Graham Rowley (8 starts, 23 tkl, 2 tfl, 1 sack, DL), Traviz Tuiloma (12 starts, 27 tkl, 6 tfl, DL)

Offense (6):
Taysom Hill (6 starts, 460 yards rushing, 8 TD, 975 passing, 7 TD, QB), Mitch Juergens (11 starts, 28 catches, 424 yards, 4 TD, WR), Kyle Johnson (13 starts, OL), Tejan Koroma (13 starts, Freshman All-American, OL), Ului Lapuaho (8 starts, OL), Mitch Mathews (13 starts, 73 catches, 922 yards, 9 TD, All-Independent, WR)