Dick Harmon

6 days ago | deseret.com | Dick Harmon

What does top-rated five-star Folsom High quarterback Ryder Lyons have to do with former Cougar quarterback Christian Stewart? Well, very little, if they are never joined at the hip by a BYU quarterback tradition. Lyons visited BYU last week, cancelling a trip to USC. He is at Oregon this weekend and is ranked among the top three QBs in the class of 2026. Before Brian Santiago became BYU's athletic director, he told Lyons if he came to BYU and succeeded, he would become a legend in Provo.

3 weeks ago | deseret.com | Dick Harmon

What's happening to high school and junior college recruiting in the wake of the transfer portal and NIL in college sports is a travesty. So says a former Dixie Junior College star who played with Heisman winner Ty Detmer at BYU and sent a son, Jaren Hall, to the NFL via BYU. Kalin Hall is taking his love for coaching young men from Maple Mountain High to Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, where Badgers head coach Zac Erekson will deploy him as director of football operations and running backs coach.

3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Dick Harmon

What’s happening to high school and junior college recruiting in the wake of the transfer portal and NIL in college sports is a travesty. So says a former Dixie Junior College star who played with Heisman winner Ty Detmer at BYU and sent a son, Jaren Hall, to the NFL via BYU.

3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Dick Harmon

This article was first published in the Cougar Insiders newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each week. Incoming freshman AJ Dybantsa made an appearance at the Monaco Grand Prix over the weekend wearing BYU gear while he represented one of his endorsements, energy drink Red Bull. AdvertisementThis appearance marked continued exposure for the projected No. 1 draft pick, who signed to play with BYU last fall.

3 weeks ago | deseret.com | Dick Harmon

Reggie Frischknecht has been underestimated many times, yet his stock continues to rise. The 6-foot-4, 200-pound receiver from Manti, who played at Snow College last year before enrolling at Weber State, now expects to battle for playing time at BYU after the departure of All-American kick returner Keelan Marion to Miami. Interestingly, after Marion entered the transfer portal, BYU then signed Frischknecht, who led junior college football in touchdown receptions (14).