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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I know the Cougar student athletes and a player profile
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segment here on one O three nine at ninety eight
three ESPN.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
The fan.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Welcome back to Cougar Sports right here on one on
three nine and ninety eight point three esp and the
fans bronto the three man weaver here holding it down
for Benkrutal for a segment. As he stepped out, he'll
be back momentarily, going to get into a player profile segment.
Gonna get to know a star, could be a rising star,
potential star long this defensive line, defensive in room, a talent.
(00:32):
A guy that flipped his commitment to BYU and not
really flipped this commitment. I guess it's a guy that
you know, committed to Utah, went on a mission and
then came back. And I know when you come back
for a period of time, you have to right resign.
I think you know you're in l I or whatever
it is where you want to go. So Hunter Klegg
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got back from his mission, said Okay, I'm gonna go
to BYU. The four star who was a part of
the twenty twenty three class. He was number four prospect
in the state of Utah. The six foot four, two
hundred and thirty five pound. We're gonna have to get
an update on the waight. What is he staying at?
Standing at now? The product out of American fork joined
by eight pound two hundred and forty pounds.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
I knew what it was.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
I wanted him to say it because we're gonna hear
from you always do that. Why you gotta jump there
shoun anyway, there it is the six four?
Speaker 4 (01:21):
Is he still? Is he okay? Okay?
Speaker 5 (01:23):
Good?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Good? Week?
Speaker 4 (01:24):
Is still a week in the camp?
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Could be listed if he's lost anything, water weight, you
know that all that matters. What is he weighing in there?
We gotta find out. We'll hear from the horses mouth himself.
But the four star per twenty four seven sports enrolled
at BYU earlier in the year on January second, So
he's back.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
This is a kid.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
I think that as a big opportunity to make plays.
He the offer sheet was nice. You taw Ucla, Stanford
obviously BYU Arizona's We know Baylor, Colorado, Michigan, Michigan State,
West Virginia, Wisconsin, USC, Oregon, Oklahoma. Man pick at the
litter Picot litter could have gone anywhere you wanted. Uh,
you gotta love that our or she gotta love that.
(02:01):
Gotta get kids in your backyard, and you got them.
You got the four star.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Who was gonna go to Utah but now is at
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with Hunter Klegg, who is now at BYU.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Listen, tune in.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
All right, we got Hunter Claike BYU defensive an Hunter.
How has a camp Kaloudie been so far?
Speaker 2 (02:51):
What? Seven six practices now? In? Yeah, it's been it's
been pretty good.
Speaker 6 (02:55):
It feels good to just get the paths back on,
get the helmet on, and just play football again. So
there's been a lot of energy practice, a lot of physicality,
and it's just exciting.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
It feels good.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
See you repping the number ninety. Any significance to the
number is that I can't remember what you wrapped at
in high school.
Speaker 6 (03:12):
Yeah, so I wore number nine in high school, but
I really nine nine's retired here.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
But I really like ninety as well because t J.
Speaker 6 (03:20):
Watt is one of my favorite players, so had to
had to get ninety when it was available.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Love that you you model your game after TJ.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Watt? Yeah, I do. Why is that? I don't know.
Speaker 6 (03:30):
I think we're similar, like like height and weight, and
I think like what he's done could be attainable for
someone like me. And I just love watching his highlights,
his physicality, his his bend and just this motor and
I think that his strengths are kind of similar to
the things I'm working on. So I really just love
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this game and want to be like play like him.
So that's why we were it.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Well right now through fall camp where you've been repping
what position are you play playing?
Speaker 2 (04:00):
And uh? And then I'll piggyback off of that with
a couple other questions.
Speaker 6 (04:04):
Yeah, so I played a position called OE that's like
more of the weak side or a boundary defensive end,
and I started camp with the twos.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
So it's been running there.
Speaker 6 (04:16):
There's definitely a dogfight, lots of competition in the room,
so we'll see what happens. But that's why I've been
so far, and it's been great, just having a fun
time trying to ball out.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Who's in that OE room with you?
Speaker 6 (04:26):
Yeah, so we have Logan the twoy he's he's been
doing really well.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Obviously he's been here for a long time. He's a baller.
Speaker 6 (04:33):
And then a lot of young slash new guys Me O'Ryan,
Mile Kafusi, Tasilia Kana Kuinea Fhonohema, We've all we're all
there as well.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Love that.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Now, what skill set do you bring do you think
to that defensive end room, that OE room that you
can showcase the Cougar Nation this year?
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (04:51):
I think I think I'm a pretty strong guy, so
I can be stout in the run, but I also
got a pretty good pass rush bag, so I got
moves there. A nice little crosschop, so hoping to showcase
that this season and just stuffing people at the line
as well.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Where have you developed your past wresting skills? Do you
have any coaches mentors that have aided you through that process?
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Yeah, so I went to a lot of.
Speaker 6 (05:15):
Pass rush on defensive line coaches, private coaches in high school,
and then also my high school coach has helped as well,
just developing moves swipe, crosschops, spin, dip, long arm, all
sorts of things and just wrapping them. Also, teammates have
been a huge help here since I've been at BUYU.
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It's been cool that we have so much experience with
Logan Lutui because he's really helpful as just really good technique.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
So he's a great teacher. So that's been really helpful
since I've been here at YU.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
What feedback is your position, coach Kevininga giving you about
your progress thus far and what you need to work on.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (05:53):
So obviously coming off a mission like it takes a
little bit to get your legs back.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
But when did you get home?
Speaker 6 (05:59):
By the way, Oh, I got home in December twenty
twenty four, So started up the team workouts in January
but he believed to me, and he told me from
the beginning that he wanted me to play this season.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
So that's what I'm hoping to do.
Speaker 6 (06:14):
I think he just said I needed to get my
weight up, which I have went from two thirty to
write about to right around two fifty a little on
there to forty eight. That's what I've been weighing in at,
so good there, and then just getting my technique down,
getting that physicality back from being away so long, but
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kind of just honing things in, learning the playbook, all
the things you need to do when you haven't played
for a long time. But it's coming around. It's coming
along great.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
In my opinion. I think it's been going.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Well coming out of high school. You're a four star
defensive end recruit. Who were you deciding between and why
did you end up initially at Utah?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Yeah, so I was.
Speaker 6 (06:52):
I was siding in between a bunch of schools, mostly
by U Utah, Stanford, UCLA, USC those California schools, and
at first I wanted to just play Like I didn't
really have a lot of NFL aspirations. I just wanted
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to get a good degree and play college football, help
my team so I initially committed to Stanford, but then
after their coaching staff was fired and I had a
lot of reflection, I decided I think I had the
potential to play in the NFL, and that I wanted
to go to school I was gonna be best for
my football development and to win games.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
So at the time, I think that was in twenty
twenty two.
Speaker 6 (07:42):
The end of twenty twenty two, I decided to commit
to Utah, But then going on my mission, things kind
of changed. I felt like with j Hill coming in
and switching up the defense and running it really well,
that BYU was just as good or better of a
place for football. And obviously it's a great environm here.
I've always loved by U. My my parents both went here,
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and it's just a great place. Like aligns really well
with my morals and values. So if it could be
the best, best football close to home and it's a
great place to be, why not come down to Provo?
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Interesting you bring up kind of like the holistic approach here.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
It's obviously a good football program, academics are good, and
then you have the LDS component to.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
It as well.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
You can make the argument that you get all three
of those things here at BYU maximized you went you
wanted Stanford. It's like, oh, there's some unknown that you're
going after.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Like maybe the education you know you may be committed to.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
You talk as oh NFL aspirations and at that time
high level football. Now b YU is stepping into a
role with their power forl affiliation academics that that may
be the most attractive for guys like yourself coming out
high school. Would that be an accurate depiction.
Speaker 6 (08:58):
Yeah, I think so for sure, Like we've seen that
by US can put guys in the NFL. The development
here is going to be just as good as anywhere. Obviously,
the education as well, Like you can get any job
out of BYU. There's always gonna be people who want
to help you out. And then obviously nobody's gonna beat
it from the gospel perspective too, So it's really just
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the best of every world. It's a great place to
be now and programs come a long way. So I'm
just happy to be here, very grateful.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
Well, who stood out to you on the offensive side
of the ball and who stood out from the defensive
side of the ball thus far in fall camp from
your perspective.
Speaker 6 (09:34):
Defensive side of the ball, I love just watching Glasger
and Jack fly around. It's really fun. Fall Tels had
some nice plays, some athletic picks, which is super cool.
Same with Maury, so that's awesome.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Obviously.
Speaker 6 (09:49):
I love watching Logan Lutui. His forum is just awesome
and he's great to learn from, so I'm always watching him.
And then offensive side of the ball, I've really enjoyed
going against Isaiah Jada. He's good and it's just it's
just fun playing against him on the O line.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
The same stands out to you about Isaiah and then sorry,
I didn't mean to cut you off. No, no, is
it another tackle?
Speaker 2 (10:13):
You're talking Andrew Gentry because I don't know if you
can going against.
Speaker 6 (10:16):
Yeah, I like going against Gentry as well, honestly. Also
with the two's, Jake Griffin has been doing great. I
go against him a lot. We seem to be on
the same side a lot, and he's he's come a
long way since spring, so he's fun to go against.
Let's see who else. I think it's fun playing with
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Trey Roberts, seeing him out there. So yeah, we got
eight cavemen on the team right now, and he was
one of my best friends in high school. Just got
off his mission, so it's fun. We're just close on
in the locker room too, just a few lockers down,
so it's fun playing with him and seeing him make
a few plays as well right off the mission.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
How special is it to have eight American Fort Caveman
on your college roster?
Speaker 2 (10:59):
That's actually that you need? Yeah, it's actually crazy.
Speaker 6 (11:02):
I think it's probably more than any other high school
representative here on the YU roster, and it's pretty cool,
like a lot of them are doing doing great things.
We got Garrison Grime starting long snapper, Carson Ryan, tight end,
Chase Roberts obviously balling out.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
Body Schoonover is gonna have a big year this year.
Speaker 6 (11:21):
A bunch of good guys, a lot of people to
look up to, and just I know, it's guys that
I looked up to when I was a freshman in
high school too, so it's really cool to be playing
with him.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
You mentioned Body.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
What do you like about Body's skill set and how
has he positioned himself to make a huge impact this year.
Speaker 6 (11:36):
Body's a beast. I knew he'd be a beast ever
since high school. Like I feel like he was overlooked
in high school. Man when I was lining up at
scout tight end as a freshman, he's tossing me around,
but he's always just so positive and picks your right
back up.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
But Body, he's just he's just a man like he
is strong.
Speaker 6 (11:53):
So I'm excited for him to just blow things up,
toss some old linemen around, and make some hard hits.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
So it's gonna be just destruction from body this year.
I'm really excited to watch him. You had mentioned Isaiah Jada.
I've been really impressed by him.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
He he's the type that he doesn't play patty.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Cake with d NS.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
He tends to as soon as he gets his hands on,
he wants to lock you up and limit movement. What's
special about Isaiah?
Speaker 2 (12:18):
And if you notice that about it?
Speaker 6 (12:19):
Yeah, I really like he's just gotta some like relentlessness
relentlessness about him, Like he's not gonna he's not gonna
take it easy on you if he if he gets
his hands on, he's gonna he's gonna keep driving you
and he ain't gonna take it easy. So you really
gotta be ready all the time or else he's gonna
he's gonna make you pay for it. So it's good
going against someone who's just so intense like that and
(12:41):
will make you better.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
What do you like about j Hill's scheme and playing
in it? And it's one of the main reasons why
you came to be what you sound like.
Speaker 6 (12:47):
Yeah, some of the things I really like about is
just how often we switch stuff up. So I'm I'm
not just going to the sea gap every single time,
where it can get kind of predictable for an offensive lineman.
But I'm gonna go outside, I'm go inside, I'm gonna
drop back, I'm gonna do different.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
Pass us moves, all sorts of things.
Speaker 6 (13:06):
He's just changing it up with the blitzes, so the
offensive line really never knows what's coming, and it makes
it a lot easier for us to get penetration as
the defensive line.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
A lot of people think you guys run just one front.
You guys run multiple schemes. There's like a lot of
forty front of thirty front. I've seen a multiple front,
So you are playing a lot of different tests and
employing a lot of different schematics while you're doing it.
Speaker 6 (13:29):
Yeah, So I'll play in the four eye, I'll play
in a five, I'll play in a nine, I'll play
in a six technique. I'll line up off the ball
sometimes depending on where the receivers are at if I'm dropping,
so all sorts of things. And also there's a lot
of disguises, like well, disguise a certain front, move to
something else, so pretty much everywhere you can play.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
So what we're doing. What's your favorite tech to play?
Speaker 1 (13:53):
Do you?
Speaker 6 (13:54):
Honestly I like the five or the nine technique, probably
just lining up outside of a tackle or a tight
end and just teeing off going as start as you can.
But honestly, wherever, I love it all.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
So it's good.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Well, it's been great get to know you hunter. What
do you like to do off the field? What are
you going to be studying here at BYU?
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Initially I like just chilling with the friends, play some
video games.
Speaker 6 (14:16):
Sometimes I like to go back to American Fork with
my family is just twenty minutes away, so that's been
really awesome to be able to.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
Spend time with them.
Speaker 6 (14:24):
And then I'm trying to get in the finance program,
so I still got a couple prerecs, but I'll be
applying next year.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Love that and you mentioned, you know, the the on
the mission, things change a little bit. That's why you
ended up at BYU. What role does faith play in
your you know, day to day life and while you're
playing football and going to school.
Speaker 6 (14:42):
Yeah, so I'm just super grateful for my mission because
it taught me how to actually live the Gospel. It's
been really really cool, like living on my own away
from home, because that's when you really decide if you
want to live the Gospel yourself or if you want
to flake.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
Out a little bit.
Speaker 6 (14:57):
So it's been really cool just trying to keep myself
accountable with things like going to church, going to the temple,
reading my scriptures because there's no one, no one over
my shoulder telling me that I have to do it.
So I think there's been a lot of power that's
come from that, and it's really just sunk deeper into
my heart since I've been here at BYU because I've
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been able to decide for myself who i want to be.
And obviously there's a lot of great examples around all
the coaching staff. They're great men of God and really
good examples for me. So it's just been a great,
great experience here. Coach Colonie as well. Just a great example,
great man. So it helps you want to be better
for sure.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Why should Cougar Nation come on support this team this
year at Lavelle and even on the road.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
We're gonna bawl out. It's gonna be exciting. There's gonna
be some big plays. So if you come, be ready
for a show. That's it's gonna be fun. Hunter Clegg,
Ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
It's gonna be a show. Sean Walker, get your thoughts.
What stuck out to you about the interview with Hunt Glegg?
Speaker 4 (16:01):
I like, uh it again.
Speaker 5 (16:04):
We talked about this earlier in the show run a
little bit. But the the size on this BYU defensive line,
I think is really impressive and we think about that
a lot of times in terms of defensive tackles. Hunter
gave a good rundown of uh, not just the defensive
end room, but the oe room the opposite end, so
(16:27):
that that weak side right, and there's some good size
over there, some good size over there too on the
on that week side, Like this is this is a
BYU defensive line that they they knew they had to
go replenish themselves losing the likes of the Mangler Blake
Mangles and John Nelson, Tyler Batty, et cetera. Is say
a bagna just across that line. And so they hit
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the portal, hit the transfer market. Hit there are a
couple of true freshmen and that are coming in as well,
like Hunter, and they said it was almost like j Hill.
The rest of that defense staff said, hey, we need
to get bigger, like not just better, not just deeper, whatever,
all of that other good stuff, but specifically bigger. You
(17:13):
heard at one point, so spoiler alert after the fact,
I guess, but you heard at one point Hunter was up.
He came out of high schoolt two hundred thirty five pounds.
He got up above two fifty and now he's just
below that, right at two forty seven. Right, So he
got up to be really big. He's only kind of big.
(17:35):
He's uh, he's kind of big bear Hunter klick small
bear is And I just I like, I like that
extra size that BYU has up front. I think it
should be able to pay some dividends once they get
into big twelve play and they start going up against
those you know, those three hundred pound offensive blind men. Yeah,
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those giant people move I think that should help the
defense alone.
Speaker 3 (17:59):
You gotta have big boys, you gotta fight fire with fire.
Right game is one of loss in the trenches, no doubt,
and there's no doubt about it that SI isn't being
in the weight room correlates. I mean Celi Econnor was
going against Jake Griffin, I know was that, but he
was in the backfield, right, those plays matter to the
celiy Conna I think is up to two thirty forty,
somewhere in that range. Hopefu we'll get to talk to
(18:20):
him soon to find out what he's weighing at. But
that's another guy. It's a lot of young talent along
the beast in this oe room. According to Hunter Klegg,
will see who emerges the biggest thing that's stuck out
to me, and we know he's he's gonna correlate the
four star on the field to work.
Speaker 4 (18:35):
I feel he'll get to that point. What's his mission?
Speaker 3 (18:38):
I want to point out that he says, you know
basically like sink or swim, slump or dump.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
You know you know that that that that type of thing.
Are you with it or you're not?
Speaker 3 (18:48):
He said, my mission taught me how to really love
the Gospel, Rima, scriptures, go to the temple, those things. Yes,
b Yu is developing and putting people in the NFL,
There's no doubt about that. But you don't want your
teammates to be influential in other ways that you might
not be. Maybe the ways of the world or things
that are going to detractors, that's the best way to
(19:08):
say it distractions things that you want. You like the
aspect of b why you have been able to have
people that think like you, you know, even those that don't,
those who are of different fas, but that are focused
on playing, you know, football and not getting outside noise
and letting the take away from you. And I like
that he mentioned that because it reminded me when I
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went on my mission. I think that was a big
part of it. I learned how to live the Gospel.
That's where I truly had to choose do I want
to be a member of the church. And I think
that played a crucial role in his why he came
to BYU. He hinted at that, you know, he wanted
to be at a place. I think it's ile, but
I think a lot of kids when and I'll say
this and I don't care. That's gonna make a.
Speaker 4 (19:46):
Lot of parents. Man, some people just follow what their
parents do. I did for a little bit. You don't
really know. And I think that's why a mission is beneficial.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
I understand that everybody's path might not choose that, But
for me personally, that's where I said, Okay, you about
this action or not. Like Marshawn Lenn, I'm just about
that action. Boss, I probably wasn't about that action. I
probably said I was. I went through all the emotions.
But then when I get on a mission, no one's
watching me for personal study, no one I campaign. I
had to figure out campayn and study. No one cared
if I went to bed on time?
Speaker 4 (20:12):
What was I doing?
Speaker 3 (20:13):
Like he said, when no one was watchinghen the door
was closed, the Lord looking over my shoulder.
Speaker 4 (20:17):
And it seems like that Hunter Claig.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Tributes a lot of where he's at now and how
he's changed his mindset mentally and spiritually to his mission.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
And I love that. And at BYEU you can get that.
You don't have to go to institute. Religion classes are
there that you can take.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
You know, be able to live on campus, have prayers
before devotion and I say that other institutions and things
don't do this, but it's way easier to be able
to have that at BAU because it's built in. I
remember that before rugby games, devotionals, giving prayers, team messages,
praying before the game.
Speaker 4 (20:51):
It's a little different than BYU. So I think that's
a big thing that stuck out to me.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Was just as much as you want to talk about
what's going on the field, off the field matters as well.
And I think his off the field mentality and his spiritual,
you know, nourishment, that was one of the reasons that
he wanted to come. He wanted to be uplifted physically, mentally, spiritually,
and he felt like BYU is the right place at
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the right time.
Speaker 5 (21:16):
Yeah, And I think by US a unique place and
that you can go to a place where like you
can go to college and be a good Christian person,
a good Christian, an active member of the church, Preslattery saying,
it's like you can live your faith on any campus
in the country, and there are ways that you can
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strengthen your faith through institute classes, through at home church courses,
through like young adult groups and that sort of thing,
and you can get that anywhere, but at BYU, especially
if you're Christian or if you're a member of the
Las Church and you really want to foster that faith,
it's a place where you you don't have to hide. Yeah,
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that hard if you don't, and sometimes you feel like
you or hide's probably not even the best word. You
don't have to kind of dance around your faith. You
don't have to explain your faith overly often because you know,
just over ninety percent of the campus is LDS. Those
of the coaches, the faculty, your professors, a lot of
the media that are hanging around you, your student athlete, right,
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they understand that faith or our members are of that
faith and they kind of get what you're going throughout
one hundred percent again, ninety percent LDS. So there is
a little bit of of of that non factor. But yeah,
I think that's I think that's really important to consider
when looking at players like Hunter who committed elsewhere before
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went on a mission and then realized, you know what,
maybe b why you does have a lot of things.
I also didn't realize until Ben brought this up. Seven
American four high products on this BYU wrong seven or eight.
I couldn't remember yes, I just went back. I recounted
him seven seven American products. Obviously you've got the Roberts brothers,
you've got a Hunter. I think Garrison Grimes was the
(23:10):
latest one not to He kind of sort of grew
up in American Fork when his dad Jeff, the former
Billy offensive who back up here at the second time,
and then he graduated from AF.
Speaker 4 (23:21):
All really good players.
Speaker 5 (23:23):
By the way, maybe there's something in that secret sauce
that coach Aaron Beams got out at AF that produces
pretty good college football. Maybe it's something you do, Cavean,
not just a b YU two. By the way, Utah's
got a couple of They send off athletes and multiple
sports to a lot of colleges every year.
Speaker 4 (23:42):
Maybe something.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
Maybe they're doing something on the right there at dear
Old AF. When you're living right, a lot goes right
on the field and off the field. That was guys
in a player profile segment. Man, it was good to
good to know him. Really, uh really felt like, you know,
you changed. And when you talk about that change with
miss come out off of a mission, you feel that
from Hunter, it just reminds you it hits everything in
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the right spot at.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
Bau four reason.
Speaker 3 (24:06):
I hope to see him ball out on the field
this semester of this season and get an opportunity to
get some rep. It's gonna be difficult to a good
ou room. A lot of people will see what he's
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Gonna get to know a star, could be a rising star,
potential star long this defensive line, defensive in room, a talent.
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A guy that flipped his commitment to BYU and not
really flipped this commitment. I guess it's a guy that
you know, committed to Utah, went on a mission and
then came back. And I know when you come back
for a period of time, you have to right resign.
I think you know you're in l I or whatever
it is where you want to go. So Hunter Klegg
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got back from his mission, said Okay, I'm gonna go
to BYU. The four star who was a part of
the twenty twenty three class. He was number four prospect
in the state of Utah. The six foot four, two
hundred and thirty five pound. We're gonna have to get
an update on the waight. What is he staying at?
Standing at now? The product out of American fork joined
by eight pound two hundred and forty pounds.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
I knew what it was.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
I wanted him to say it because we're gonna hear
from you always do that. Why you gotta jump there
shoun anyway, there it is the six four?
Speaker 4 (01:21):
Is he still? Is he okay? Okay?
Speaker 5 (01:23):
Good?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Good? Week?
Speaker 4 (01:24):
Is still a week in the camp?
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Could be listed if he's lost anything, water weight, you
know that all that matters. What is he weighing in there?
We gotta find out. We'll hear from the horses mouth himself.
But the four star per twenty four seven sports enrolled
at BYU earlier in the year on January second, So
he's back.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
This is a kid.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
I think that as a big opportunity to make plays.
He the offer sheet was nice. You taw Ucla, Stanford
obviously BYU Arizona's We know Baylor, Colorado, Michigan, Michigan State,
West Virginia, Wisconsin, USC, Oregon, Oklahoma. Man pick at the
litter Picot litter could have gone anywhere you wanted. Uh,
you gotta love that our or she gotta love that.
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Gotta get kids in your backyard, and you got them.
You got the four star.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
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from the Horse's mouse himself been criddled to this interview
with Hunter Klegg, who is now at BYU.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Listen, tune in.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
All right, we got Hunter Claike BYU defensive an Hunter.
How has a camp Kaloudie been so far?
Speaker 2 (02:51):
What? Seven six practices now? In? Yeah, it's been it's
been pretty good.
Speaker 6 (02:55):
It feels good to just get the paths back on,
get the helmet on, and just play football again. So
there's been a lot of energy practice, a lot of physicality,
and it's just exciting.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
It feels good.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
See you repping the number ninety. Any significance to the
number is that I can't remember what you wrapped at
in high school.
Speaker 6 (03:12):
Yeah, so I wore number nine in high school, but
I really nine nine's retired here.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
But I really like ninety as well because t J.
Speaker 6 (03:20):
Watt is one of my favorite players, so had to
had to get ninety when it was available.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Love that you you model your game after TJ.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Watt? Yeah, I do. Why is that? I don't know.
Speaker 6 (03:30):
I think we're similar, like like height and weight, and
I think like what he's done could be attainable for
someone like me. And I just love watching his highlights,
his physicality, his his bend and just this motor and
I think that his strengths are kind of similar to
the things I'm working on. So I really just love
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this game and want to be like play like him.
So that's why we were it.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Well right now through fall camp where you've been repping
what position are you play playing?
Speaker 2 (04:00):
And uh? And then I'll piggyback off of that with
a couple other questions.
Speaker 6 (04:04):
Yeah, so I played a position called OE that's like
more of the weak side or a boundary defensive end,
and I started camp with the twos.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
So it's been running there.
Speaker 6 (04:16):
There's definitely a dogfight, lots of competition in the room,
so we'll see what happens. But that's why I've been
so far, and it's been great, just having a fun
time trying to ball out.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Who's in that OE room with you?
Speaker 6 (04:26):
Yeah, so we have Logan the twoy he's he's been
doing really well.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Obviously he's been here for a long time. He's a baller.
Speaker 6 (04:33):
And then a lot of young slash new guys Me O'Ryan,
Mile Kafusi, Tasilia Kana Kuinea Fhonohema, We've all we're all
there as well.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Love that.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Now, what skill set do you bring do you think
to that defensive end room, that OE room that you
can showcase the Cougar Nation this year?
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (04:51):
I think I think I'm a pretty strong guy, so
I can be stout in the run, but I also
got a pretty good pass rush bag, so I got
moves there. A nice little crosschop, so hoping to showcase
that this season and just stuffing people at the line
as well.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Where have you developed your past wresting skills? Do you
have any coaches mentors that have aided you through that process?
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Yeah, so I went to a lot of.
Speaker 6 (05:15):
Pass rush on defensive line coaches, private coaches in high school,
and then also my high school coach has helped as well,
just developing moves swipe, crosschops, spin, dip, long arm, all
sorts of things and just wrapping them. Also, teammates have
been a huge help here since I've been at BUYU.
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It's been cool that we have so much experience with
Logan Lutui because he's really helpful as just really good technique.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
So he's a great teacher. So that's been really helpful
since I've been here at YU.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
What feedback is your position, coach Kevininga giving you about
your progress thus far and what you need to work on.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (05:53):
So obviously coming off a mission like it takes a
little bit to get your legs back.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
But when did you get home?
Speaker 6 (05:59):
By the way, Oh, I got home in December twenty
twenty four, So started up the team workouts in January
but he believed to me, and he told me from
the beginning that he wanted me to play this season.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
So that's what I'm hoping to do.
Speaker 6 (06:14):
I think he just said I needed to get my
weight up, which I have went from two thirty to
write about to right around two fifty a little on
there to forty eight. That's what I've been weighing in at,
so good there, and then just getting my technique down,
getting that physicality back from being away so long, but
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kind of just honing things in, learning the playbook, all
the things you need to do when you haven't played
for a long time. But it's coming around. It's coming
along great.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
In my opinion. I think it's been going.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Well coming out of high school. You're a four star
defensive end recruit. Who were you deciding between and why
did you end up initially at Utah?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Yeah, so I was.
Speaker 6 (06:52):
I was siding in between a bunch of schools, mostly
by U Utah, Stanford, UCLA, USC those California schools, and
at first I wanted to just play Like I didn't
really have a lot of NFL aspirations. I just wanted
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to get a good degree and play college football, help
my team so I initially committed to Stanford, but then
after their coaching staff was fired and I had a
lot of reflection, I decided I think I had the
potential to play in the NFL, and that I wanted
to go to school I was gonna be best for
my football development and to win games.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
So at the time, I think that was in twenty
twenty two.
Speaker 6 (07:42):
The end of twenty twenty two, I decided to commit
to Utah, But then going on my mission, things kind
of changed. I felt like with j Hill coming in
and switching up the defense and running it really well,
that BYU was just as good or better of a
place for football. And obviously it's a great environm here.
I've always loved by U. My my parents both went here,
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and it's just a great place. Like aligns really well
with my morals and values. So if it could be
the best, best football close to home and it's a
great place to be, why not come down to Provo?
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Interesting you bring up kind of like the holistic approach here.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
It's obviously a good football program, academics are good, and
then you have the LDS component to.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
It as well.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
You can make the argument that you get all three
of those things here at BYU maximized you went you
wanted Stanford. It's like, oh, there's some unknown that you're
going after.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Like maybe the education you know you may be committed to.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
You talk as oh NFL aspirations and at that time
high level football. Now b YU is stepping into a
role with their power forl affiliation academics that that may
be the most attractive for guys like yourself coming out
high school. Would that be an accurate depiction.
Speaker 6 (08:58):
Yeah, I think so for sure, Like we've seen that
by US can put guys in the NFL. The development
here is going to be just as good as anywhere. Obviously,
the education as well, Like you can get any job
out of BYU. There's always gonna be people who want
to help you out. And then obviously nobody's gonna beat
it from the gospel perspective too, So it's really just
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the best of every world. It's a great place to
be now and programs come a long way. So I'm
just happy to be here, very grateful.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
Well, who stood out to you on the offensive side
of the ball and who stood out from the defensive
side of the ball thus far in fall camp from
your perspective.
Speaker 6 (09:34):
Defensive side of the ball, I love just watching Glasger
and Jack fly around. It's really fun. Fall Tels had
some nice plays, some athletic picks, which is super cool.
Same with Maury, so that's awesome.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Obviously.
Speaker 6 (09:49):
I love watching Logan Lutui. His forum is just awesome
and he's great to learn from, so I'm always watching him.
And then offensive side of the ball, I've really enjoyed
going against Isaiah Jada. He's good and it's just it's
just fun playing against him on the O line.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
The same stands out to you about Isaiah and then sorry,
I didn't mean to cut you off. No, no, is
it another tackle?
Speaker 2 (10:13):
You're talking Andrew Gentry because I don't know if you
can going against.
Speaker 6 (10:16):
Yeah, I like going against Gentry as well, honestly. Also
with the two's, Jake Griffin has been doing great. I
go against him a lot. We seem to be on
the same side a lot, and he's he's come a
long way since spring, so he's fun to go against.
Let's see who else. I think it's fun playing with
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Trey Roberts, seeing him out there. So yeah, we got
eight cavemen on the team right now, and he was
one of my best friends in high school. Just got
off his mission, so it's fun. We're just close on
in the locker room too, just a few lockers down,
so it's fun playing with him and seeing him make
a few plays as well right off the mission.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
How special is it to have eight American Fort Caveman
on your college roster?
Speaker 2 (10:59):
That's actually that you need? Yeah, it's actually crazy.
Speaker 6 (11:02):
I think it's probably more than any other high school
representative here on the YU roster, and it's pretty cool,
like a lot of them are doing doing great things.
We got Garrison Grime starting long snapper, Carson Ryan, tight end,
Chase Roberts obviously balling out.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
Body Schoonover is gonna have a big year this year.
Speaker 6 (11:21):
A bunch of good guys, a lot of people to
look up to, and just I know, it's guys that
I looked up to when I was a freshman in
high school too, so it's really cool to be playing
with him.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
You mentioned Body.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
What do you like about Body's skill set and how
has he positioned himself to make a huge impact this year.
Speaker 6 (11:36):
Body's a beast. I knew he'd be a beast ever
since high school. Like I feel like he was overlooked
in high school. Man when I was lining up at
scout tight end as a freshman, he's tossing me around,
but he's always just so positive and picks your right
back up.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
But Body, he's just he's just a man like he
is strong.
Speaker 6 (11:53):
So I'm excited for him to just blow things up,
toss some old linemen around, and make some hard hits.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
So it's gonna be just destruction from body this year.
I'm really excited to watch him. You had mentioned Isaiah Jada.
I've been really impressed by him.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
He he's the type that he doesn't play patty.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Cake with d NS.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
He tends to as soon as he gets his hands on,
he wants to lock you up and limit movement. What's
special about Isaiah?
Speaker 2 (12:18):
And if you notice that about it?
Speaker 6 (12:19):
Yeah, I really like he's just gotta some like relentlessness
relentlessness about him, Like he's not gonna he's not gonna
take it easy on you if he if he gets
his hands on, he's gonna he's gonna keep driving you
and he ain't gonna take it easy. So you really
gotta be ready all the time or else he's gonna
he's gonna make you pay for it. So it's good
going against someone who's just so intense like that and
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will make you better.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
What do you like about j Hill's scheme and playing
in it? And it's one of the main reasons why
you came to be what you sound like.
Speaker 6 (12:47):
Yeah, some of the things I really like about is
just how often we switch stuff up. So I'm I'm
not just going to the sea gap every single time,
where it can get kind of predictable for an offensive lineman.
But I'm gonna go outside, I'm go inside, I'm gonna
drop back, I'm gonna do different.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
Pass us moves, all sorts of things.
Speaker 6 (13:06):
He's just changing it up with the blitzes, so the
offensive line really never knows what's coming, and it makes
it a lot easier for us to get penetration as
the defensive line.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
A lot of people think you guys run just one front.
You guys run multiple schemes. There's like a lot of
forty front of thirty front. I've seen a multiple front,
So you are playing a lot of different tests and
employing a lot of different schematics while you're doing it.
Speaker 6 (13:29):
Yeah, So I'll play in the four eye, I'll play
in a five, I'll play in a nine, I'll play
in a six technique. I'll line up off the ball
sometimes depending on where the receivers are at if I'm dropping,
so all sorts of things. And also there's a lot
of disguises, like well, disguise a certain front, move to
something else, so pretty much everywhere you can play.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
So what we're doing. What's your favorite tech to play?
Speaker 1 (13:53):
Do you?
Speaker 6 (13:54):
Honestly I like the five or the nine technique, probably
just lining up outside of a tackle or a tight
end and just teeing off going as start as you can.
But honestly, wherever, I love it all.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
So it's good.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Well, it's been great get to know you hunter. What
do you like to do off the field? What are
you going to be studying here at BYU?
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Initially I like just chilling with the friends, play some
video games.
Speaker 6 (14:16):
Sometimes I like to go back to American Fork with
my family is just twenty minutes away, so that's been
really awesome to be able to.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
Spend time with them.
Speaker 6 (14:24):
And then I'm trying to get in the finance program,
so I still got a couple prerecs, but I'll be
applying next year.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Love that and you mentioned, you know, the the on
the mission, things change a little bit. That's why you
ended up at BYU. What role does faith play in
your you know, day to day life and while you're
playing football and going to school.
Speaker 6 (14:42):
Yeah, so I'm just super grateful for my mission because
it taught me how to actually live the Gospel. It's
been really really cool, like living on my own away
from home, because that's when you really decide if you
want to live the Gospel yourself or if you want
to flake.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
Out a little bit.
Speaker 6 (14:57):
So it's been really cool just trying to keep myself
accountable with things like going to church, going to the temple,
reading my scriptures because there's no one, no one over
my shoulder telling me that I have to do it.
So I think there's been a lot of power that's
come from that, and it's really just sunk deeper into
my heart since I've been here at BYU because I've
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been able to decide for myself who i want to be.
And obviously there's a lot of great examples around all
the coaching staff. They're great men of God and really
good examples for me. So it's just been a great,
great experience here. Coach Colonie as well. Just a great example,
great man. So it helps you want to be better
for sure.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Why should Cougar Nation come on support this team this
year at Lavelle and even on the road.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
We're gonna bawl out. It's gonna be exciting. There's gonna
be some big plays. So if you come, be ready
for a show. That's it's gonna be fun. Hunter Clegg,
Ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
It's gonna be a show. Sean Walker, get your thoughts.
What stuck out to you about the interview with Hunt Glegg?
Speaker 4 (16:01):
I like, uh it again.
Speaker 5 (16:04):
We talked about this earlier in the show run a
little bit. But the the size on this BYU defensive line,
I think is really impressive and we think about that
a lot of times in terms of defensive tackles. Hunter
gave a good rundown of uh, not just the defensive
end room, but the oe room the opposite end, so
(16:27):
that that weak side right, and there's some good size
over there, some good size over there too on the
on that week side, Like this is this is a
BYU defensive line that they they knew they had to
go replenish themselves losing the likes of the Mangler Blake
Mangles and John Nelson, Tyler Batty, et cetera. Is say
a bagna just across that line. And so they hit
(16:50):
the portal, hit the transfer market. Hit there are a
couple of true freshmen and that are coming in as well,
like Hunter, and they said it was almost like j Hill.
The rest of that defense staff said, hey, we need
to get bigger, like not just better, not just deeper, whatever,
all of that other good stuff, but specifically bigger. You
(17:13):
heard at one point, so spoiler alert after the fact,
I guess, but you heard at one point Hunter was up.
He came out of high schoolt two hundred thirty five pounds.
He got up above two fifty and now he's just
below that, right at two forty seven. Right, So he
got up to be really big. He's only kind of big.
(17:35):
He's uh, he's kind of big bear Hunter klick small
bear is And I just I like, I like that
extra size that BYU has up front. I think it
should be able to pay some dividends once they get
into big twelve play and they start going up against
those you know, those three hundred pound offensive blind men. Yeah,
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those giant people move I think that should help the
defense alone.
Speaker 3 (17:59):
You gotta have big boys, you gotta fight fire with fire.
Right game is one of loss in the trenches, no doubt,
and there's no doubt about it that SI isn't being
in the weight room correlates. I mean Celi Econnor was
going against Jake Griffin, I know was that, but he
was in the backfield, right, those plays matter to the
celiy Conna I think is up to two thirty forty,
somewhere in that range. Hopefu we'll get to talk to
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him soon to find out what he's weighing at. But
that's another guy. It's a lot of young talent along
the beast in this oe room. According to Hunter Klegg,
will see who emerges the biggest thing that's stuck out
to me, and we know he's he's gonna correlate the
four star on the field to work.
Speaker 4 (18:35):
I feel he'll get to that point. What's his mission?
Speaker 3 (18:38):
I want to point out that he says, you know
basically like sink or swim, slump or dump.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
You know you know that that that that type of thing.
Are you with it or you're not?
Speaker 3 (18:48):
He said, my mission taught me how to really love
the Gospel, Rima, scriptures, go to the temple, those things. Yes,
b Yu is developing and putting people in the NFL,
There's no doubt about that. But you don't want your
teammates to be influential in other ways that you might
not be. Maybe the ways of the world or things
that are going to detractors, that's the best way to
(19:08):
say it distractions things that you want. You like the
aspect of b why you have been able to have
people that think like you, you know, even those that don't,
those who are of different fas, but that are focused
on playing, you know, football and not getting outside noise
and letting the take away from you. And I like
that he mentioned that because it reminded me when I
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went on my mission. I think that was a big
part of it. I learned how to live the Gospel.
That's where I truly had to choose do I want
to be a member of the church. And I think
that played a crucial role in his why he came
to BYU. He hinted at that, you know, he wanted
to be at a place. I think it's ile, but
I think a lot of kids when and I'll say
this and I don't care. That's gonna make a.
Speaker 4 (19:46):
Lot of parents. Man, some people just follow what their
parents do. I did for a little bit. You don't
really know. And I think that's why a mission is beneficial.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
I understand that everybody's path might not choose that, But
for me personally, that's where I said, Okay, you about
this action or not. Like Marshawn Lenn, I'm just about
that action. Boss, I probably wasn't about that action. I
probably said I was. I went through all the emotions.
But then when I get on a mission, no one's
watching me for personal study, no one I campaign. I
had to figure out campayn and study. No one cared
if I went to bed on time?
Speaker 4 (20:12):
What was I doing?
Speaker 3 (20:13):
Like he said, when no one was watchinghen the door
was closed, the Lord looking over my shoulder.
Speaker 4 (20:17):
And it seems like that Hunter Claig.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Tributes a lot of where he's at now and how
he's changed his mindset mentally and spiritually to his mission.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
And I love that. And at BYEU you can get that.
You don't have to go to institute. Religion classes are
there that you can take.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
You know, be able to live on campus, have prayers
before devotion and I say that other institutions and things
don't do this, but it's way easier to be able
to have that at BAU because it's built in. I
remember that before rugby games, devotionals, giving prayers, team messages,
praying before the game.
Speaker 4 (20:51):
It's a little different than BYU. So I think that's
a big thing that stuck out to me.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Was just as much as you want to talk about
what's going on the field, off the field matters as well.
And I think his off the field mentality and his spiritual,
you know, nourishment, that was one of the reasons that
he wanted to come. He wanted to be uplifted physically, mentally, spiritually,
and he felt like BYU is the right place at
(21:15):
the right time.
Speaker 5 (21:16):
Yeah, And I think by US a unique place and
that you can go to a place where like you
can go to college and be a good Christian person,
a good Christian, an active member of the church, Preslattery saying,
it's like you can live your faith on any campus
in the country, and there are ways that you can
(21:40):
strengthen your faith through institute classes, through at home church courses,
through like young adult groups and that sort of thing,
and you can get that anywhere, but at BYU, especially
if you're Christian or if you're a member of the
Las Church and you really want to foster that faith,
it's a place where you you don't have to hide. Yeah,
(22:04):
that hard if you don't, and sometimes you feel like
you or hide's probably not even the best word. You
don't have to kind of dance around your faith. You
don't have to explain your faith overly often because you know,
just over ninety percent of the campus is LDS. Those
of the coaches, the faculty, your professors, a lot of
the media that are hanging around you, your student athlete, right,
(22:26):
they understand that faith or our members are of that
faith and they kind of get what you're going throughout
one hundred percent again, ninety percent LDS. So there is
a little bit of of of that non factor. But yeah,
I think that's I think that's really important to consider
when looking at players like Hunter who committed elsewhere before
(22:50):
went on a mission and then realized, you know what,
maybe b why you does have a lot of things.
I also didn't realize until Ben brought this up. Seven
American four high products on this BYU wrong seven or eight.
I couldn't remember yes, I just went back. I recounted
him seven seven American products. Obviously you've got the Roberts brothers,
you've got a Hunter. I think Garrison Grimes was the
(23:10):
latest one not to He kind of sort of grew
up in American Fork when his dad Jeff, the former
Billy offensive who back up here at the second time,
and then he graduated from AF.
Speaker 4 (23:21):
All really good players.
Speaker 5 (23:23):
By the way, maybe there's something in that secret sauce
that coach Aaron Beams got out at AF that produces
pretty good college football. Maybe it's something you do, Cavean,
not just a b YU two. By the way, Utah's
got a couple of They send off athletes and multiple
sports to a lot of colleges every year.
Speaker 4 (23:42):
Maybe something.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
Maybe they're doing something on the right there at dear
Old AF. When you're living right, a lot goes right
on the field and off the field. That was guys
in a player profile segment. Man, it was good to
good to know him. Really, uh really felt like, you know,
you changed. And when you talk about that change with
miss come out off of a mission, you feel that
from Hunter, it just reminds you it hits everything in
(24:04):
the right spot at.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
Bau four reason.
Speaker 3 (24:06):
I hope to see him ball out on the field
this semester of this season and get an opportunity to
get some rep. It's gonna be difficult to a good
ou room. A lot of people will see what he's
able to do. But that player profile segment was brought
to you by Utah Protective Films. If you're looking for
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Speaker 4 (24:26):
Or you can also hit up our guy, Jared Bledsoe.
Speaker 3 (24:28):
He's a former Baui receiver that has been helping Bou
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at Utah Protective Films. We'll go to break don't go anywhere.
(24:48):
Ben credit will be back. Candy and Handy Law coming
up next. You're listening to Cougar Sports right here one
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