5 freshmen who could make immediate impacts for BYU football this season

April 17, 2026

By Jay Drew, Deseret News: College football recruiting experts are calling the class that BYU added last December the best in school history.

It was led, of course, by four-star quarterback Ryder Lyons of Folsom, California, and four-star tight end Brock Harris, from St. George’s Pine View High in southern Utah.

Those highly regarded players are currently on missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Orlando, Florida (Lyons), and Spokane, Washington (Harris), and both have said that they will return in time to join the BYU football program before the 2027 season.

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Here are 5 freshmen who could see the field quickly for BYU's 2026 football team

BYU's 2026 football signing class was hailed as the best in school history, and some of those players are about to shine as soon as this fall.

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