How Jewish QB Jake Retzlaff became the face of BYU’s undefeated team

November 5, 2024

By Jay Drew, Deseret News: After attending his first BYU football game, a 38-9 Cougars rout of No. 13 Kansas State on Sept. 21, local Rabbi Chaim Zippel snapped a quick photo of himself and BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

The friends held up a T-shirt proclaiming Retzlaff as the “BYJew,” a nickname Retzlaff gave himself days after getting to BYU in 2023.

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