Teams BYU 2011 Roster ← 2010 2012 → 2011 BYU roster 137 players. From 20 states and 2 other countries; the most from Utah (60) and California (24). The 2011 season .
Quarterbacks 5 Running backs 13 Receivers 19 Tight ends 10 Offensive line 22 Defensive line 17 Linebackers 28 Defensive backs 20 Specialists 2 Athletes and others 1
Quarterbacks 5 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2011 9 Jake Heaps QB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′1″ Sammamish, WA 1,452 passing yards, 9 TD 13 Riley Nelson QB 6′0″ Logan, UT 1,717 passing yards, 19 TD 7 James Lark QB 6′2″ St. George, UT 21 passing yards 11 Jason Munns QB 6′5″ 249 Kennewick, WA 15 Alex Kuresa QB 5′11″ Millville, UT
Running backs 13 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2011 10 J.J. Di Luigi RB 5′9″ Canyon Country, CA 584 rushing yards, 3 TD 20 Josh Quezada RB 5′11″ La Habra, CA 298 rushing yards, 1 TD 42 Michael Alisa RB 6′1″ Laie, HI 455 rushing yards, 3 TD 33 Bryan Kariya RB 6′0″ Kaysville, UT 298 rushing yards, 6 TD 27 David Foote RB 5′11″ St. George, UT 146 rushing yards 35 Zed Mendenhall RB 5′11″ Alpine, UT 2 catches, 7 yards 30 Ryan Folsom RB 5′10″ Medford, OR 5 rushing yards 5 Iona Pritchard RB 6′0″ South Jordan, UT 24 Algernon Brown RB 6′1″ Magna, UT 26 Nate Carter RB 5′9″ St. George, UT 28 Adam Hine RB 6′1″ Santa Clara, UT 30 Colby Hansen RB 5′11″ Clarkston, WA 32 Peter Welsh RB 5′11″ 205 Bakersfield, CA
Receivers 19 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2011 2 Cody Hoffman WR 6′4″ Crescent City, CA 61 catches, 943 yards, 10 TD 1 Ross Apo WR 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ Arlington, TX 34 catches, 453 yards, 9 TD 12 J.D. Falslev WR 5′8″ Smithfield, UT 31 catches, 330 yards, 2 TD 80 Marcus Mathews WR 3★ 3-star recruit 6′4″ Beaverton, OR 27 catches, 299 yards, 1 TD 6 McKay Jacobson WR 5′11″ Southlake, TX 25 catches, 323 yards, 1 TD 85 Dallin Cutler WR 5′9″ Draper, UT 3 catches, 23 yards 19 Matt Marshall WR 5′10″ Salt Lake City, UT 2 rushing yards, 1 TD 83 Spencer Hafoka WR 3★ 3-star recruit 6′0″ Kahuku, HI 18 rushing yards 10 WR 3★ 3-star recruit 6′6″ Beaverton, OR 13 Kurt Henderson WR 6′1″ St. George, UT 16 Terenn Houk WR 6′4″ Enumclaw, WA 17 Dalin Tollestrup WR 6′1″ 182 Raymond, AB 17 Skyler Ridley WR 6′0″ Murrieta, CA 23 Jordan Smith WR 6′4″ 203 Salem, UT 25 Luke Nelson WR 6′1″ 192 Shoreline, WA 25 Rex Morgan WR 5′10″ 177 Greeley, CO 31 Cody Raymond WR 5′9″ Sandy, UT 87 Mitchell Juergens WR 5′10″ Houston, TX 87 Rhen Brown WR 5′10″ 178 Summerville, SC
Tight ends 10 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2011 18 Richard Wilson TE 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ Spanish Fork, UT 11 catches, 130 yards, 1 TD 82 Kaneakua Friel TE 6′5″ Kaneohe, HI 7 catches, 55 yards, 1 TD 89 Matthew Edwards TE 6′3″ Salt Lake City, UT 1 catch, 9 yards, 1 TD 17 Colby Jorgensen TE 6′7″ 228 Provo, UT 19 Brett Thompson TE 6′3″ El Dorado Hills, CA 83 Stehly Reden TE 6′4″ Valley Center, CA 84 Devin Mahina TE 6′6″ Ontario, CA 85 Bryan Sampson TE 6′4″ 235 Pleasant Grove, UT 92 Brad Heap TE 6′3″ 215 Mesa, AZ 93 Trevor Brown TE 6′5″ 210 Provo, UT
Offensive line 22 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2011 50 Ryan Freeman OL 6′3″ 287 Orem, UT 54 Blair Tushaus OL 6′2″ 270 Scottsdale, AZ 56 Famika Anae OL 6′6″ 312 Provo, UT 60 Terence Brown OL 6′4″ 318 Summerville, SC 61 Quinn Lawlor OL 6′4″ 306 Orem, UT 62 Marco Thorson OL 6′3″ 305 Ramona, CA 64 Terrance Motley OL 6′3″ 275 Albuquerque, NM 65 Cole Jones OL 6′6″ 282 Centerville, UT 66 Manu Mulitalo OL 6′4″ 368 West Valley City, UT 68 Andrew Crawford OL 6′5″ 292 Fairfax, VA 68 Austin Nielsen OL 6′0″ 277 Glendale, AZ 70 Matt Reynolds OL 4★ 4-star recruit 6′6″ 305 Provo, UT 70 Terrance Alletto OL 6′3″ 305 Parker, CO 71 Walter Kahaiali’i OL 6′3″ 325 Lahaina, HI 72 OL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′6″ 322 American Fork, UT 73 Solomone Kafu OL 6′2″ 338 Rio Linda, CA 74 Brock Stringham OL 6′6″ 310 Highlands Ranch, CO 75 Braden Brown OL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′6″ 300 Salt Lake City, UT 76 Braden Hansen OL 6′6″ 307 Sandy, UT 77 Michael Yeck OL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′8″ 305 Keller, TX 78 Houston Reynolds OL 6′2″ 305 Provo, UT 79 Manaaki Vaitai OL 6′3″ 317 Euless, TX
Defensive line 17 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2011 88 Austin Holt DL 4★ 4-star recruit 6′5″ South Jordan, UT 11 catches, 180 yards 39 Ian Dulan DL 6′1″ 271 Hilo, HI 43 Baker Pritchard DL 6′3″ 277 South Jordan, UT 44 Remington Peck DL 6′4″ South Jordan, UT 49 Moses Kaumatule DL 6′2″ South Jordan, UT 52 Russell Tialavea DL 6′3″ 265 Oceanside, CA 55 Eathyn Manumaleuna DL 6′2″ Anchorage, AK 58 Justin Blackmore DL 6′1″ 290 West Jordan, UT 90 Matt Peterson DL 6′5″ 249 Bluffdale, UT 91 Hebron Fangupo DL 6′1″ 331 Santa Ana, CA 91 Travis Tuiloma DL 6′2″ Topeka, KS 92 Graham Rowley DL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′4″ 280 Waialua, HI 93 Simote Vea DL 5′11″ 270 Hau’ula, HI 94 Jordan Richardson DL 6′4″ 270 Idaho Falls, ID 94 Tui Crichton DL 6′3″ 343 Orem, UT 95 Mike Muehlmann DL 2★ 2-star recruit 6′4″ American Fork, UT 98 Romney Fuga DL 6′2″ 318 Huntington Beach, CA
Linebackers 28 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2011 3 LB 6′3″ Reno, NV 3 INT 2 LB 6′1″ Connell, WA 1 INT 44 Brandon Ogletree LB 5′11″ McKinney, TX 1 INT 1 Jordan Pendleton LB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′3″ South Jordan, UT 4 Uona Kaveinga LB 5′11″ Hawthorne, CA 5 Alani Fua LB 6′5″ San Fernando Valley, CA 22 Manoa Pikula LB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′1″ South Jordan, UT 25 Teu Kautai LB 6′1″ 228 Arlington, TX 31 Aveni Leung-Wai LB 6′1″ 227 Aiea, HI 31 LB 6′4″ Alpine, UT 34 Austen Jorgensen LB 6′2″ 232 Mt. Pleasant, UT 35 Va’a Niumatalolo LB 6′2″ 235 Annapolis, MD 37 Grant Jones LB 6′6″ 205 Concord, CA 37 Uani Unga LB 6′1″ 219 Rochester, CA 38 Seth Probert LB 6′3″ 207 Lebanon, OR 42 Austin Heder LB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′2″ Pleasant Grove, UT 45 Tyler Beck LB 6′1″ 220 Murrieta, CA 46 Kevan Bills LB 6′3″ 245 Provo, UT 47 LB 6′6″ Accra, Ghana 47 Zac Stout LB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′1″ Moorpark, CA 48 Jameson Frazier LB 6′2″ Draper, UT 49 Jadon Wagner LB 6′4″ 245 Lethbridge, AB 50 D.J. Doman LB 6′0″ 203 Lindon, UT 51 Lene Lesatele LB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′2″ 245 Artesia, CA 52 Cody Monsen LB 6′2″ 215 Brownwood, TX 53 Tanner Cox LB 6′4″ 226 Pleasant View, UT 56 Connell Hess LB 6′0″ 224 Boise, ID 56 Zach Newman LB 6′3″ 229 Alpine, UT
Defensive backs 20 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2011 23 Travis Uale DB 6′2″ Hawaii Kai, HI 3 INT 6 Jordan Johnson DB 5′10″ Springfield, MA 2 INT 9 DB 6′2″ Colton, CA 2 INT 1 Joe Sampson DB 5′10″ Oakland, CA 1 INT 32 Mike Hague DB 3★ 3-star recruit 5′10″ Salt Lake City, UT 3 returns, 61 yards 7 Preston Hadley DB 6′0″ Pleasant Grove, UT 7 Skye PoVey DB 6′0″ Ogden, UT 15 Carter Mees DB 6′0″ 190 St. George, UT 16 Gavin Fowler DB 6′0″ 191 Kaysville, UT 17 Logan Obering DB Cedar City, UT 18 Jray Galea’i DB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′0″ 196 Laie, HI 19 Kori Gaines DB 5′8″ 162 Loganville, GA 20 Chase Pendley DB 6′1″ 204 Sandy, UT 20 Craig Bills DB 6′1″ Provo, UT 21 DeQuan Everett DB 6′3″ 209 Long Beach, CA 24 Cameron Comer DB 6′0″ 191 Springville, UT 25 Corby Eason DB 5′8″ 173 Columbus, GA 26 Robbie Buckner DB 5′10″ Ashdown, AR 27 Blake Morgan DB 5′11″ 195 Greeley, CO 34 A.J. Moore DB 5′10″ Murrieta, CA
Specialists 2 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2011 37 Justin Sorensen PK 3★ 3-star recruit 6′1″ South Jordan, UT 15 of 24 field goals 99 Riley Stephenson PK 3★ 3-star recruit 6′0″ St. George, UT 46 punts, 42.7 average
Jordan Pendleton, Iona Pritchard, Chase Pendley, Manoa Pikula, Cody Raymond, Justin Sorensen, Baker Pritchard, Remington Peck, Jameson Frazier, Moses Kaumatule, Justin Blackmore, Braden Hansen, Dallin Cutler, Austin Holt, Matt Peterson Colby Jorgensen, Craig Bills, Cameron Comer, Kevan Bills, Ryan Freeman, Famika Anae, Quinn Lawlor, Matt Reynolds, Houston Reynolds, Trevor Brown, Tui Crichton Preston Hadley, Sae Tautu, Zed Mendenhall, Austin Heder, D.J. Doman, Zach Newman, Ryker Mathews, Bryan Sampson, Mike Muehlmann James Lark, Kurt Henderson, Carter Mees, Nate Carter, David Foote, Adam Hine, Riley Stephenson Matt Marshall, Mike Hague, Manu Mulitalo, Braden Brown, Matthew Edwards Skyler Ridley, A.J. Moore, Tyler Beck Jray Galea’i, Michael Alisa, Spencer Hafoka Ross Apo, Teu Kautai McKay Jacobson, Michael Yeck Skye PoVey, Tanner Cox Mitch Mathews, Marcus Mathews J.D. Falslev, Riley Nelson Gavin Fowler, Bryan Kariya DeQuan Everett, Lene Lesatele Rex Morgan, Blake Morgan Blair Tushaus, Brad Heap Terence Brown, Rhen Brown Joe Sampson Cody Hoffman Spencer Hadley Kyle Van Noy Uona Kaveinga Alani Fua Jordan Johnson Daniel Sorensen Jake Heaps J.J. Di Luigi Jason Munns Alex Kuresa Terenn Houk Logan Obering Richard Wilson Brett Thompson Kori Gaines Josh Quezada Jordan Smith Travis Uale Algernon Brown Corby Eason Luke Nelson Robbie Buckner Colby Hansen Ryan Folsom Aveni Leung-Wai Peter Welsh Austen Jorgensen Va’a Niumatalolo Grant Jones Uani Unga Seth Probert Ian Dulan Brandon Ogletree Zac Stout Cody Monsen Russell Tialavea Eathyn Manumaleuna Connell Hess Marco Thorson Terrance Motley Cole Jones Andrew Crawford Austin Nielsen Terrance Alletto Walter Kahaiali’i Solomone Kafu Brock Stringham Manaaki Vaitai Kaneakua Friel Stehly Reden Devin Mahina Mitchell Juergens Hebron Fangupo Travis Tuiloma Graham Rowley Simote Vea Jordan Richardson Reed Hornung Romney Fuga UT 60 CA 24 HI 10 TX 8 WA 6 Hometowns of the 2011 BYU roster; the five states sending the most labeled with their players. Hover a dot for names. Map: us-atlas (public domain).
Where the roster comes from By state Utah 60 California 24 Hawaii 10 Texas 8 Washington 6 Oregon 4 Colorado 4 Arizona 3 Top counties Utah County, Utah pop. 705,000 22 Salt Lake County, Utah pop. 1.2 million 21 Honolulu County, Hawaii pop. 1 million 8 Washington County, Utah pop. 196,000 7 Los Angeles County, California pop. 9.8 million 5 Hometowns placed in their counties with the US Census Bureau’s Gazetteer files. Populations from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau. Which states send the most FBS players for their size .
Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2011 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.
Mitch Mathews WR3-star recruit
Ryker Mathews OL3-star recruit
Kyle Van Noy LB
Spencer Hadley LB
Sae Tautu LB
Ezekiel Ansah LB
Daniel Sorensen DB