Teams BYU 2012 Roster ← 2011 2013 → 2012 BYU roster 140 players. From 20 states and 2 other countries; the most from Utah (63) and California (33). The 2012 season .
Quarterbacks 6 Running backs 15 Receivers 16 Tight ends 11 Offensive line 21 Defensive line 22 Linebackers 27 Defensive backs 18 Specialists 3 Athletes and others 1
Quarterbacks 6 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 13 Riley Nelson QB 6′0″ Logan, UT 2,011 passing yards, 13 TD 7 James Lark QB 6′2″ St. George, UT 778 passing yards, 8 TD 7 QB 6′2″ Pocatello, ID 425 passing yards, 4 TD 15 Alex Kuresa QB 5′11″ Millville, UT 4 catches, 51 yards 11 Jason Munns QB 6′5″ 249 Kennewick, WA 15 Ammon Olsen QB 6′3″ Draper, UT
Running backs 15 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 21 RB 6′2″ Fontana, CA 775 rushing yards, 12 TD 42 Michael Alisa RB 6′1″ Laie, HI 222 rushing yards, 1 TD 27 David Foote RB 5′11″ St. George, UT 198 rushing yards 33 Paul Lasike RB 5′11″ Auckland, New Zealand 129 rushing yards, 2 TD 5 Iona Pritchard RB 6′0″ South Jordan, UT 39 rushing yards 35 Zed Mendenhall RB 5′11″ Alpine, UT 3 rushing yards, 1 TD 2 Matt Hadley RB 6′0″ 215 Connell, WA 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 34 Bryan Engstrom RB 5′8″ 175 Sandy, UT 35 Brayden El-Bakri RB 6′0″ 240 Salt Lake City, UT Daniel Lacey RB 6′1″ 180 Farmington, UT
Receivers 16 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 2 Cody Hoffman WR 6′4″ Crescent City, CA 100 catches, 1,248 yards, 11 TD 12 J.D. Falslev WR 5′8″ Smithfield, UT 37 catches, 274 yards, 2 TD 1 Ross Apo WR 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ Arlington, TX 31 catches, 311 yards, 1 TD 17 Skyler Ridley WR 6′0″ Murrieta, CA 20 catches, 206 yards, 1 TD 10 WR 3★ 3-star recruit 6′6″ Beaverton, OR 2 catches, 27 yards 13 Kurt Henderson WR 6′1″ St. George, UT 2 catches, 19 yards 31 Cody Raymond WR 5′9″ Sandy, UT 2 catches, 5 yards, 1 TD 80 Marcus Mathews WR 3★ 3-star recruit 6′4″ Beaverton, OR 1 catch, 6 yards 16 Terenn Houk WR 6′4″ Enumclaw, WA 23 Dylan Collie WR 5′10″ 175 El Dorado Hills, CA 23 Jordan Smith WR 6′4″ 203 Salem, UT 25 Luke Nelson WR 6′1″ 192 Shoreline, WA 25 Taggart Krueger WR 6′3″ 190 Sammamish, WA 82 Jake Ziolkowski WR 6′1″ Island Lake, IL 85 Dallin Cutler WR 5′9″ Draper, UT 87 Mitchell Juergens WR 5′10″ Houston, TX
Tight ends 11 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 82 Kaneakua Friel TE 6′5″ Kaneohe, HI 30 catches, 308 yards, 5 TD 84 Devin Mahina TE 6′6″ Ontario, CA 8 catches, 128 yards, 2 TD 18 Richard Wilson TE 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ Spanish Fork, UT 7 catches, 102 yards 83 Stehly Reden TE 6′4″ Valley Center, CA 1 catch, 7 yards 17 Colby Jorgensen TE 6′7″ 228 Provo, UT 19 Brett Thompson TE 6′3″ El Dorado Hills, CA 85 Bryan Sampson TE 6′4″ 235 Pleasant Grove, UT 89 Darin Tuttle TE 6′4″ 245 El Dorado Hills, CA 92 Brad Heap TE 6′3″ 215 Mesa, AZ 93 Trevor Brown TE 6′5″ 210 Provo, UT Jordan Edgbert TE 6′3″ 220 Orem, UT
Offensive line 21 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 50 Ryan Freeman OL 6′3″ 287 Orem, UT 51 Quin Ficklin OL 6′2″ 290 Mesa, AZ 54 Blair Tushaus OL 6′2″ 270 Scottsdale, AZ 56 Famika Anae OL 6′6″ 312 Provo, UT 61 Quinn Lawlor OL 6′4″ 306 Orem, UT 65 Cole Jones OL 6′6″ 282 Centerville, UT 66 Manu Mulitalo OL 6′4″ 368 West Valley City, UT 67 Kyle Johnson OL 6′4″ 319 Sandy, UT 68 Andrew Crawford OL 6′5″ 292 Fairfax, VA 70 Terrance Alletto OL 6′3″ 305 Parker, CO 71 Austin Hoyt OL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′8″ 315 Ione, CA 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 Brad Wilcox OL 6′7″ 287 Edmond, OK 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 Ryan Jensen OL 6′3″ 220 Alta, UT
Defensive line 22 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 88 Austin Holt DL 4★ 4-star recruit 6′5″ South Jordan, UT 2 catches, 22 yards 39 Ian Dulan DL 6′1″ 271 Hilo, HI 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 57 Tyson Brook DL 6′1″ 265 Connell, WA 58 Justin Blackmore DL 6′1″ 290 West Jordan, UT 59 Roman Andrus DL 6′4″ 265 El Dorado Hills, CA 90 DL 4★ 4-star recruit 6′8″ Provo, UT 91 Michael Edmunds DL 6′4″ 220 South Jordan, UT 91 Travis Tuiloma DL 6′2″ Topeka, KS 92 Graham Rowley DL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′4″ 280 Waialua, HI 93 Michael Doman DL 6′4″ 240 Portland, OR 93 Simote Vea DL 5′11″ 270 Hau’ula, HI 94 Tui Crichton DL 6′3″ 343 Orem, UT 95 Logan Taele DL 6′2″ Columbus, OH 95 Mike Muehlmann DL 2★ 2-star recruit 6′4″ American Fork, UT 97 Theodore King DL 6′3″ 265 San Jose, CA 98 Romney Fuga DL 6′2″ 318 Huntington Beach, CA 99 Marques Johnson DL 6′2″ 308 Los Angeles, CA Garrett Gallinger DL 6′1″ 330
Linebackers 27 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 3 LB 6′3″ Reno, NV 2 INT 4 Uona Kaveinga LB 5′11″ Hawthorne, CA 1 INT 5 Alani Fua LB 6′5″ San Fernando Valley, CA 1 INT 41 Uani’ Unga LB 6′1″ Rancho Cucamonga, CA 1 INT 47 LB 6′6″ Accra, Ghana 1 INT 2 LB 6′1″ Connell, WA 22 Manoa Pikula LB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′1″ South Jordan, UT 25 Teu Kautai LB 6′1″ 228 Arlington, TX 31 LB 6′4″ Alpine, UT 34 Austen Jorgensen LB 6′2″ 232 Mt. Pleasant, UT 35 Nate Sampson LB 6′2″ 236 Pleasant Grove, UT 35 Va’a Niumatalolo LB 6′2″ 235 Annapolis, MD 37 Grant Jones LB 6′6″ 205 Concord, CA 38 Butch Pau’u LB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′0″ 225 Anaheim, CA 41 Uani Unga LB 6′1″ 233 Rochester, CA 42 Austin Heder LB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′2″ Pleasant Grove, UT 43 Jherremya Leuta-Douyere LB 6′0″ 230 Garden Grove, CA 44 Brandon Ogletree LB 5′11″ McKinney, TX 45 Tyler Beck LB 6′1″ 220 Murrieta, CA 46 Kevan Bills LB 6′3″ 245 Provo, UT 46 Rhett Sandlin LB 6′3″ 235 Sandy, UT 47 Zac Stout LB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′1″ Moorpark, CA 50 D.J. Doman LB 6′0″ 203 Lindon, UT 51 Lene Lesatele LB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′2″ 245 Artesia, CA 51 Morgan Unga LB 6′5″ 220 Ogden, UT 53 Tanner Cox LB 6′4″ 226 Pleasant View, UT 56 Zach Newman LB 6′3″ 229 Alpine, UT
Defensive backs 18 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 9 DB 6′2″ Colton, CA 3 INT 1 Joe Sampson DB 5′10″ Oakland, CA 8 returns, 168 yards 6 Jordan Johnson DB 5′10″ Springfield, MA 1 INT 7 Preston Hadley DB 6′0″ Pleasant Grove, UT 1 INT 26 Robbie Buckner DB 5′10″ Ashdown, AR 1 INT 32 Mike Hague DB 3★ 3-star recruit 5′10″ Salt Lake City, UT 2 returns, 55 yards 7 Micah Hannemann DB 6′0″ 190 Alpine, UT 7 Skye PoVey DB 6′0″ Ogden, UT 16 Adam Hogan DB 5′11″ 180 Los Angeles, CA 16 Gavin Fowler DB 6′0″ 191 Kaysville, UT 20 Craig Bills DB 6′1″ Provo, UT 21 DeQuan Everett DB 6′3″ 209 Long Beach, CA 27 Blake Morgan DB 5′11″ 195 Greeley, CO 30 Michael Wadsworth DB 6′2″ 221 Orem, UT 33 Jacob Hannemann DB 6′1″ 190 Highland, UT 34 A.J. Moore DB 5′10″ Murrieta, CA 36 Drew Reilly DB 6′1″ 183 Valley Center, CA Connor Noe DB 6′2″ 195 Mason, OH
Iona Pritchard, Ammon Olsen, Manoa Pikula, Cody Raymond, Bryan Engstrom, Justin Sorensen, Remington Peck, Rhett Sandlin, Moses Kaumatule, Justin Blackmore, Kyle Johnson, Braden Hansen, Dallin Cutler, Austin Holt, Michael Edmunds Micah Hannemann, Preston Hadley, Sae Tautu, Jacob Hannemann, Nate Sampson, Zed Mendenhall, Austin Heder, D.J. Doman, Zach Newman, Ryker Mathews, Bryan Sampson, Mike Muehlmann Colby Jorgensen, Craig Bills, Michael Wadsworth, Kevan Bills, Ryan Freeman, Famika Anae, Quinn Lawlor, Houston Reynolds, Bronson Kaufusi, Trevor Brown, Tui Crichton, Jordan Edgbert James Lark, Kurt Henderson, Nate Carter, David Foote, Adam Hine, Riley Stephenson Brett Thompson, Dylan Collie, Roman Andrus, Darin Tuttle Mike Hague, Brayden El-Bakri, Manu Mulitalo, Braden Brown Matt Hadley, Spencer Hadley, Tyson Brook Skye PoVey, Morgan Unga, Tanner Cox Skyler Ridley, A.J. Moore, Tyler Beck Jamaal Williams, Uani Unga, Uani’ Unga Quin Ficklin, Blair Tushaus, Brad Heap Ross Apo, Teu Kautai Mitch Mathews, Marcus Mathews J.D. Falslev, Riley Nelson Adam Hogan, Marques Johnson DeQuan Everett, Lene Lesatele Drew Reilly, Stehly Reden Cole Jones, Daniel Lacey Joe Sampson Cody Hoffman Kyle Van Noy Uona Kaveinga Alani Fua Jordan Johnson Taysom Hill Daniel Sorensen Jason Munns Alex Kuresa Gavin Fowler Terenn Houk Richard Wilson Jordan Smith Scott Arellano Algernon Brown Luke Nelson Taggart Krueger Robbie Buckner Blake Morgan Colby Hansen Peter Welsh Austen Jorgensen Va’a Niumatalolo Grant Jones Butch Pau’u Ian Dulan Michael Alisa Jherremya Leuta-Douyere Brandon Ogletree Zac Stout Russell Tialavea Eathyn Manumaleuna Andrew Crawford Terrance Alletto Austin Hoyt Solomone Kafu Brock Stringham Brad Wilcox Michael Yeck Manaaki Vaitai Jake Ziolkowski Kaneakua Friel Devin Mahina Mitchell Juergens Travis Tuiloma Graham Rowley Michael Doman Simote Vea Logan Taele Reed Hornung Theodore King Romney Fuga Connor Noe Ryan Jensen UT 63 CA 33 WA 8 TX 6 HI 5 Hometowns of the 2012 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 63 California 33 Washington 8 Texas 6 Hawaii 5 Oregon 3 Colorado 3 Arizona 3 Top counties Utah County, Utah pop. 705,000 26 Salt Lake County, Utah pop. 1.2 million 21 Los Angeles County, California pop. 9.8 million 6 Washington County, Utah pop. 196,000 6 San Bernardino County, California pop. 2.2 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’ 2012 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.
Taysom Hill QB
Jamaal Williams RB
Mitch Mathews WR3-star recruit
Ryker Mathews OL3-star recruit
Bronson Kaufusi DL4-star recruit
Kyle Van Noy LB
Ezekiel Ansah LB
Spencer Hadley LB
Sae Tautu LB
Daniel Sorensen DB