Teams BYU 2017 Roster ← 2016 2018 → 2017 BYU roster 126 players: 13 freshmen, 20 sophomores, 20 juniors, 2 seniors, 71 with no class listed. From 18 states and 3 other countries; the most from Utah (45) and California (32). The 2017 season .
Quarterbacks 6 Running backs 10 Receivers 16 Tight ends 6 Offensive line 15 Defensive line 21 Linebackers 22 Defensive backs 22 Specialists 6 Athletes and others 2
Quarterbacks 6 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2017 12 Tanner Mangum QB 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′3″ 215 Eagle, ID 1,540 passing yards, 8 TD 10 Joe Critchlow QB 6′4″ 220 Franklin, TN 642 passing yards, 3 TD 7 Beau Hoge QB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′1″ 220 Fort Thomas, KY 257 passing yards, 2 TD 10 Koy Detmer Jr. QB 5′10″ 175 Somerset, TX 91 passing yards 13 Kody Wilstead QB 6′6″ 222 St. George, UT 15 Hayden Griffitts QB 6′2″ 205 Windermere, FL
Running backs 10 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2017 22 Squally Canada RB Jr. 5′11″ 210 Milpitas, CA 710 rushing yards, 6 TD 2 Matt Hadley RB Jr. 6′0″ 215 Connell, WA 23 tackles 5 Ula Tolutau RB So. 6′1″ 242 Glendale, UT 303 rushing yards, 2 TD 42 Johnny Tapusoa RB So. 5′10″ 225 Laie, HI 14 tackles 24 K.J. Hall RB Jr. 5′9″ 182 Spanish Fork, UT 206 rushing yards, 1 TD 35 Brayden El-Bakri RB Jr. 6′0″ 240 Salt Lake City, UT 6 tackles 34 Riley Burt RB 6′1″ 215 Mantua, UT 104 rushing yards, 1 TD 4 Trey Dye RB 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 5′9″ 180 Abilene, TX 31 rushing yards 32 Zachary Katoa RB 6′0″ 210 American Fork, UT 36 Creed Richardson RB 6′1″ 235 Provo, UT
Receivers 16 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2017 15 Aleva Hifo WR So. 5′10″ 187 Menifee, CA 37 catches, 437 yards, 2 TD 13 Micah Simon WR So. 6′1″ 195 Dallas, TX 27 catches, 386 yards, 3 TD 21 Talon Shumway WR 3★ 3-star recruit So. 6′3″ 210 South Jordan, UT 25 catches, 257 yards 3 Jonah Trinnaman WR 6′0″ 190 Highland, UT 24 catches, 305 yards 2 Neil Pau’u WR 6′4″ 215 Santa Ana, CA 14 catches, 139 yards, 2 TD 1 Akile Davis WR 6′2″ 200 DeSoto, TX 20 Rickey Shumway WR 6′2″ 200 Provo, UT 22 Nephi Stevens WR 5′11″ 190 Aiea, HI 23 Batchlor Johnson WR So. 5′9″ 160 Katy, TX 23 Dylan Collie WR 5′10″ 175 El Dorado Hills, CA 25 Taggart Krueger WR 6′3″ 190 Sammamish, WA 27 Chayce Bolli WR 6′0″ 190 Cave Creek, AZ 33 Tommy Nelson WR 6′2″ 190 Bellevue, WA 82 Tariq Buchanan WR 6′0″ 190 Elgin, TX 83 Austin Whetzel WR Fr. 5′11″ 175 Lehi, UT 83 Inoke Lotulelei WR 5′9″ 190 Midvale, UT
Tight ends 6 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2017 89 Matt Bushman TE 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′5″ 240 Tucson, AZ 49 catches, 520 yards, 3 TD 42 Kyle Griffitts TE Fr. 6′3″ 245 Windermere, FL 1 return, 11 yards 88 Tanner Balderree TE 6′3″ 250 Sherwood, OR 2 catches, 26 yards 17 Moroni Laulu-Pututau TE 6′5″ 240 Hyrum, UT 86 Bentley Hanshaw TE 6′6″ 225 Moorpark, CA 87 Hunter Marshall TE 6′3″ 230 Acworth, GA
Offensive line 15 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2017 72 Addison Pulsipher OL So. 6′5″ 293 Temecula, CA 3 tackles 78 Tuni Kanuch OL 6′3″ 320 South Jordan, UT 2 tackles 56 Tejan Koroma OL 6′0″ 290 Allen, TX 1 tackle 59 Thomas Shoaf OL 3★ 3-star recruit So. 6′5″ 300 Columbus, IN 1 tackle 50 Taipe Vaka OL 6′5″ 275 Oakland, CA 57 LeRoy Sitake-Tanoai OL 6′4″ 320 Sherman Oaks, CA 62 Jacob Jimenez OL 6′5″ 300 Pflugerville, TX 67 OL RS 6′5″ 300 Bountiful, UT 68 Oaks Morely OL 6′4″ 320 Spanish Fork, UT 69 Tristen Hoge OL 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′5″ 310 Pocatello, ID 71 Austin Hoyt OL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′8″ 315 Ione, CA 73 Ului Lapuaho OL 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′7″ 340 West Valley City, UT 74 Kieffer Longson OL 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′7″ 315 San Ramon, CA 76 Keyan Norman OL 6′3″ 305 Alpine, UT 77 Chandon Herring OL Fr. 6′7″ 310 Gilbert, AZ
Defensive line 21 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2017 90 Corbin Kaufusi DL Jr. 6′9″ 280 Provo, UT 67 tackles, 6 sacks 92 Handsome Tanielu DL 6′2″ 315 Waianae, HI 30 tackles 94 Kesni Tausinga DL 6′1″ 300 South Jordan, UT 29 tackles 54 Merrill Taliauli DL 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′2″ 305 Salt Lake City, UT 27 tackles 95 Khyiris Tonga DL Fr. 6′4″ 321 West Valley, UT 19 tackles, 2 sacks 52 Trajan Pili DL 3★ 3-star recruit So. 6′2″ 255 Las Vegas, NV 17 tackles, 1 sack 99 Solomone Wolfgramm DL 6′5″ 285 Menlo Park, CA 11 tackles 49 Langi Tuifua DL 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 227 South Jordan, UT 7 tackles 50 Tevita Mo’unga DL So. 6′3″ 340 Murrieta, CA 7 tackles 58 Uriah Leiataua DL 6′4″ 265 Compton, CA 5 tackles 55 Lorenzo Fauatea DL 6′4″ 310 West Valley, UT 4 tackles 93 Bracken El-Bakri DL Fr. 6′3″ 286 Cottonwood Heights, UT 4 catches, 58 yards, 1 TD 88 J.J. Nwigwe DL So. 6′5″ 260 Rockwall, TX 1 catch, 12 yards 56 Tanner Baker DL 6′5″ 255 Moorpark, CA 60 Motekiai Langi DL 6′7″ 385 Matangiake, Tonga 75 Wayne Tei-Kirby DL 6′3″ 310 Pocatello, ID 78 Kamalani Kaluhiokalani DL Jr. 6′0″ 290 Kane’ohe, HI 95 Cody Savage DL 6′6″ 265 Lovell, WY 95 Kainoa Fuiava DL RS 6′3″ 300 Downey, CA 96 David Low DL 6′2″ 250 Philadelphia, PA 99 Zac Dawe DL 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′4″ 271 Pleasant Grove, UT
Linebackers 22 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2017 4 LB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′4″ 230 San Marcos, CA 87 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT 16 LB 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′2″ 231 Fontana, CA 79 tackles, 5 sacks 38 Butch Pau’u LB 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′0″ 225 Anaheim, CA 74 tackles 23 Zayne Anderson LB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′2″ 210 Stansbury Park, UT 61 tackles, 2 INT 41 Adam Pulsipher LB Jr. 6′1″ 220 Temecula, CA 54 tackles 51 Morgan Unga LB Sr. 6′5″ 220 Ogden, UT 16 tackles, 1 sack 37 Grant Jones LB 6′6″ 205 Concord, CA 10 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT 53 Isaiah Kaufusi LB Fr. 6′2″ 220 Cottonwood Heights, UT 11 tackles 35 Va’a Niumatalolo LB 6′2″ 235 Annapolis, MD 10 tackles 3 Chaz Ah You LB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′2″ 220 Saratoga Springs, UT 9 tackles 46 Rhett Sandlin LB Jr. 6′3″ 235 Sandy, UT 5 tackles 34 Kavika Fonua LB 6′0″ 205 Syracuse, UT 87 rushing yards 39 Phillip Amone LB 6′0″ 235 Orlando, FL 1 return, 0 yards 13 LB 6′0″ 240 Herriman, UT 31 Christian Folau LB 6′1″ 237 Salt Lake City, UT 34 Will Sedgwick LB 6′2″ 230 Laguna Hills, CA 35 Nate Sampson LB Jr. 6′2″ 236 Pleasant Grove, UT 43 A.J. Lolohea LB 6′3″ 235 Glendale, UT 43 Rylee Gautavai LB 6′1″ 225 Bountiful, UT 44 Riggs Powell LB Jr. 6′2″ 215 Aptos, CA 47 Garrett England LB 6′4″ 210 Salt Lake City, UT 50 Sam Baldwin LB So. 6′3″ 205 Rexburg, ID
Defensive backs 22 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2017 5 Dayan Ghanwoloku DB So. 5′11″ 200 Layton, UT 58 tackles, 2 INT 7 Micah Hannemann DB 6′0″ 190 Alpine, UT 46 tackles, 1 INT 4 Troy Warner DB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′1″ 200 San Marcos, CA 36 tackles 32 Chris Wilcox DB 6′2″ 195 Fontana, CA 32 tackles 18 Michael Shelton DB Jr. 5′8″ 175 Raleigh, NC 30 returns, 373 yards 25 Tanner Jacobson DB 5′10″ 185 Southlake, TX 28 tackles 17 Marvin Hifo DB 5′10″ 195 Menifee, CA 18 tackles 2 Austin Lee DB So. 6′0″ 200 Draper, UT 15 tackles 24 Austin Kafentzis DB So. 6′1″ 200 Sandy, UT 227 rushing yards, 1 TD 12 Trevion Greene DB So. 6′3″ 190 East Palo Alto, CA 8 tackles 10 Kamel Greene DB 5′11″ 185 East Palo Alto, CA 6 tackles 27 Beau Tanner DB So. 6′0″ 189 Gilbert, AZ 12 catches, 135 yards, 1 TD 29 Cody Stewart DB 6′3″ 185 Mesa, AZ 3 tackles 16 Gavin Fowler DB Jr. 6′0″ 191 Kaysville, UT 1 tackle 22 Hiva Lee DB 5′10″ 190 Ellensburg, WA 1 return, 0 yards 2 Keenan Ellis DB 6′0″ 181 San Diego, CA 3 Isaiah Armstrong DB 6′2″ 195 Redlands, CA 22 Dimitri Gallow DB Fr. 6′0″ 190 Moreno Valley, CA 24 Young Tanner DB 6′0″ 195 Gilbert, AZ 27 Austin McChesney DB So. 6′1″ 180 Highland, UT 28 Sawyer Powell DB So. 6′1″ 200 West Richland, WA 43 Jared Kapisi DB RS 6′0″ 195 Maui, HI
Austin Lee, Talon Shumway, Austin Kafentzis, Rhett Sandlin, Langi Tuifua, Isaiah Kaufusi, Tuni Kanuch, Inoke Lotulelei, Bracken El-Bakri, Kesni Tausinga Chaz Ah You, Jonah Trinnaman, Micah Hannemann, Austin McChesney, Zachary Katoa, Nate Sampson, Keyan Norman, Austin Whetzel, Zac Dawe Christian Folau, Brayden El-Bakri, Garrett England, Merrill Taliauli, Ului Lapuaho Young Tanner, Beau Tanner, Chandon Herring, Mitch Harris Adam Pulsipher, Tevita Mo’unga, Matt Foley, Addison Pulsipher Dayan Ghanwoloku, Gavin Fowler, Kavika Fonua Kamel Greene, Trevion Greene, Solomone Wolfgramm Hayden Griffitts, Phillip Amone, Kyle Griffitts Rickey Shumway, Creed Richardson, Corbin Kaufusi Isaiah Armstrong, Dimitri Gallow Fred Warner, Troy Warner Ula Tolutau, A.J. Lolohea Aleva Hifo, Marvin Hifo Sione Takitaki, Chris Wilcox K.J. Hall, Oaks Morely Taggart Krueger, Tommy Nelson Tanner Jacobson, Jake Oldroyd Rylee Gautavai, Brady Christensen Lorenzo Fauatea, Khyiris Tonga Tanner Baker, Bentley Hanshaw Uriah Leiataua, Kainoa Fuiava Tristen Hoge, Wayne Tei-Kirby Akile Davis Keenan Ellis Matt Hadley Neil Pau’u Trey Dye Beau Hoge Joe Critchlow Koy Detmer Jr. Tanner Mangum Francis Bernard Kody Wilstead Micah Simon Moroni Laulu-Pututau Michael Shelton Hiva Lee Nephi Stevens Squally Canada Batchlor Johnson Dylan Collie Zayne Anderson Rhett Almond Chayce Bolli Sawyer Powell Andrew Mikkelsen Cody Stewart Corey Edwards Riley Burt Will Sedgwick Va’a Niumatalolo Grant Jones Butch Pau’u Johnny Tapusoa Jared Kapisi Riggs Powell Sam Baldwin Taipe Vaka Morgan Unga Trajan Pili Tejan Koroma LeRoy Sitake-Tanoai Thomas Shoaf Jacob Jimenez Austin Hoyt Kieffer Longson Kamalani Kaluhiokalani Tariq Buchanan Hunter Marshall J.J. Nwigwe Tanner Balderree Matt Bushman Handsome Tanielu Cody Savage David Low UT 45 CA 32 TX 11 AZ 7 HI 5 Hometowns of the 2017 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 45 California 32 Texas 11 Arizona 7 Washington 5 Hawaii 5 Idaho 4 Florida 3 Top counties Salt Lake County, Utah pop. 1.2 million 16 Utah County, Utah pop. 705,000 14 Riverside County, California pop. 2.5 million 7 Maricopa County, Arizona pop. 4.6 million 6 Davis County, Utah pop. 371,000 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’ 2017 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.
Brady Christensen OL
Fred Warner LB4-star recruit
Sione Takitaki LB3-star recruit
Francis Bernard LB