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In a season with very little controversy, there won’t be any with ESPN’s 2023 All-America team either (note the sarcasm).

Controversy and college football are synonymous, not to mention conspiracy theories, all of which make the sport so much fun and so entertaining. It’s never dull.

There were some difficult choices on our All-America team, particularly at receiver. There was also no shortage of sensational quarterback play this season.

Only five players made all three of our All-America teams (preseason, midseason and postseason) in 2023: Georgia tight end Brock Bowers, Georgia center Sedrick Van Pran, Kansas State offensive guard Cooper Beebe, Alabama outside linebacker Dallas Turner and Georgia safety Malaki Starks.

Notre Dame offensive tackle Joe Alt, Ohio State receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., Beebe, Bowers and Van Pran were all repeat selections from a year ago.

OFFENSE

Daniels went from being an upper-tier quarterback in the SEC a year ago to the Heisman Trophy winner this season, LSU’s second Heisman winner in the last five years (Joe Burrow, 2019). In his fifth college season, Daniels was nothing short of spectacular in a record-setting campaign that saw him pass for 3,812 yards, rush for 1,134 yards and account for 50 touchdowns.

Second team: Michael Penix, Jr., Washington


From Truman State to a walk-on at Missouri, Schrader has exemplified what it means to bet on yourself and never give up on your dreams. He leads all FBS players with an average of 124.9 rushing yards per game. His 1,499 rushing yards are 433 more than the closest SEC running back, and he became only the 10th FBS player ever to rush for 200 yards and have 100 receiving yards in the same game this season against Tennessee.

Second team: Omarion Hampton, North Carolina


There were wild ups and downs this season for Oklahoma State, but the Cowboys managed to make it to the Big 12 championship game with Gordon leading the way. He carried the ball just 19 times in his first three games, but took off after that to pile up an FBS-leading 1,614 rushing yards and finish second with 20 rushing touchdowns. The 6-ffot-1, 211-pound sophomore leads all Power 5 players with 1,940 all-purpose yards.

Second team: Audric Estime, Notre Dame


There was some concern in Columbus after Harrison sprained his ankle in a Sept. 23 win over Notre Dame, but he quickly returned to form to repeat as an ESPN All-American. One of four finalists for the Heisman Trophy, Harrison averaged 18.1 yards per catch, which leads all FBS players with more than 60 receptions, and he’s tied for second nationally with 14 touchdown catches to go along with a rushing touchdown.

Second team: Malik Washington, Virginia


Nabers had an incredible 34 catches of 20 yards or longer and 17 of 30 yards or longer. He and Daniels formed the most explosive pass-catch combo in the country. Nabers leads the FBS with an average of 128.8 receiving yards per game and is tied for second with 14 touchdown catches. (The only player with more is teammate Brian Thomas Jr. with 15.) Nabers was Pro Football Focus’ highest graded receiver (93.0).

Second team: Rome Odunze, Washington


It’s easy to make a case that Bowers, when healthy, is the best player in the country. But even after undergoing ankle surgery and not being 100 percent when he returned, Bowers was still the nation’s best tight end. He catches everything, runs great routes, picks up yards after the catch and blocks like an offensive lineman. Bowers leads all FBS tight ends with an average of 71.4 receiving yards per game and is tied for the lead with six touchdown catches, all in just 10 games.

Second team: Dallin Holker, Colorado State


Alt is a two-time ESPN All-American and has been a fixture for the Irish at left tackle since the early stages of his freshman season. The 6-8, 322-pound junior has made 33 consecutive starts and is incredibly agile for a guy his size. He started out as a tight end. Alt has given up just one sack and four quarterback pressures in 368 pass-blocking assignments this season, according to Pro Football Focus.

Second team: JC Latham, Alabama


Beebe joins Alt as a two-time All-American on our offensive line and has been a staple on Kansas State’s line since his freshman season. The 6-4, 335-pound senior has played right tackle and left tackle, but settled in at left guard the last two seasons. A career 47-game starter, Beebe has allowed just one sack in his last 1,224 pass-blocking snaps, dating to the start of his sophomore season, according to Pro Football Focus.

Second team: Tanner Miller, Oregon State


The winner of the Jacobs Award this season as the SEC’s top blocker, Van Pran has started the last 43 games at center for Georgia, with the Bulldogs going 41-2 in that span. Georgia weathered some injuries in its offensive line this season, but continued to play at an elite level. Van Pran’s toughness, experience and leadership were a driving force in the Dawgs ranking in the top 10 nationally in scoring and total offense.

Honorable mention: Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon


Zinter has been the heartbeat of the Michigan offensive line for the past three seasons, which made it especially difficult for everyone in maize and blue to see him go down in the Ohio State game with a broken tibia and fibula. A team captain, the 6-6, 322-pound Zinter was equally effective in pass protection and run blocking and has appeared in 45 games with 42 starts, all but one at right guard.

Second team: Christian Haynes, UConn


The right side of the Oregon State offensive line featured the imposing tandem of Fuaga at tackle and Tanner Miller at guard. The 6-6, 334-pound Fuaga took another huge step in his second full season as a starter and established himself as one of the premier run-blocking tackles in college football. He received the second-highest grade among FBS tackles this season by Pro Football Focus.

Second team: Patrick Paul, Houston


Jeanty followed up a big season with a big announcement — he plans to return to Boise State next season. The 5-9, 210-pound running back led the FBS in scrimmage yards per game at 164.9 in helping the Broncos win the Mountain West championship. Jeanty was the only player in the country with more than 1,200 rushing yards (1,262) and more than 500 receiving yards (552). A true sophomore, Jeanty accounted for 19 touchdowns, 14 rushing and five receiving.

Second team: Ismail Mahdi, Texas State

DEFENSE

What a journey it’s been for Latu. He had to medically retire from football after missing the 2020 and 2021 seasons with a neck injury while at Washington. But he’s been a defensive dynamo at UCLA and won the Lombardi Award this season as the best lineman in the country. Latu was the ultimate game-changer on defense. He leads all FBS players with 21.5 tackles for loss, including 13 sacks. He also has two interceptions and two forced fumbles.

Second team: Jared Verse, Florida State


Good luck in getting any push on the 6-4, 362-pound Sweat, who almost always is the one doing the pushing regardless of how many guys are trying to block him. Sweat is the anchor of a Texas defense ranked fourth nationally against the run (allowing just 80.1 yards per game). He’s extremely quick for a player his size and has eight tackles for loss and four pass breakups at the line of scrimmage.

Second team: Howard Cross III, Notre Dame


The 6-2, 295-pound Newton could have turned pro a year ago, but returned to Illinois and was ever better his senior season. He was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and had a tackle for loss in seven of 12 games. Newton leads Illinois with 7.5 sacks and nine quarterback hurries. He also blocked four kicks and tied for the Power 5 lead with 32 tackles that constituted a “failure” for the offense, according to Pro Football Focus.

Second team: Byron Murphy II, Texas


Turner was named the SEC’s Defensive Player of the Year by the league’s coaches, the fourth straight year an Alabama player has won the award. The 6-4, 252-pound junior spearheaded a defense that held opponents to 24 or fewer points 10 times during the Tide’s 11-game winning streak. Turner leads Alabama with 13.5 tackles for loss, including nine sacks, and has 13 quarterback pressures.

Second team: Jalen Green, James Madison


Each of Trotter’s past two seasons have been ultra productive, and now he’s off to the NFL after leading Clemson in total tackles (88), tackles for loss (15) and sacks (5.5) in 2023. One of three finalists for the Butkus Award as the top linebacker in the nation, the 6-foot, 230-pound Trotter is more than just a tackling machine. He broke up six passes and also had two interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown.

Second team: Nathaniel Watson, Mississippi State


The Aggies’ senior middle linebacker was never far from the ball this season with his combination of speed, athleticism and power. He ranks among the Power 5 leaders with 17 tackles for loss, including eight sacks, and also has 10 quarterback hurries and two forced fumbles. But what separates him is his pass coverage ability. He has the third-highest coverage grade among linebackers, according to Pro Football Focus.

Second team: Jason Henderson, Old Dominion


What didn’t Wilson do for the Wolfpack on defense this season? On his way to winning the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker, Wilson racked up 138 total tackles, including 17.5 for loss (ranking in the top six nationally in both categories), and also broke up 10 passes, recovered two fumbles, forced a fumble and had three interceptions, returning one for a touchdown.

Second team: Jay Higgins, Iowa


The two-time Michigan captain made enough impactful plays for the Wolverines to last a lifetime. Sainristil switched from receiver to nickel cornerback last season and was then forced to move to outside cornerback in the Ohio State game this season. He just kept producing wherever he lined up. He forced two turnovers in the Big Ten championship game and leads the Wolverines with five interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns.

Second team: Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama


When Nick Saban has big-time cornerbacks on both sides of the field, that’s good news for Alabama and bad news for everybody else. Arnold teams with Kool-Aid McKinstry to give the Crimson Tide one of the best cornerback duos in the country. Arnold leads Alabama with five interceptions and 11 pass breakups, and his 6.5 tackles for loss lead all Tide defensive backs.

Second team: Cooper DeJean, Iowa


That Starks walked out of high school and into Georgia’s starting defensive backfield indicates how talented he is. The 6-1, 205-pound sophomore has started 27 games in two seasons. He’s fourth in total tackles this season for the Dawgs (51) and has two interceptions to go along with seven pass breakups. Starks played his best football in Georgia’s biggest games.

Second team: Tyler Nubin, Minnesota


Watts came to Notre Dame as a receiver and didn’t become a full-time starter at safety until this season. The 6-foot, 204-pound senior blossomed into one of the best defenders in college football in winning the Bronko Nagurski Award, which is given annually to the top defensive player in the country. Watts leads the nation with seven interceptions and is tied for fourth on Notre Dame with 47 total tackles.

Second team: Trey Taylor, Air Force

SPECIAL TEAMS

Nicholson booted three field goals in Miami’s 23-14 upset of Toledo in the MAC championship game and made at least one field goal in all 13 games this season. The junior from Cincinnati had connected on 25 straight field-goal attempts before missing a 48-yarder in the MAC title game. It was his only miss of the season. Nicholson was 10-of-11 from 40-plus yards, with a long of 52 yards.

Second team: Jose Pizano, UNLV


Taylor’s 86 punts lead the nation, and he’s third nationally with an average of 47.9 yards. His ability to flip field position, despite Iowa’s struggles on offense, was a big reason the Hawkeyes were able to win 10 games and get to the Big Ten championship game. Taylor leads the country with 32 punts downed inside the 20-yard line, and Iowa is third nationally in net punting at 43.6 yards per game.

Second team: Ryan Rehkow, BYU


While USC’s season was a disappointment, one of the Trojans’ newer faces provided hope for the future. Branch, a true freshman receiver, returned both a kickoff and punt for touchdowns. He is averaging 20.6 yards on 15 punt returns and has three returns of 60 yards or longer. As a receiver, Branch has 29 catches, two for touchdowns.

Second team: Jayden Harrison, Marshall

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This time at UCF, Scott Frost won’t need to catch lightning in a bottle

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Scott Frost walks into the UCF football building and into his office, the one he used the last time he had this job, eight years ago. The shades are drawn, just like they used to be. There are drawings from his three kids tacked to the walls. There are still trophies sitting on a shelf.

He still parks in the same spot before he walks into that same building and sits at the same desk. The only thing that has changed is that the desk is positioned in a different part of the room.

But the man doing all the same things at the University of Central Florida is a different Scott Frost than the one who left following that undefeated 2017 season to take the head coach job at Nebraska.

UCF might look the same, but the school is different now, too. The Knights are now in a Power 4 conference, and there is now a 12-team College Football Playoff that affords them the opportunity to play for national championships — as opposed to self-declaring them. Just outside his office, construction is underway to upgrade the football stadium. The same, but different.

“I know I’m a wiser person and smarter football coach,” Frost said during a sit-down interview with ESPN. “When you’re young, you think you have it all figured out. I don’t think you really get better as a person unless you go through really good things, and really bad things. I just know I’m where I’m supposed to be.”


Out on the practice field, Frost feels the most at home — he feels comfort in going back to the place that has defined nearly every day of his life. As a young boy, he learned the game from his mom and dad, both football coaches, then thrived as a college and NFL player before going into coaching.

He coaches up his players with a straightforwardness that quarterbacks coach McKenzie Milton remembers fondly from their previous time together at UCF. Milton started at quarterback on the 2017 undefeated team, and the two remained close after Frost left.

“I see the same version of him from when I was here as a player,” Milton said. “Even though the dynamic in college football has changed dramatically with the portal and NIL, I think Coach Frost is one of the few coaches that can still bring a group of guys together and turn them into a team, just with who he is and what he’s done and what he’s been through in his life. He knows what it looks like to succeed, both as a coach and a player.”

Since his return, Frost has had to adjust to those changes to college football, but he said, “I love coming into work every day. We’ve got the right kids who love football. We’re working them hard. They want to be pushed. They want to be challenged. We get to practice with palm trees and sunshine and, we’re playing big-time football. But it’s also just not the constant stress meat grinder of some other places.”

Meat grinder of some other places.

Might he mean a place such as Nebraska?

“You can think what you want,” Frost said. “One thing I told myself — I’m never going to talk about that. It just doesn’t feel good to talk about. I’ll get asked 100 questions. This is about UCF. I just don’t have anything to say.”

Frost says he has no regrets about leaving UCF, even though he didn’t get the results he had hoped for at his alma mater. When Nebraska decided to part ways with coach Mike Riley in 2017, Frost seemed the best, most obvious candidate to replace him. He had been the starting quarterback on the 1997 team, the last Nebraska team to win a national title.

He now had the coaching résumé to match. Frost had done the unthinkable at UCF — taking a program that was winless the season before he arrived, to undefeated and the talk of the college football world just two years later.

But he could not ignore the pull of Nebraska and the opportunities that came along with power conference football.

“I was so happy here,” Frost said. “We went undefeated and didn’t get a chance to win a championship, at least on the field. You are always striving to reach higher goals. I had always told myself I wasn’t going to leave here unless there was a place that you can legitimately go and win a national championship. It was a tough decision because I didn’t want to leave regardless of which place it was.”

Indeed, Frost maintains he was always happy at UCF. But he also knew returning to Nebraska would make others happy, too.

“I think I kind of knew that wasn’t best for me,” he said. “It was what some other people wanted me to do to some degree.”

In four-plus seasons with the Cornhuskers, Frost went 16-31 — including 5-22 in one-score games. He was fired three games into the 2022 season after a home loss to Georgia Southern.

After Frost was fired, he moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, where his wife has family. He reflected on what happened during his tenure with the Cornhuskers but also about what he wanted to do with the rest of his career. He tried to stay connected to the game, coaching in the U.S. Army Bowl, a high school all-star game in Frisco, Texas, in December 2022. Milton coached alongside him, and distinctly remembers a conversation they had.

“He said, ‘It’s my goal to get back to UCF one day,'” Milton said. “At that time, I was like, ‘I pray to God that happens.'”

If that was the ultimate goal, Frost needed to figure out how to position himself to get back there. While he contemplated his future, he coached his son’s flag football team to a championship. Frost found the 5- and 6-year-olds he coached “listen better than 19-year-olds sometimes.”

Ultimately, he decided on a career reboot in the NFL. Frost had visited the Rams during their offseason program, and when a job came open in summer 2024, Rams coach Sean McVay immediately reached out.

Frost was hired as a senior analyst, primarily helping with special teams but also working with offense and defense.

“It was more just getting another great leader in the building, someone who has been a head coach, that has wisdom and a wealth of experience to be able to learn from,” McVay told ESPN. “His ability to be able to communicate to our players from a great coaching perspective, but also have the empathy and the understanding from when he played — all of those things were really valuable.”

McVay said he and Frost had long discussions about handling the challenges that come with falling short as a head coach.

“There’s strength in the vulnerability,” McVay said. “I felt that from him. There’s a real power in the perspective that you have from those different experiences. If you can really look at some of the things that maybe didn’t go down the way you wanted to within the framework of your role and responsibility, real growth can occur. I saw that in him.”

Frost says his time with the Rams rejuvenated him.

“It brought me back,” Frost said. “Sometimes when you’re a head coach or maybe even a coordinator, you forget how fun it is to be around the game when it’s not all on you all the time. What I did was a very small part, and we certainly weren’t going to win or lose based on every move that I made, and I didn’t have to wear the losses and struggle for the victories like you do when you’re a head coach. I’m so grateful to those guys.”


UCF athletics director Terry Mohajir got a call from then-head coach Gus Malzahn last November. Malzahn, on the verge of finishing his fourth season at UCF, was contemplating becoming offensive coordinator at Florida State. Given all the responsibilities on his desk as head coach — from NIL to the transfer portal to roster management — he found the idea of going back to playcalling appealing. Mohajir started preparing a list of candidates and was told Thanksgiving night that Malzahn had planned to step down.

Though Frost previously worked at UCF under athletics director Danny White, he and Mohajir had a preexisting relationship. Mohajir said he reached out to Frost after he was fired at Nebraska to gauge his interest in returning to UCF as offensive coordinator under Malzahn. But Frost was not ready.

This time around, Mohajir learned quickly that Frost had interest in returning as head coach. Mohajir called McVay and Rams general manager Les Snead. They told him Frost did anything that was asked of him, including making copies around the office.

“They said, ‘You would never know he was the head coach at a major college program.” Mohajir also called former Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts to get a better understanding about what happened with the Cornhuskers.

“Fits are a huge piece, and not everybody fits,” Mohajir said.

After eight conversations, Mohajir decided he wanted to meet Frost in person. They met at an airport hotel in Dallas.

“He was motivated,” Mohajir said. “We went from coast to coast, talked to coordinators, head coaches, pro guys, all kinds of different folks. And at the end of the day, I really believe that Scott wanted the job the most.”


The first day back in Orlando, Dec. 8, was a blur. Frost woke up at 3:45 a.m. in California to be able to make it to Florida in time for his introductory news conference with his family.

When they pulled into the campus, his first time back since he left in 2017, Frost said he was in a fog. It took another 24 hours for him and his wife, Ashley, to take a deep exhale.

“Rather than bouncing around chasing NFL jobs, we thought maybe we would be able to plant some roots here and have our kids be in a stable place for a while at a place that I really enjoyed coaching and that I think it has a chance to evolve into a place that could win a lot of football games,” Frost said. “All that together was just enough to get me to come back.”

The natural question now is whether Frost can do what he did during his first tenure.

That 2017 season stands as the only winning season of his head coaching career, but it carries so much weight with UCF fans because of its significance as both the best season in school history, and one that changed both its own future and college football.

After UCF finished 13-0, White self-declared the Knights national champions. Locked out of the four-team playoff after finishing No. 12 in the final CFP standings, White started lobbying for more attention to be paid to schools outside the power conferences.

That season also positioned UCF to pounce during the next wave of realignment. Sure enough, in 2023, the Knights began play in a Power 4 conference for the first time as Big 12 members. This past season, the CFP expanded to 12 teams. Unlike 2017, UCF now has a defined path to play for a national title and no longer has to go undefeated and then pray for a shot. Win the Big 12 championship, no matter the record, and UCF is in the playoff.

But Frost cautions those who expect the clock to turn back to 2017.

“I don’t think there’s many people out there that silly,” Frost said. “People joke about that with me, that they’re going to expect you go into undefeated in the first year. I think the fans are a little more realistic than that.”

The game, of course, is different. Had the transfer portal and NIL existed when Frost was at UCF during his first tenure, he might not have been able to keep the 2017 team together. The 2018 team, which went undefeated under Josh Heupel before losing to LSU in the Fiesta Bowl, might not have stayed together, either.

This upcoming season, UCF will receive a full share of television revenue from the Big 12, after receiving a half share (estimated $18 million) in each of his first two seasons. While that is more than what it received in the AAC, it is less than what other Big 12 schools received, making it harder to compete immediately. It also struggled with NIL funding. As a result, in its first two years in the conference, UCF went 5-13 in Big 12 play and 10-15 overall.

Assuming the House v. NCAA settlement goes into effect this summer, Mohajir says UCF is aiming to spend the full $20.5 million, including fully funding football.

“It’s like we moved to the fancy neighborhood, and we got a job that’s going to pay us money over time, and we’re going to do well over time, but we’re stretching a little to be there right now, and that requires a lot of effort from a lot of people and a lot of commitment from a lot of people,” Frost said. “So far, the help that we’ve gotten has been impressive.”

Mohajir points out that UCF has had five coaching changes over the past 10 years, dating back to the final season under George O’Leary in 2015, when the Knights went 0-12. Frost says he wants to be in for the long term, and Mohajir hopes consistency at head coach will be an added benefit. Mohajir believes UCF is getting the best of Frost in this moment and scoffs at any questions about whether rehiring him will work again.

“Based on what I’m seeing right now, it will absolutely work,” Mohajir said. “But I don’t really look at it as ‘working again.’ It’s not ‘again.’ It’s, ‘Will it work?’ Because it’s a different era.”

To that end, Frost says success is not recreating 2017 and going undefeated. Rather, Frost said, “If our group now can help us become competitive in the Big 12, and then, from time to time, compete for championships and make us more relevant nationally, I think we’ll have done our job to help catapult UCF again.”

You could say he is looking for the same result. He’s just taking a different route there.

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Houston transfer safety A.J. Haulcy committed to LSU on Sunday, his agency, A&P Sports, told ESPN.

Haulcy, the top player still available and No. 1 safety in ESPN’s spring transfer portal rankings, committed to the Tigers after taking an official visit Sunday. Miami, Ole Miss and SMU were also contenders for his pledge.

The 6-foot, 215-pound senior defensive back has started 32 games over his three college seasons and earned first-team All-Big 12 honors in 2024 after producing 74 tackles, 8 pass breakups and 5 interceptions, which tied for most in the conference.

LSU has assembled one of the top incoming transfer classes in the country this offseason with 18 signees, including six players — wide receivers Barion Brown (Kentucky) and Nic Anderson (Oklahoma), linemen Braelin Moore (Virginia Tech) and Josh Thompson (Northwestern), cornerback Mansoor Delane (Virginia Tech) and defensive end Patrick Payton (LSU) — who ranked among the top 60 in ESPN’s winter transfer rankings.

The Tigers also landed USF transfer Bernard Gooden, one of the most coveted defensive tackles in the spring transfer window.

Haulcy began his career at New Mexico in 2022, earning a starting role as a true freshman and recording 87 tackles, including a career-high 24 against Fresno State, and two interceptions. The Houston native entered the transfer portal at the end of the season and came home to play for the Cougars.

As a sophomore in 2023, Haulcy recorded a team-high 98 tackles and received votes for Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year from the league’s coaches.

Haulcy chose to re-enter the portal April 21 after Houston’s spring game, as did starting cornerback Jeremiah Wilson, who’ll continue his career at Florida State. Wilson and Haulcy were the Nos. 11 and 12 players, respectively, in ESPN’s spring transfer rankings.

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BYU picked up a pair of key transfer portal additions Saturday, as brothers Bear and Tiger Bachmeier told ESPN that they have committed to play for the Cougars next season.

The brothers are transferring from Stanford and project to be key players of the immediate and long-term plans for the BYU program.

Bear, a quarterback, committed Saturday morning at the end of his visit, he told ESPN. He is a class of 2025 recruit who committed to Stanford out of high school and enrolled there this spring.

Both Bachmeiers elected to transfer in the wake of Stanford’s dismissal of head coach Troy Taylor in March. After visiting BYU coach Kalani Sitake’s program in recent days, the brothers committed.

For Bear, he is expected to be one of the backups for successful incumbent quarterback Jake Retzlaff in 2025 and compete for the starting job at BYU in 2026.

Bear was attracted to BYU’s open offensive scheme and a rich history of quarterbacks that includes a strong recent run under offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick. He also referenced BYU’s historical success, which stretches from Jim McMahon to Ty Detmer to Steve Young.

“The ability to come in and win games and [Coach] Roderick’s scheme and the pedigree of quarterbacks they have produced in history and recently is enticing,” Bear told ESPN.

Tiger told ESPN he committed to BYU later Saturday. He’ll arrive at BYU having graduated from Stanford in two-and-a-half years with a degree in computer science. He’ll enroll in a graduate program at BYU, he said.

Tiger will be expected to be an immediate contributor at wide receiver. He caught 46 balls over two seasons at Stanford for 476 yards and two touchdowns. He has two years of eligibility remaining.

Bear and Tiger are the second and third brothers to play major college football in their family. Their older brother, Hank Bachmeier, played quarterback at Boise State, Louisiana Tech and Wake Forest, where his college career concluded last year.

There is one more Bachmeier brother remaining: Buck Bachmeier will be a freshman in high school in the fall.

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