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Regardless of lacking the bowl recreation with a foot harm and whispers that he’s not completely wholesome, BYU beginning quarterback Jaren Corridor is “full-go” and “doing all of it” and able to take part in spring camp later this month, Cougars offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick informed the Deseret Information on Monday.
Video of Corridor working on a treadmill posted on Twitter Monday appeared to show Roderick’s evaluation right.
So USC switch Jaxson Dart acquired away to Ole Miss, backup QB Baylor Romney continues to be within the switch portal — with an open invitation from Roderick to return to BYU if he desires — and an untested QB reminiscent of Jacob Conover, Cade Fennegan, Sol-Jay Maiava-Peters or Nick Billoups is one other Corridor harm away from taking the reins.
Does that imply the Cougars are out there for an additional quarterback on nationwide signing day — after not signing one in December when the early signing interval started a number of months in the past?
Not essentially, Roderick mentioned.
“Our (philosophy) is we're all the time open to including a difference-maker, at any place,” he mentioned, alluding to touchdown Washington switch receiver Puka Nacua final spring. “Puka was that man. He was actually good for us. However (as of now), no quarterbacks have emerged (as signing day prospects).”
Having signed 19 highschool prospects again on Dec. 15 (most of these signees will go on church missions earlier than enrolling), the Cougars will signal solely a handful of recruits to nationwide letters of intent on Wednesday, Roderick mentioned.
Jaren Corridor @jarenhall3 wanting good, as does Cal switch @chris_br0oks26. pic.twitter.com/ihRbT5OD62
— Benjamin Criddle (@CriddleBenjamin) January 31, 2022
Monday, BYU acquired a dedication from Dom Henry, a receiver from Ponte Vedra Seashore, Florida (Nease Excessive), who reportedly had scholarship affords from Air Pressure and Military. Henry caught 81 passes for 1,590 yards and 13 touchdowns final fall.
“We're going to signal not less than another participant that I'm conscious of on offense,” mentioned Roderick, possible referring to Henry. “And I believe the protection goes to signal a number of as effectively.”
Colleges can signal as much as 25 gamers a 12 months, however Roderick mentioned BYU coaches most likely gained’t ink that many as a result of they wish to preserve a pair spots free for gamers within the switch portal, particularly after spring camps finish in March and April.
Commited pic.twitter.com/aHH2lGVT4D
— Dom Henry (@Dom1Henry) January 31, 2022
In different phrases, will probably be a fairly quiet day — at BYU and all through the nation.
As of Tuesday afternoon, BYU had just one different recognized supply out to a prospect on offense — Snow School offensive lineman Lisala Tai. The 6-foot-7, 310-pound Tai, from Hawthorne, California, was a part of BYU’s 2016 signing class, however issues didn’t work out and he ended up in Ephraim for awhile.
The Cougars had a number of affords out to defensive gamers and/or versatile, two-way athletes, in line with Casey Lundquist of Cougs Day by day on the Sports activities Illustrated community.
Amongst these are California defensive backs Zion Allen (Manteca), Carlton Johnson (Riverside CC) and Roman Rashada (Diablo Valley CC), Oklahoma defensive again Korbyn Inexperienced (Owasso) and California athletes Evan Johnson (Pebble Seashore) and Nathaniel Gillis (Spring Valley).
Defensive finish Carson Tujague of Crozet, Virginia, son of former BYU and present Virginia offensive line coach Garett Tujague, additionally reportedly has a proposal from the Cougars.
BYU doesn’t announce most well-liked walk-ons who've dedicated, however in line with their social media accounts, Lone Peak OL Trevor Pay, Springville DB Cole Clement, Arizona OL Brigham Alexander (Queen Creek) and Arizona athlete Charles “Chika” Ebunoha (Tucson) are apparently certain for Provo.
On Jan. 5, BYU head coach Kalani Sitake introduced a pair of Pac-12 working backs have joined this system as graduate transfers — Cal tailback Christopher Brooks and Stanford fullback Houston Heimuli.
That very same day, BYU introduced that Oregon switch offensive lineman Kingsley Suamataia and 5 different beforehand signed recruits had enrolled for winter semester. That group contains Weber Excessive’s Aisea Moa (an early enrollee) and 4 gamers again from church missions: Logan Fano, Brooks Maile, Bruce Mitchell and Isaiah Glasker.
Extra on the QB scenario
Roderick mentioned that Corridor not taking part in within the 31-28 loss to UAB within the Independence Bowl didn't come as a shock. He mentioned Corridor suffered a decrease leg harm within the 35-31 win over USC on Nov. 27 and didn’t apply throughout bowl prep till the Cougars acquired to Shreveport, Louisiana.
Then, he practiced “just a bit bit, but it surely wasn’t coming collectively as rapidly as we thought it might,” so the choice was made to start out Romney, who had taken the lion’s share of the reps in practices.
“Baylor is an effective participant. He's all the time able to play anyway, however I knew there was a great likelihood Baylor was going to start out that recreation, after which as we acquired nearer to it we had been open to Jaren type of making a last-minute begin,” Roderick mentioned. “However he didn’t really feel like he was fairly prepared, our medical folks didn’t really feel like he was fairly prepared, and so we simply determined it was greatest for his future simply to be sensible and maintain him out.
“And we had confidence in Baylor, so that's what we did.”
Roderick mentioned Corridor is wholesome once more.
“He's full-go. He’s high-quality. It's all good. He simply wasn’t fairly prepared for that recreation. Nevertheless it wasn’t something like a long-term harm. He's again doing every thing with our staff — within the weight room, working, throwing, doing all of it.”
Romney performed effectively, finishing 15 of 23 passes for 195 yards in depressing climate situations. However the El Paso, Texas, native who has been in this system since 2018 however has two years of eligibility remaining, if he desires them, entered the switch portal in late December.
As of Tuesday morning, Romney had not made public his future plans, and Cougars coaches had not given up on the prospects of the married quarterback returning.
“I've informed Baylor from the beginning that the door was open (to return again),” Roderick mentioned. “He needed to go within the portal and discover his choices, and I supported him on that. And I informed him I'd attempt to discover him a spot to go, if he wanted it, however he didn’t actually need it. He had a whole lot of groups inquisitive about him.
“We nonetheless need him again if he desires to return again.”