2022 BYU Cougars football team

The 2022 BYU Cougars football team will represent Brigham Young University in the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars will be led by seventh-year head coach Kalani Sitake and play their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium. This is the 11th year and last that BYU will compete as an NCAA Division I FBS independent. In 2023, the football program will join the Big 12 Conference.[1]

2022 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceIndependent
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAaron Roderick (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorIlaisa Tuiaki (7th season)
Home stadiumLaVell Edwards Stadium
(capacity: 63,470)
2022 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Army   –   0 –0  
BYU   –   0 –0  
James Madison   –   0 –0  
Liberty   –   0 –0  
New Mexico State   –   0 –0  
Notre Dame   –   0 –0  
UConn   –   0 –0  
UMass   –   0 –0  
As of December 15, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Before the season

2022 recruits
NamePos.HeightWeightHometownNotes
Noah MoeakiTE6'3"220American Fork, UtahMission prior to enrolling[2]
Peter FalanikoOL6'3"315St. George, Utah[3]
Parker KingstonWR6'0"180Layton, Utah[4]
Brooks JonesDL6'6"190Queen Creek, ArizonaMission prior to enrolling[5]
Kaden ChidesterDL6'8"240Richfield, UtahMission prior to enrolling[6]
Dominique MckenzieWR6'0"165St. George, UtahMission prior to enrolling[7]
Cooper RossDL6'5"245Mesa, ArizonaMission prior to enrolling[8]
Trevin OstlerOL6'5"240Bountiful, Utah[9]
Cody HagenWR6'1"180Draper, UtahMission prior to enrolling[10]
Aisea MoaDL6'3"245North Ogden, Utah[11]
Marcus MckenzieDB6'0"170St. George, UtahMission prior to enrolling[12]
Cannon DevriesDB6'0"165North Ogden, UtahMission prior to enrolling[13]
Liutai KinikiniLB6'3"195Herriman, UtahMission prior to enrolling[14]
Vae SoifuaOL6'4"190Orem, Utah[15]
Maika KaufusiLB6'3"185Cottonwood Heights, UtahMission prior to enrolling[16]
Jarinn KalamaWR6'3"2000Honolulu, HawaiiMission prior to enrolling[17]
Talin TogiaiOL6'5"291Rigby, IdahoMission prior to enrolling[18]
Micah WilsonLB6'3"215Draper, Utah[19]

2021 returned missionaries

2022 other additions
NamePos.HeightWeightYearNotes
Kingsley SuamataiaOL6'6"317FreshmanTransfer from University of Oregon[20]

2022 departures
NamePos.HeightWeightYearNotes
Jared KapisiDB6'0"195SeniorGraduation
Uriah LeiatauaDL6'4"255SeniorGraduation
Samson NacuaWR6'4"195SeniorGraduation
Bentley HanshawTE6'5"245FreshmanTransfer
Mitchell PriceDB6'0"195JuniorTransfer
Jacques WilsonDB5'11"185JuniorTransfer
Cade ParishOL6'5"295FreshmanTransfer
Jaylon VickersDB5'10"195Sophomore

Schedule

BYU will host six home games, travel to five different away games, and play at a neutral site game in Las Vegas against Notre Dame.[21][22]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 3at South Florida
September 10Baylor
September 17at Oregon
September 24Wyoming
  • LaVell Edwards Stadium
  • Provo, UT
September 30Utah State
  • LaVell Edwards Stadium
  • Provo, UT (rivalry)
October 8vs. Notre Dame
October 15Arkansas
  • LaVell Edwards Stadium
  • Provo, UT
October 22at Liberty
November 5at Boise State
November 19Dixie State
  • LaVell Edwards Stadium
  • Provo, UT
November 26at Stanford
TBDEast Carolina
  • LaVell Edwards Stadium
  • Provo, UT
  • Rankings from AP Poll (and CFP Rankings, after November 1) - Released prior to game

Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP  
Coaches  
CFP Not released Not released

NuSkin BYU Sports Network

The NuSkin BYU Sports Network is owned and operated by BYU Radio and features the talents of Greg Wrubell (play-by-play), Riley Nelson (analyst), Mitchell Juergens (reporter/sideline analyst), and Jason Shepherd (host) for the third consecutive year, with Ben Bagley subbing in for Jason Shepherd when he has women's soccer broadcasts. The network is in charge of producing and broadcasting all BYU Football pre and post game shows as well as coaches shows and live broadcasts.

Affiliates[23]
  • BYU Radio- Flagship Station Nationwide (Dish Network 980, Sirius XM 143, KBYU 89.1 FM HD 2, TuneIn radio, and byuradio.org)
  • KSL 102.7 FM and 1160 AM- (Salt Lake City / Provo, Utah and ksl.com)
  • KSNA- Blackfoot / Idaho Falls / Pocatello / Rexburg, Idaho (games)
  • KSPZ- Blackfoot / Idaho Falls / Pocatello / Rexburg, Idaho (coaches' shows)
  • KMXD- Monroe / Manti, Utah
  • KSVC- Richfield / Manti, Utah
  • KDXU- St. George, Utah

Personnel

Coaching staff
NamePosition
Kalani SitakeHead Coach
Ed LambAssistant Head Coach/Special Teams/Safeties Coach
Aaron RoderickOffensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
Darrell FunkOffensive Line Coach
Fesi SitakePassing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach
Steve ClarkTight End Coach
Ilaisa TuiakiDefensive Coordinator/Interior Defensive Line Coach
Preston HadleyDefensive Ends/Hybrids Coach
Jernaro GilfordCornerbacks Coach
Harvey UngaRunning Backs Coach
Kevin CluneLinebackers Coach

Roster
2022 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 17 Jacob Conover Fr
QB 15 Nick Billoups Fr
QB 11 Cade Fennegan Fr
QB 3 Jaren Hall So
QB 16 Baylor Romney So
QB 10 Sol-Jay Maiava-Peters Fr
QB 19 Rhett Reilly So
OL 74 Campbell Barrington Fr
OL 56 Clark Barrington So
OL 65 Chandler Bird Fr
OL 66 James Empey Jr
OL 71 Blake Freeland So
OL 75 JT Gentry So
OL 67 Brock Gunderson Fr
OL 77 Donovan Hanna Fr
OL 61 Hunter Hill Fr
OL 64 Brayden Keim So
OL 76 Harris LaChance So
OL 73 Tysen Lewis Fr
OL 60 Tyler Little Fr
OL 62 Cooper McMullin Fr
OL 50 Burke Parker Fr
OL 70 Connor Pay Fr
OL 63 Dylan Rollins Fr
OL 76 Kinglsey Suamataia Fr
OL 52 Joe Tukuafu Jr
OL 72 Seth Willis Fr
RB 25 Tyler Allgeier So
RB 19 Miles Davis Fr
RB 22 Mason Fakahua Fr
RB 4 Lopini Katoa Jr
RB 21 Jackson McChesney Fr
RB 7 Hinckley Ropati So
RB 27 Beau Robinson Fr
TE 97 Ethan Erickson Fr
TE 32 Dallin Holker So
TE 80 Lane Lunt Jr
TE 83 Isaac Rex Fr
TE 35 Ben Tuipulotu Fr
TE 13 Masen Wake So
TE 96 Carter Wheat Fr
WR 86 Maguire Anderson Fr
WR 85 Brayden Cosper So
WR 0 Kody Epps Fr
WR 88 Terence Fall Fr
WR 36 Talmage Gunther Fr
WR 1 Keanu Hill Fr
WR 5 Chris Jackson Jr
WR 89 Kade Moore Fr
WR 12 Puka Nacua So
WR 23 Hobbs Nyberg Fr
WR 2 Neil Pau'u Jr
WR 27 Chase Roberts Fr
WR 18 Gunner Romney Jr
WR 85 Tanner Wall Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 3 Chaz Ah You So
DB 25 Talan Alfrey Fr
DB 20 Jacob Boren So
DB 19 Javelle Brown Fr
DB 4 Caleb Christensen Fr
DB 17 Matthew Criddle Jr
DB 2 Keenan Ellis Jr
DB 27 Sione Finau So
DB 22 Ammon Hannemann Fr
DB 1 Micah Harper Fr
DB 18 Kaleb Hayes Jr
DB 11 Isaiah Herron So
DB 21 Dean Jones Fr
DB 28 Hayden Livingston So
DB 5 D'Angelo Mandell Jr
DB 30 Jason Money Jr
DB 12 Malik Moore Jr
DB 41 Nick Nethercott Fr
DB 10 Morgan Pyper So
DB 30 Quenton Rice Fr
DB 0 Jakob Robinson Fr
DB 35 Ethan Slade Fr
DB 7 George Udo So
DB 29 Shamon Willis Jr
DL 92 Tyler Batty Fr
DL 55 Lorenzo Fauatea Jr
DL 97 Hunter Greer Fr
DL 95 Caden Haws Fr
DL 53 Fisher Jackson Fr
DL 57 Josh Larsen Fr
DL 93 Blake Mangelson Fr
DL 62 Atunaisa Mahe So
DL 48 Alex Muti Fr
DL 94 John Nelson Fr
DL 90 Jacob Palu Fr
DL 42 Mike Petty Fr
DL 99 Alema Pilimai So
DL 54 Kade Pupunu Fr
DL 59 Joshua Singh Fr
DL 98 Gabe Summers So
DL 51 Alden Tofa Jr
DL 91 Earl Tuioti-Mariner Jr
LB 42 Jacob Bosco Fr
LB 33 Ben Bywater Fr
LB 47 Theo Dawson So
LB 36 Cade Hoke Fr
LB 46 Drew Jensen So
LB 38 Jackson Kaufusi So
LB 37 Isaac Matua Fr
LB 41 Keenan Pili So
LB 45 Pepe Tanuvasa Jr
LB 47 Viliami Tausinga Fr
LB 31 Max Tooley So
LB 49 Payton Wilgar So
LB 34 Josh Wilson Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
DS 87 Britton Hogan So
DS 84 Austin Riggs Fr
P 24 Ryan Rehkow Fr
K 99 Cash Peterman Fr
K 39 Jake Oldroyd So
K 37 Justen Smith Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Ed Lamb (BYU)
    Assistant Head Coach, Special Teams, Safeties
  • Aaron Roderick (BYU)
    Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
  • Darrell Funk (Colorado State)
    Offensive Line
  • Fesi Sitake (Southern Utah)
    Passing Game Coordintor/Wide Receivers
  • Steve Clark (BYU)
    Tight Ends
  • Harvey Unga (BYU)
    Running Backs
  • Ilaisa Tuiaki (Southern Utah)
    Defensive Coordinator, Interior Defensive Line
  • Jernaro Gilford (BYU)
    Cornerbacks
  • Preston Hadley (BYU)
    Defensive Ends/Hybrids
  • Kevin Clune (Cal State Fullerton)
    Linebackers
  • Nu'u Tafisi (California)
    Director of Strength and Conditioning
  • Justin McClure (Northern Colorado)
    Football Strength and Conditioning Coach
  • Kalani Simeona (BYU)
    Football Strength and Conditioning Coach
  • Jon Swift (BYU)
    Director of Football Operations
  • Jack Damuni (BYU)
    Director of On-campus Recruiting and Community/Player Relations
  • Jasen Ah You (BYU)
    Director of Recruiting and Player Personnel
  • Blair Peterson (Towson)
    Offensive Analyst
  • Alfred Pupunu (Weber State)
    Offensive Analyst
  • Vince Feula (BYU)
    Defensive Analyst
  • Randy Coy Jr. (Utah Valley)
    Defensive and Special Teams Analyst
  • Jordan Howard (Utah)
    Offensive Graduate Assistant
  • Spencer Patterson (Dixie State)
    Offensive Graduate Assistant
  • Kyle Griffitts (BYU)
    Defensive Graduate Assistant
  • Gavin Fowler (BYU)
    Defensive Graduate Assistant

[24]

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Depth chart

References
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  2. "Noah Moeaki – 2022 BYU Football Recruiting Class". BYU Cougars. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  3. "Peter Falaniko – 2022 BYU Football Recruiting Class". BYU Cougars. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  4. "Parker Kingston – 2022 BYU Football Recruiting Class". BYU Cougars. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  5. "Brooks Jones – 2022 BYU Football Recruiting Class". BYU Cougars. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  6. "Kaden Chidester – 2022 BYU Football Recruiting Class". BYU Cougars. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  7. "Dominique Mckenzie – 2022 BYU Football Recruiting Class". BYU Cougars. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  8. "Cooper Ross – 2022 BYU Football Recruiting Class". BYU Cougars. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  9. "Trevin Ostler – 2022 BYU Football Recruiting Class". BYU Cougars. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  10. "Cody Hagen – 2022 BYU Football Recruiting Class". BYU Cougars. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
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  19. "Micah Wilson – 2022 BYU Football Recruiting Class". BYU Cougars. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
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  21. Norma Gonzalez (September 28, 2021). "BYU officially adds Notre Dame to 2022 football schedule". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
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