“Honestly, I think it was more of not buying in and not being 100 percent focused on what you need to do every play,” Badger said. “As defensive backs, we control the points. There was so many times last year when a defensive back was being lazy, wasn’t focused on his assignment, and tried to make a play for someone else. When that happens, that’s how we lose games.”

Badger discussed how the secondary is using this spring to fix last year’s issues and make sure every player has bought into the BYU system.

“This spring has been about learning the defense, buying into the culture, and building on those fundamentals in order to become that dominant defense that we are looking for,” Badger said.