...after the OL’s that Crowton had recruited all graduated after the 2009 season. We had a long stretch after that where we sent ZERO offensive lineman to the NFL and the blue chip OL recruits we did get didn’t develop properly during their time at BYU and in some cases digressed by the time they were seniors.

Matt Reynolds was a freshman All-American at BYU and projecting as a high NFL draft pick but by the time he graduated he went undrafted and was lucky to get a UFA deal with the only NFL team that happened to be coached by a former BYU teammate of his Dad’s.

One of Bronco’s biggest blind spots as HC was his poor recruiting and developing of OL’s and it contributed significantly to the losing streak.