Chaz with an interesting question: best player who never really got to play

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Jan 28, 2022
1:28:39pm

Thrill All-American

Chaz with an interesting question: best player who never really got to play

due to injury? I guess the question is probably better stated as the most promising player since we never really know if HS players will live up to the hype/recruiting rankings.

Curious about what cougar nation has to say.

Who’s the best player to come through BYU that never got to, or hasn’t gotten the chance yet to see the field because of injury or other reasons?
— Chazyboy (@chazahyou3) January 28, 2022

https://twitter.com/chazahyou3/status/1487141465335611395

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Chaz with an interesting question: best player who never really got to play

Thrill

1/28/22 1:28pm

Trevor Molini

SierraCoug

1/28/22 1:29pm

Taysom Hill too. He got injured a bunch

TEXAS

1/28/22 3:01pm

Also Marcus Dupree is another one. ESPN 30 for 30 on his story was great

TEXAS

1/28/22 3:40pm

Langi Tuifua could have been great. Hinds is another guy that could have made a

cougaman

1/28/22 1:31pm

Langi Tuifua comes to mind.

Kavorka

1/28/22 1:31pm

He played as a freshman

1/28/22 2:33pm

Ty'son Williams

1/28/22 1:31pm

RE: Ty'son Williams

Y05

1/28/22 5:51pm

We don't beat Tennessee or USC without him. Our record would have looked much

thewaterboy

1/29/22 6:02am

Motekiai Langi

PrimeQuantumDeek

1/28/22 1:31pm

No

Social Distance

1/28/22 1:40pm

If that kid had ANY chance — the mission was gonna have to be axed.

SinkingQuffa

1/28/22 10:29pm

I think people underestimate how complex football is especially for nonAmericans

Bobmarleyjr

1/29/22 1:18pm

To a certain extent, Jordan Pendleton.

1/28/22 1:32pm

This is the one that hurts the most for me.

crack

1/28/22 1:53pm

What's the story here? Was one of my favorite players growing up.

2Blue4U

1/28/22 8:50pm

Walt williams

BYUMizzou

1/28/22 1:32pm

this is the only right answer

BYJung

1/28/22 7:30pm

Hey I thought he was enrolling this year. 😀

Recipefordisaster

1/29/22 2:53am

I was thinking his running mate from back east EDDIE SCIPIO

farsurfer

1/29/22 6:40am

Troy Hinds

RockyBalboa

1/28/22 1:33pm

This ^^^^^^

Pretorian

1/28/22 2:34pm

This kid was a freak athlete with the hips of an 81 year old lady unfortunately

Cougz19

1/28/22 2:45pm

Tried rushing back from his mission too soon, I think.

SinkingQuffa

1/28/22 10:27pm

RE: Troy Hinds

Rich Coug Fan

1/28/22 3:01pm

Imagine a Taysom Hill with no season ending injuries.

Cougarclaw

1/28/22 1:33pm

Riley Nelson

Non-mo Coug

1/28/22 1:34pm

This was TIC by the way

Non-mo Coug

1/28/22 1:49pm

Mo Langi.

IGotGoodGifs

1/28/22 1:41pm

Brian Soi, Manaia Brown

BGRTHNUMEGO

1/28/22 1:42pm

Brian Soi was amazing, but his problem wasn't injury.

YSMACK

1/28/22 1:44pm

Brian Soi was so good. If he could've just stayed in a college program for 4 years straight....

mokelembembe

1/28/22 2:02pm

Yep. He was like Ngata good in HS.

YSMACK

1/28/22 2:08pm

At Utah State he was still as dominant. Blew up college lines as a Frosh. But that one year was all he ever played.

mokelembembe

1/28/22 2:17pm

I forgot he played at USU.

YSMACK

1/28/22 2:38pm

He went to a prep school first before Utah State.

mokelembembe

1/28/22 2:59pm

I played against Soi in high school. I still have nightmares about it.

diluigifan

1/28/22 2:09pm

Austin Holt, Richard Wilson, and Ross Apo come to mind.

Bob Vance

1/28/22 1:47pm

I play softball on occasion with Rich Wilson and that dude can CRUSH the ball.

RoaroftheCougartails

1/28/22 3:16pm

D1 athletes are in a special class. It's sobering when you realize what it takes to get there at all in terms

Bob Vance

1/28/22 3:18pm

Truly, I mean I hit home runs but when he really cuts loose he hits moonshots

RoaroftheCougartails

1/28/22 3:42pm

Uncle Rico. He’d have been great. No doubt, no doubt in my mind.

ballen

1/28/22 1:47pm

I think he is on the roster at the ewe. He's sitting so Rising can play.

Pangare

1/28/22 2:20pm

Danny Frazier. Was poised to be a star IIRC (I was a young kid)

fulano

1/28/22 1:47pm

I think he was also the first African American basketball player for BYU

PenrynCoug

1/28/22 1:54pm

That bit of basketball history belongs to Keith Rice.

Rob of NV

1/28/22 2:28pm

I believe the very first was this guy:

NewMexiCoug

1/28/22 2:43pm

I really liked the short glimpse of Famika Anae we got. He had some nasty to him

mokelembembe

1/28/22 1:48pm

Was it two Hawaii linemen he knocked out?

Ironhide

1/28/22 2:25pm

Oh man, you could write books on all of the "what if" guys. For every athlete

shoganai

1/28/22 1:50pm

Basically list any DE of the last 15 years that didn't contribute due to injury

Cougforgood

1/28/22 1:51pm

Jaxson Dart

MajorZeus

1/28/22 1:58pm

Ryan Hancock

zephyr

1/28/22 2:04pm

Michael Davis

StantonMac

1/28/22 2:10pm

Taysom Hill should be #1 and it’s not even close!

RexburgCougar

1/28/22 2:26pm

Not a bad point…

Pretorian

1/28/22 2:35pm

Except Taysom Hill doesn't even make sense for the question asked.

Zoobieman

1/28/22 4:25pm

If he had sense enough to be a LB — ABSOLUTELY!

SinkingQuffa

1/28/22 4:50pm

Never got to? Troy Hinds. Most of the others saw the field. So doesnt fit the question.

1/28/22 2:32pm

If you want to be technical, yes, but a guy like Tuifua who got a handful of

cougaman

1/28/22 8:57pm

He got to play but lost his last two years, Gordon Hudson.

oldrugger

1/28/22 2:34pm

Did Troy Hinds (Sp?) ever suite up?

pilot17

1/28/22 2:35pm

Ross Apo's injuries hindered his potential

arizonacougarfan

1/28/22 2:39pm

Manaia Brown.... Criddle has alluded to this a couple of times.

wilsdad

1/28/22 2:45pm

Yes. Manaia was our Haloti. Even played around the same time

Sale

1/28/22 4:38pm

Famika Anae, this beast had a whole lot of nasty...

SageOwl

1/28/22 3:00pm

Bernard Afutiti

shimmy

1/28/22 3:08pm

Lately Hinds, Tuifua, Cade Albright, Hank Tuipulotu

Coop

1/28/22 3:13pm

Don't know his knowledge of history, but wonder if recently he's thinking Kody Epps

CLCougar

1/28/22 3:16pm

Bronco Mendenhall

Reasonable1

1/28/22 3:34pm

Star Lotuleilei

Reasonable1

1/28/22 3:54pm

Definitely. He’s one of at least 2 signees which didn’t qualify & went pro

Bobmarleyjr

1/28/22 9:06pm

Jordan Pendleton

Envisionman

1/28/22 4:19pm

Colby Jorgensen was another guy I wanted to really see. Could've been a good DE or maybe an even taller Issac Rex

mokelembembe

1/28/22 4:31pm

Not necessarily best player ever, but I have heard from a couple sources

Sale

1/28/22 4:41pm

He’s a heck of a head coach for the chiefs though.

Reasonable1

1/28/22 4:46pm

Then there’s Randy Reid…

CougarScrub

1/28/22 9:03pm

Jason Beck

Latergator

1/28/22 5:11pm

Steven Richards

BlueBull

1/28/22 7:39pm

Probably one of the players Crowton recruited in '03 or '04.

Zoobieman

1/28/22 8:10pm

The Legendary Jeff Allen

kla

1/28/22 9:08pm

Andrew Nash is one from the late 90s. Long, talented athlete

SinkingQuffa

1/29/22 2:10am

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