BYU Football: Did you know? (2018 Media Day Primer)

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Tomorrow is the BYU Cougars 2018 Media Day. To help you get ready, this week's Did you know? feature is several BYU football trivia tidbits about the 2018 season. The type of tidbits you might hear during the media day festivities.

Enjoy!

Did you know that BYU plays six of the same teams it faced in 2017?
  1. Wisconsin
  2. Utah State
  3. Hawai'i
  4. Boise State
  5. UMass
  6. Utah
Did you know that Butch Pau'u needs to make 98 tackles this season to finish his career with more tackles than Fred Warner?

Did you know that BYU plays two schools for the first time ever? (McNeese State, Northern Illinois)

Did you know that BYU has 31 seniors this year?

Did you know that Dayan Ghanwoloku could become the first player in BYU history to have three seasons with over 100 yards on interception returns?

Did you know that BYU returns its second through seventh leading tacklers from 2017?
  • Sione Takitaki (79)
  • Butch Pau'u (74)
  • Corbin Kaufusi (67)
  • Zayne Anderson (61)
  • Dayan Ghanwoloku (58)
  • Adam Pulsipher (54)
Did you know that last year Squally Canada became the 35th BYU player with over 1,000 yards rushing in his career?

Did you know that BYU has 25 players on the roster from California (second only to Utah with 48)?

Did you know that BYU's last four head coaches averaged 7.5 wins in their third season?
  1. Tommy Hudspeth: 8 wins (1966)
  2. LaVell Edwards: 7 wins (1974)
  3. Gary Crowton: 4 wins (2003)
  4. Bronco Mendenhall: 11 wins (2007)
Did you know that Tanner Mangum needs just 673 yards passing to move ahead of College Football Hall of Famer Gifford Nielsen into number 12 all-time at BYU, and if Mangum equals his passing output as a freshman (3,377) he will move all the way up to number five?


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