Cougar Corner Blog
Monday, May 22, 2006
Cougar NFL prospects
Real Football 365 has an interesting article about the future NFL prospects for four of the Cougars taken in or after the draft.
They see Watkin's as a solid choice for 3rd or 4th receiver by the end of the year, and honestly with his upside potential and two amazing receivers to learn from in Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin. What Watkin's has is incredible raw talent, height and speed. What he lacks is polish.
Take a look for youself [realfootball365.com] and see what you think.
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Digg This!Thursday, May 18, 2006
2006 Football Schedule Wallpapers available
BYUCougars.com has released the new BYU Football 2006 backgrounds and let me tell you, nothing is sweeter than seeing the team in their traditional uniforms.
Wallpapers feature, John Beck, Curtis Brown, Jonny Harline, Justin Robinson, Cameron Jensen, Hala Paongo, the team and the football helmet pictured here.
Download them here. [byucougars.com]
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Lance Reynolds Jr. Inks Free Agent Deal
BYUCougars.com reports that Lance Reynolds Jr., former BYU center, has signed a free agent deal with the Seattle Seahawks.
The report goes on to state:Recruited to BYU as a linebacker from Timpview High School in Provo, Reynolds moved to center during his sophomore season in 2003. The 6-foot-3, 293-pound center started the past two seasons for the Cougars. As a senior, Reynolds earned second-team All-Mountain West Conference honors, and was named the Cougars' top offensive lineman. He anchored an offensive line that provided pass protection for the nation's seventh-ranked offense, averaging 306.3 yards per game. Through the first 10 games of the season, Reynolds ranked second on the squad with 69.5 knock-downs. He recorded a season-high 16 knock-downs against Air Force in the Cougars' 62-41 victory over the Falcons.
BYU has a history with Seahawk's headcoach, Mike Holmgren, who coached the quarterbacks at Brigham Young University from 1982-85 under LaVell Edwards.
BYU to Become QB-U Again?
The Deseret News is running an interesting article about the current state of BYU QBs here [deseretnews.com].
I find it really interesting just what a mess that we were left in with players deciding to leave the program and going through a few different coaches. It looks like if we can weather the storm that will hit next year when we don't have a seasoned QB we should be well back on track to maintaining a good QB flow.
One of the most interesting statistics from the article?
Age gapTwo senior QBs and 4 Freshmen. It looks like Max Hall will be the heir apparant for next year, having had a red-shirt year at Arizona already, and then this year behind the Beck's, we can also safely assume that some of the other Frosh QBs will serve missions two, giving us a few nice prospects a couple years down the road.A look at the QBs in BYU's program heading into 2006 fall camp:
Name Class Status
John Beck Sr. Current starter
Jason Beck Sr. Current backup
Jacob Bower Fr. Coming off mission
Sam Doman Fr. Coming off mission
Max Hall Fr. Transfer, off mission
James Lark Fr. High school QB in '05
I hope Bronco can really work this out.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
NFL Futures of BYU Cougars
We know that Todd Watkins was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals, where he will be able to develop into an NFL player with some of the most talented NFL receivers in the league. But what about some of the other senior Cougars, what happened to them?
BYU NewsNet is reporting that:
Three former BYU football players have signed free-agent contracts with NFL teams. Defensive linemen Vince Feula and Manaia Brown have signed contracts with the Washington Redskins, while fullback Fahu Tahi has signed with the Cincinnati Bengals and offensive lineman Lance Reynolds Jr. signed with the Seattle Seahawks.
These should be pretty good fits for each of the players, and we hope that they can fill important rolls for their teams.