Kedon Slovis talks about his year at BYU — and his shot at fulfilling NFL dream

BYU quarterback Kedon Slovis throws a touchdown pass against the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Provo on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. Slovis is now preparing for the upcoming NFL combine in Indianapolis later this month. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

It’s amazing what can get lost in an email. For BYU quarterback Kedon Slovis, it was his future.

Slovis was in Frisco, Texas, competing in the East-West Shrine Bowl on Feb. 1 and overheard his roommate and former Cougars teammate Isaac Rex on the phone discussing the NFL combine with his agent.

“There have been a lot of people apologizing for how things went. That’s life. You move on and make the most of it.” — former BYU QB Kedon Slovis

“I realized that I hadn’t heard from anybody,” Slovis said. “I thought I was going to get one and then I started to get a little worried.”

It’s been his dream to play in the NFL since he could walk and an invite to the combine would be a step in the right direction. So, the 6-foot-3, 215-pound hopeful started looking around.

“I checked my old addresses and there on my iCloud email, which I never use, was a note from the NFL saying, ‘We missed you. We need you to get back to us!’”

Every football-related email had gone to his Gmail account, except for that one.

“I called my agent, and they resent it to the right email, and we got it in.”

Slovis and former Cougars Ryan Rehkow and Kingsley Suamataia will join 318 other athletes at the NFL combine Feb. 26-March 4 in Indianapolis, where they will show off their skills to all 32 NFL teams. Until then, Slovis will train with former Cougars quarterback John Beck in Orange County, California.

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This is the third-straight BYU quarterback to receive an invite to the combine and Beck has been tasked with preparing each of them, including Jaren Hall and Zach Wilson.

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Publish date : 2024-02-14 18:34:31

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