BYU defensive end Logan Lutui, left, defensive tackle Bruce Mitchell, center, and defensive end Tyler Batty, right, tackle Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II (0) in the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, in Stillwater, Okla. | Mitch Alcala
The way BYU’s defense struggled to stop the run last season has to have defensive coordinator Jay Hill on alert as fall camp begins Wednesday.
BYU’s second-year defensive coordinator and associate head coach brought a myriad of positives to the Cougar defense when he left his job as head coach at Weber State.
Hill is caught inbetween two worlds: knowing what needs to be done and seeing that it succeeds.
This week he’ll welcome his 2024 defensive unit, and the primary goal remains the same. It’s not rocket science. It’s not a fancy design, hope or dream. It’s very simple.
Hill wants his defense to stop the run.
He wants to create chaos and all those exciting things a playmaking defense does during a game. He wants QBs to feel the heat in the pocket, coverages to be sound and effective. He wants fundamentally sound tackling and his schemes to be run with skill and acumen.
He wants his defense to be an agent of chaos and disruption.
But none of it, not a bit of it, matters if opponents can run the ball, gobble up yards, move the chains, keep the ball away from the offense and control the time of possession as his guys wear down.
After spring practice, Hill told reporters he expected many of his key players to join the program during the summer.
“The one thing right now with the way recruiting went last year, we feel some of our best players are still going to join us,” Hill said.
“It’s going to create a lot more competition. If you’re recruiting the right way, that’s how it’s always going to be. There’s always going to be…
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Publish date : 2024-07-29 21:39:50
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