The 2019 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars were led by fourth-year head coach Kalani Sitake, and played their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium. This was the eighth year that BYU competed as an NCAA Division I FBS independent.

Before the season Coaching changes On January 14, 2019, Ryan Pugh was announced as the new offensive coordinator at Troy leaving a vacancy on BYU's offensive staff. On February 14, 2019, Eric Mateos was named the offensive line coach.

2019 recruits Name Pos. Height Weight Hometown Notes Brooks Maile DL 285 St. George, Utah Mission prior to enrolling Jacob Conover QB 205 Chandler, Arizona Mission prior to enrolling Keanu Hill WR 190 Euless, Texas Carter Wheat TE 225 Mesa, Arizona Blake Freeland OL 260 Herriman, Utah Bruce Mitchell DL 265 Kamas, Utah Mission prior to enrolling Ethan Erickson TE 265 Kahuku, Hawaii Mission prior to enrolling Michael Daley LB 220 Highland, Utah Mission prior to enrolling Chase Roberts WR 195 American Fork, Utah Mission prior to enrolling Brock Gunderson OL 265 Cypress, Texas Mission prior to enrolling George Udo DB 210 Walnut Creek, California Eli Unutoa OL 290 Kapa'a, Hawaii Mission prior to enrolling Cade Albright DL 215 San Juan Capistrano, California Mission prior to enrolling Javelle Brown WR 180 San Diego, California Luc Andrada RB 175 Pueblo, Colorado Kimball Henstrom DB 170 Draper, Utah Tevita Gagnier DB 170 Tooele, Utah Masen Wake RB 235 Cedar Hills, Utah Chapman Beaird RB 200 Franklin, Tennessee

2018 returned missionaries Name Pos. Height Weight Year Notes Chaz Ah You LB 205 Solofa Funa LB 245 Caden Haws OL 315 Freddy Livai DL 256 Jake Oldroyd K 170 Keenan Pili LB 215 Hayden Livingston DB 185 Ammon Hannemann DB 190 Seleti Fevaleaki DL 290 Ben Bywater LB 210 Jackson McChesney RB 187 Alema Pilimai TE 205 Isaac Rex TE 235 Talmage Gunther WR 195 Rhett Reilly QB 175 Brayden Keim OL 259 Tevita Ika WR 160 Brevan Ward OL 270 Will Watanabe DB 175 Gabe Summers DL 250 Jacob Talbot WR 205 Kade Pupunu LB 205 Britton Hogan DS 220 Chase Wester RB 195 Jacob Boren WR 180 Dallin Lee DB 200

2019 other additions Name Pos. Height Weight Year Notes Spencer Romney WR 180 Transfer from Snow College Emmanuel Esukpa RB 232 Transfer from Rice University Ty'Son Williams RB 219 Transfer from University of South Carolina Mo Unutoa OL 304 Transfer from University of Utah Shamon Willis DB 180 Transfer from Weber State University Pepe Tanuvasa LB 226 Transfer from Naval Academy Dimitri Gallow DB 190 Transfer from Mt. San Jacinto College Alec Wyble-Meza RB 195 Transfer from Scottsdale Community College Batchlor Johnson IV WR 160 Transfer from University of Utah Alex Miskela LB 240 Originally Signed 2018 Joe Tukuafu OL 275 Return after sitting out 2018 Beau Tanner DB 189 Return after sitting out 2018 Sam Baldwin LB 205 Return after sitting out 2018 Nephi Stevens WR 190 Return after sitting out 2018

2019 departures Name Pos. Height Weight Year Notes Rhett Almond P 200 Graduation Squally Canada RB 210 Graduation Dylan Collie WR 180 Graduation Brayden El-Bakri RB 245 Graduation Matt Foley LS 210 Graduation Gavin Fowler DB 191 Graduation Matt Hadley RB 210 Graduation Austin Hoyt OL 315 Graduation Tanner Jacobson DB 185 Graduation Kamalani Kaluhiokalani DL 290 Graduation Corbin Kaufusi DL 275 Graduation Ului Lapuaho OL 330 Graduation Tanner Mangum QB 205 Graduation Andrew Mikkelsen K 200 Graduation Butch Pau'u LB 225 Graduation Riggs Powell LB 220 Graduation Adam Pulsipher LB 220 Graduation Nate Sampson LB 230 Graduation Rhett Sandlin LB 230 Graduation Michael Shelton DB 175 Graduation Sione Takitaki LB 230 Graduation Merrill Taliauli DL 310 Graduation Langi Tuifua DL 235 Medical Motekiai Langi DL 400 Medical Benjamin Ward TE 235 LDS mission Dallin Holker TE 225 LDS mission Michael Thorson OL 290 LDS mission Jaylen Vickers DB 183 LDS mission Akile Davis WR 205 Transfer Isaiah Armstrong DB 195 Transfer Riley Burt RB 210 Transfer Jacob Jimenez OL 305 Transfer Tevita Mo'unga DL 340 Transfer Johnny Tapusoa RB 225 Transfer Christian Folau LB 237 Wayne Tei-Kirby DL 315 Stacy Conner QB 190 Trevion Greene DB 194 Michael Bruno OL 240 Brach Davis DB 170 Michael Biagi LB 205 Tanner Leishman TE 245 Joshua Buhler DB 205 Inoke Lotulelei WR 190 Brock Bastian LB 205 Austin McChesney DB 180 Hayden Griffitts QB 205 AJ Lolohea LB 235 Beau Hoge RB 209 Hirkley Latu DL 240

Schedule Following their win over Idaho State on November 16, the Cougars accepted an invitation to the 2019 Hawaii Bowl.

Source:2019 BYU Cougars football schedule FBSchedules.com. Accessed January 15, 2019.

Game summaries

Utah

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Uniform combination: white helmet, royal blue jersey, white pants w/ royal blue accents. There was a 58-minute weather delay during the fourth quarter (Thunderstorms).

At Tennessee

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Uniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, navy pants w/ white accents.

USC

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Uniform combination: white helmet, navy jerseys, white pants w/ navy accents

Washington

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Uniform combination: (Throwbacks) white helmet, white jerseys, royal blue pants w/ white accents

At Toledo

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Uniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, navy pants w/ white accents.

At South Florida

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Uniform combination: white helmet, white jerseys, white pants w/ navy accents

Boise State

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Uniform combination: white helmet, royal blue jerseys, white pants w/ royal blue accents

At Utah State

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Uniform combination: white helmet, white jerseys, white pants w/ royal blue accents

Liberty

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Uniform combination: white helmet, navy jerseys, white pants w/ navy accents

Idaho State

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Uniform combination: white helmet, royal blue jerseys, white pants w/ royal blue accents

At UMass

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Uniform combination: white helmet, white jerseys, navy pants w/ white accents

At San Diego State

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Uniform combination: white helmet, white jerseys, royal blue pants w/ white accents

Hawai'i

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Uniform combination: white helmet, royal blue jerseys, white pants w/ royal blue accents

Media

Football Media Day

Affiliates

BYU Radio – Flagship Station Nationwide (Dish Network 980, Sirius XM 143, KBYU 89.1 FM HD 2, TuneIn radio, and byuradio.org) KSL 102.7 FM and 1160 AM – (Salt Lake City / Provo, Utah and ksl.com) KSNA – Blackfoot / Idaho Falls / Pocatello / Rexburg, Idaho (games) KSPZ – Blackfoot / Idaho Falls / Pocatello / Rexburg, Idaho (coaches' shows) KMXD – Monroe / Manti, Utah KSVC – Richfield / Manti, Utah KDXU – St. George, Utah

Personnel

Coaching staff Name PositionKalani Sitake Head coachEd Lamb Assistant head coach/special teams/linebackers coachJeff Grimes Offensive coordinatorEric Mateos Offensive line coachFesi Sitake Wide receivers coachSteve Clark Tight end coachAaron Roderick Passing game coordinator/quarterbacks coachIlaisa Tuiaki Defensive coordinator/defensive line coachPreston Hadley Safeties coachJernaro Gilford Cornerbacks coachA.J. Seward Running backs coach

Roster

Depth chart

Rankings

References