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How does In-home Senior Care in Provo, UT work?

Home is where the heart is. While that saying can sound a tad cliche, it's especially true for many seniors living in America. When given a choice, older adults most often prefer to grow older at home. An AARP study found that three out of four adults over the age of 50 want to stay in their homes and communities as they age. When you begin to think about why, it makes sense. Home offers a sense of security, comfort, and familiarity.

The truth is, as we age, we begin to rely on others for help. When a family is too busy or lives too far away to fulfill this role, in-home senior care is often the best solution. Home care services allow seniors to enjoy personal independence while also receiving trustworthy assistance from a trained caregiver.

At Always Best Care, we offer a comprehensive range of home care services to help seniors stay healthy while they get the help they need to remain independent. As your senior loved one ages, giving them the gift of senior care is one of the best ways to show your love, even if you live far away.

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Aging in Place: The Preferred Choice for Most Seniors

While it's true that some seniors have complicated medical needs that prevent them from staying at home, aging in place is often the best arrangement for seniors and their families. With a trusted caregiver, seniors have the opportunity to live with a sense of dignity and do so as they see fit.

In-home care makes it possible for millions of seniors to age in place every year. Rather than moving to a unfamiliar assisted living community, seniors have the chance to stay at home where they feel the happiest and most comfortable.

Here are just a few of the reasons why older men and women prefer to age at home:

Comfort
Comfort

How much does a senior's home truly mean to them? A study published by the American Society on Aging found that more than half of seniors say their home's emotional value means more than how much their home is worth in monetary value. It stands to reason, that a senior's home is where they want to grow old. With the help of elderly care in Provo, UT, seniors don't have to age in a sterilized care facility. Instead, they can age gracefully in the place they want to be most: their home. In contrast, seniors who move to a long-term care facility must adapt to new environments, new people, and new systems that the facility implements. At this stage in life, this kind of drastic change can be more harmful than helpful.

Healthy Living
Healthy Living

Institutional care facilities like nursing homes often put large groups of people together to live in one location. On any given day, dozens of staff members and caregivers run in and out of these facilities. Being around so many new people in a relatively small living environment can be dangerous for a seniors' health and wellbeing. When you consider that thousands of seniors passed away in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, opting for in-home care is often a safer, healthier choice for seniors. Aging in place has been shown to improve seniors' quality of life, which helps boost physical health and also helps insulate them from viral and bacterial risks found in elderly living facilities.

Independence
Independence

For many seniors, the ability to live independently with assistance from a caregiver is a priceless option. With in-home care, seniors experience a higher level of independence and freedom - much more so than in other settings like an assisted living community. When a senior has the chance to age in place, they get to live life on their own terms, inside the house that they helped make into a home. More independence means more control over their personal lives, too, which leads to increased levels of fulfillment, happiness, and personal gratification. Over time, these positive feelings can manifest into a healthier, longer life.

Cost and Convenience
Cost and Convenience

More independence, a healthier life, and increased comfort are only a few benefits of aging in place. You have to take into consideration the role of cost and convenience. Simply put, it's usually easier to help seniors age in place than it is to move them into an institutional care facility. In-home care services from Always Best Care, for instance, can be less expensive than long-term solutions, which can cost upwards of six figures per year. To make matters worse, many residential care facilities are reluctant to accept long-term care insurance and other types of payment assistance.

With Always Best Care's home care services, seniors and their families have a greater level of control over their care plans. In-home care in Provo, UT gives seniors the chance to form a bond with a trusted caregiver and also receive unmatched care that is catered to their needs. In long-term care facilities, seniors and their loved ones have much less control over their care plan and have less of a say in who provides their care.

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Affordable Care Plans

In-home care is a valuable resource that empowers seniors to age in place on their own terms. However, a big concern for many families and their loved ones is how much in-home care costs. If you're worried that in-home care is too expensive, you may be pleasantly surprised to learn that it is one of the most affordable senior care arrangements available.

Typically, hiring an Always Best Care in-home caregiver for a few hours a week is more affordable than sending your loved one to a long-term care facility. This is true even for seniors with more complex care needs.

At Always Best Care, we will work closely with you and your family to develop a Care Plan that not only meets your care needs, but your budget requirements, too. Once we discover the level of care that you or your senior need, we develop an in-home care plan that you can afford.

In addition to our flexible care options, families should also consider the following resources to help offset potential home care costs:

Veteran's Benefits
Veteran's Benefits

Attendance and aid benefits through military service can cover a portion of the costs associated with in-home care for veterans and their spouses.

Long-Term Care Insurance
Long-Term Care Insurance

Many senior care services like in-home care are included in long-term care insurance options. Research different long-term care solutions to find a plan that provides coverage for senior care.

Private Insurance
Private Insurance

Home care can be included as part of a senior's private insurance plan. Read over your loved one's insurance policy carefully or speak with their insurance provider to determine if in-home care is covered.

Life Insurance
Life Insurance

Depending on the life insurance plan, you may be able to apply your policy toward long-term care. You may be able to use long-term-care coverage to help pay for in-home elderly care.


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During your Care Plan consultation with Always Best Care, your Care Coordinator will speak with you about in-home care costs and what options there may be to help meet your budget needs.

Compassionate Care. Trusted Caregivers

When you or your senior loved one needs assistance managing daily tasks at home, finding a qualified caregiver can be challenging. It takes a special kind of person to provide reliable care for your senior loved one. However, a caregiver's role involves more than meal preparation and medication reminders. Many seniors rely on their caregivers for companionship, too.

Our companion care services give seniors the chance to socialize in a safe environment and engage in activities at home. These important efforts boost morale and provide much-needed relief from repetitive daily routines. A one-on-one, engaging conversation can sharpen seniors' minds and give them something in which to be excited.

At Always Best Care, we only hire care providers that we would trust to care for our own loved ones. Our senior caregivers in Provo,UT understand how important it is to listen and communicate with their seniors. A seemingly small interaction, like a short hug goodbye, can make a major difference in a senior's day. Instead of battling against feelings of isolation, seniors begin to look forward to seeing their caregiver each week.

Understanding the nuances of senior care is just one of the reasons why our care providers are so great at their job.

Unlike some senior care companies, our caregivers must undergo extensive training before they work for Always Best Care. In addition, our caregivers receive ongoing training throughout the year. This training ensures that their standard of care matches up to the high standards we've come to expect. During this training, they will brush up on their communication skills, safety awareness, and symptom spotting. That way, your loved one receives the highest level of non-medical home care from day one.

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Taking the First Step with Always Best Care

The first step in getting quality in-home care starts with a personal consultation with an experienced Care Coordinator. This initial consultation is crucial for our team to learn more about you or your elderly loved one to discover the level of care required. Topics of this consultation typically include:

An assessment of your senior loved one

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An in-depth discussion of the needs of your senior loved one to remain in their own home

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Reviewing a detailed Care Plan that will meet your senior loved one's needs

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Our caregivers are trained to spot changes that clients exhibit, like mental and physical decline. As your trusted senior care company, we will constantly assess and update your Care Plan to meet any new emotional, intellectual, physical, and emotional needs.

If you have never considered in-home care before, we understand that you and your family may have concerns about your Care Plan and its Care Coordinator. To help give you peace of mind, know that every team member and caregiver must undergo comprehensive training before being assigned to a Care Plan.

When you're ready, we encourage you to contact your local Always Best Care representative to set up a Care Consultation. Our Care Coordinators would be happy to meet with you in person to get to know you better, discuss your needs, and help put together a personalized Care Plan specific to your needs.

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Gordon Monson: BYU has ‘FUD’ thrown in its face by a rival Big 12 coach who stole away a talented transfer

Was Ques Glover’s departure about trust or NIL? Either way, the Cougars have to take care of business.| Updated: 1:36 p.m.There’s a term, an acronym, in the sales game that’s referred to as “FUD.” It stands for fear, uncertainty and doubt. That’s what companies throw at, what they try to create in, potential customers when competing against rival companies for the sale.Businesses, those who represent them, have been slinging FUD for decades. If a salesperson can get a potential buyer...

Was Ques Glover’s departure about trust or NIL? Either way, the Cougars have to take care of business.

| Updated: 1:36 p.m.

There’s a term, an acronym, in the sales game that’s referred to as “FUD.” It stands for fear, uncertainty and doubt. That’s what companies throw at, what they try to create in, potential customers when competing against rival companies for the sale.

Businesses, those who represent them, have been slinging FUD for decades. If a salesperson can get a potential buyer to somehow believe that they’re going to get screwed over by the competition, the FUD chucker’s got a better chance of winning the deal.

That’s what happened to BYU basketball recently, as it lost a talented transfer by the name of Ques Glover, and it’s bound to happen to the Cougars again and again if changes aren’t made, if solutions aren’t found.

Here’s the background.

BYU coach Mark Pope recently complained that with the loss of Glover, who transferred to Kansas State out of BYU, that he — read: the school and its boosters — needs to do better providing and guaranteeing NIL benefits for prospective players, the kinds of players BYU has to reel in to be competitive in the Big 12, the country’s top basketball conference.

That much is all true. It’s just the way it is in major college sports these days. If programs want to win, they — their collectives — better eagerly jump not just into the pool, but into its deepest end. Bring cash and bring a lot of it.

“I’m super sad about it,” Pope said. “I’ve got to do a better job. … It’s all NIL.”

When K-State coach Jerome Tang was asked about Pope’s comments regarding Glover, he checked off a list of fantastic qualities possessed by his new guard, everything from being a “great competitor” to a “two-to-one-assist-to-turnover guy” to “a terrific human being [with] a great smile, very engaging, great eye contact.”

And then, Tang congratulated himself while hurling the FUD at BYU, a new league opponent, one he could find himself recruiting against in the years ahead.

Kansas State HC Jerome Tang raves about new guard transfer Ques Glover and shared that he believed he became available not because of a lack of NIL but a lack of trust. Enjoys the heck out of he and his family as people. pic.twitter.com/Z9CQhAk3ro

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“I believe Coach Pope was sending more of a message to his alumni about the NIL thing,” he said. “… To correct this thing, [Ques’] family and him decided to leave because of a lack of trust, not a lack of NIL. These guys, these young men, are promised things going in and when they get there, when it’s not delivered, they don’t see the ability … if there’s a lack of trust in one area, it spreads to all areas. OK. And so it wasn’t an NIL movement, it was a trust movement. He didn’t feel like they could do what they said they were going to do. And I think Coach Pope would be willing to agree with that.”

FUD here, FUD there, FUD everywhere.

All of which is to say, yes, it was about NIL money, but also about something even more fundamental, something of greater significance — faith in a place’s character.

Pope thought BYU, or rather its collective, could provide finances and opportunity to Glover. And when it came time to do exactly that, to put the proper amounts in writing, there was a problem. When Kansas State, its boosters, could guarantee the right amount, then, suddenly, the kid with the great eye contact was looking at — and headed to — Manhattan, not Provo.

Welcome to the Big 12. That’s the way it’s done downtown.

Tang hit that target hard.

Hey, all you terrific human beings with the great smiles, as well as the great speed, the great jump shots and assist-to-turnover ratios, we’ll put our NIL money in writing, and those guys over there either won’t or — who knows? — might not. Let that be a lesson to all y’all.

The declaration there is two-fold: 1) that the tried-and-untrue way of recruiting, making promises to kids and not following through on them — Remember the good ol’ days when a coach could lie, could assure players that they would get this and that privilege on and off the court, lure them in, sign them, and then betray what was said once a kid’s services were secured? — no longer will work, not with the freedom to transfer that exists now; and 2) collectives had best be willing and able to post the right financial number and guarantee that number on the front end.

What happened in the Glover case, and others like it, is not all Pope’s fault. It is and it isn’t. He has to get NIL awards coming from BYU boosters. It is whispered by those in and around BYU that its collective generally won’t put their deals in writing. Not just that, but there’s also what amounts to a somewhat rigid pay scale, a pay scale with lines that will have to be blurred at times to grab better talent.

Here’s the most obvious of conclusions: The only way BYU can compete in the Big 12 is to better and deepen its supply of talent. The only way it can increase that talent is to pay for it, to guarantee the payout. Just the fact, Jack. Pay for enough of it to make the Cougars’ basketball situation look like a place where winning can and will happen.

Depending solely on athletes’ determined desires to go to a scrubbed-clean school where they can get religion, get a degree while comfortably drinking milkshakes and chowing down cookies at the Cougar Eat and take Book of Mormon classes is going to get BYU beat and beat badly.

Boosters will have to come through for basketball — and football, too — and there are a number of deep-pocketed types who care about BYU sports. But specific to hoops, Pope also will have to come through, selling the truth, whatever it is, as he scribbles plays, whatever they are.

Tang’s use of the word “trust” cuts straight to the bone at BYU, where there are and have been bits of distrust, not just regarding what’s presented to prospects, but discord within the basketball program. There’s talk that some players want to leave — to be fair, that’s hardly unique to the Cougars — and that Pope is ambitious, keeping his head on a swivel, looking for other suitors — again, not unique. Whether that’s 100% true or not, what’s most damaging in recent seasons is the Cougars’ inability to win enough games, not enough even in an inferior league.

The program, as currently constituted, isn’t lousy, it’s just not stellar, far from it. And that humdrum state is about to be exposed further.

The school has squeezed more donations in recent months out of Cougar fans who, if they’ve wanted a decent seat at the Marriott Center, have been required to fork over more cash. Heading into this inaugural Big 12 season, BYU followers, apparently, want to see the best basketball the college game has to offer. The problem is, the BYU side won’t be providing it. You have to wonder, under those circumstances, how long folks will continue to be willing to shell out more money.

BYU basketball, which already is challenged in recruiting by the school’s peculiarities, is in trouble if boosters don’t come to the rescue with their wallets. In that last regard, it’s not alone.

If the Cougars do conjure the resources, if they do get the talent, if they pay the talent, guarantee to pay the talent, reconfiguring their top end so boosters and fans alike can dream about winning and winning big, even if it’s just every once in a while, all right then.

A program doesn’t have to have a mastermind of a coach to do that. It just has to have a coach who has the willingness and ability and financial backing to actually give what he needs to give, give what he says he’ll give to players in recruiting and in the portal.

He has to do away with the FUD.

Golden: Horns need to make new history against BYU

The BYU Cougars are coming to the Big 12.Coach Kalani Sitake has authored five straight winning seasons since taking over for Bronco Mendenhall in 2016 and will roll into Austin with a new quarterback in Pittsburgh transfer Kedon Slovis.Speaking of quarterbacks, we have to address the big Cougar in the room. For people in Austin, any talk of BYU cannot happen without mentioning quarterback Taysom Hill.Golden:...

The BYU Cougars are coming to the Big 12.

Coach Kalani Sitake has authored five straight winning seasons since taking over for Bronco Mendenhall in 2016 and will roll into Austin with a new quarterback in Pittsburgh transfer Kedon Slovis.

Speaking of quarterbacks, we have to address the big Cougar in the room. For people in Austin, any talk of BYU cannot happen without mentioning quarterback Taysom Hill.

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I hate to dredge up bad memories, but we must reflect on that nightmarish afternoon in Provo 10 years ago when Mack Brown suffered what was one of the most humiliating nonconference losses of his illustrious UT coaching tenure. In what turned out to be his final season in Austin, that 40-21 loss to the Cougars was the unofficial beginning of the end of one of the greatest runs in school history.

Longhorn Nation will never forget the day when Hill rushed for 259 of BYU’s 550 yards and scored on runs of 68, 26, and 20 yards. It was a gruesome unintentional ode to Texas legend Vince Young, who routinely decimated opponents with his swift feet while compiling a 30-2 record as a starter.

Hill, who carried the ball only 17 times, finished eight yards short of the 267 Young put up in Texas’ finest hour, the 2005 national title game win over Southern Cal.

No Texas team had ever given up that many rushing yards and it came to a quarterback who completed only nine of 26 passes that day. A furious Brown fired defensive coordinator Manny Diaz on the flight home and the coach would eventually take his own leave following an Alamo Bowl loss to Oregon.

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The program has never been the same with a mediocre record of 61-51 over the last nine seasons.

In the return meeting, Hill threw for 281 yards and rushed for 99 more and three touchdowns in a 41-7 road rout of a Texas team that had six eventual NFL players on its defense. It was the Horns’ second game under Brown’s replacement, Charlie Strong.

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One decade after the Provo debacle, the Horns and Cougars will renew their rivalry for one game on Oct. 28. BYU arrives after spending the last 12 seasons as an independent and the league welcome mat comes with a minefield of road games against 2023 bowl teams Kansas, TCU, Texas and Oklahoma State, not to mention home games against Oklahoma, Cincinnati, and Texas Tech.

Gone is coach Bronco Mendenhall, whose 99 wins are second to the legendary Lavell Edwards, who led the program to a national championship in 1984. Sitake, former BYU fullback, took the reins in 2016 and has a 56-34 record over his seven seasons. He believes the Big 12 aligns with his school's core values.

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“For us, our job is to make sure the product on the field matches what kids want to play in, and the culture that I run in our program matches what they want to be a part of," he said during Big 12 media days.

While the Coogs scored at a solid 31.3 clip last season, Sitake had to make big changes on his defensive staff after the 94th ranked defense gave up 29.4 points per game and a whopping 5.87 yards per play, numbers that were easily the worst of his tenure.

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He brings in former Weber State head coach Jay Hill and a bevy of transfers, including FCS All-American cornerback Eddie Heckard from Weber State and a pair of Boise State lineman in Jackson Cravens and Zay Bagnah. Middle linebacker Ben Bywater will bring experience after registering 98 tackles and three interceptions last season.

As for their first trip to the 512 since 2014, the Cougars are 4-1 all-time vs. Texas, the only team in the Big 12 with a winning record over the Horns, including an 82-27 scoring edge over the last two meetings.

And in case you’re wondering, Slovis, while a much better passer than Hill was in college — he has 68 TD passes in 38 career games — has rushed for minus-218 yards in his career.

Unlike Hill, the Horns should be able to find him.

BYU campuses, Ensign College receive updated honor code, dress and grooming rules

PROVO, Utah — The Board of Education of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced updated guidelines for students attending Brigham Young University at all three campuses and Ensign College.The updated rules focus on ecclesiastical endorsements, which students have to receive each year from their local church leader, the honor code and dress and...

PROVO, Utah — The Board of Education of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced updated guidelines for students attending Brigham Young University at all three campuses and Ensign College.

The updated rules focus on ecclesiastical endorsements, which students have to receive each year from their local church leader, the honor code and dress and grooming standards.

While no major changes were made for dress and grooming standards for students, the updated rules align expectations at all church schools.

The rules state that dress for men and women should be modest, neat and clean. In addition, hair should be clean, neat and modest and men must be clean-shaven.

Previously, only students at BYU-Idaho were not allowed to wear shorts. Now, students at all campuses have the same rules, meaning everyone can wear modest shorts.

"We are striving to create a culture that is consistent with the distinct religious purpose of CES institutions," a statement reads from church leaders.

Updates in the honor code were made to "highlight its role in accomplishing the religious mission of CES," church leaders state.

An added bullet point to the honor code states that students must "maintain an ecclesiastical endorsement, including striving to deepen faith and maintain gospel standards."

In addition, the previous honor code clarified that only students who were church members were required to attend church services.

Lastly, added questions to the ecclesiastical endorsement seek to "align it with the ecclesiastical responsibilities of priesthood leaders and focusing on a student’s efforts to grow spiritually and meet ecclesiastical standards."

Local church leaders will be tasked with asking students twelve questions ranging in topics from individual faith to church activity to common church standards.

Church leaders explained dress and grooming policies as well as honor code enforcement will fall under the school's responsibility.

Further expectations and standards regarding church schools and LGBTQ+ students will remain the same.

The updated policy will take effect just ahead of a new year for many BYU students, on August 30.

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Projecting BYU’s two-deep ahead of Sam Houston opener

Another preseason training camp is in the books and the BYU Cougars have turned their attention to hosting the Sam Houston Bearkats at LaVell Edwards Stadium on Sept. 2.Here’s our best guess at BYU’s depth chart for the opener:OffenseQBNo. 10 — Kedon Slovis — 6-3, 215, R-Sr.No. 12 — Jake Retzlaff — 6-1, 205, Jr.RBNo. 3 — Aidan Robbins — 6-3, 235, R-Jr.No. 20 — Deion Smith — 6-0, 200, R-Sr.WRNo. 0 — Kody Epps &mdash...

Another preseason training camp is in the books and the BYU Cougars have turned their attention to hosting the Sam Houston Bearkats at LaVell Edwards Stadium on Sept. 2.

Here’s our best guess at BYU’s depth chart for the opener:

Offense

QBNo. 10 — Kedon Slovis — 6-3, 215, R-Sr.No. 12 — Jake Retzlaff — 6-1, 205, Jr.

RBNo. 3 — Aidan Robbins — 6-3, 235, R-Jr.No. 20 — Deion Smith — 6-0, 200, R-Sr.

WRNo. 0 — Kody Epps — 5-11, 187, R-So.No. 17 — Keelan Marion — 6-0, 200, R-So.

WRNo. 2 — Chase Roberts — 6-4, 205, R-So.No. 5 — Darius Lassiter — 6-3, 205, R-Sr.

WRNo. 1 — Keanu Hill — 6-4, 215, R-Jr.No. 82 — Parker Kingston — 5-11, 180, R-Fr.

TENo. 83 — Isaac Rex — 6-6, 255, R-Jr.No. 99 — Mata’ava Ta’ase — 6-3, 255, Jr.

LTNo. 78 — Kingsley Suamataia — 6-6, 320, R-So.No. 69 — Simi Moala — 6-7, 310, R-Sr.

LGNo. 54 — Paul Maile — 6-2, 300, R-Sr.No. 60 — Tyler Little — 6-6, 295, R-So.

CNo. 70 — Connor Pay — 6-5, 305, Jr.No. 68 — Peter Falaniko — 6-3, 315, R-Fr.

RGNo. 61 — Weylin Lapuaho — 6-4, 305, So.No. 56 — Jake Eichorn — 6-5, 295, R-So.

RTNo. 76 — Caleb Etienne — 6-8, 330, R-Jr.No. 64 — Brayden Keim — 6-8, 310, R-Jr.

Defense

DENo. 92 — Tyler Batty — 6-5, 270, Jr.No. 93 — Blake Mangelson — 6-5, 260, Jr.

NTNo. 62 — Atunaisa Mahe — 6-1, 315, R-Sr.No. 95 — Caden Haws — 6-2, 310, R-Jr.

DTNo. 91 — Jackson Cravens — 6-2, 305, R-Sr.No. 94 — John Nelson — 6-4, 280, Jr.

OENo. 13 — Isaiah Bagnah — 6-4, 235, R-Jr.No. 58 — Aisea Moa — 6-2, 245, R-Fr.

OLBNo. 31 — Max Tooley — 6-2, 225, R-Sr.No. 16 — Isaiah Glasker — 6-5, 220, R-Fr.

MLBNo. 2 — Ben Bywater — 6-3, 235, R-Jr.No. 18 — Ace Kaufusi — 6-4, 217, Fr.

OLBNo. 10 — AJ Vongphachanh — 6-3, 235, R-Sr.No. 53 — Fisher Jackson — 6-5, 230, Jr.

LCNo. 5 — Eddie Heckard — 5-10, 190, R-Sr.No. 7 — Kamden Garrett — 5-11, 185, Sr.

RCNo. 0 — Jakob Robinson — 5-11, 170, Jr.No. 19 — Mory Bamba — 6-3, 180, R-Jr.

FSNo. 12 — Malik Moore — 6-0, 195, R-Sr.No. 23 — Chika Ebunoha — 6-0, 185, R-Fr.

SSNo. 25 — Talan Alfrey — 6-2, 205, R-So.No. 33 — Raider Damuni — 6-1, 210, Fr.

Specialists

KNo. 44 — Will Ferrin — 6-3, 175, R-So.

PNo. 24 — Ryan Rehkow — 6-5, 235, Jr.

KRNo. 17 — Keelan Marion — 6-0, 200, R-So.

PRNo. 23 — Hobbs Nyberg — 5-11, 195, Jr.

5 Most Important BYU Football Players For 2023 Season

Obviously, the most important player on any football field anywhere, is the quarterback. To avoid addressing the obvious, we will omit starting quarterback Kedon Slovis from this list of most important BYU Cougars. BYU’s success largely rides on the quality of quarterback play.What about everywhere else on the field? Here are the five most important BYU football players for the success of the 2023 team. These are players that, while maybe not stars, are...

Obviously, the most important player on any football field anywhere, is the quarterback. To avoid addressing the obvious, we will omit starting quarterback Kedon Slovis from this list of most important BYU Cougars. BYU’s success largely rides on the quality of quarterback play.

What about everywhere else on the field? Here are the five most important BYU football players for the success of the 2023 team. These are players that, while maybe not stars, are vitally important to how far this team goes.

Kingsley Suamataia, LT

Another semi-obvious one is the man who will protect Slovis’ blindside. Not only is Suamataia the starting left tackle, but he likely will be the highest draft pick of any BYU Cougar in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Pro Football Network ranked him the 30th prospect overall in next spring’s draft. ESPN’s Jordan Reid slated Suamataia to go 29th overall to the 49ers in the 2024 draft.

Bruce Feldman released his popular “Freaks List” for The Athletic and listed Suamataia third.

It’s not all just athletic traits and hype. He’s good at his craft, not allowing a sack last season in 361 pass plays.

Needless to say, the 6-foot-6, 324 pound tackle is one of the key pieces to the 2023 BYU Cougars. Him staying healthy is paramount.

Isaac Rex, TE

BYU has an impressive crop of wide receivers. In fact, this might be the deepest BYU has ever been at wide receiver under Kalani Sitake. The same can be said at running back. Where the true separation can happen is if Rex returns to his 2020 form. That year, he was tied with Kyle Pitts for the most touchdown receptions by a tight end, at 12.

Since then, he has battled injuries, including a significant one at the end of 2021. Hopefully, with a healthy offseason under his belt, Rex is ready to take command in the middle of the field and in the red zone once again. He could become a security blanket for Slovis on third downs and in goal-to-go situations.

The choice here is Rex over the likes of Aidan Robbins, Kody Epps, Keanu Hill, Chase Roberts, and others for a reason. If Rex dominates, along with the talent BYU has at running back and wide receiver, that gives Slovis an embarrassment of riches at his disposal. At that point, this could legitimately be one of the best offenses in the entire country.

Tyler Batty, DE

The biggest critique last season was BYU’s defense. Especially in regards to run defense and pass rush from the defensive line. Tyler Batty has been a constant presence on BYU’s defense for three full seasons now, going on four.

The problem is, his sacks total has decreased every season of his career. He opened in 2020 with 4.0 sacks. It went down to 3.5 in 2021 and just 2.0 sacks last season. Some of that is not his fault. The defensive strategies and schemes have not been tailored to Batty’s strengths of late.

That needs to change under new defensive coordinator Jay Hill. Batty needs to spearhead a pass rushing attack that must look revitalized in a critical year for the defense.

If BYU can field a competent defense, including a viable pass rush, coupled with that powerful offense, BYU will be a tough out for any Big 12 team. That pass rush should start with Batty having a career season.

Ben Bywater, LB

It’s hard to leave off the defender who has led BYU in tackles two years in row. He has 200 tackles total over the last two seasons. Add four tackles for loss, three interceptions (one returned for a touchdown), and one sack all just last season. He has been one of the most productive linebackers in the Kalani Sitake era at BYU.

Now, he will be asked to be the leader on the field for the defense in a new era for the program. The Cougars need him to be as productive in 2023 as he was last season. The Cougars must defend the run better and that has a lot to do with linebacker play. Bywater needs to be a constant presence and bring along his fellow linebackers in the process.

Eddie Heckard, CB

Perhaps the most important transfer from this offseason, aside from Slovis, is Heckard. An FCS All-American cornerback, Heckard garnered NFL buzz before opting to follow his former head coach Jay Hill to Provo from Weber State.

Now, he is the lynchpin of the secondary. With Heckard’s presence, BYU is feeling like they can play press coverage and be more aggressive. His mere presence changes the entire mentality of this much-maligned defense.

If he plays up to his expectations, this defense will be miles better by default. BYU needs Heckard to be one of the alphas in the room, especially with the rest of the secondary taking hits with injuries.

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