Holt Still Sold On BYU, Dad Says
BYU fans were ecstatic last February when Bingham's Austin Holt, a 6-foot-5, 230-pound tight end with 4.8 speed, orally commited to coach Bronco Mendenhall's program.
Since then, however, the All-America candidate who is listed as the No. 2 tight end in the country by most recruiting services has made Cougar boosters antsy. That's because Holt has continued to talk to and visit other programs.
Most recently, he participated in Florida's "Friday Night Lights" and received an offer from none other than coach Urban Meyer. He's also continued to have discussions with coaches from UCLA, Stanford and Washington, among others.
But BYU fans shouldn't fret.
I ran into Holt's father, Ryan, at halftime of the Bingham-Skyline football game on Friday, just moments after Austin hauled in a beautiful 38-yard pass from Bingham quarterback Logan Cantwell.
Ryan and I went to elementary school, junior high and high school together. We were also on the same Little League baseball team, the Pirates. We were batterymates, if I remember correctly, and I had to wear a pad inside my catcher's mitt because Ryan threw so hard.
Anyway, we go way back.
Ryan told me that Austin still plans on going to BYU.
Dad said that his son loves college football and the recruiting process so much that he wants to soak it in as much as possible.
"But in the end," Ryan Holt said. "I'd be shocked if he doesn't end up at BYU."
The fact that Austin's good friend, Jordan Pendleton, is already at BYU will make it hard to go anywhere else. The Cougars also have a commitment from Bingham kicker Justin Sorensen, who actually looks more like a linebacker at 6-2, 215 with bulging biceps.
TAUFI IS REAL DEAL, COACH SAYS
BYU is getting the real deal in offensive tackle Jessie Taufi, according to his coach at Long Beach City College, Jerry Jaso. Taufi, set to begin his sophomore season with the Vikings, committed to BYU in June
"He's one of the top [Juco] linemen in the state this year," Jaso said. "He's 6-foot-5, 305 and he will play tackle for us and he's got the feet and the smarts to play almost anywhere along the line."
Jaso told scout.com that Taufi was slowed by an ankle injury a bit in the spring, but has come back to fall camp 100 percent healthy. "He came back from his Mormon mission and he's just mature and really focused on what he has to do," Jaso said.
MORE JUCOS COMING
Other junior college stars who have orally commited to BYU are Tolu Moala, a linebacker from El Camino Community College in California and Tevita Hola, a defensive tackle at Snow College who is from Oregon.
Hola, whom Snow College coach Steve Coburn told us is one of the top linemen he's ever coached, is still being recruited by Oregon State, Utah and others, but recently said he's still headed to BYU.
Since then, however, the All-America candidate who is listed as the No. 2 tight end in the country by most recruiting services has made Cougar boosters antsy. That's because Holt has continued to talk to and visit other programs.
Most recently, he participated in Florida's "Friday Night Lights" and received an offer from none other than coach Urban Meyer. He's also continued to have discussions with coaches from UCLA, Stanford and Washington, among others.
But BYU fans shouldn't fret.
I ran into Holt's father, Ryan, at halftime of the Bingham-Skyline football game on Friday, just moments after Austin hauled in a beautiful 38-yard pass from Bingham quarterback Logan Cantwell.
Ryan and I went to elementary school, junior high and high school together. We were also on the same Little League baseball team, the Pirates. We were batterymates, if I remember correctly, and I had to wear a pad inside my catcher's mitt because Ryan threw so hard.
Anyway, we go way back.
Ryan told me that Austin still plans on going to BYU.
Dad said that his son loves college football and the recruiting process so much that he wants to soak it in as much as possible.
"But in the end," Ryan Holt said. "I'd be shocked if he doesn't end up at BYU."
The fact that Austin's good friend, Jordan Pendleton, is already at BYU will make it hard to go anywhere else. The Cougars also have a commitment from Bingham kicker Justin Sorensen, who actually looks more like a linebacker at 6-2, 215 with bulging biceps.
TAUFI IS REAL DEAL, COACH SAYS
BYU is getting the real deal in offensive tackle Jessie Taufi, according to his coach at Long Beach City College, Jerry Jaso. Taufi, set to begin his sophomore season with the Vikings, committed to BYU in June
"He's one of the top [Juco] linemen in the state this year," Jaso said. "He's 6-foot-5, 305 and he will play tackle for us and he's got the feet and the smarts to play almost anywhere along the line."
Jaso told scout.com that Taufi was slowed by an ankle injury a bit in the spring, but has come back to fall camp 100 percent healthy. "He came back from his Mormon mission and he's just mature and really focused on what he has to do," Jaso said.
MORE JUCOS COMING
Other junior college stars who have orally commited to BYU are Tolu Moala, a linebacker from El Camino Community College in California and Tevita Hola, a defensive tackle at Snow College who is from Oregon.
Hola, whom Snow College coach Steve Coburn told us is one of the top linemen he's ever coached, is still being recruited by Oregon State, Utah and others, but recently said he's still headed to BYU.
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