I will admit, I was kind of skeptical last February when BYU offered a scholarship -- that was accepted -- to a kicker from Bingham. The Cougars are throwing offers around like candy, I thought.

But Bingham's Justin Sorensen, who committed to BYU a few days after prep teammate Austin Holt pledged to the Cougars, showed me Friday that he's worth any scholarship offer he gets.

Simply put, Sorensen was the best player on the field in Bingham's 23-20 win over Alta. That's saying something, because there were probably a half-dozen Division I recruits on display at Bingham's field, including Bingham's Austin Holt and Derek Tuimauga and Alta's Sausan Shakerin, Derek Keller and Jefferson Court.

Sorensen didn't have the best night with his kickoffs -- twice he slipped on approach and squibbed the ball down the middle of the field -- but when he did connect the football sailed was past the end zone.

With the NCAA moving the kickoff line from the 35 to the 30, Sorensen's booming kickoffs will really help the Cougars, not to mention his field goal ability. In case you missed it, he nailed field goals of 59, 51 and 30 yards on Friday night, the 59-yarder just a yard shy of Ross Caputo's state-record 60 yarder.

Caputo, who played for Judge Memorial, kicked the 60-yarder at Hillcrest. He's now the golf course superintendent at Rose Park Golf Course in Salt Lake City.