Football: Snow's Rich to Walk On at BYU
A day or so before BYU football coach Bronco Mendenhall saw his team outlast UCLA 17-16 in the Las Vegas Bowl, he beat another Pac-10 school for a recruit -- without having to offer a scholarship.
Snow College safety Andrew Rich told The Recruiting Trail earlier today that he called Mendenhall last week and told the coach he was accepting a BYU offer to become a "preferred walk-on" at the school.
In doing so, Rich turned down scholarship offers from Cal and Boise State.
It looks crazy, but Rich said it is worth the risk because he believes he will eventually earn a scholarship from the Cougars, just as Snow quarterback Cade Cooper did last year.
Cooper was injured in the spring camp and transferred before playing a down for the Cougars, but he had been awarded a scholarship.
"I called coach Mendenhall and told him last week," Rich said. "He seemed like he was pleased with my decision."
Rich believes he will get all the privileges that scholarship athletes get -- without the scholarship. The University of Utah also offered him preferred walk-on status.
"I just felt like overall BYU is the place where I am supposed to be," he said. "It just felt right."
Rich said the fact that BYU started four former walk-ons in its secondary in its Las Vegas Bowl win over UCLA shows him that he will get a fair shot at playing time and earning a scholarship.
Snow College safety Andrew Rich told The Recruiting Trail earlier today that he called Mendenhall last week and told the coach he was accepting a BYU offer to become a "preferred walk-on" at the school.
In doing so, Rich turned down scholarship offers from Cal and Boise State.
It looks crazy, but Rich said it is worth the risk because he believes he will eventually earn a scholarship from the Cougars, just as Snow quarterback Cade Cooper did last year.
Cooper was injured in the spring camp and transferred before playing a down for the Cougars, but he had been awarded a scholarship.
"I called coach Mendenhall and told him last week," Rich said. "He seemed like he was pleased with my decision."
Rich believes he will get all the privileges that scholarship athletes get -- without the scholarship. The University of Utah also offered him preferred walk-on status.
"I just felt like overall BYU is the place where I am supposed to be," he said. "It just felt right."
Rich said the fact that BYU started four former walk-ons in its secondary in its Las Vegas Bowl win over UCLA shows him that he will get a fair shot at playing time and earning a scholarship.
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