BYU Football Newcomers Given Jersey Numbers For 2023 Spring Season
Mar 6, 2023, 12:54 PM
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PROVO, Utah – The start of BYU football spring practices brings us a fresh new roster to pour over.
BYU spring ball in 2023 features many newcomers and transfers into the program. So you’ll need to get familiar with the new names and faces competing.
Thirty-seven new names are on the 2023 BYU football spring roster. There’s a blend of transfers, walk-on transfers, returned missionaries and preferred walk-ons from the high school ranks.
Here’s the list of new names competing over the following 15 spring practices and their uniform numbers, official heights, and weights from BYU.
BYU Football Newcomers for 2023 Spring Ball
No. | Name | Position | Class | Height | Weight |
63 | Mac Aloisio | Defensive Line | Freshman | 6-6 | 380 |
35 | Alex Anderson | Wide Receiver | Freshman | 6-4 | 200 |
13 | Isaiah Bagnah | EDGE | Junior | 6-4 | 235 |
32 | Ty Burke | Defensive Back | Freshman | 6-1 | 175 |
18 | Ryder Burton | Quarterback | Freshman | 6-2 | 200 |
79 | Kaden Chidester | Offensive Line | Freshman | 6-8 | 290 |
49 | Nason Coleman | Tight End | Freshman | 6-3 | 235 |
91 | Jackson Cravens | Defensive Line | Senior | 6-2 | 305 |
33 | Raider Damuni | Defensive Back | Freshman | 6-2 | 210 |
98 | Wyatt Dawe | Defensive Line | Sophomore | 6-0 | 300 |
88 | Devin Downing | Wide Receiver | Freshman | 6-2 | 190 |
29 | Jayden Dunlap | Defensive Back | Junior | 6-1 | 173 |
80 | Koa Eldredge | Wide Receiver | Freshman | 6-0 | 195 |
66 | Zoom Esplin | Defensive Line | Freshman | 6-8 | 265 |
44 | Will Ferrin | Kicker | Sophomore | 6-3 | 175 |
49 | Lucky Finau | Linebacker | Freshman | 6-0 | 230 |
65 | Ian Fitzgerald | Offensive Line | Senior | 6-5 | 305 |
77 | Jake Griffin | Offensive Line | Freshman | 6-6 | 285 |
16 | Cole Hagen | Quarterback | Freshman | 6-2 | 185 |
5 | Eddie Heckard | Defensive Back | Senior | 5-10 | 190 |
20 | Nukuluve Helu | Running Back | Freshman | 6-1 | 215 |
38 | Tanner Holden | Wide Receiver | Freshman | 6-2 | 200 |
19 | Ace Kaufusi | Linebacker | Freshman | 6-3 | 205 |
34 | Maika Kaufusi | Linebacker | Freshman | 6-4 | 210 |
50 | Kason Krebs | Linebacker | Freshman | 6-1 | 210 |
61 | Weylin Lapuaho | Offensive Line | Sophomore | 6-4 | 310 |
54 | Paul Maile | Offensive Line | Senior | 6-2 | 300 |
27 | Marcus McKenzie | Defensive Back | Freshman | 6-0 | 172 |
41 | Lamese Patterson | Linebacker | Freshman | 5-11 | 217 |
39 | Landon Rehkow | Punter, Kicker | Freshman | 5-11 | 170 |
12 | Jake Retzlaff | Quarterback | Junior | 6-2 | 205 |
3 | Aidan Robbins | Running Back | Junior | 6-3 | 230 |
56 | Nuuletau Sellesin | Defensive Line | Sophomore | 6-1 | 247 |
10 | Kedon Slovis | Quarterback | Senior | 6-3 | 215 |
42 | Petey Tuipulotu | Defensive Back | Freshman | 6-3 | 195 |
47 | Kyle Vassau | Linebacker | Freshman | 6-3 | 225 |
38 | Crew Wakley | Defensive Back | Sophomore | 6-0 | 203 |
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