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per Jeff calls blog at the D-news:
I was able to talk to coach Bronco Mendenhall yesterday about BYU's spring football practices, which begin Monday. He told me several players won't participate in spring drills:
•Defensive lineman Bernard Afutiti will be held out so he can focus on academics.
•Starting cornerback Brandon Howard will not be involved for personal reasons. "We're hopeful to have him back in the fall," Mendenhall said.
•Defensive lineman Ian Dulan underwent shoulder surgery last week. He is planning to leave for a mission before the fall.
•Wide receiver Spencer Hafoka was diagnosed with influenza during the winter, forcing him to be quarantined from team and from school, Mendenhall said. "Basically we're working on getting this semester back for him, a one-semester exemption, because clearly he couldn't attend classes for quite some time. That's taken quite a toll."
•Linebacker Vic So'oto, who suffered a broken leg against Washington, which sidelined him for the rest of the year, probably won't be back to full health during the spring.
•Wide receiver McKay Jacobson, who returned home from a mission in January, could miss the first week or so of spring ball due to a hamstring injury. "I don't know how many days he'll miss," Mendenhall said, adding that aside from the hamstring injury, Jacobson is "farther ahead physically than I thought he would be. He's anxious to play. He's been very impressive in the off-season."
I was able to talk to coach Bronco Mendenhall yesterday about BYU's spring football practices, which begin Monday. He told me several players won't participate in spring drills:
•Defensive lineman Bernard Afutiti will be held out so he can focus on academics.
•Starting cornerback Brandon Howard will not be involved for personal reasons. "We're hopeful to have him back in the fall," Mendenhall said.
•Defensive lineman Ian Dulan underwent shoulder surgery last week. He is planning to leave for a mission before the fall.
•Wide receiver Spencer Hafoka was diagnosed with influenza during the winter, forcing him to be quarantined from team and from school, Mendenhall said. "Basically we're working on getting this semester back for him, a one-semester exemption, because clearly he couldn't attend classes for quite some time. That's taken quite a toll."
•Linebacker Vic So'oto, who suffered a broken leg against Washington, which sidelined him for the rest of the year, probably won't be back to full health during the spring.
•Wide receiver McKay Jacobson, who returned home from a mission in January, could miss the first week or so of spring ball due to a hamstring injury. "I don't know how many days he'll miss," Mendenhall said, adding that aside from the hamstring injury, Jacobson is "farther ahead physically than I thought he would be. He's anxious to play. He's been very impressive in the off-season."
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