BYU football recruiting: Cougars land No. 1 WR in Utah

BYU recruiting: BYU football’s 2018 recruiting class continues to grow as the No. 1 wide receiver prospect in Utah committed to the Cougars today.

BYU football recruiting is on a roll. The Cougars received another high profile commitment today, this time from wide receiver Brayden Cosper of Bingham High School in South Jordan, UT.

Cosper, who listed at 6-foot-4, 200 lbs., is the No. 1 prospect at wide receiver in the state.

Scout.com lists Cosper as a three-star recruit while rivals.com has him as a two-star receiver.

Before committing to BYU, Cosper had received interest from Utah, Utah State, Weber State, Nevada, Air Force and Navy.

Every school but Utah and Utah State had offered Cosper before he accepted BYU football’s offer.

As a junior at Bingham, Cosper caught 24 passes for 428 yards and four touchdowns in six games according to maxpreps.com.

The Miners went on to win the 5A State Championship, defeating Lone Peak 17-10, and finishing the season 14-1.

Their only loss came to Florida’s 7A champion St. Thomas Aquinas.

BYU football’s 2018 recruiting class now ranks No. 25, No. 26 and No. 34 nationally (depending on the recruiting analysts you read).

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While the common thought is to give a new head coach four years to let the former coach’s classes cycle through, Kalani Sitake is already attracting recruits that BYU might have lost to other schools in the past.

The higher star recruits are starting to come for BYU, and winning this in-state recruit will help bolster the Cougars image in Utah.

Add on quality wins that the 2017 schedule offers the Cougars, and things could really take off for BYU under coach Sitake.