BYU Football commit Jacob Conover named preseason All-American

MaxPreps has named BYU Football commit Jacob Conover to their preseason All-American team. He’ll look to have a third straight stellar season for Chandler (Ariz.) High School.

BYU Football’s biggest 2019 recruit just received one of the highest honors a high school footballer can get.

Cougar commit Jacob Conover is on MaxPreps’ preseason high school All-American list. He’s one of three quarterbacks on the second team, joining Alabama commit Taulia Tagolaivoa and Arizona commit Grant Gunnell.

Conover is entering his senior season at Chandler (Ariz.) High School, and he’ll look to have a third straight stellar year.

He led the school to back-to-back 6A State Championships and back-to-back Top 25 national rankings.

As a sophomore he threw for 3,715 yards and 32 touchdowns, with a 69% completion percentage and 5 interceptions.

He missed a few games as a junior due to injury, but still threw for 3,077 yards and 32 touchdowns. He only threw 2 interceptions and maintained a 66% completion rate.

His favorite target over those two seasons has been Gunner Romney, a 2018 Cougar commit who will battle for playing time at wide receiver this fall.

Conover earned 4-Star status as a recruit from every major service, and had offers from schools such as Alabama, Wisconsin, Ole Miss, Arizona, and Arizona State. He committed to BYU in May.

So far, he’s the top Cougar recruit in a small but strong 2019 class that also includes 4-Star defensive end CJ Alatani, 3-Star wide receiver Chase Roberts, and 3-Star linebacker Tausili Fiatoa.

Conover is smaller than a prototypical quarterback, standing at 6’0″ and 185 pounds, he makes up for his lack of size with a strong and accurate arm.

As of now, the expectation is that Conover will serve a mission before playing for BYU, so Cougar fans likely won’t see him until 2021 at the earliest.