BYU heads into training camp next week with a wide receiver room that looks nothing like the one it had a year ago. The Cougars have to replace the three receivers who played the most snaps in 2025 - Chase Roberts, Parker Kingston, and Cody Hagen - and that leaves this group with a lot to prove before the season even begins.
Right now, the most established name in the room is Tiger Bachmeier. He’s the only BYU receiver on the roster who has topped 400 receiving yards in a season, and that came two years ago at Stanford. Bachmeier is a senior and the older brother of Bear Bachmeier, but the production track record here is still pretty thin.
That puts a lot on Jojo Phillips and Kyler Kasper. Phillips is the most experienced BYU receiver in terms of games played, and he was one of Bear Bachmeier’s favorite targets during Fall Camp.
His 2025 season got knocked off course by a collarbone injury against Stanford last September, and he didn’t get back into the lineup until November. Even after he was cleared, it took him a while to get his timing back.
He finished strong, though, with his best game coming in the bowl game against Georgia Tech, when he caught 4 passes for 53 yards. BYU is hoping that was a preview of a junior season that finally turns his flashes into steady production.
Kasper arrived in January after transferring from Oregon, where injuries kept him from ever getting rolling. In four seasons with the Ducks, he managed just 77 receiving yards.
Still, BYU is clearly betting on the talent. At 6-foot-6, he brings a massive catch radius and enough movement ability for his size to matter.
The real swing pieces in this room are Tei Nacua and Reggie Frischknecht. If one of them can give BYU 300-400 yards, that changes the outlook for the whole group.
Then there are the freshmen. BYU has four true freshmen wideouts on the roster: Legend Glasker, Jaron Pula, Terrance Saryon, and Jett Nelson. Glasker and Pula, in particular, are expected to have a chance to play early, and Saryon could work his way into the mix too.
The starting jobs are wide open once camp starts. Phillips and Kasper are the favorites to open as starters, but neither can coast into the job. Behind them, it’s a real competition between the veterans and the newcomers, with Glasker and Pula trying to jump past players like Bachmeier, Nacua, and Frischknecht.
For now, the older players get the slightest edge. But if Glasker shows in Fall Camp what he showed in Spring Camp, it will be tough to keep him off the field. There’s even a path for him to become a day-one starter on offense.
The expectations for this group are modest compared with some of BYU’s other position rooms, but the stakes for the team are not. If BYU is going to reach its goals this season, it needs at least two receivers to emerge as dependable weekly contributors.
That doesn’t have to mean a Chase Roberts-Parker Kingston type of explosion, or 1,700-plus receiving yards from one duo. It does mean Phillips and Kasper need to be steady enough to keep defenses honest.
With tight ends and running backs also in the mix, BYU doesn’t need the wideouts to carry the offense. It just needs them to avoid becoming the weak link.
If that happens, the Cougars’ offense becomes a much tougher problem to solve.
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