BYU freshman Legend Glasker is already drawing comparisons that don’t come lightly.
Former Cougars receiver Glen Kozlowski has been watching the Lehi High product rack up production in his first three college games, and he isn’t shy about what he sees.
“I thought Puka (Nacua) was the best I had seen, but this kid might be better than him.”
Kozlowski made that comment while discussing Glasker on the “Y’s Guys” livestream show this week, and he doubled down on the praise with a bigger point about how Glasker carries himself.
“This kid has skills I’ve never seen in my life,” Kozlowski said. “He just understands and he’s growing. You have got to believe you are the best on the field and that kid believes he is the best on the field all the time.”
The numbers back up the buzz. In three games, Glasker leads BYU with 11 catches for 270 yards and two touchdowns.
He has also run the ball six times for 42 yards and two more scores. Along the way, he has already picked up Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors twice.
For Kozlowski, the early success is only part of the story. He pointed to the mindset that separates a talented player from one who keeps forcing defenses to adjust.
“To be the best, you have to believe you are the best, that’s the first thing. Secondly, you have to get the opportunity,” Kozlowski said. “A lot of guys probably had that skill set but they didn’t get the opportunity, so once you get it you have to take advantage of it.
“There are very few that will actually do it and go after it and just attack the football - this kid is pretty special. I thought Puka (Nacua) was the best I had seen, but this kid might be better than him.”
Kozlowski knows a little something about making the most of that opportunity. Like Glasker, he was a freshman starter, beginning his BYU career in 1981. By the time his playing days were done, the 6-foot, 195-pound receiver from Carlsbad, California, had 141 catches for 2,302 yards and 24 touchdowns, and he had also won a national championship.
That background is why Kozlowski sees a familiar path ahead for Glasker, even if the details will look different as the season unfolds.
“He has to figure out how to get open in double coverage. It’s going to happen to him.
By the end of my freshman year I was always getting doubled,” Kozlowski said. “What I did understand was we had five other guys who were really talented.
All I had to do was take the double team away from them and somebody else was going to make the play. Then (defenses) had to figure out ‘how do we defend these guys?’”
Kozlowski also pointed to one of the defining moments in BYU history as an example of how that kind of attention can still help a team win. On third-and-four at the Michigan 13 late in the 1984 Holiday Bowl, he drew a crowd of defenders while Robbie Bosco connected with Kelly Smith for the game-winning touchdown in a 24-17 victory that secured the national championship.
For Glasker, the lesson is simple, Kozlowski said: don’t let the coverage change the approach.
“(Legend’s) job is to understand, don’t get frustrated, because eventually they are going to start doubling you up and taking you away and you just have to do your job and understand that people recognize your talent, but at the same time it’s about winning. It’s about winning,” Kozlowski said.
“That’s all I cared about. If you want to win, you have to accept the fact that sometimes you are not going to have a big game, but you are also taking players away so somebody else can have a big game.
“That is the most important part, understanding that it’s a team concept and just accepting the fact that you are going to get doubled. He might even get tripled because that kid is that good.”
Glasker’s frame, at 6-1 and 175 pounds, and his early role are close enough to Kozlowski’s own path to make the comparison easy. The difference, Kozlowski said, is speed. And then there’s the jersey number.
“He should be wearing No. 7.
That’s what I think. Puka (Nacua) should have worn No. 7 too!”
he laughed. “They are much better than me, but I love seeing these young guys perform.”
Kozlowski went on to play six seasons for the Bears. Nacua is in his fourth season with the Rams. As for Glasker, the road ahead is still unwritten, but in Kozlowski’s eyes, the freshman’s start has the look of something rare.
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