Provo • From 2012 to 2016, BYU’s defensive players often said they were thankful that they only had to try to stop dual-threat quarterback Taysom Hill in practices, and not in games.
The current Cougar defenders will get that challenge Saturday when they face a quarterback that might be even better than Hill was at running the football, Heisman Trophy candidate Kahlil Tate of Arizona.
“Dynamic player, man,” said BYU defensive coordinator Ilaisa Tuiaki. “There are a lot of good defenses that he’s played, and he has shredded them all. It is [about] trying to keep him contained.