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BYU football: After his cousin’s murder, Squally Canada intends to turn his personal grief into success on the football field

The junior from Milpitas, Calif., doesn't intend to let them down.

"If I die on that field working out, I'm gonna die," he said. "I'm giving them my all. That's just how it is."

Running backs will get a lot of attention when camp opens in August. BYU needs to replace Jamal Williams, the star runner taken by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the NFL draft. They have a bevy of backs, each with a slightly different skill set, trying to fill that hole. But no one, Canada said, will outwork him this fall.