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BYU notes: BYU's Brayden El-Bakri taking on bigger role with the offense

Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

GREENVILLE, N.C. — If nothing else, BYU fullback Brayden El-Bakri will forever be the answer to a trivia question.

Who scored the first touchdown of the Kalani Sitake Era?

Diehards will tell you that it was El-Bakri, who scored on a 1-yard touchdown run in the second quarter of the Cougars’ 18-16 victory over Arizona in September 2016.

His brother, Bracken, who also plays fullback, was serving an LDS Church mission at the time in Dallas.

“I was sleeping and I got a call from my mission president,” Bracken recalled.