BYU got some bad news on Monday as Kalani Sitake announced that linebacker Keenan Pili tore his ACL versus Arizona State and is out for the season. The redshirt sophomore linebacker had 17 tackles in the opener versus Arizona and was BYU’s leading tackler on the season.
BYU fortunately has good linebacker depth, but losing Pili is definitely a blow. Ben Bywater takes Pili’s place on as starting MIKE linebacker and will play largely alongside Payton Wilgar and Max Tooley. Guys like Drew Jensen and Josh Wilson should get more playing time. The only other change at the depth chart was Drew Jensen over took Josh Wilson as the backup MIKE linebacker.