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BYU's Bushman working to become a better blocker; looking forward to marriage to daughter of former Cougar tight end

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PROVO — You’d think after earning Freshman All-American honors last season, BYU tight end Matt Bushman would feel like he’s proven himself.

But that’s not the approach he’s taken going into his sophomore campaign — not with a new offensive coaching staff at the helm and a new offense to learn.

“It was a blessing to receive an award like that. But that was last year. Now I’m a sophomore. You can’t focus on the past,” he said. “There are a lot of things I need to work on with this new offense. There are new types of blocking, new types of routes, new reads that we need to do.