Nate Edwards
PROVO — In an instant, during a routine play in practice, everything changed for BYU tight end Moroni Laulu-Pututau.
Going into the 2017 football season, the 6-foot-4, 240-pound junior from Hyrum had been moved from wide receiver during the offseason and was projected to be a star on the Cougar offense.
But three days before the season-opener against Portland State last August, while running a route, he suffered a foot injury.
“It kind of popped,” Laulu-Pututau recalled. “I felt a sharp pain.”
It was diagnosed as a season-ending mid-foot injury known as a Lisfranc fracture.