BYU’s great quarterback derby of 2018 is now down to two candidates: senior Tanner Mangum and freshman Zach Wilson. The youngest and oldest of the contestants for the starting job when the Cougars open against Arizona on Sept. 1 have separated themselves for quite some time now, and solidified that feeling among the coaches with their play in Saturday’s closed scrimmage.
“We feel like Tanner and Zach right now are the two guys we are going to concentrate our reps on,” offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes said after Monday’s practice. “Those two guys have been neck and neck since the day that we started, and have outperformed the other guys, so those two guys will be the ones who will be getting all the reps with the ones, and most of the reps with the twos.