And a walk-on may lead them.
Brayden El-Bakri has unofficially become the poster boy for BYU’s November finish, which begins on the road at Fresno State this Saturday. If not in a physical sense, he may do so emotionally.
El-Bakri is one of those guys whose primary goal in football is to play for BYU — at any price. He doesn’t have that yearly stipend that scholarship athletes have, checks that total in the thousands of dollars. He doesn’t have his tuition, books, fees and lodging paid for under the shade of a scholarship.
He’s suffered the losses alongside the paid combatants, and his pain was just as deep through a seven-game losing streak.