Provo • Barring a late invitation to an NFL team’s mini-camp, only three former BYU football players will get professional football opportunities later this year.
Linebacker Sione Takitaki was selected in the third round of last week’s draft by the Cleveland Browns, while defensive end Corbin Kaufusi signed an undrafted free-agent contract with the New Orleans Saints and quarterback Tanner Mangum accepted invites to participate in mini-camps in Oakland and Detroit.
It is another relatively meager showing for BYU, which hasn’t had multiple players selected in a single draft since receiver Austin Collie went in the fourth round in 2009 to the Indianapolis Colts and running back Fui Vakapuna went in the seventh round to the Cincinnati Bengals.