Provo • Stacy Canada could not believe what her only biological son, Bryant Patrick “Squally” Canada, was telling her when he decided to transfer from Washington State in December of 2014.
He was. And he also issued a promise: “I’m going to be the first person in our family to get a college degree,” he said on the phone that day.
Mom knew right then and there that the running back who is entering his final season at BYU in 2018 would follow through, and thrive in a unique environment some 800 miles away from the family’s home in Milpitas, Calif.