Every team needs those “glue guys,” as some call them. In basketball, it is seven-time NBA champion Robert Horry, who averaged just 24 minutes per game. On the baseball field, it was pinch-hitting specialist Matt Stairs.
They are the players that do not make front-page headlines, get the gaudiest contracts or are showered with accolades. In fact, other players receive those things much due to the efforts of these types of players. These players are rarely even starters on their own teams. Every good team needs unsung heroes.
The 2020-2021 BYU basketball team has several of these selfless athletes.