Provo • His father died of throat cancer when he was 8 years old. His favorite cousin died from an accidental shooting five years later. The coaches who recruited him to BYU from across the country left for Virginia two years into his career in Provo.
Think senior defensive back Michael Shelton is going to get down on himself just because he hasn’t seen as much playing time as he expected when he signed with the Cougars out of Raleigh, N.C., way back in 2014?
“With all I’ve been through in my life, not playing a lot has really just been a little setback,” Shelton said Tuesday after emerging as one of the heroes in BYU’s 28-23 victory over Arizona last Saturday.