Provo • Beau Hoge doesn’t even want to acknowledge it. Not publicly, anyway.
But it is looking more and more like the redshirt sophomore from Fort Thomas, Ky., will be Tanner Mangum’s primary backup when BYU coaches release their two-deep chart prior to the opener on Aug. 26 against Portland State.
Hoge, the son of former NFL running back and current ESPN NFL analyst Merril Hoge, got the second-most reps at Thursday’s scrimmage, behind only Mangum.
“We will just have to see how it works out,” he said after running for a touchdown and throwing for another in the scrimmage.