Provo • A common perception in college football recruiting circles is that BYU is as difficult to recruit to as any school in the country, due to the combination of its strict honor code, its independent status, and its academic standards that rival those at places such as Stanford, Rice and Cal.
At BYU’s Football Media Day last month, The Salt Lake Tribune asked several coaches if that perception is true, what they have learned about recruiting to the school owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and how recruiting to BYU has changed since they played for or coached at the school decades ago, if that applies to them.