BYU football: Cougars target tall, athletic players in 2011 recruiting class

*Mid-year enrollee

*Ryker Mathews

Offensive Line

6-6, 285

American Fork, Utah

American Fork HS

Ranked top recruit in the state and No. 11 among offensive lineman nationally by Rivals.com ... ranked the top offensive lineman in the state and No. 43 offensive lineman by Scout.com ... played for the West squad in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... BYU Nike Camp MVP ... All-Poly Camp top offensive lineman ... also played defensive line and on the Caveman basketball team at center ... cited for his size, agility and strong football IQ ... also recruited by Utah, Kansas, Oregon, UCLA, Notre Dame and Arizona ... coached by Davis

Knight and Aaron Behm

*Signed scholarship agreement as mid-year enrollee

2011 Recruiting Class

Corey Edwards K 5-10 190 Hurricane, Utah/Hurricane HS

Preston Hadley DB 6-0 200 Pleasant Grove, Utah/Snow College

Austin Heder LB 6-3 235 Pleasant Grove, Utah/Pleasant Grove HS

Colby Jorgensen TE 6-7 230 Provo, Utah/Timpview HS

Corbin Kaufusi DL 6-7 230 Provo, Utah/Timpview HS

Moses Kaumatule DL 6-2 240 West Jordan, Utah/Bingham HS

Alex Kuresa QB 6-0 175 Millville, Utah/Mountain Crest HS

Ului Lapuaho OL 6-7 280 West Valley City, Utah/Hunter HS

Lene Lesatele LB 6-2 240 Artesia, Calif./Gahr HS

Ryker Mathews OL 6-6 285 American Fork, Utah/American Fork HS

Aulelio Olomua LB 6-4 235 Mesa, Ariz./Mesa HS

Manoa Pikula LB 6-1 225 South Jordan, Utah/Bingham HS

Baker Pritchard DL 6-2 240 South Jordan, Utah/Bingham HS

Adam Pulsipher LB 6-2 230 Temecula, CA/Temecula Valley HS

Brian Rawlinson OL 6-6 280 Oologah, Okla./Oologah-Talala HS

Stehly Reden DL 6-6 245 Valley Center, Calif./Valley Center HS

Joe Sampson DB 6-0 205 Oakland, Calif./College of San Mateo

Matt Sumsion TE 6-8 215 Springville, Utah/Springville HS

Kesni Tausinga DL 6-1 285 South Jordan, Utah/Bingham HS

Returned Missionaries

Michael Alisa RB 6-1 215 Provo, UT/Timpview HS

Kevan Bills LB 6-3 225 Provo, UT/Timpview HS

Cameron Comer DB 6-0 189 Springville, UT/Springville HS

Ian Dulan DL 6-1 255 Hilo, HI/Kamehameha-Hawaii HS

Kaneakua Friel TE 6-5 235 Kaneohe, HI/Kamehameha HS

Spencer Hadley LB 6-1 221 Connell, WA/Connell HS

Adam Hine RB 6-1 175 Santa Clara, UT/Snow Canyon HS

Solomone Kafu OL 6-2 309 Rio Linda, CA/Rio Linda HS

Rex Morgan DB 5-10 177 Greeley, CO/Greeley West HS

Iona Pritchard LB 6-0 234 South Jordan, UT/Bingham HS

Daniel Sorensen LB 6-1 208 Colton, CA/Colton HS

Justin Sorensen K 6-1 222 South Jordan, UT/Bingham HS

Christian Stewart QB 6-0 190 Orem, UT/Timpanogos HS

Brock Stringham OL 6-5 280 Highlands Ranch, CO/Mountain Vista HS

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