Jake Heaps transfer puts QB position in flux for 2013

Up to this point, Munns hasn’t shown all that much during practice sessions, but he hasn’t had much of a chance to show his abilities, given his paltry share of QB reps. The Kennewick, Wash., native presents a huge 6-foot-6, 250-pound frame that is surprisingly mobile for his size.

Munns will certainly get a look in 2013, along with other prospects such as Ammon Olsen.

Olsen played for Alta High and signed and played for Southern Utah in 2009, before opting to serve an LDS Church mission. He’ll join the program in January along with Hill and will immediately begin competing — hoping to earn the starting nod in 2013.

Olsen, like Hill, brings a mobile and athletic makeup to the QB position, which may serve him very well if Doman moves toward more of a read-option offense. He ran for 860 yards and 11 touchdowns his senior year at Alta while throwing for 3,209 more while earning 5A state MVP honors.

"Ammon is a big, strong athletic quarterback," said Doman. "He was not only an outstanding quarterback in high school but an exceptional basketball player as well. He helped his teams be very successful and we anticipate him doing the same for us as a Cougar."

So there you have it — the top three candidates to pencil in as BYU’s starting quarterback in 2013. Given the fact that almost no one had Riley Nelson penciled in as BYU’s starter for 2012, that list of three is very subject to change.

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