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Deseret News 2008 Mr. Football: Craig Bills

We're excited to have him

Great job Craig and good luck at the Y.

The Deseret News got this one right! This kid is a great football player with a very bright future. I firmly believe you will be watching this kid on Sundays. I have watched him play for the last 3 years and he never takes a play off. Craig Bills is very deserving. You can argue for other players but there should be no one who complains about this selection.

Congrats Bills,

See you after the mission!

Considering what he's done for three years, I think he's the guy who deserves this award.

The type of LDS family we all should strive to be. Forget about football. Congrats to Craig and his parents!

Be Serious? Wow, talk about REALLY stupid comments

Height / weight?

We follow Craig's football all the way from North Carolina. He is a great player and a fine young man. He comes from a very special family. Congrats Craig and best of luck the rest of your career. You are MR. FOOTBALL!

"Bills will play next for BYU...He's hoping to remain a safety at the next level, but many predict he'll grow big enough to play linebacker."

NOOOOOOO!!! Not linebacker! We need some really good safeties, we have plenty of linebackers already.

Parker Webster and Ammon Olsen both were worthy candidates for this award. That being said, I believe Bills was the right pick. It would have been nice to see another Alta player get it (since that's my homies), but as much as Shak and Boo were the cream of the crop for 2006 and 2007, I think the same could be said for Bills this year.

Alta Vs Timpview. What's keeping this game from happening? Alta always has a 4A opponent scheduled their first game of the season. Why not make that first game THE game that everyone wants to see? Even bigger than Alta vs. Bingham.

Is Craig related to former BYU player KC Bills?

Most of the past "Mr. Fotball" players have gone on to excel at the U and not the Y? Just noticed that. Curious..

i am proud to say that mr. football laid me on my bum! :)

100% agreed. We have a number of other good players, potential linebackers who will fill in just fine at those positions. I was even disappointed when they switched Daniel Sorensen to linebacker. Right now the safties BYU has are better than the corners. What we are really in the most dire need for without question are CB's. There will be other guys who can fill in at linebacker like Michael Alisa and Austen Jorgensen, and other promising future players like Jerry Bruner who was recruited at running back, but I think will serve better as a linebacker based on his size and speed together. So the future is promising at the Y in terms of talent, but safties and especially corners are needed desperately.

Timpview ought to rise to a higher level at 5A. They are way to good for 4A and need to be tested more at a higher level.

Craig is related to KC and Kelly Bills. Both brothers played at BYU but ended their careers early due to injuries. Great Family. We miss them in Colorado. Hi Robin.

We need great Defensive players at the Y--and keep him at safety or CB, where he can use his skills to play some pressure defense. He could get some serious playing time in his freshman year if he shows up to camp with the same tenacity and work ethic. I'm SOOO gald BYU is getting a guy like this; we need someone covering passes with a great work ethic and a bit of a swagger (like Kehl last year).

he'll get lost in that bad byu defense so don't get your hopes up cougar fans.

even utah state exposed how slow you are.