PROVO, Utah – BYU Football took a day off from the practice field for team photo day on Wednesday afternoon before representing at the annual Cougar Kickoff later in the evening.
As part of the photo event, players and coaches gathered for a team photo, shot by award-winning BYU Photo staff outside on the practice field before going into the Indoor Practice Facility for a series of photos, interviews and other stations in prep for television broadcasts and marketing activities.
Stations included ESPN, FOX and other broadcast partner headshots and action photos, a digital signature capture, green screen intro video shots, bio updates, name pronunciation recordings, BYUtv interviews and media interviews.
Learn about the size and stature of the team, along with other fun figures from the 2025 squad below.
- The average BYU football player is about 6-foot-2.5 and 237 pounds
- The combined weight of players on the team is more than 27,000 pounds, or 13.5 tons.
- Size by position (appoximate)
- Quarterback — 6-1.25, 205 pounds
- Running back — 5-11.25, 213 pounds
- Wide receiver — 6-2, 189 pounds
- Tight end — 6-4.5, 245 pounds
- Offensive line — 6-5.5, 308 pounds
- Defensive end — 6-3.5, 248 pounds
- Defensive tackle — 6-4, 302 pounds
- Linebacker — 6-2.5, 233 pounds
- Cornerback — 6-0.5, 183 pounds
- Safety — 6-1.75, 200 pounds
- Long snapper — 6-1, 208 pounds
- Punter — 5-11.5, 200 pounds
- Kicker — 6-1.5, 188 pounds
- Tallest players — Kaden Chidester, 6-8 (OL), Ethan Thomason 6-8 (OL), Andrew Gentry 6-8 (OL), Andrew Williams 6-8 (OL)
- Shortest players — Jonathan Kabeya 5-10 (CB), Tayvion Beasley 5-10 (CB), Sione Moa 5-10 (RB), Enoch Nawahine (RB), Logan Payne (RB), McCae Hillstead (QB)
- Heaviest players — Kafusi Pafoke 345 (DT), Justin Kirkland 340 (DT)
- Lightest players — Jordyn Criss 165 (CB)
- Average Age — 21.5
- Players by state
- Arizona — 9
- California — 14
- Colorado — 2
- Georgia — 3
- Hawaii — 8
- Idaho — 3
- Louisiana — 1
- Michigan — 1
- Missouri — 2
- Texas — 6
- Utah — 60
- Virginia — 2
- Washington — 3
- Wisconsin — 1
- Australia — 2