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No. 5 pick Ansah impressed Lions at Senior Bowl
Detroit Free Press
The Lions didn't consider BYU defensive end Ziggy Ansah a consolation prize or a reach with the fifth overall pick in Thursday's NFL draft. “I wouldn't call it that at all,” general manager Martin Mayhew said of Ansah being a consolation with the top ...

 

No. 5 pick Ansah impressed Lions at Senior Bowl
Detroit Free Press
The Lions didn't consider BYU defensive end Ziggy Ansah a consolation prize or a reach with the fifth overall pick in Thursday's NFL draft. “I wouldn't call it that at all,” general manager Martin Mayhew said of Ansah being a consolation with the top ...

 

Get to know Ezekiel 'Ziggy' Ansah: Detroit Lions' first-round pick more than ...
MLive.com
Despite having played football for just three years, the Ghanaian-born defensive end out of BYU may have had the longest journey to the NFL of any prospect. Ansah came to the United States in 2008 having never seen the game of football. He wanted to ...

NFL Draft: Ziggy, Star give state a 1-2 punch in draft
Salt Lake Tribune
For the first time since Jim McMahon, BYU can boast that it has produced a top-five pick. And for the first time since 2010, a Cougar has heard his name called on draft day, period. Ansah — a cat-quick defensive end — went No. 5 to the Detroit Lions

 

Ziggy Ansah taken at No. 5 in the 2013 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions
Deseret News
Ziggy Ansah, defensive end from Brigham Young University, poses for a photograph at Niketown the day before the 2013 NFL Draft, Wednesday, April 24, 2013, in New York City. Ansah was selected fifth in the 2013 NFL draft. John Minchillo, AP Images for ...

 

Monson: History is made by BYU's Ansah and Utah's Lotulelei
Salt Lake Tribune
The first stages of an NFL Draft that had been derided by some as substandard and considered an absolute snooze-fest by others provided compelling theater for the state's football fans on Thursday night. Nobody around here needed a bunch of sweet-faced ...

 

Trailing 2-0, No. 1 BYU volleyball rallies to defeat No. 4 UCLA
Salt Lake Tribune
By Jay Drew Provo • Ben Patch, Taylor Sander and Josue Rivera and Devin Young were the heroes Thursday night, but the BYU men's volleyball players and their ...

 

BYU men's volleyball: 3 Cougars named All-American
Salt Lake Tribune
Junior Taylor Sander and freshman Ben Patch were named first-team AVCA All-Americans, while senior Russ Lavaja was named to the second team. BYU hosts the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament, which begins Thursday at the Smith

 

State colleges: BYU baseball falls to Gonzaga
Salt Lake Tribune
Gonzaga scored the eventual game-winners in the seventh and held off BYU's rally attempt in the eighth inning, where BYU scored three runs. California Baptist 6, Dixie State 3 • The Red Storm lost for the fifth time in six games in St. George, falling

 

Sharing a Smile With Skyler Halford - Preps Magazine
I could appreciate the excitement Skyler Halford was feeling when he sat at a table and signed on the dotted line. A scholarship offer from BYU just needed his ...

 

Eric Mika - YouTube
Future BYU big man Eric Mika talks about dealing with expectations at the next level and his ...

 

California power forward Tanner Lancona to visit K-State
Kansas City Star
Lancona will take an official visit to K-State next weekend (May 3-5). He is also considering St. Louis, which he will visit this weekend, along with Colorado State and BYU. Here is Lancona's recruiting profile at ESPN.com. Here is one of his highlight

 

Tanner Lancona to visit K-State
The Wichita Eagle
... talked with 6-foot-9 power forward Tanner Lancona for more than one hour during an in-school visit. The chat apparently left an impression on Lancona.

 

Manti Te'o on the Hoax and Life After: “Honestly, I'm Never Going to Be ...
Vanity Fair
Pacific Islanders routinely play at the University of Southern California (because of its proximity) and Utah's Brigham Young University (because it's Mormon). And one extended family of Samoans with a large presence in Hawaii—the Tuiasosopos—has ...