When two of the BYU Cougars’ top big-play threats in 2024, Darius Lassiter and Keelan Marion, moved on from the football program earlier this year, it was assumed that that important part of the offense would be virtually nonexistent in 2025.
Fears that BYU would fail to produce chunk plays outside of the occasional burst by star running back LJ Martin were only exacerbated when BYU decided against bringing in another proven ball carrier from the transfer portal and replaced the dynamic Lassiter-Marion duo with a possession receiver from Stanford , Tiger Bachmeier, and a promising but unproven athlete from Snow College, Reggie Frischknecht.
Bachmeier, the brother of freshman quarterback Bear Bachmeier , has shown flashes here and there in limited playing time, while Frischknecht sus