When Preston Rex got the message two weeks before preseason training camp that BYU football coach Kalani Sitake wanted to talk to the safety in his office, a myriad of thoughts ran through his mind.

Did he do something wrong? Was he getting released from the team? Was he going to be asked to switch positions?

Turns out, the latter was the correct answer. But there was more to it than that. Rex, who calls himself the “oldest redshirt sophomore on the team,” was asked by Sitake to move to the other side of the ball, and play running back.

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“I was a bit nervous at first, a bit surprised, but I said ‘yeah, let’s do it, let’s go,’” Rex

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