The quarterback battle was the primary storyline of the BYU offseason. Jake Retzlaff and Gerry Bohanon battled it out for the starting job until the end of Fall
camp. In fact, BYU didn't announce the starting quarterback externally until the afternoon of week one. Eight games into the 2024 season, Jake Retzlaff has silenced all doubters as he continues to improve and lead BYU to wins. Today, we're taking a look back at the first eight games of the 2024 season to evaluate Jake Retzlaff compared to his Big 12 peers .Starting off with the most basic metric: passing yards. Retzlaff has thrown for 1,870 yards through six games.
If Retzlaff can continue to improve every week, BYU has a chance to be playing its best football come November.Casey Lundquist is the publisher and lead editor of Cougs Daily. He has covered BYU athletics for the last four years. During that time, he has published over 2,000 stories that have reached more than three million people.
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