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FRISCO, Texas — Kalani Sitake brought five players to BYU's third trip to Big 12 football media days Tuesday, including All-Big 12 preseason wide receiver Chase Roberts and linebacker tandem Jack Kelly and Isaiah Glasker.
But the biggest question was about a player who remains on the roster but isn't expected to be on the team in the fall.Rising fifth-year senior Jake Retzlaff is expected to transfer to another school for his final season of eligibility after admitting to violating the school's honor code.BYU's honor code for all students at the university sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints includes an expectation to "live a chaste and virtuous life, including abstaining from sexual relations outside marriage between a man and a woman.""There's a level of expectation and a standard that we ask our student-athletes and our students altogether to live like," Sitake said. "Every school has their standards, and we have ours, too."These are just part of the things that you have to be committed to, and we expect our students to live according to what they signed up for." "Every school has their standards, we have too"BYU Head Coach Kalani Sitake comments on coaching at a school with an honor code. pic.twitter.com/5d3QITsHyy— BYUtv Sports Nation July 8, 2025 The senior quarterback faced a multi-game suspension for violating the school's honor code, with some sources reporting up to seven games — more than half the season.Retzlaff, 22, was the subject of a civil lawsuit brought by a Salt Lake woman in Utah's 3rd District court that alleged sexual assault.Both parties agreed to dismiss the lawsuit after Retzlaff released a 14-page response to the suit, which included allegations that he "bit, raped and strangled" the alleged victim after she drove from her Salt Lake-area home to his apartment in Provo.Retzlaff denied "each and every allegation" in his response filing through his attorneys. He referred to the encounter as a "pleasant and entirely consensual evening together."The Southern California native has not revealed a transfer destination, and he can't enter the transfer portal because there is no current window. Retzlaff walked at April graduation with a degree in exercise and wellness, but the NCAA Division I council recently ruled that graduate transfers must enter the portal prior to the conclusion of their respective
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