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BYU senior safety Austin Kafentzis never duplicated his record-setting prep QB feats, but he’s inspiring his teammates in other ways

Provo • It was one of those get-to-know-you team meetings early in preseason training camp that BYU safeties Austin Lee, Malik Moore and others will never forget.

A few days ago, fellow safety Austin Kafentzis — the former Jordan High quarterback who smashed every offensive prep record imaginable five years ago — stood in front of his teammates and related the story of how he ended up playing defense for the Cougars, after stops at Wisconsin, Nevada and Arizona Western College.

Kafentzis told them how he and his father, Kyle, left Yuma, Ariz.