In 2017, the BYU football team posted a 4-9 record, the school’s worst performance since the 1970 season. That same fall, Zachary Kapono Wilson was the starting quarterback for the Corner Canyon Chargers high school football team in Draper, Utah.
Wilson enjoyed a sterling senior season that featured 32 total touchdowns and an eventual commitment to BYU.
Fresh off the school’s least inspiring campaign in over four decades, Wilson won BYU’s starting job as a true freshman with the pressure of getting the program back on track. And that’s exactly what he did.
The probable future New York Jets quarterback helped lead the Cougars to a 7-6 record in 2018, a mark the team would match in 2019.