The BYU Cougars kick off the 2025 season in 26 days against Portland State. As we continue counting down the days until kickoff, today we will profile the player who wears No. 26 - redshirt senior long snapper Garrison Grimes - by providing three interesting, fun facts:
Fun fact No. 1 - Yes, Jeff Grimes is his father
The last name Grimes is familiar among BYU football fans because of the solid legacy left by his father, Jeff, who was the Cougars offensive coordinator. The elder Grimes was originally hired by BYU in 2004 as an offensive line coach, left for another job two years later, then returned to Provo in 2018 as BYU's offensive coordinator.