PROVO — One of the surprises of BYU's fall camp was the emergence of Bracken El-Bakri at defensive tackle.
The redshirt sophomore walk-on out of Brighton High is slated to start when the Cougars open the season at Arizona Saturday (8:45 p.m., MDT, ESPN).
It’s been quite a meteoric rise considering that El-Bakri was temporarily moved to fullback during the middle of last season. Then coming out of spring ball, he was listed third on the depth chart at defensive tackle behind Tevita Mo’Unga, who is redshirting this season, and Lorenzo Fauatea, who is now the third-string nose tackle.