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PROVO — Talon Shumway’s emergence is a unique sideshow to BYU’s kickoff of the 2017 football season Saturday when the Cougars host Portland State at LaVell Edwards Stadium.
A year ago, Shumway saw limited action after nursing a back injury he carried his final year at Lone Peak High and then during his LDS Church missionary service in McAllen, Texas.
Then came this fall when a bunch of the hype started. And he was named a starting receiver for Ty Detmer’s offense.
Word of Shumway’s playmaking ability spread fast in fall camp the final week of July.