Kelsey Brunner,
Offensive players meet with Ty Detmer in the middle of the field to go over plays at a BYU football practice in Provo on Thursday, August 10, 2017.
PROVO — The art of slobber-knocking physical play will surely be displayed come Saturday when Utah visits BYU in LaVell Edwards Stadium, and former Brighton High player and BYU starting fullback Brayden El-Bakri will be smack dab in the middle of it.
And he’ll love it.
Wrestling around, pushing cars in the parking lot, mixing it up with his brother and listening to his dad talk about the importance of not backing down is something BYU’s lead blocking back has grown accustomed to.