PROVO — Around the time a lot of us vertically-challenged individuals were merely dreaming of it, Brandon Averette was making it happen.
All 5-foot-8 of him, mind you, as a ninth-grader.
That was when BYU’s latest graduate transfer rose above the rim to dunk a basketball, showing off his athleticism at a young age. He parlayed that athleticism into earning a scholarship to play basketball at Oklahoma State, before transferring to Utah Valley and then up the road to BYU for his final year of eligibility.
“I’ve been blessed to always be the fastest and most athletic on whatever team I was on, since I was young,” Averette said.