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How BYU built its roster to maximize the season of AJ Dybantsa

Shortly after AJ Dybantsa announced his commitment to BYU in December 2024, coach Kevin Young and the Cougars' staff hit pause on their celebrations to answer the next question: How could they build around him?

The No. 1 prospect of the 2025 high school class and the program's first five-star recruit since the ESPN recruiting database started in 2007 would be the Cougars' foundational building block, but they needed to assemble a winning team.

"Everybody had a different point of view," Justin Young, BYU's director of recruiting and Kevin's brother, told ESPN. "Do we need to have specific positions around him?