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BYU’s Kaufusis honor fallen grandfather with strong game against McNeese

Provo • The visiting team’s players all had their school’s new preferred name — McNeese — on the backs of their jerseys Saturday afternoon at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

BYU’s jersey backs included its players’ last names, but they just as well could have read: Kaufusi.

Four players with the last name of Kaufusi — Corbin, Devin, Jackson and Isaiah — contributed to BYU’s 30-3 win over the Cowboys, all on defense and/or special teams.

That was somehow fitting, because their paternal grandfather, Petelo Kaufusi, passed away earlier in the week at the age of 79.