An Early Look at the 2026 BYU Quarterback Room

The Cougars return breakout quarterback Bear Bachmeier

BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier in the Pop-Tarts Bowl against Georgia Tech | BYU Photo

For the first time since the transfer portal was started, we can start to project what BYU's roster as early as January. While BYU could still add a few players that entered the portal when it was open, most of BYU's roster is set.

In this article, we're taking a way-too-early look at the 2026 BYU quarterback room.

Before we get started, there are two important notes:

1. We don't know for sure who redshirted in 2025, so we assumed everyone would be one class older than they were in 2025
2. Not all returned missionaries will be on the roster; to avoid speculating on which missionaries will be invited to be on the roster and which will be asked to grayshirt, we assumed all returned missionaries would be on the roster

Newcomers will be marked with a note on their paths to BYU.

Without further ado, here is BYU's projected quarterback room for the 2026 season.

BYU's Projected Quarterback Room

• Bear Bachmeier - Sophomore
• Treyson Bourguet - Senior
• Cole Hagen - Junior
• Enoch Watson - Freshman (Returned Missionary)

Bear Bachmeier returns in 2026 as one of the faces of the program. The California native had a breakout season as a true freshman and was named the Big 12 Freshman of the Year. If BYU is going to take the next step and become a College Football Playoff team, the Cougars will need Bachmeier to take that next step as well.

Bear Bachmeier will go into the 2026 season as one of the top quarterbacks in the Big 12.

Besides the development of the Bachmeier, the battle for the backup quarterback spot will be the storyline of Spring camp. BYU returns veteran backup Treyson Bourguet for his final season of eligibility. They also welcome Enoch Watson back from his mission. Watson probably has higher upside than Bourguet, but Bourguet has more experience and time in BYU's offense.

Only three scholarsip quarterbacks are currently scheduled to be on the roster. The Cougars had been looking to add one more backup quarterback from the transfer portal, but as of this article, BYU has not added another quarterback.

BYU's Projected Wide Receiver Room

• Tei Nacua - Sophomore
• Cody Hagen - Junior
• Reggie Frischknecht - Junior
• Parker Kingston - Senior
• Jojo Phillips - Junior
• Tiger Bachmeier - Senior
• Trey Roberts - Sophomore
• Rowan Reay - Senior
• Jared Esplin - Sophomore
• Carter Hancock - Sophomore
• Quinn Hale - Sophomore
• Kila Keone - Sophomore
• Jaron Pula - Freshman (2026 Signee)
• Terrance Saryon - Freshman (2026 Signee)
• Legend Glasker - Freshman (2026 Signee)
• Kyler Kasper - Junior (Incoming Transfer)
• Jett Nelson - Freshman (Returned Missionary)

If you've wondered why BYU has only added one transfer wide receiver, this view shows why. BYU will have at least three true freshmen wide receivers in 2026. Therefore, there are very few spots available. This group will only have two seniors: Parker Kingston and Tiger Bachmeier.

BYU needs some of its younger wide receivers to develop into reliable, starting-caliber wide receivers like Parker Kingston did in 2025. Cody Hagen and Jojo Phillips are the two leading candidates to do that. Oregon transfer Kyler Kasper was also brought in to play right away and replace Chase Roberts' ability to make contested catches.

Also, keep an eye on true freshman Jaron Pula. Pula could crack the rotation sooner rather than later. Pula is as physically gifted as any wide receiver to come out of the state of Utah over the last few years.