{"id":3073,"date":"2026-06-30T19:08:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3073"},"modified":"2026-06-30T19:08:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:08:53","slug":"of-all-the-football-bryan-kehl-has-played-byu-utah-still-takes-the-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3073","title":{"rendered":"Of all the football Bryan Kehl has played, BYU-Utah still takes the cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Bryan Kehl stepped onto FedExField in Landover, Maryland, on Dec. 30, 2012 in the final game of the NFL\u2019s regular season with everything on the line \u2014 and everybody watching on Sunday Night Football. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3071\">House fails to advance critical defense bill amid lingering GOP disagreement on election bill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A win for Washington against rival Dallas would give Kehl and his teammates the NFC East division title and the last playoff spot. The moment was huge and the fact that it was against the despised Cowboys made it even bigger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a pretty electric atmosphere,\u201d Kehl told the \u201cY\u2019s Guys\u201d livestream show, noting that of all 72 games he played as a professional, Washington\u2019s 28-18 victory that night was his favorite, but it still held nothing on the annual BYU-Utah game. \u201cWhen I look back at everything I did and the moments on the field, it\u2019s really hard to beat that rivalry game, especially my last two years in the way we won those games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kehl, a former Brighton High star, had ten tackles and a sack in BYU\u2019s 33-31 victory at Rice Eccles Stadium in 2006. He and the defense had a great view from the sideline of John Beck\u2019s touchdown pass to Jonny Harline on the game\u2019s final play.<\/p>\n<p>A year later, Kehl had four tackles and a sack during the Cougars 17-10 come-from-behind win in Provo. Once again, he witnessed another iconic last-minute moment when on fourth-and-18, Max Hall connected with Austin Collie for 49-yards to keep the game-winning touchdown drive alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to beat that as a kid from Salt Lake growing up wearing BYU stuff in a sea of red in Salt Lake County schools during a time in the 90\u2019s when Utah was surging,\u201d Kehl said. \u201cIt just created such a pinnacle (moment) for that game.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><b>College vs. NFL<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe top guys at BYU are pulling in more than I made in my sixth year in the NFL,\u201d Kehl said. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The defining line separating the NFL and college used to be money, but now that NIL rewards student-athletes with cash, it has more to do with talent and timing.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3069\">Opinion: Limited government and the pursuit of happiness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn college, there might have been two times that I got knocked down. You are kind of an elite player in college and then you go to the NFL, and anybody can knock you down,\u201d Kehl said. \u201cThere is a sense of opportunity but also liability with the NFL. Every time you step in between those lines, there are trained killers looking for you and they are coming for you. There is so much hype and adrenaline. I miss it like crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>Related<\/div>\n<div>BYU recruiting getting a boost from \u2018walking the walk\u2019<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><b>Big plans<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Kehl was the only Cougar selected in the 2008 NFL Draft when the Giants picked him in the fourth round. A recent report by CBS Sports suggested BYU\u2019s 2026 roster could put up to ten players in next year\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt\u2019s incredible. I hope it\u2019s true. I hope we have that many. It\u2019s great for the program. It\u2019s great for recruiting,\u201d Kehl said. \u201cIt\u2019s great for the trajectory of where we are trying to get and that\u2019s what takes you to the next level of getting into the playoffs, competing in the playoffs and winning a national championship. To me, that\u2019s the goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> The Cougars are a combined 23-4 over the last two seasons and are projected to contend again for the Big 12 Championship. Kehl is hoping to go a few steps further and win it all.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt\u2019s been done before and who is to say that we can\u2019t do it again,\u201d he said. \u201cThe process is getting the players that can compete with the big boys and it\u2019s having enough NFL guys on your roster. Kudos to (head coach) Kalani (Sitake). What he\u2019s done down there is incredible to see. I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><b>Kehl\u2019s Preseason Big 12 Top 5<\/b><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>BYU<\/li>\n<li>Texas Tech<\/li>\n<li>Houston<\/li>\n<li>Arizona<\/li>\n<li>TCU<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Kehl on the Cougars: \u201cThey have all the pieces coming back, a young quarterback who is a phenom that has incredible situational awareness and ball security; they have the best running back in the conference coming back; they have talent on the outside; they are loaded on defense; they have my teammate and co-captain (Kelly Poppinga) as their defensive coordinator. We\u2019ve been hosed by the powers that be the last two years and this is our year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Dave McCann is a sportswriter and columnist for the Deseret News and is a play-by-play announcer and show host for BYUtv\/ESPN+. He co-hosts \u201cY\u2019s Guys\u201d at ysguys.com and is the author of the children\u2019s book \u201cC is for Cougar,\u201d available at deseretbook.com<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3067\">July events and activities in Utah<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kehl played a part in BYU\u2019s two iconic victories over Utah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Of all the football Bryan Kehl has played, BYU-Utah still takes the cake - American Movers Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3073\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Of all the football Bryan Kehl has played, BYU-Utah still takes the cake - 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