After spring football camp ended in 2019, a headline in a local newspaper blared a rather distressing update for Cougar fans: “Healthy tight ends are in short supply at BYU.” Aside from blossoming superstar Matt Bushman, the article detailed, the Cougars were shorthanded because promising tight end Dallin Holker made a surprise, last-minute decision to go on a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and converted receiver Flash forward to 2021.