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On the day he announced he was leaving BYU for Virginia, football coach Bronco Mendenhall said he had no interest in playing the Cougars as the Cavaliers' new coach.

He might get his wish.

Friday, BYU and Virginia announced changes to their future football series, and added an additional game in Provo — perhaps as part of the buyout agreement when Mendenhall left BYU with one year left on his contract.

The series was originally slated to begin in 2019 in Charlottesville, but that game has been moved to 2021, and will be played in Provo.

There will still be a game played in 2023, but it will be played in Charlottesville now.

The additional game — making it a two-for-one deal, in essence — will be played in 2025 in Provo.

Virginia leads the all-time series 3-2. In 2013, UVa downed BYU 19-16 at Scott Stadium. In 2014, BYU won 41-33 at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

Meanwhile, back in Provo, the Cougars held their annual Pro Day for NFL scouts and representatives on Friday.

I counted 22 representatives of NFL teams at the IPF, and two scouts from the Saskatchewan Roughridgers of the Canadian Football League.

You can read my report on Pro Day here, along with a list of the BYU players and players from other schools (SUU, Idaho State, Mesa Community College) who participated.

The biggest news, perhaps, was that Tejan Koroma attended the workout and spent a lot of time mingling with his former teammates, especially OL Tuni Kanuch and QB Taysom Hill. I asked Koroma if he was interested in talking to a reporter about his situation — why he is not enrolled at BYU this semester — and he just smiled and shook his head.

I did see Koroma and coach Kalani Sitake share a bro hug and talk for a few seconds.

Speaking of players not currently participating in spring practices, safety Kai Nacua was there with a sling on one arm, and defensive tackle Travis Tuiloma was there with a protective boot on his foot.

Among the former players who are currently in the NFL who attended: DB Robertson Daniel, OL De'Ondre Wesley and LB Uani Unga.

I was able to talk to Devon Blackmon, Bronson Kaufusi, Terenn Houk, Ryker Mathews and Manoa Pikula after the workouts. You can see video of my interview with Kaufusi at the aforementioned link.

Here are some comments from the others:

Blackmon on how the day went:

"I think it went really well. I came out and did what I supposed to do. .. I think I helped myself a lot. I think a lot of them didn't expect me to put up the numbers I did today. I think that helped tremendously."

Blackmon on his training:

"I went down to Arizona with my trainer Luke Neal. Only way I got to go down there is because of Ms. Nicole — Jamaal Williams' mom — and my mom and dad. If it wasn't for them, I would have been able to get down there for my training."

Blackmon on what he is hearing from teams:

"I have heard from a couple of teams. Nothing is set in stone until they are calling you and expressing a lot of interest in you. I am just taking it one day at a time, one hour at a time, just focusing on my craft until they call."

Pikula on how his day went:

"I just went out and did my thing. I hope it was good enough so the scouts could see what I could do. .. I feel like I helped myself. I did a regional combine two weeks ago and I kinda got all my jitters out in that combine. I just came out and did better than I did two weeks ago, so I'm good."

Ryker Mathews on what he accomplished:

"I just wanted to come out here and show that even with a knee surgery and hip surgery and foot surgery, I can still move and still run and play the game."

Ryker on what he's been doing since the season ended:

"Training, eating and sleeping. That's literally all I have been doing. I was in Houston for the first two months of the year, staying in hotel and training from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day. Go home and eat, sleep, wake up and do the same thing the next day. Very boring, but well worth it, for sure."

Houk on what he did well today:

"My bench was good. My three cone and my shuttle all helped. Things I struggled with were my 40 and my vertical jump. Those are things I can definitely work on and get better at."

Houk on his nerves:

"It is the biggest job interview of your life, so you are nervous, but I feel like during the training that they really drilled that into us, that you just go out and do your best and I think that's what I did."

Houk on teams showing interest:

"A couple — different positions for different teams. So it is either flex receiver or tight end. Like I did here at BYU — they don't know where to put me."