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A week before his brother is likely to be selected in the NFL draft and sign a check for an awful lot of money, BYU's Corbin Kaufusi made a move Friday that shows he, too, would like to play a professional sport for a living.

Kaufusi, the 6-foot-10, 255-pound center on BYU's basketball team, said he will also play football for the Cougars next school year.

His older brother, Bronson Kaufusi, did roughly the same thing — suiting up with the BYU basketball team for a season during his four-year starting career with the football team. Bronson Kaufusi is predicted to be drafted in next week's NFL draft, perhaps as quickly as late in the first round — although most mock draft boards have him going in the second or third rounds.

My take is that Corbin probably believes he's got a better chance at going pro in football than basketball. He's steadily improved in basketball the past two seasons, but there's probably a ceiling for him in that sport.

In football, who knows? The bloodlines are certainly there.

At any rate, he will be one of the tallest gridders in the country — and he almost certainly will have to put on 25-30 pounds to play defensive end, which is where he is projected to play. Of course, Corbin's father, Steve, is BYU's defensive line coach, the only holdover from Bronco Mendenhall's staff that new coach Kalani Sitake kept around.

"We're excited to welcome Corbin to the football program," Sitake said in a school news release. "He's a versatile athlete with great size, and we're looking forward to seeing him develop his abilities both on the football field and the basketball court."

The release said Kaufusi will work out with both teams during the summer and transition full-time to football for preseason camp, which begins in August. At the end of the football season, Kaufusi will join the basketball team for the remainder of the season.

"It has always been a dream of mine to play football at BYU," Kaufusi said. "I am really excited about what is happening with football. … I am grateful for the support of the basketball coaches as I pursue this opportunity."

Incidentally, Kaufusi originally signed an NLI to play football at BYU. But after his church mission to New Zealand, he grew several inches and joined the basketball team. He started in 36 games over the last two seasons, averaging 4.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game.

"We're exited for Corbin to have this opportunity," said BYU coach Dave Rose, who welcomes center Eric Mika back from a mission next week. "We are very supportive of this decision and will look forward to having him back with us full-time when the football season is over."