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The Cougars look pretty set at offensive line this coming season, with seven of the 10 offensive lineman who made the two-deep for the Miami Beach Bowl returning. Four of the five starters — junior left tackle Ryker Mathews, sophomore left guard Kyle Johnson, freshman center Tejan Koroma and freshman right guard Tuni Kanuch will be back.

BYU will lose only right tackle De'Ondre Wesley, backup center Edward Fusi and backup left guard Solomone Kafu to graduation. Backup left tackle Lui Lapuaho, backup center Terrance Alletto and backup right tackle Brad Wilcox are also back.

However, recruiting coordinator Geoff Martzen said Tuesday that developing offensive line depth has been a recruiting priority the past few months.

"We came in knowing that we needed O-line depth, young guys that could come in and sit for a year, because we have a good five guys to come in and play next year," Martzen said. "It is just who is behind them are lacking a little bit. We came in with that emphasis. We got a few key mission-first guys, but that is not really going to help us for next year. So we are waiting on up to three guys still to this day, three to four guys, offensive linemen, who are going to sign within the next two weeks. That really could flip this class to being great, if we get all those guys that we need to fill a huge need coming in."

Of course, that's a lot different than last year, when the Cougars knew they needed help in the skill positions, especially receiver, and went out and got some key transfers, including juco receiver Nick Kurtz, UTEP transfer Jordan Leslie, Stanford transfer Keanu Nelson and Oregon/Riverside CC transfer Devon Blackmon. Kurtz was injured and never a factor, while Leslie emerged as the go-to guy for Christian Stewart and Nelson and Blackmon had their moments.

"Last year there was a glaring need for instant playmakers on the outside, and we went in that direction," Martzen said. "We went into this recruiting season looking to see if we had that, and there wasn't anything that jumped out, so his class has been really been focused on adding quality depth all the way around. If you look at our season, and what injuries did to us, it was pretty obvious that we needed better guys in the two, three and four spots on the depth chart. So that is what we are looking to address in this class, specifically."

One of BYU's top remaining targets is Mufi Hunt, a 6-foot-6, 220-pound defensive end from Sandy's Brighton High. Hunt tweeted that BYU coaches Bronco Mendenhall, Mark Atuaia and Kelly Poppinga made an in-home visit before the Bengals' basketball game Wednesday night. Hunt is visiting Michigan State this weekend. He has also visited Washington State and said two weeks ago that those three schools — MSU, BYU and WSU — are at the top of his list. He has also said he probably won't decide until signing day.

Martzen said BYU is still waiting on 7-8 guys to which it has extended scholarship offers. Hunt is undoubtedly one of those guys.

"A lot of them will be mission-first guys, specifically the instate one that I expect," Martzen said. "Most of the top-tier instate guys that are going on a mission, I expect them to make a decision on signing day. So, I think there are a variety of different positions. It is not going to have an effect on next year's numbers because they are going on missions.

Those kids, I think we all know who they are, are going to decide on signing day, or right around there."

Speaking generally, Martzen said there will be some drama the next two weeks as BYU waits for Hunt, San Jose safety Khari Vanderbilt, Northridge cornerback Dayan Lake, American Fork offensive lineman James Empey, Timpview linebacker Gabe Reid and Hawaii defensive end Mika Tafua to decide, among others.

"It is going to be a fun class," Martzen said. "It is kinda the first class that I have really been able to get my hands all the way into. Last year, we were a quarter of the way done already. So it has been fun to build it from the top to the bottom. We are probably going to try to sign a full 25. We will get close. It will be, I assume, more than 20.

If you count return missionaries, we still have 7 to 8 guys that we are waiting for answers on, that I think could go either way.

We have committed somewhere around 18 right now. And you know, every class that commits, once you get down to this time of year, you have got a few guys that you are going to lose, and a few guys that you are going to get that you didn't expect. That's true with every school in the country.

So I would expect that to come out to about 25 total signees in two weeks and a day now.

But yeah, it has been fun."