​It seems like every year there’s an area of concern for the BYU football team.Last year, it was the quarterback position, after projected starter Jake Retzlaff transferred to Tulane in July in the face of a seven-game suspension for violating the honor code. Everybody knows how that turned out. True freshman quarterback Bear Bachmeier saved the season, pretty much.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFor this season, which begins Sept. 5 when the Cougars play host to Utah Tech at LaVell Edwards Stadium, the primary worry regarding personnel is that BYU has an inexperienced and unproven group of receivers.If we didn’t have any talent there, I would be really concerned, but I have seen the guys play.BYU coach Kalani Sitake on his group of receivers“I think last year, everyone was questioning the quarterback position,” coach Kalani Sitake said at Big 12 football media days last week. “This year, I think people are wondering about the wide receiver position.”Is Sitake one of those people?“Not really,” he said. “If we didn’t have any talent there, I would be really concerned, but I have seen the guys play.”Gone are BYU’s top two pass catchers from last year, Chase Roberts (54 catches, 802 yards) and Parker Kingston (67 catches, 928 yards). The fourth-leading pass catcher (among receivers), rising junior Cody Hagen, is taking a medical retirement due to lingering injuries.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRoberts reports to the Las Vegas Raiders’ training camp next week and is trying to make the NFL club as a free agent.The case against Kingston, stemming from a first-degree felony rape charge in St. George, was dismissed without prejudice by a 5th District court judge last month, meaning that it can be refiled by prosecutors at a later date.Whether it will be refiled or not remains to be seen, but in the interim it has left Kingston “in limbo,” according to a source close to the situation.BYU athletic director Brian Santiago told the Deseret News on July 7 that if Kingston wanted to return to the school and football program after being expelled in February it would be a “university decision” and that the athletic department was “allowing the university processes to take place.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThat leaves redshirt junior Jojo Phillips (14 catches, 161 yards), senior Tiger Bachmeier (seven catches, 59 yards) and redshirt sophomore Reggie Frischknecht (one catch, 7 yards) as the only returning receivers who registered stats in 2025. Redshirt sophomore Tei Nacua, brother of Los Angeles Rams superstar receiver Puka Nacua, was on the team last year but did not record a catch.BYU made a move in the offseason to replace Roberts’ production, bringing in 6-foot-6 Kyler Kasper of Oregon from the transfer portal. As of Wednesday, Sitake had not brought in any more experienced, speedy receivers to replace Kingston or Hagen, instead relying on Phillips as the lone deep threat with experience.The