Devin Shakespear

A high school receiver set his school's all-time receiving record, earned all-state honors in three different sports, and still couldn't get a real college offer. ​ Across three varsity seasons at his Utah high school, he caught 163 passes for 2,709 yards and 40 touchdowns. As a senior, he set the school record outright — 1,750 yards and 17 touchdowns in a single season. ​ That same senior year, he was named 3A All-State First Team in football, basketball, and baseball, all at once. Two years earlier, he'd already made All-State Second Team in football as a sophomore. ​ None of it moved the needle much. His only real offer, outside a couple of Division II programs, came from a junior college a few miles from his front door. ​ He took it — and led every junior college program in the country in touchdown receptions that season, setting a school record along the way. He averaged nearly 20 yards every time he caught the ball. ​ Still, no Power Conference program called. He transferred again, this time to Weber State, and spent a spring learning a new offense. ​ Then he entered the transfer portal a second time — and one particular phone call changed everything. ​ It came from the one program he says he had wanted his whole life. Months earlier, that same program had wanted him too — they simply didn't have a scholarship open for a receiver, and had to let him go. ​ This time, a spot opened. His own words when the call finally came: "BYU is a place I wanted to be my whole life." ​ Coaches point to an unlikely reason he can do things other receivers can't — he was a level 15 gymnast as a kid, years before he ever caught a football, and it shows in how he controls his body in the air. ​ His path echoes another BYU receiver's story almost exactly — a player who once turned down bigger offers to walk on in Provo, and went on to make it all the way to the NFL: Dax Milne. ​ His name is Reggie Frischknecht. ​ Now you see the whole picture. ​ Follow Reggie Frischknecht — X: @Reggie_Frisch23 | IG: @reggie_frisch23 ​ #BYU #GoCougs #BYUFootball #CollegeFootball #Big12 #HearHim ​ X: @ASCENDING_AZ | nowascend.ing