Tanner Mangum
| BYU Cougars No. 12 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Sophomore |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Eagle (ID) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | September 8, 1993 |
| Place of birth | Eagle, Idaho |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Tanner Mangum (born September 8, 1993) is an American football quarterback for the BYU Cougars.
Early years
Mangum attended Eagle High School in Eagle, Idaho. As senior he completed a school record 268 of 393 passes for 3,885 yards and 35 touchdowns. He was named a special recognition MVP of the Under Armour All-America Game for unselfishingly switching to the losing black team when they were down to a single quarterback. He was the Co-MVP of Elite 11 Camp, alongside future NFL first overall draft pick Jameis Winston.[1][2] Mangum was rated by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit and was ranked as the third best pro-style quarterback in his class.[3] He committed to Brigham Young University (BYU) to play college football.[4]
College career
Mangum gray shirted his first year at BYU, then spent two years as a Mormon missionary in Chile, then came to BYU.[5][6] He returned from his mission prior to the 2015 season.[7] Mangum entered his first season as the backup to Taysom Hill. After Hill left the first game of the season due to injury, Mangum replaced him and in the final play of the game threw a 42-yard hail mary pass for a touchdown to give BYU the win.[8][9][10] After it was announced that Hill would miss the season, Mangum was named the starter.[11][12] In his first career start he passed for 309 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions and helped lead BYU to victory by completing a 35-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-seven with 45 seconds left in the game to give BYU the lead.[13][14][15]
References
- ↑ "Tanner Mangum earns special recognition in Under Armour All-America Game". ESPN.com.
- ↑ Brandon Gurney (July 22, 2011). "BYU football: Tanner Mangum wins co-MVP honors at Elite 11". DeseretNews.com.
- ↑ "Tanner Mangum". yahoo.com.
- ↑ Brandon Gurney (July 2, 2012). "BYU football: Tanner Mangum hopes to join the short list of successful returned missionary quarterbacks". DeseretNews.com.
- ↑ Jared Bray (September 14, 2015). "Guest commentary: Decision to serve LDS mission proves beneficial for Tanner Mangum". DeseretNews.com.
- ↑ "Tanner Mangum brings maturity to the field at Under Armour All-America Game". ESPN.com.
- ↑ Brandon Judd (June 4, 2015). "BYU quarterback Tanner Mangum returns from LDS mission". DeseretNews.com.
- ↑ "Eagle's Tanner Mangum throws game-winning Hail Mary for BYU football; Taysom Hill out for year". idahostatesman.
- ↑ Dick Harmon (September 5, 2015). "Dick Harmon: In Chile just 3 months ago, BYU QB Tanner Mangum proves he's ready for big-time college football". DeseretNews.com.
- ↑ "Tanner Mangum's unlikely journey to QB hero at BYU". ESPN.com.
- ↑ "Former Eagle High QB Mangum set for "special" game against Boise State". Idaho Press-Tribune. September 9, 2015.
- ↑ Jay drew The Salt Lake Tribune (September 8, 2015). "BYU football: Tanner Mangum gets the keys to Cougar offense -- and he's eager to drive". The Salt Lake Tribune.
- ↑ "Tanner Mangum delivers another miracle win for BYU". USA TODAY. September 13, 2015.
- ↑ "From Mormon missionary to college football's miracle worker - New York Post". New York Post.
- ↑ kurt kragthorpe Tribune Columnist (September 14, 2015). "Kragthorpe: Tanner Mangum's heroics coming at just the right time for BYU's football program". The Salt Lake Tribune.