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Another Timpview product is headed to BYU. T-Birds big man Will Openshaw has committed to the Cougars, he announced Tuesday via social media. > 🚨🚨🚨BYU has landed a commitment from Will Openshaw!#BYUHOOPS pic.twitter.com/VTZIz1n4vm > > — BYU Basketball Recruitment Composite (@BYUMBBrecruit) September 24, 2025 Openshaw averaged 11.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game as a junior this past season to earn Deseret News 5A All-State Third Team honors. Though he isn’t currently listed on many of the major recruiting sites, the 6-foot-10 Openshaw held offers from the likes of Utah, Stanford and Cal, according to insider Robby McCombs, but ultimately chose Kevin Young and the Cougars. McCombs also said Openshaw will serve a Latter-day Saint mission prior to enrolling at BYU, which would set his arrival to the Cougars for 2028. Openshaw is BYU’s second commit for the class of 2026 thus far, joining his Timpview teammate and 4-star prospect Dean Rueckert.

Kevin Young’s recruiting wins at BYU just keep getting bigger — literally. 4-star big man Xavion Staton has committed to the Cougars. He made the announcement Monday night on a 247 Sports livestream. He chose BYU over other finalists Michigan, UNLV and Stanford. > #BYU basketball lands four-star Las Vegas center Xavion Staton in the 2025 class.#BYUhoops @XavionStaton pic.twitter.com/p0oTuh7NFY > > — Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2024 The 6-foot-10, 210 pound Las Vegas product is rated as the No. 2 center in the country and the No. 23 overall prospect in the class of 2025 according to 247 Sports. Staton’s 0.9874 composite score from 247 is the highest for any Cougars commit in program history. “He is a highly talented and high-upside big man who is one of the best rim protectors in the country,” wrote 247 Sports lead basketball analyst Travis Branham. “He has also shown flashes of ability to face up and score out to the three-point line. Staton’s best years of basketball are still ahead of him as he gets stronger and continues to put the time in on the court. Still, he is already considered one of the best players in the 2025 class.” Staton is the second 2025 commitment for BYU, joining 4-star power forward Chamberlain Burgess, who pledged to the Cougars on Oct. 30. The class of 2025 could become a juggernaut group for BYU. In addition to landing Staton and Burgess, Young and his staff are among the favorite destinations for 4-star point guard JJ Mandaquit and AJ Dybantsa, the consensus No. 1 overall recruit who is believed by several insiders to be announcing his commitment to the Cougars in the near future.

The roster in Provo remains fairly similar to last year's outfit in terms of composition, but there's a different flavor at the head coach's spot...