{"id":155524,"date":"2025-06-24T19:39:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T19:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/155524\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T19:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T19:39:13","slug":"top-california-qb-ryder-lyons-chooses-byu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/155524\/","title":{"rendered":"Top California QB Ryder Lyons chooses BYU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Folsom (California) quarterback Ryder Lyons will play his college football at BYU. The 5-star QB, who is ranked as the <a href=\"https:\/\/highschoolfootballamerica.com\/top-high-school-quarterbacks-in-the-class-of-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 3 quarterback in the Class of 2026 by High School Football America<\/a>, made his announcement on the Pat McAfee Show today.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING NEWS: \u201cI will be going to Brigham Young University..<\/p>\n<p>GO COUGS\u201d ~ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryderly0ns?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ryderly0ns<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMSLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#PMSLive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RsRhMyVm0Q\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/RsRhMyVm0Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1937543151167910154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 24, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Last season, Lyons, who had over 40 college scholarship offers, led the Bulldogs to a 12-2 record and a <a href=\"https:\/\/highschoolfootballamerica.com\/final-2024-high-school-football-america-national-rankings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 49<\/a> ranking in the High School Football America 300 national rankings, powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/playfootball.nfl.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NFL Play Football<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last two year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/highschoolfootballamerica.com\/folsom-qb-ryder-lyon-wins-gatorade-california-high-school-football-player-of-the-year-award\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2024 California Gatorade Football Player of the Year<\/a> has completed 68-percent of his passes for nearly 6,600 yards with 84 touchdowns against only 14 interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Lyons won\u2019t be on the BYU field until 2027 since he will serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<\/p>\n<p>In the classroom, Lyons was named a <a href=\"https:\/\/highschoolfootballamerica.com\/category\/academic-all-america\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HSFA Academic All-American<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/highschoolfootballamerica.com\/high-school-football-america-2023-academic-all-america-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2023<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/highschoolfootballamerica.com\/2024-high-school-football-america-academic-america-america-team-state-by-state\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Folsom (California) quarterback Ryder Lyons will play his college football at BYU. 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