Welcome to Wyoming Football: Kyle Frendt
LARAMIE -- Wyoming has welcomed nearly 50 new faces this offseason.
Transfer portal era, am I right?
Jay Sawvel knew a rebuild on defense was in order after losing both starting linebackers and safeties, along with leaders like Jordan Bertagnole and DeVonne Harris. The departures of Wrook Brown, Sabastian Harsh and Keany Parks only magnified things.
The second-year head coach got busy, inking a dozen transfers on that side of the ball on February's traditional signing day and adding three more since the annual spring game.
On offense, the damage was limited.
Yes, running back Harrison Waylee is now at Virginia. Young wideout Justin Stevenson is a Utah Ute now, too. But if you ask Sawvel, he kept the players he wanted on offense, beginning with quarterback Kaden Anderson.
Three of the Cowboys' top linemen -- Jack Walsh, Caden Barnett and Wes King -- are also back. So is tight end John Michael Gyllenborg, wide receivers Chris Durr Jr. and Jaylen Sargent, along with leading rusher Sam Scott.
So, without further ado, let's spent the summer meeting the new players that litter this 2025 roster:
NAME | Kyle Frendt
YEAR | Freshman
HT/WT | 6' 5", 220
HOMETOWN | Woodbury, Minn.
POSITION | Tight end
JERSEY NUMBER | 83
PREVIOUS SCHOOL | East Ridge High School
YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY | Four
NOTABLE | Rated the ninth-best recruit in the state of Minnesota by scouting website 247sports.com, Kyle Frendt racked up 1,695 yards of total offense and a dozen touchdowns during his prep career at East Ridge High School. He averaged nearly 15 yards per catch and 1,524 of those yards came through the air. So did nine of those scores. Frendt, a three-star prospect, also played on the defensive side of the ball, tallying 73 tackles and snagging four interceptions. He was named to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune's "Dream Team." Frendt also received offers from Iowa State, North Dakota State, Kent State and Ball State. His home-state school, Minnesota, also kicked the tires. He committed to Sawvel and Co. last June.
QUOTABLE | "He's one of the guys who has been committed for a long time. He is a guy that, both junior year and senior year, has played maybe more positions than anybody in the class. He's a 6-foot-4-plus tight end. In one game he played linebacker, he played corner, he's played on the ball, off the ball. He's done so many different things. When coach Sawvel went and saw him, again, he was just the best player on the field. (He has) great ball skills, smart kid, tough kid, good speed," Former UW Director of Player Personnel Kirby O'Meara said last December on early signing day
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