Welcome to Wyoming Football: Landon Pace
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 | Landon Pace
YEAR | Freshman
HT/WT | 6' 3", 240
HOMETOWN | St. Louis, Mo.
POSITION | Tight end
JERSEY NUMBER | 88
PREVIOUS SCHOOL | St. Louis University High School
YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY | Four
NOTABLE | Ohio State offered. So did Wisconsin, West Virginia, Missouri, Louisville, Iowa State and Georgia Tech, among many, many others. The son of NFL Hall of Famer and former No. 1 overall draft selection Orlando Pace, Landon Pace has clearly carved out his own role in the football world. He will take his initial step into the college ranks this fall in Laramie. The three-star prospect landed at No. 14 on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top-30 recruiting board last season, playing both tight end and outside linebacker. Pace joins a loaded tight end room at Wyoming, including John Michael Gyllenborg, Jake Wilson, Evan Svoboda and Isaac Schoenfeld.
QUOTABLE | "Everybody knows who his dad is, but Landon has the makings to be a really good player himself. Big body. He was 240 pounds this summer. He has great ball skills and plays both ways for a good team in St. Louis. And again, a good athlete that we're really excited about all of the things he can do," former UW Director of Player Personnel Kirby O'Meara said last December on early signing day
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