Bott Mulitalo

Physical Profile

Recruited at 6-4, 260-275 as an edge/interior defender and now listed by BYU at 6-5, 310 — roughly 40 pounds of functional mass added in about 18 months without visibly costing him movement, which is the single most important data point in his file. Greg Biggins' evaluation flagged big hands and a 77-inch wingspan; that arm length is the measurable that made the flip to tackle viable rather than a projection to guard. The frame is a true tackle frame with room for another 10-15 pounds at the college level. Senior teammate and returning starter Andrew Gentry called him 'one of the best athletes I've seen as an offensive lineman,' and the tape supports it: the first-step quickness that produced 15 tackles for loss as a junior defender shows up in his pass set now.

Play Style

Plays with a defender's temperament — aggressive, looks to initiate contact, and clearly enjoys the physical exchange rather than absorbing it. In pass protection he wins with quickness out of his stance and length, getting hands on before the rusher can build speed; he is more of a 'strike and steer' protector than a catch-and-anchor one, which is the natural output of a rush background. In the run game he is at his best moving laterally and in space, where the athleticism is an outright advantage, and least comfortable in short-yardage, displace-a-nose-tackle situations. His own stated approach — 'protect the quarterback with my life' — matches the tape's edge, though the same aggression occasionally has him overextending and leaning into blocks he should be sustaining with his feet.

Strengths

• Elite athletic profile for the position — the quick first step and change-of-direction that made him a productive junior-year edge rusher (42 tackles, 15.0 TFL, 5.5 sacks) transfer directly to reach blocks, second-level climbs and mirroring speed off the edge in pass pro.
• Length and hand size — 77-inch wingspan with big hands lets him win the strike point and reset late; it is the trait that keeps him at tackle instead of kicking him inside, and it covers for the technique gaps he still has.
• Rate of improvement — Under Armour Next Camp (Utah) Offensive Line MVP and a four-star grade earned in his first full year at the position, plus enough spring progress at BYU to earn second-team right tackle reps as a true freshman. Two-time Deseret News all-state.
• Defensive background as a pass-protection asset — he has lived on the other side of the rush and understands hand-fighting, counters and how edge players attack a set from the rusher's point of view.

Areas to Improve

• Technical refinement and rep count — roughly one season of offensive line football. Pad level out of his stance, hand placement consistency, and pass-set footwork against a legitimate speed-to-power conversion are all still developing rather than developed.
• Anchor and lower-body strength at the point of attack — he added weight quickly, and the strength has to catch up to the mass before he can hold up against Big 12 interior power and long-armed bull rushers. This is a weight-room timeline problem, not a trait problem.
• Run-game finishing and sustain — the athleticism gets him to blocks; staying attached through the whistle, particularly on down blocks and combos where he has to work in tandem with a guard, is the least-developed part of his game.
• Recognition against pressure packages — stunts, twists and late-rotation blitzes are where a converted lineman with one year of reps is most likely to get exposed.

College Projection

Already ahead of schedule. He enrolled early, went through spring camp, and worked as the second-team right tackle behind projected 2026 starters Andrew Gentry and Paki Finau — meaning he is a legitimate injury-away contributor as a true freshman and, absent that, a swing-tackle/rotation role in 2026. The realistic projection is a 2027 starter at either tackle spot with three years of starting eligibility remaining, and a chance to be an All-Big 12 caliber player by 2028 if the strength development tracks with the athleticism. The only scenario where he stalls is if the anchor never catches up to the frame, in which case he kicks inside to guard — where the length and quickness would still make him a quality starter.

NFL Outlook

Genuine draftable traits, on a delayed clock. Length (77-inch wing), hand size, a 6-5/310 frame and rare-for-the-position movement skills constitute the exact physical starter kit NFL tackle evaluation is built around, and those traits do not depreciate. What he lacks is reps — most Power Four tackles with his measurables have three or four more years of position-specific technique work by this point. If he starts two-plus seasons at tackle and the technical floor rises, a Day 2 grade is a reasonable ceiling; a slower technical climb or a move to guard puts him in the Day 3 developmental-swing-lineman range. He is a projection worth betting on precisely because the trait side is finished and the learnable side isn't.

Best Fit

A zone-heavy, movement-based run scheme with a technically strong offensive line coach and a redshirt-or-rotation-year runway — which is close to exactly what he chose. Wide zone, outside zone and gap-scheme pulls put his athleticism on display and hide the anchor questions that a downhill, drive-block-first power system would expose immediately. He also benefits from a staff willing to develop rather than plug-and-play; the fit is worse at a program that needs an immediate 13-game starter at left tackle. Staying home at BYU, with the Polynesian and Utah-lineman pipeline and a returning veteran tackle room in front of him, is a near-ideal developmental environment.