Cougars QB Stewart rewrites final chapter

It’s not often in life you get a do-over, so you know Christian Stewart definitely appreciated the chance to rewrite the final chapter of his BYU career.

Technically, Stewart’s final pass as a Cougar was intercepted by Memphis during the team’s 55-48 double-overtime loss in the Miami Beach Bowl. It was a tough way to see his season and career come to an end.

However, with BYU being thin at the quarterback position this spring the door was open for Stewart to come back and practice with the team, and he walked right through it.

Stewart was able to play in the Cougars spring game, where completed 21 of his 31 pass attempts for 243 yards and two touchdowns. And this time, his last pass was caught by running back Nate Carter, who turned it into a touchdown.

“It’s fun for me; last time out,” Stewart told the Deseret News. “I wanted to have a good showing, not necessarily for the fans but for myself. I can go away and those are the things that I’ll take with me … My last pass was a touchdown now.”

Stewart sacrificed his own time to come back and help his program, and his dedication to the Cougars did not go unnoticed.

“If Christian would not have practiced with us this spring, I wouldn’t have known how strong our receivers were,” head coach Bronco Mendenhall told the Deseret News. “I wouldn’t have known where our secondary stood, which needs a lot of work. I wouldn’t have known the athleticism, or lack thereof, at linebacker. I wouldn’t have seen the leadership and experience of a senior quarterback running a team. The acceleration and the discovery of what our team really was wouldn’t have happened without him. That’s really the story of the spring.”

(h/t Deseret News)