BYU football beat writer Jared Lloyd gives his grades for the Cougar position units and coaches for Saturday’s game against Arizona at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo:

Quarterback

Jake Reztlaff had a solid game, making good decisions and taking care of the football. He had a couple of throws he would love to have again that would’ve put the game away earlier, but it was a winning performance.

Grade: A-

Running back

LJ Martin got back on the field and made some physical runs, including a short TD run and a TD reception on a trick play. Hinckley Ropati broke through on a couple of occasions, although he certainly wasn’t to have the ball get knocked out on his final run. The group also did well in its pass blocking assignments, giving routes time to develop.

Grade: B+

Wide receivers/tight ends

Parker Kingston made a great touchdown catch, then launched a deep pass on the double-pass trick play. It wasn’t his prettiest throw but it got the job done for another score. Darius Lassiter made some good plays, but had a couple of catchable passes slip away. Chase Roberts was also solid and got a TD when he adjusted on a tipped pass.

Grade: A-

Offensive line

This unit wasn’t quite able to dominate the game but generally did well at giving Jake Retzlaff time in the pass game and opened some big holes in the ground game as well. It was a strong performance after adjusting to being without Connor Pay.

Grade: A-

Defensive line

Tyler Batty, John Nelson and the rest of the Cougar front did well at slowing Arizona’s run game while also collapsing the pocket. There were a few missed tackles and times where they couldn’t keep Wildcat QB Noah Fifita contained, but there were also some big plays.

Grade: A-

Linebackers

Harrison Taggart and Jack Kelly had to cover a lot of ground but often found ways to come up with plays on first and second down. Third downs tended to be a different story, with some mistakes allowing Arizona to keep drives alive, but they were big in limiting the points. Isaiah Glasker got to seal the win with his interception for a touchdown.

Grade: A-

Secondary

Jakob Robinson was his traditional shut-down performer and made a game-changing play when he tipped and intercepted a pass on a corner blitz. Tanner Wall also had a big interception at the goal line that BYU turned into an seven points. There were some miscommunications early that let Arizona make some big plays, but the overall performance against a good QB and receivers was very good.

Grade: A

Special teams

This unit did its job well overall, with the exception of two plays. Will Ferrin made his placekicks, but had a kickoff go out of bounds. Sam Van Der Haar pinned Arizona on its 1-yard line with a perfect punt and coverage, but earlier the coverage had missed a couple of tackles to let the Wildcats have a decent return.

Grade: A-

Coaching

BYU did have some sloppiness in the first half, part of which might have been a little bye-week rust. Generally, though, the Cougars looked to be put in positions to make a lot of plays. BYU made some important adjustments and capitalized on opportunities to get the comfortable win.

Grade: A-