Social Media Reacts To BYU Football Landing Five-Star Ryder Lyons
Jun 24, 2025, 10:45 AM | Updated: 12:14 pm
PROVO, Utah – BYU football landed a blue-chip prospect in quarterback Ryder Lyons.
The five-star recruit from Folsom, California, announced his decision to pick BYU over Oregon, USC, Ole Miss, Ohio State, and others on the Pat McAfee Show on YouTube and ESPN.
Lyons announced his decision by saying, “For the next three to four years, I’ll be going to Brigham Young University. Go Cougs!”
BREAKING NEWS: “I will be going to Brigham Young University..
GO COUGS” ~ @ryderly0ns #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/RsRhMyVm0Q
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) June 24, 2025
Lyons is a massive addition to the BYU football program. The commitment from Lyons jumped BYU 17 spots in the 247Sports team recruiting rankings from No. 48 to No. 31 in the 2026 recruiting class.
Lyons is the first five-star prospect to commit to BYU football since the 2003 recruiting cycle when the Cougars landed Ofa Mohetau. He’s the first five-star quarterback commit to BYU since the Cougars landed Ben Olson in 2002.
With Lyons’ high-profile status as a prospect, he instantly captured reactions throughout social media.
Social media reacts to Ryder Lyons committing to BYU football
Here are some of the notable reactions to Lyons committing to BYU.
BYU Football lands five-star quarterback Ryder Lyons.
BOOM. pic.twitter.com/MReY8dZSnm
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) June 24, 2025
What a year for BYU.
The names and level of recruits they’ve landed for both football and basketball are astounding.
Greatest year of recruiting in BYU sports history.
Now the real work starts.
Can’t wait to see the product.— Hans Olsen (@975Hans) June 24, 2025
GO COUGS!!! 🤙🏼 pic.twitter.com/UTZ1sCYa9y
— Coach Matt Mitchell (@CoachMeetch) June 24, 2025
— BYU FOOTBALL (@BYUfootball) June 24, 2025
WE GOT OUR GUY @ryderly0ns pic.twitter.com/2wdkSULMSh
— The Royal Blue (@RoyalBlueNIL) June 24, 2025
“I’m ALL IN on @ryderly0ns” 😂😂@DariusJButler #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/vHpQDc5LqN
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) June 24, 2025
Can’t believe how crazy the market is today pic.twitter.com/lQHNi6y8PH
— Josh Pate (@JoshPateCFB) June 24, 2025
5-star and the top uncommitted QB in the class of 2026, Ryder Lyons, has committed to BYU 🏔️🔥
New era loading in Provo 🙌
(via @PatMcAfeeShow, @ryderly0ns, h/t 247 Sports) pic.twitter.com/nO9RGgIcgN
— Bleacher Report CFB (@BR_CFB) June 24, 2025
America’s Most Wanted 🚨
Navy All-American Ryder Lyons (@ryderly0ns) has committed to @BYUfootball #NavyAAB 🇺🇸 @AmericasNavy pic.twitter.com/qblVaswiYI
— Navy All-American Bowl (@AABonNBC) June 24, 2025
Me telling my wife this morning:
"Another top recruit in the country just chose BYU. Pretty cool." pic.twitter.com/8xFS3mCutm
— Jake McCleary (@JMCCLEARY_10) June 24, 2025
We really had the number one basketball player in the country commit to BYU on First Take, and a 5-Star QB commit to BYU on the McAfee show, both in the last 6 months.
It's a new era. pic.twitter.com/bdfeZUdtTu
— Hype Train Podcast (@thehypetrainpod) June 24, 2025
BREAKING: BYU has landed a commitment from the No. 1 prospect in California, Folsom (Calif.) five-star quarterback Ryder Lyons https://t.co/pCuVV0Zwg9 pic.twitter.com/3J76Sg2sE3
— Brandon Huffman (@BrandonHuffman) June 24, 2025
BREAKING: Five-Star QB Ryder Lyons has Committed to BYU, he tells me for @on3recruits
The 6’3 225 QB from Folsom, CA chose the Cougars over Oregon
He becomes the highest-ranked QB to commit to BYU in the ranking era (per On3)
“God is great, Go Cougs.”https://t.co/nesIljkkne pic.twitter.com/T1RGJV81do
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) June 24, 2025
Ryder Lyons committing to BYU on the @PatMcAfeeShow is a thing of beauty! FOR THE BRAND!!! #GoCougs 🤙
— Jonny Linehan (@jlinehan9) June 24, 2025
Breaking: Ryder Lyons has committed to BYU, he announced on @PatMcAfeeShow. pic.twitter.com/ZdLz5MwXc7
— SportsCenter NEXT (@SCNext) June 24, 2025
It’s BYU for five-star quarterback Ryder Lyons.
Every detail here:https://t.co/9RyHHv5oEA
— Adam Gorney (@adamgorney) June 24, 2025
NEWS: BYU has landed four-star QB Ryder Lyons, beating Oregon to the nation’s top uncommitted QB.
Lyons (No. 49 overall) is the Cougars’ highest-ranked QB pledge since 2002 and lands alongside TE Brock Harris (No. 33) and DT Bott Mulitalo in a historic BYU 2026 class. pic.twitter.com/O7yaleqENv
— Eli Lederman (@ByEliLederman) June 24, 2025
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Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and hosts the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (12–3 p.m.) on KSL Newsradio. Follow Mitch’s coverage of BYU in the Big 12 Conference on X: @Mitch_Harper.
