Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
BYU senior safety Raider Damuni joins Y’s Guys fresh off being nominated for the 2026 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, following a humanitarian trip to Tonga with the football program and BYU-Pathway Worldwide. Damuni, who served his mission among the Tongan community in the Bay Area — the same mission head coach Kalani Sitake once served — describes helping launch a new employment call center in Tonga and says the trip felt like returning to missionary work, reinforcing why the BYU football program has embraced BYU-Pathway’s global reach.
The conversation shifts to football, with Damuni breaking down his goals for his senior season, the depth of BYU’s safety room (highlighting freshman standout Kennan Pula alongside veterans Faletau Satuala and Tommy Prassas), and why this year’s roster feels different with experienced players returning on both sides of the ball. He also revisits his sack of Shedeur Sanders in the Alamo Bowl and his interception against Stanford as two of his favorite plays from last season.
Five rapid-fire questions close things out, covering his favorite movie (Remember the Titans), musician (Fiji), restaurant (Asado), BYU memory (Will Ferrin’s game-winning field goal to beat Utah), and the feeling of running out of the tunnel at LaVell Edwards Stadium on game day.
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Timestamps (approximate):
00:00 – Raider Damuni Joins the Show After Good Works Team Nomination
01:00 – Inside BYU-Pathway’s New Employment Center in Tonga
01:47 – Why BYU Football Has Embraced BYU-Pathway Worldwide
02:13 – Serving a Mission in Tonga, Then Returning as a Player
03:53 – The Modern Miracle of BYU-Pathway’s Affordable Education
05:06 – How Eager Is Raider for Fall Camp?
06:08 – Raider’s Senior Season Goals
07:04 – Breaking Down the Safety Room: Satuala, Prassas & Freshman Kennan Pula
09:57 – What Spring Ball Revealed About BYU’s Offense
11:45 – Reliving the Sack on Shedeur Sanders and the Pick vs. Stanford
12:18 – Five Questions with Raider Damuni
13:46 – Raider’s Favorite BYU Memory: Will Ferrin’s Game-Winning Kick
14:22 – The Feeling of Running Out of the Tunnel at LES
BYU senior safety Raider Damuni joins Y’s Guys fresh off being nominated for the 2026 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, following a humanitarian trip to Tonga with the football program and BYU-Pathway Worldwide. Damuni, who served his mission among the Tongan community in the Bay Area — the same mission head coach Kalani Sitake once served — describes helping launch a new employment call center in Tonga and says the trip felt like returning to missionary work, reinforcing why the BYU football program has embraced BYU-Pathway’s global reach.
The conversation shifts to football, with Damuni breaking down his goals for his senior season, the depth of BYU’s safety room (highlighting freshman standout Kennan Pula alongside veterans Faletau Satuala and Tommy Prassas), and why this year’s roster feels different with experienced players returning on both sides of the ball. He also revisits his sack of Shedeur Sanders in the Alamo Bowl and his interception against Stanford as two of his favorite plays from last season.
Five rapid-fire questions close things out, covering his favorite movie (Remember the Titans), musician (Fiji), restaurant (Asado), BYU memory (Will Ferrin’s game-winning field goal to beat Utah), and the feeling of running out of the tunnel at LaVell Edwards Stadium on game day.
#YsGuys #BYU #BYUFootball #BYUCougars #CougarNation #GoCougs #RaiderDamuni #BYUPathway #Tonga #FaletauSatuala #KennanPula #TommyPrassas #KalaniSitake #BearBachmeier #LJMartin #Big12Football #FallCamp #CougarFootball #ProvoUtah #CollegeFootball #LDS
Timestamps (approximate):
00:00 – Raider Damuni Joins the Show After Good Works Team Nomination
01:00 – Inside BYU-Pathway’s New Employment Center in Tonga
01:47 – Why BYU Football Has Embraced BYU-Pathway Worldwide
02:13 – Serving a Mission in Tonga, Then Returning as a Player
03:53 – The Modern Miracle of BYU-Pathway’s Affordable Education
05:06 – How Eager Is Raider for Fall Camp?
06:08 – Raider’s Senior Season Goals
07:04 – Breaking Down the Safety Room: Satuala, Prassas & Freshman Kennan Pula
09:57 – What Spring Ball Revealed About BYU’s Offense
11:45 – Reliving the Sack on Shedeur Sanders and the Pick vs. Stanford
12:18 – Five Questions with Raider Damuni
13:46 – Raider’s Favorite BYU Memory: Will Ferrin’s Game-Winning Kick
14:22 – The Feeling of Running Out of the Tunnel at LES
