Provo • Fesi Sitake remembers the first time he watched BYU freshman receiver Legend Glasker, and even the numbers he posted.

Statistically, they were fairly pedestrian. At least, as pedestrian as a two-time all-state receiver with 1,457 career receiving yards might ever be.

But the BYU assistant and passing game coordinator watched Glasker return a punt for a touchdown and then kept an eye on the Lehi High School standout.

The biggest lesson he learned came when Glasker was off the ball.

“I watched his demeanor,” Sitake told The Salt Lake Tribune after practice Tuesday, “and I saw enough with his movements to know that this kid had something.”

It was enough that BYU extended an offer to Glasker, then competed with schools like Cal, Kansas State and Utah for his attention.

Sitake thought even more major programs should’ve been interested in the three-star recruit — not that the Cougars are complaining.

“This is a copycat business with recruiting. It’s all about traction and momentum,” Sitake said.

“There are a lot of kids who have been four- or five-star recruits who I don’t know if they’d ever play here, and then there are some underrated recruits like Legend who I think can play anywhere in the country,” he added. “That’s the fun part of recruiting: you’ve just got to do your due diligence. A lot of guys on our staff saw it, too — and we’re grateful he chose BYU.”

Three games into his freshman season, Glasker — whose birth name of Legend pairs with his Instagram handle of “Showtime” — is backing up his unique name.

The 6-foot-1, 175-pound speedster has 270 yards on 11 catches with two receiving touchdowns to go along with six rushes for 42 yards and two scores.

But anyone with a name like Legend can’t be ordinary, and the BYU freshman is hardly that. Neither is how he got his name.

Glasker doesn’t know all the details of how his parents decided on his given name. But the story goes that his dad, Ervin, wanted to name him after himself — his mom, Justina, had a simple one-word response to that: “No.”

“So I guess ‘Legend’ popped in his head, and my mom loved it,” Glasker added.

BYU fans quickly took a liking to him as well.

Glasker introduced himself to the fans in the season opener with three touchdowns in the Cougars’ 63-7 rout of FCS Utah Tech.

Sure, it was only one game, he admits. But after he got back to the postgame locker room and checked his phone — which he was quick to say he doesn’t do at halftime — he saw some 400 notifications waiting for him on Instagram.

Another 250 were awaiting him on X, formerly Twitter. Text messages, other notifications; Glasker’s phone was blowing up.

“It was a bunch,” he said with a smile.

That wasn’t the end, either.

Glasker didn’t have a catch over 33 yards against the Trailblazers — BYU scored on eight offensive drives and didn’t feel the need to uncork the long ball, Sitake noted.

But it was always there, Fesi Sitake said. And it came out the next week.

Glasker’s three catches for 74 yards in a 28-17 win over Arizona included a 61-yard bomb from Bear Bachmeier that set up Kyler Kasper’s fourth-quarter touchdown to help pull away.

One week later, Glasker put both performances together, erupting for 131 yards on five catches to go with 21 yards on three carries in a 41-23 road win over Colorado State. That included a one-handed, 70-yard catch to the 2-yard line that set up LJ Martin’s short touchdown run and helped earn Glasker Big 12 freshman of the week honors for the second time in three games.

Again, his phone blew up.

But when the youngster returned to the practice field after BYU’s bye week, he was all business. Glasker was one of the last players to leave the field Tuesday evening, taking extra snaps with freshman quarterback Enoch Watson as the No. 10 Cougars (3-0) prepared for their Big 12 road opener at TCU Saturday.

“He’s hungry, man,” Sitake said. “He appreciates the praise from people, but then he puts his head down and goes to work. I think he’s done a great job balancing the newness of fans showering him with praise — and his mentality that he hasn’t done anything.

“I think he’s wired the right way under those circumstances.”

Glasker shrugged off the sudden praise with his Instagram-worthy highlight reels and repeated head coach Kalani Sitake’s oft-used phrase of “staying hungry and humble every day.”

Living up to the Legend of his name is one thing for the freshman. But Glasker has family to keep him humble on campus.

His cousin Isaiah is a star linebacker on the football team who led the Big 12 with 14.5 tackles for loss before passing on the NFL draft to return for his final season in Provo. Isaiah’s sister, Torre, meanwhile, is an assistant women’s volleyball coach.

That Glasker name played a key role in bringing the wide receiver to Provo, along with the culture installed under head coach Kalani Sitake.

“I felt a strong connection from them,” the younger Glasker said. “When they offered me, I knew I wanted to come here.

“I kept my eye open on other spots,” he added. “But after the season BYU had in 2025 and Isaiah making a big name, it made me really want to come play here.”

Now he’s starting his own legend with BYU.