Jake Heaps is BYU's bowl-winning quarterback, and that's no easy feat for a freshman. Heaps threw four touchdown passes, connecting with Cody Hoffman on three scores, and finished with 264 yards passing to help BYU beat overmatched Texas-El Paso 52-24 on Saturday in the New Mexico Bowl. While he was one of the nation's top recruits a year ago, Heaps has come a long way from earlier this season when he was sharing snaps with Riley Nelson, who later was injured, and struggling to throw TD passes for the first time in his life. "But as a group, as an offense, we really stepped it up. We really improved," Heaps said. Cougars coach Bronco Mendenhall admitted he mismanaged the team when Heaps was splitting time with Nelson, whose injury allowed Heaps a chance to develop. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=303522638
