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Meet Xavion Staton, BYU basketball’s next ‘big’ thing

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Staton is 7-foot-1, athletic and mobile.

He is a swatting-machine rim protector, like current BYU starter Keba Keita .

Staton and Dybantsa played for Utah Prep in Southern Utah’s St. George area.

“I feel like being at Utah Prep was the right move as far as developing that chemistry (with AJ ),” Staton said.

Staton , like Dybantsa and Chamberlain Burgess , were the foundation of Kevin Young ’s 2025 class.

Young and staff are seemingly adding new players from the transfer portal weekly .

Staton said his parents plan to make it to every home game from their home base in Las Vegas .

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