UTAH BOWL DOMINANCE Thirteen wins in 14 bowl appearances since 1999. Two BCS Bowl victories (2005 Fiesta Bowl and 2009 Sugar Bowl). Nine straight wins for the second-longest bowl win streak in NCAA history from 1999-2009.
THE ROAD TO THE NFL Current NFL Utes
Alex Smith ...... QB .....Kansas City Tenny Palepoi ...... DT .....L.A. Chargers Brian Allen ...... DB .....Pittsburgh Eric Weddle ...... DB .....Baltimore Brian Blechen ...... LB ...... Carolina J.J. Dielman ...... OL .....Cincinnati Sean Smith ...... DB .....Oakland Kaelin Clay ...... WR .....Carolina Sam Tevi ...... OT .....L.A. Chargers Brice McCain ...... DB .....Tennessee Nate Orchard ...... LB ...... Cleveland Pita Taumoepenu .... DE .....San Francisco Koa Misi ...... LB ...... Miami Jeremiah Poutasi ..... OL .....Jacksonville Hunter Dimick ...... DE .....Jacksonville Zane Beadles ...... OL .....San Francisco Eric Rowe ...... DB .....New England Chase Dominguez . . . SN .....New Orleans Sealver Siliga ...... DL .....Tampa Bay Devontae Booker .... RB .....Denver Dominique Hatfield . . DB..... L.A. Rams Tony Bergstrom ...... OL .....Arizona Jared Norris ...... LB ...... Carolina Tim Patrick ...... WR .....Baltimore Derrick Shelby ...... DE .....Atlanta Kendal Thompson. . . . WR .....Washington Andy Phillips ...... K ...... Chicago Star Lotulelei ...... DT .....Carolina Garett Bolles ...... OT .....Denver Reggie Porter ...... DB .....Indianapolis Keith McGill ...... DB .....Oakland Marcus Williams ...... S ...... New Orleans Pasoni Tasini ...... DT .....Arizona Trevor Reilly ...... LB ...... Miami Joe Williams ...... RB .....San Francisco Jason Thompson ..... S ...... New England Anthony Denham .... TE ...... Philadelphia Isaac Asiata ...... OL .....Miami Travis Wilson ...... TE ...... L.A. Rams
ZANE BEADLES ALEX SMITH ERIC WEDDLE STAR LOTULELEI UTAH UTES FOOTBALL KICKING OFF
UTAH FAST FACTS
GENERAL INFORMATION INFORMATION Loca on: Salt Lake City Metro Popula on: 1,153,340 Eleva on: 4,657 feet above sea level President: David W. Pershing Director of Athle cs: Chris Hill HERE’S UTAH Founded: 1850 Enrollment: 32,061 Conference: Pac-12 Nickname: Utes Colors: Red and White (pms 187) INFORMATION 1 Mascot: Swoop (red-tailed hawk) Guy Holliday ...... 70 2017 OUTLOOK Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,807) Utah Fast Facts ...... 1 Freddie Whi ngham ...... 71 Surface: FieldTurf 2017 Schedule...... 2 Kiel McDonald...... 72 Facility: Spence & Cleone Eccles Football Center Road Headquarters...... 2 Football Staff ...... 73-74 Indoor Field: Spence Eccles Field House Ge ng to the Game...... 2 Athle cs Director Chris Hill ...... 75 Website: www.UtahUtes.com Athle c Facility Loca ons...... 2 President David W. Pershing ...... 76 Athle cs Department Administra on . . . . .76 Utah Communica ons Staff Contacts ...... 3 PLAYER BIOS DEPARTMENT PHONE NUMBERS Staff Directory ...... 3 SERIES HISTORY 77 Athle cs Department: (801) 581-8171 Utah Media Outlets ...... 4 Football Offi ce: (801) 581-7684 Radio & TV Coverage ...... 5 Series Records...... 78 Communica ons: (801) 581-3510/3511/8997/8302 Pac-12 Conference ...... 6 Series vs. Conferences ...... 78 Stadium Press Box: (801) 581-4783/8210 2017 Opponent Quick Facts...... 79
Pac-12 Composite Schedule...... 7 COACHES & STAFF Ticket Offi ce: (801) 581-UTIX (8849) Utah’s Future Schedules...... 7 Series History vs. the 2017 Field ...... 80-82 Communica ons Fax: (801) 581-4358 2017-18 Bowl Games ...... 8 Scores vs. NCAA Opponents...... 83-86 Football Fax: (801) 585-3808 HERE’S UTAH 9 2016 IN REVIEW 87 UTAH SCHEMES Utah Football Tradi on...... 10 2016 Season Review...... 88-89 Off ense: Spread Utah Athle cs History...... 11 Sta s cs...... 90-92 Defense: 4-2 Salt Lake City ...... 12 Star ng Lineups ...... 93 SERIES HISTORY Par cipa on ...... 94 PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN University of Utah...... 13 Game Recaps...... 95-101 Starters/Le ermen Returning: 12/46 Utah Tradi ons ...... 14 Off ense: 5/22 The MUSS ...... 15 BOWL HISTORY 102 Defense: 6/22 Famous Alumni ...... 16 Bowl Game Results...... 103
Specialists: 1/2 Academic All-Americans...... 17 Bowl Game Summaries ...... 104-116 2016 IN REVIEW Starters/Le ermen Lost: 13/33 Rice-Eccles Stadium ...... 18-19 Spence & Cleone Eccles Football Center. . .20 RECORD BOOK 117 REVIEWING 2016 2017 OUTLOOK 21 Season Record & Coach ...... 118 Overall Record: 9-4 Conference Finishes ...... 119 Pac-12 Record: 5-4 (3rd South Division) Personnel Picture ...... 22 Utah in the Na onal Polls ...... 120-121 How the Utes Were Built ...... 23 Utah Against Ranked AP Opponents . . . . .122 BOWL HISTORY CREDITS 2017 Recrui ng Class ...... 23 Utes On Network TV...... 123-124 2017 Rosters ...... 24-27 Single Game Leaders ...... 125 Editorial: Liz Abel Pronuncia on Guide...... 25 Yearly Leaders ...... 126-127 Layout and Design: Mike Lageschulte Utes By State/Country and Class ...... 28 The Longest Yard...... 128 Contributors: Brooke Frederickson, Chris Healy, 2017 Scou ng Report...... 29-30 Individual Records...... 129-140 Lynde Hoopes PLAYER PROFILES 31 Team Records ...... 141-147 RECORD BOOK Cover Design: Rocky Lindgren Returner Bios ...... 32-57 Rice-Eccles Stadium Records ...... 148 Photography: Steve Wilson, Tom Smart, Kory 2017 Signing Class...... 58-60 Bowl Records...... 149-150 Mortensen, Sarah Shebek, University of Utah, Walter All-Americans ...... 151-152 Dixon, Joe Faraoni/ESPN Images, Terry Baker, Mike COACHES AND STAFF 61 First-Team All-Americans’ Profi les. . .153-157 Dunn, Dennis Hubbard, Ernie Anderson, U. Special Collec ons-J.W. Marrio Library, Steve Greenwood, Head Coach Kyle Whi ngham ...... 62-63 First-Team All-Conference ...... 158-159 Salt Lake Conven on and Visitors Bureau, Utah Travel Morgan Scalley ...... 64 Notable Numbers ...... 160-161 Council, Richard Bart Green/Don Green Photography, Troy Taylor ...... 65 NFL Dra Picks ...... 162-163 Mitch Dumke, Russ Isabella. Jim Harding ...... 66 Utes in the Pros...... 164-166 Sharrieff Shah ...... 67 All-Time Le ermen...... 167-174 Jus n Ena...... 68 Homecoming Games ...... 175 Lewis Powell ...... 69 Schedules & Results ...... 176-184
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2017 SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Site Time TV Series Last Mee ng Aug. 31 (Thu) North Dakota Salt Lake City 5:30 p.m. MDT P12N 0-0 - Sept. 9 at Brigham Young Provo, Utah 8:15 p.m. MDT ESPN/2/U# 59-34-4 2016, W 20-19 Sept. 16 San Jose State Salt Lake City 8:00 p.m. MDT ESPN2 7-1 2016, W 34-17 INFORMATION Sept. 22 (Fri) at Arizona* Tucson, Ariz. 7:30 p.m. MST FS1 21-19-2 2016, W 36-23 Sept. 30 Bye Oct. 7 Stanford* (HC) Salt Lake City TBA TBA 4-3 2014, W 20-17 (2OT) Oct. 14 at USC* Los Angeles, Calif. TBA TBA 5-10 2016, W 31-27 Oct. 21 Arizona State* Salt Lake City TBA TBA 8-20 2016, W 49-26
HERE’S UTAH Oct. 28 at Oregon* Eugene, Ore. TBA TBA 9-21 2016, L 30-28 Nov. 3 (Fri) UCLA* Salt Lake City TBA TBA 4-11 2016, W 52-45 Nov. 11 Washington State* Salt Lake City TBA TBA 7-7 2014, L 28-27 Nov. 18 at Washington* Sea le, Wash. TBA TBA 1-9 2016, L 31-24 Nov. 25 Colorado* Salt Lake City TBA TBA 28-32-3 2016, L 27-22 Times local to site *Pac-12 game (HC)-Homecoming #ESPN network to be designated a er Sept. 2 games 2017 OUTLOOK
GETTING TO THE GAME ATHLETIC FACILITY LOCATIONS 2017 ROAD HEADQUARTERS
PLAYER BIOS PLAYER From Salt Lake Interna onal Airport to Rice- RICE-ECCLES STADIUM BRIGHAM YOUNG Eccles Stadium: Take I-80 East out of the airport. 451 South, 1400 East Provo Marrio In four miles, exit on 600 South. Go to 700 East JON M. HUNTSMAN CENTER 101 W. 100 N. and turn le . Turn right at the second light (400 Provo, Utah 84601 South). Go up the hill as the street bends and 1825 E. South Campus Drive Front (801) 377-4700 becomes 500 South. Con nue through the light SPENCE AND CLEONE ECCLES FOOTBALL CENTER at 1300 East and get in the le lane. Rice-Eccles COACHES & STAFF ARIZONA 580 South Guardsman Way Stadium is a half block up on the le . Take le Hilton El Conquistador turn into the parking lot west of the stadium. SPENCE ECCLES FIELD HOUSE 10000 N Oracle Rd. 650 South Guardsman Way Tucson, Ariz. 85704 (520) 544-5000
SERIES HISTORY USC Omni Downtown Los Angeles 251 S Olive St. Los Angeles, Calif. 90012 (213) 617-3300 2016 IN REVIEW OREGON Valley River Inn 1000 Valley River Way Eugene, Ore. 97401 (541) 743-1000 BOWL HISTORY WASHINGTON Sea le Marrio Bellevue 200 110th Ave NE Bellevue, Wash. 98004
RECORD BOOK (425) 214-7600
Utah has sold out 44 consecuƟ ve home games daƟ ng back to the start of the 2010 season.
2 2017 MEDIA GUIDE UTAH UTES FOOTBALL UTAH STAFF DIRECTORY
COMMUNICATIONS STAFF INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH
LIZ ABEL BROOKE FREDERICKSON JORDIE LINDLEY LYNDE HOOPES MIKE LAGESCHULTE DAMEON MYRES DREW WISEMAN FOOTBALL CONTACTS Sr. Associate A.D./Director Associate Director Assistant Director Administrative Assistant Special Projects Coord. Associate Director Associate Director
Name Offi ce / Cell Email Abel, Liz, Sr. Assoc. A.D./Director (football) ...... 801-581-3511 / 209-6346...... [email protected] 2017 OUTLOOK Frederickson, Brooke, Associate Director (football) ...... 801-581-8302 / 493-9254...... [email protected] Hoopes, Lynde, Administra ve Assistant ...... 801-581-3510...... [email protected] Lageschulte, Mike, Special Projects Coordinator ...... 801-587-9162 / 557-2322...... [email protected] Lindley, Jordie, Assistant Director ...... 801-581-8997 / 647-8174...... [email protected] Myres, Dameon, Associate Director ...... 801-587-7298 / 201-4834...... [email protected] Wiseman, Drew, Associate Director ...... 801-581-3771 / 201-8563...... [email protected] PLAYER BIOS
FOOTBALL COACHES Elisaia, Doug ...... Strength & Condi oning Scalley, Morgan...... Defensive Coordinator/Safe es Ena, Jus n ...... Linebackers Shah, Sharrieff ...... Cornerbacks
Harding, Jim...... Assistant Head Coach/Off ensive Line Taylor, Troy ...... Off ensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks COACHES & STAFF Holliday, Guy ...... Wide Receivers Whi ngham, Freddie ...... Tight Ends McDonald, Kiel ...... Running Backs Whi ngham, Kyle ...... Head Coach Powell, Lewis...... Defensive Line
ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION OFFICE EMAIL
Abel, Liz, Sr. Associate A.D. (Communica ons)...... 801-581-3511 ...... [email protected] SERIES HISTORY Argust, Ann, Associate A.D. (Marke ng & Branding)...... 801-585-5692 ...... [email protected] Brennan, Kyle, Deputy Athle cs Director ...... 801-585-3819 ...... [email protected] Charipar, Kate, Associate A.D. (Compliance) ...... 801-585-1629 ...... [email protected] Gross, Kris, Execu ve Assistant to the A.D...... 801-581-3508 ...... [email protected] Hendrix, Manny, Sr. Associate A.D. (Development) ...... 801-585-7233 ...... [email protected] Hill, Chris, Athle cs Director ...... 801-581-3508 ...... [email protected] Pyne, Steve, Director of Events and Facili es...... 801-585-5054 ...... [email protected] 2016 IN REVIEW Richardson, Nona, Sr. Associate A.D. (SWA) ...... 801-585-6850 ...... [email protected] Smith, Steve, Associate A.D. (Chief Financial Offi cer) ...... 801-587-9371 ...... [email protected] Soto, Jimmy, Assistant A.D. (Major Gi s) ...... 801-585-6493 ...... [email protected] Weierholt, Erik, Director of Academic Services ...... 801-581-7829 ...... [email protected] FOOTBALL SUPPORT STAFF OFFICE CELL EMAIL
Blechen, Robert, Assistant Director of Player Personnel...... 801-209-1037 ...... [email protected] BOWL HISTORY Brennan, Beth, Coordinator of Football Academics...... 801-518-4059 ...... [email protected] Buchanan, Helen, Execu ve Assistant to the Head Coach ...... 801-587-8355 ...... [email protected] Dimmi , Ma , Director of Football Video ...... 801-587-9502 ...... 801-558-8147...... mdimmi @huntsman.utah.edu Cano, Pablo, Director of Player Personnel ...... 801-587-9164 ...... 626-705-8471...... [email protected] Colosimo, Gianna, Recrui ng Opera ons Coordinator ...... 801-587-9495 ...... 801-558-3220...... [email protected] Corbe , Mike, Assistant Director of Football Opera ons ...... 801-587-7848 ...... 801-231-3511...... mcorbe @huntsman.utah.edu Fi semanu, Alema, Director of High School Rela ons ...... 801-209-4534 ...... afi [email protected] RECORD BOOK Hansen, Maddie, Football Crea ve Director ...... 801-232-8401 ...... [email protected] Holt, Kristy, Rice-Eccles Stadium Event Services...... 801-585-1018 ...... 801-554-8625...... [email protected] Rudy, Jeff , Director of Football Opera ons...... 801-581-8563 ...... 801-231-6779...... [email protected] Shari , Kelly, Execu ve Director of Equipment Opera ons ...... 801-581-8449 ...... kshari @huntsman.utah.edu Whatco , Janice, Football Secretary...... 801-581-3417 ...... jwhatco @huntsman.utah.edu McBeth, Joe, Head Football Athle cs Trainer...... 801-587-9691 ...... [email protected] OTHER IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS Athle cs Department ...... 801-581-8171 MAILING/OVERNIGHT ADDRESS Ticket Offi ce...... 801-581-8849 University of Utah Athle cs Department Football Offi ce...... 801-587-8355 1825 E. South Campus Dr. Stadium Press Box...... 801-581-4783/801-581-8210 Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0900 Football Fax/Athle cs Communica ons Fax...... 801-585-3808/801-581-4358
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NEWSPAPERS Standard Examiner (Ogden) 1280/97.5 The Zone KTVX-TV (ABC) Ryan Comer, Sports Reporter 301 W. South Temple 2175 West 1700 South Deseret News [email protected] Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Salt Lake City, Utah 84104 55 N. 300 West, Suite 500 801-791-5083 801-325-2500 801-975-4428 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Sco Garrard, Program Director Wesley Ruff , Sports Director 801-237-2161 St. George Spectrum [email protected] [email protected] Tim Olsen, Sports Editor Dana Greene, Anchor/Reporter INFORMATION [email protected] Dirk Facer, Beat Writer [email protected] 1320 KFAN [email protected] [email protected] 435-674-6271 434 Bearcat Drive Brad Rock, Columnist/Features Salt Lake City, UT 84115 KUTV-TV (CBS) [email protected] Logan Herald Journal 801-537-1414 299 S. Main St. Suite 150 Shawn Harrison, Sports Editor Chris Hoff man, Program Director Salt Lake City, UT 84111
HERE’S UTAH Salt Lake Tribune [email protected] Chris.Hoff [email protected] 801-839-1234 90 S. 400 West, Suite 700 435-752-2121 (ext. 333) [email protected] Salt Lake City, UT 84101 KSL Newsradio 102.7/1160 Dave Fox, Sports Anchor 801-257-8900 WIRE SERVICES P.O. Box 1160 [email protected] [email protected] Salt Lake City, UT 84110 David James, Sports Anchor Lynn Worthy, Beat Writer Associated Press 801-575-5535 [email protected]
2017 OUTLOOK [email protected] 90 South 400 West, Suite 670 Cleon Wall, Reporter Adam Mikulich, Reporter/Anchor Chris Kamrani, Beat Writer Salt Lake City, UT 84101 cwall@ksl.com [email protected] [email protected] 801-322-3405 Alex Kirry, Reporter Kurt Kragthorpe, Columnist Kareem Copeland, Sports Writer [email protected] KSTU-TV (FOX) Gordon Monson, Columnist [email protected] 5020 W. Amelia Earhart Dr. gmonson@sl b.com TELEVISION Salt Lake City, UT 84116 PLAYER BIOS PLAYER [email protected] SPORTS RADIO 801-536-1313 KSL-TV (NBC) Jeff Rhineer, Anchor/Reporter Daily Utah Chronicle Broadcast House jeff [email protected] Sports Editor ESPN 700 (Utah Flagship) 5 Triad Center Morgan Vance, Anchor/Reporter Bri ni Colindres, Sports Editor 50 W. Broadway, Suite 200 Salt Lake City, UT 84110 [email protected] b.colindres Salt Lake City, UT 84101 801-575-5535 Rebecca Cade, Reporter @dailyutahchronicle.com 877-353-0700 [email protected] COACHES & STAFF Bill Riley, Program Director/ Rod Zundel, Reporter/Anchor Provo Daily Herald Midday Host/Play-by-Play [email protected] P.O. Box 717 [email protected] Jeremiah Jensen, Reporter/Anchor Provo, UT 84603 Frank Dolce, Analyst [email protected] 801-344-2555 [email protected]
SERIES HISTORY [email protected] Bo Nagahi, Sideline Reporter Jared Lloyd, Sports Editor [email protected] [email protected]
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4 2017 MEDIA GUIDE UTAH UTES FOOTBALL RADIO & TV COVERAGE PAC-12 CONFERENCE TELEVISION
Pac-12 Conference television partners ESPN, FOX Sports, and Pac- Five Utah games were picked for early selec on, including home INFORMATION 12 Networks will provide complete coverage of the en re Pac-12 home games against North Dakota on Thursday, Aug. 31 at 5:30 p.m. MT on Pac- football schedule during the 2017 season. Pac-12 Networks will air 35 12 Network, San Jose State on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. MT on ESPN2 Pac-12 home games, while ESPN and FOX Sports will combine to televise and UCLA on Friday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. MT on FS1. 44 games from Pac-12 home and neutral sites. In addi on, one of ESPN’s Utah also learned the me and TV for road games at BYU on Saturday, networks will televise the Pac-12 Championship Game at Levi’s Stadium in Sept. 9 on 8:15 p.m. MT on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU and Arizona on Friday,
Santa Clara, Calif. Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. MST (PT)/8:30 p.m. MDT on FS1. HERE’S UTAH The television arrangement with ESPN and FOX Sports calls for Pac- The remainder of Utah’s game mes and TV will be announced six 12 football to receive full na onal distribu on of each game. ESPN will to 12 days in advance. Which ESPN network will broadcast the Utah-BYU televise on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ABC, while FOX Sports will air its games game in Provo will be announced a er the games on Sept. 2. All of Utah’s on FOX or FS1. games will be televised na onally. Pac-12 Networks was created in 2011 and features one na onal While television selec ons for the fi rst three weeks of the 2017 and six regional full- me na ve HD linear networks available to video season have been made, as well as all Thursday and Friday games 2017 OUTLOOK programming operators, as well as a network of digital proper es dedicated throughout the season, all remaining television game selec ons and start solely to the Pac-12. The networks televise 850 live events across 27 sports mes, star ng with week four (Saturday, September 23) and running annually and provide 24/7 access to Pac-12 teams and universi es. through the fi nal week of the regular season (Saturday, November 25) will The Pac-12 digital pla orm includes Pac-12.com, the offi cial athle c be made 12- or six-days in advance. websites of member universi es, mobile applica ons, social media and Addi onal non-conference road games will be televised as part of other innova ve digital ini a ves across the company. other conference or ins tu on television packages. In all, every game PLAYER BIOS Highlights of Pac-12 Conference football coverage in 2017 include involving a Pac-12 team is expected to be televised this season. eight Friday night games, including fi ve on FS1 and three on ESPN. ESPN will also televise one Thursday night game. FOX will showcase UCLA vs. (See Pac-12 composite schedule and TV lis ngs on page 7) Texas A&M Labor Day weekend on Sunday, Sept. 3. COACHES & STAFF SERIES HISTORY
UTAH SPORTS RADIO NETWORK
ESPN 700 (KALL-AM) has been the radio home to University of Utah athle cs since
1951. ESPN 700, which has a 50,000-wa evening and weekend signal, and a 10,000-wa 2016 IN REVIEW day me signal, is one of two sta ons in the Utah Sports Network. The other is KOAL 750 AM in Price. All of Utah’s games on ESPN 700 can also be heard live on the Internet at UtahUtes.com. They will also be carried by SiriusXM Satellite Radio as well as Tunein Radio. Managing the radio network is Utes Sports Proper es, a division of Learfi eld. Utes Sports Proper es is in its fi rst year as the mul -media rights partner for Utah Athle cs and brokered the most recent contract extension with ESPN 700—a fi ve-year agreement signed in BOWL HISTORY the summer of 2017. Handling the play by play for the Ute broadcasts is Bill Riley, who is in his ninth year BILL RILEY FRANK DOLCE as the “Voice of the Utes.” Riley is a 24-year veteran of radio and television and has won Play-by-Play Analyst numerous awards as both as host and play-by-play broadcaster, including twice being named Sports Broadcaster of the Year in Utah by the NSSA. Riley is joined in the booth by former
Ute quarterback Frank Dolce, now in his 25th season as the color analyst. Repor ng from the RECORD BOOK sidelines in his sixth year is former Ute defensive back Bo Nagahi. Highligh ng ESPN 700’s game-day coverage are two hours of pre-game coverage and two-hour post-game shows that include live interviews with players and coaches and expert analysis. The Kyle Whi ngham Show, hosted by Riley, airs on ESPN 700 every Tuesday during the regular season. The show is broadcast live from 6-7 p.m. MT.
BO NAGAHI Sideline Reporter
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CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Washington, the University of NCAA TEAM TITLES Known as the Oregon, and Oregon State College (now Oregon BY CONFERENCE “Conference of State University). All s ll are charter members of Champions,” the 501 the Conference. The Pac-12 Conference ushered Pac-12 501 NCAA team tles won in a new era on July 1, 2011, with the addi ons Big Ten 309 by Pac-12 schools of the University of Colorado and University of SEC 222 INFORMATION outdistance the nearest Utah. Big 12 176 conference by almost Pacifi c Coast Conference play began in 1916 ACC 149 more than 200. In and, one year later, Washington State College what was an historic (now Washington State University) was accepted NCAA TEAM TITLES WON BY year in 2016-17 as the into the league, with Stanford University PAC-12 INSTITUTIONS Pac-12 became the fi rst league to 500 tles, HERE’S UTAH following in 1918. the Conference won 13 NCAA Championships, In 1922, the PCC expanded to eight teams Men’s/Comb. Women’s Total marking the ninth me overall and the third me with the admission of the University of Southern Stanford 63 50 113 in the last four years the Conference claimed California (USC) and the University of Idaho. UCLA 74 39 113 double-digit tles. It was also 16th me in the In 1924, the University of Montana joined the USC 84 20 104 last 17 years the Pac-12 led the na on in NCAA league roster and in 1928, the PCC grew to 10 California 29 7 36 tles won. Oregon 19 14 33
2017 OUTLOOK members with the addi on of UCLA. The Pac-12’s NCAA Championships came The Pacifi c Coast Conference competed Colorado *24 2 *26 in the form of a record 10 in women’s sports, as a 10-member league un l 1950, with the Arizona State 11 13 24 Utah *12 9 *21 two in men’s and one combined championship. excep on of 1943-45 when World War II Arizona 7 11 18 The 13 tles were one shy of the record 14 curtailed intercollegiate athle c compe on to the Conference claimed in 1996-97. No other Washington - 8 8 a minimum. During that me, the league’s fi rst Oregon State 3 - 3 PLAYER BIOS PLAYER conference has reached double digits in an commissioner was named. Edwin N. Atherton Washington State 2 - 2 academic year. The Pac-12 more than doubled was Commissioner in 1940 and was succeeded * Utah has won 11 NCAA skiing up on the next league’s tle count in 2016-17, by Victor O. Schmidt in 1944. In 1950, Montana with Big 12 schools claiming six NCAA tles. championships (10 combined and 1 men’s). resigned from the Conference and the PCC Colorado has won 19 NCAA skiing tles In addi on to the 13 NCAA crowns, Pac-12 con nued as a nine-team Conference through (8 combined and 11 men’s). teams recorded nine runner-up fi nishes and 1958. Note: Does not include football at least one team placed in the top four in 24 In 1959, the PCC was dissolved and the championships, which the NCAA does not COACHES & STAFF championships. In eight sports, there were at Athle c Associa on of Western Universi es offi cially designate. Various polls and systems least two teams among the fi nal four. (AAWU) was formed with Thomas J. Hamilton have been used to determine football Pac-12 teams have won championships in champions. USC claims 10 tles, California 5, was appointed Commissioner of the new league. Washington 2, and Stanford and UCLA 1 each. 29 of the 37 Division I sports the NCAA sponsors The original AAWU membership included and has reached double digits in 20 of those California, Stanford, USC, UCLA and Washington.
SERIES HISTORY sports. All three of the ins tu ons that have Washington State joined the membership in PAC-12 NCAA TEAM won at least 100 NCAA tles all- me are Pac-12 1962, while Oregon and Oregon State joined TITLES BY SPORT members: Stanford (113), UCLA (113) and USC in 1964. Under Hamilton’s watch, the name (104). Pacifi c-8 Conference was adopted in 1968. In Men’s/Comb. Women’s The Pac-12’s excellence is further proven 1971, Wiles Hallock took over as Commissioner Baseball 28 - in the annual NCAA Division I Learfi eld Sports of the Pac-8. Basketball 16 4
2016 IN REVIEW Directors’ Cup compe on, the pres gious Ten years later, on July 1, 1978, the Boxing 4 - award that honors the best overall collegiate University of Arizona and Arizona State Cross Country 13 12 Golf 15 18 athle cs programs in the country. Stanford University were admi ed to the league and the Gymnas cs 13 15 con nued its remarkable run by winning a Pacifi c-10 Conference became a reality. In 1986- 23rd-consecu ve Directors’ Cup in 2016-17. Five Rowing - 8 87, the league took on a new look, expanding to Skiing *30 *0 Pac-12 member ins tu ons ranked among the include 10 women’s sports.
BOWL HISTORY Soccer 6 4 top-15 Division I programs—the most of any Thomas C. Hansen was named the So ball - 23 conference: No. 1 Stanford, No. 4 USC, No. 9 Commissioner of the Pac-10 in 1983, a role he Swimming 25 14 Oregon, No. 11 UCLA and No. 14 California. would hold for 26 years, and was succeeded by Tennis 53 22 current Commissioner Larry Sco , who took on Indoor Track 8 11 LEAGUE HISTORY the new role in July 2009. Outdoor Track 46 8 Volleyball 25 15
RECORD BOOK Currently, the Pac-12 sponsors 11 men’s Built on a fi rm founda on of academic sports and 12 women’s sports, with beach Beach Volleyball - 2 excellence and superior athle c performance, volleyball added in 2015-16. Addi onally, the Water Polo 43 17 the Pac-12 Conference celebrated its Centennial Conference is a member of the Mountain Pacifi c Wrestling 1 - year in 2015-16. The roots of the league go Sports Federa on (MPSF) in four other men’s * Utah has won 11 NCAA skiing back to Dec. 2, 1915, when the Pacifi c Coast sports and three women’s sports. championships (10 combined and 1 men’s). Conference (PCC) was founded at a mee ng Colorado has won 19 NCAA skiing tles The Pac-12 Conference offi ces are located (8 combined and 11 men’s). at the Oregon Hotel in Portland, Ore. The in the heart of San Francisco in the SOMA original membership consisted of four schools— district.
6 2017 MEDIA GUIDE UTAH UTES FOOTBALL 2017 PAC-12 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 Oregon State at Colorado State. . . . .1 p.m. MT CBSSN Washington State at California . . . 7:30 p.m. PT ESPN UTAH’S FUTURE Stanford vs. Rice (1) ...... 7 p.m. PT ESPN SCHEDULES
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 INFORMATION THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 UCLA at Arizona North Dakota at Utah ...... 4:30 p.m. PT P12N Washington at Arizona State 2018 New Mexico St. at Arizona St. . . . .7:30 p.m. PT P12N Utah at USC Non-Conference Colorado at Oregon State Aug. 30 (Thu) Weber State (H) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Oregon at Stanford Washington at Rutgers ...... 8 p.m. ET FS1 Sept. 8 Northern Illinois (A) Colorado State vs. Colorado (1) . . . .6 p.m. MT P12N SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 Nov. 24 Brigham Young (H) HERE’S UTAH SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Arizona at California Pac-12 Home Pac-12 Away Arizona State at Utah Arizona Arizona State California at North Carolina . . . .12:20 p.m. ET ACC Network USC at Notre Dame ...... 7:30 p.m. ET NBC Oregon Colorado Portland State at Oregon State . . . . .11 a.m. PT P12N Oregon at UCLA Western Michigan at USC ...... 2:15 p.m. PT P12N Colorado at Washington State USC Stanford Southern Utah at Oregon ...... 5:15 p.m. PT P12N Washington UCLA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26 Montana St. at Washington St. . . .7:30 p.m. PT FS1 Washington St. 2017 OUTLOOK Northern Stanford at Arizona ...... 8 p.m. PT P12N Stanford at Oregon State ...... 6 p.m. PT ESPN SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 2019 Texas A&M at UCLA ...... 4:30 p.m. PT FOX/FOX D Washington State at Arizona Non-Conference SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 USC at Arizona State Aug. 29, 30 or 31 Brigham Young (A) UCLA at Washington Sept. 7 Northern Illinois (H) Texas State at Colorado ...... 12 noon MT P12N California at Colorado Sept. 14 Idaho State (H) Nebraska at Oregon ...... 1:30 p.m. PT FOX/FOX D Utah at Oregon PLAYER BIOS Hawai’i at UCLA ...... 2 p.m. PT P12N Weber State at California ...... 2 p.m. PT Pac-12 Bay Area FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 2020 Montana at Washington ...... 5 p.m. PT P12N UCLA at Utah ...... 7:30 p.m. MT FS1/FOX D Non-Conference Stanford at USC ...... 5:30 p.m. PT FOX SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Sept. 3, 4 or 5 Brigham Young (H) Minnesota at Oregon State ...... 7 p.m. PT FS1 Sept. 19 Wyoming (A)
Utah at BYU ...... 8:15 p.m. MT ESPN Networks Arizona at USC COACHES & STAFF Houston at Arizona ...... 7:30 p.m. PT ESPN Networks Colorado at Arizona State 2021 Boise State at Washington State . . 7:30 p.m. PT ESPN Networks Oregon at Washington San Diego State at Arizona State . . . 8 p.m. PT P12N Oregon State at California Non-Conference Stanford at Washington State FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Sept. 2 (Thu) Weber State (H) Sept. 11 Brigham Young (A) Arizona at UTEP ...... 7:15 p.m. PT ESPN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Washington at Stanford ...... 7:30 p.m. PT FS1/FOX D Sept. 18 San Diego State (A)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 SERIES HISTORY UCLA at Memphis ...... 11 a.m. CT ABC/ESPN2 mirror SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 2022 Northern Colorado at Colorado . . 12 noon MT P12N Oregon State at Arizona Non-Conference Oregon St. at Washington St. . . . .2:30 p.m. PT P12N Arizona State at UCLA Sept. 3 Brigham Young (H) USC at Colorado Oregon at Wyoming ...... 5 p.m. MT CBSSN Sept. 10 Southern Utah (H) Arizona State at Texas Tech ...... 7 p.m. CT FSN Washington State at Utah Sept. 17 San Diego State (H) Texas at USC ...... 5:30 p.m. PT FOX
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 2016 IN REVIEW Fresno State at Washington . . . . .6:30 p.m. PT P12N Mississippi at California ...... 7:30 p.m. PT ESPN Arizona at Oregon 2023 Stanford at San Diego State . . . . . 7:30 p.m. PT CBSSN Arizona State at Oregon State Non-Conference San Jose State at Utah ...... 8 p.m. MT ESPN2 UCLA at USC Utah at Washington Sept. 16 Baylor (A) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 California at Stanford 2024 Utah at Arizona ...... 7:30 p.m. PT FS1 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Non-Conference BOWL HISTORY California at UCLA ...... 7:30 p.m. PT FS1/FOX Aug. 29 (Thu) Southern Utah (H) Deportes Oregon at Arizona State Sept. 14 Baylor (H) USC at California SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25 UCLA at Stanford Washington at Colorado Arizona at Arizona State 2025 Nevada at Washington State Colorado at Utah Non-Conference Oregon State at Oregon ...... TBD ESPN or ABC
Sept. 6 Wyoming (H) RECORD BOOK FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Washington State at Washington USC at Washington State ...... 7:30 p.m. PT ESPN Notre Dame at Stanford Stanford at Washington State SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 Arizona State at Stanford FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 Colorado at UCLA Pac-12 Championship Game (3) ...... TBD ESPN or ABC California at Oregon Washington at Oregon State (1) Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia (game is Aug. 27 local) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 (2) Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, Colo. Arizona at Colorado (3) Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif. Oregon State at USC Stanford at Utah Washington State at Oregon California at Washington
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PAC-12 BOWL ARRANGEMENTS
The Pac-12 Conference has agreements with seven bowl partners This year, the College Football Playoff semifi nals will be hosted by the for the 2017 season. The lineup is led by the Rose Bowl presented by Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual and the Allstate Sugar Bowl Northwestern Mutual on New Year’s Day, which is the primary des na on on New Year’s Day. The College Football Playoff Championship Game takes for the Pac-12 champion. However, in years when the Pac-12 champion is place in Atlanta, Ga, on Jan. 8.
INFORMATION ranked in the top four of the College Football Playoff rankings and/or the In addi on to the Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual, Rose Bowl hosts one of the two na onal semifi nal games, the Pac-12’s Pac-12 bowl partners include the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio (No. top team could be sent elsewhere. A second Pac-12 team could also be 2 pick), the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl in San Diego (No. selected for the College Football Playoff . 3 pick), the Foster Farms Bowl in Santa Clara (No. 4 pick), the Hyundai Sun Bowl in El Paso (No. 5 pick), the Las Vegas Bowl (No. 6 pick), and the Cactus Bowl in Phoenix (No. 7 pick). HERE’S UTAH 2017 OUTLOOK 2017-18 COLLEGE BOWL SCHEDULE
Date Time (ET) Bowl Site Matchup TV Sat., Dec. 16 12 p.m. Air Force Reserve Celebra on Atlanta, Ga. MEAC vs. SWAC ABC
PLAYER BIOS PLAYER Sat., Dec. 16 1 p.m. R+L Carriers New Orleans New Orleans, La. C-USA vs. Sun Belt ESPN Sat., Dec. 16 2:30 p.m. Autona on Cure Bowl Orlando, Fla. American vs. Sun Belt CBSSN Sat., Dec. 16 3:30 p.m. Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nev. MW or BYU vs. Pac-12 ABC Sat., Dec. 16 4:30 p.m. Gildan New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. C-USA vs. MW ESPN Sat., Dec. 16 8 p.m. Raycom Media Camellia Montgomery, Ala. MAC vs. Sun Belt ESPN Tue., Dec. 19 7 p.m. Boca Raton Boca Raton, Fla. MAC vs. American ESPN Wed., Dec. 20 8 p.m. Frisco Frisco, Texas American vs. At-Large ESPN Thu., Dec. 21 8 p.m. St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Fla. American vs. C-USA ESPN COACHES & STAFF Fri., Dec. 22 12:30 p.m. Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas C-USA vs. MAC ESPN Fri., Dec. 22 4 p.m. Famous Idaho Potato Boise, Idaho MAC vs. MW ESPN Sat., Dec. 23 12 p.m. Birmingham Birmingham, Ala. SEC vs. American ESPN Sat., Dec. 23 3:30 p.m. Lockheed Mar n Armed Forces Ft. Worth, Texas Big Ten vs. MW ESPN Sat., Dec. 23 7 p.m. Dollar General Mobile, Ala. MAC vs. Sun Belt ESPN Sun., Dec. 24 8:30 p.m. Hawai’i Honolulu, Hawaii American vs. MW or BYU ESPN
SERIES HISTORY Tue., Dec. 26 1:30 p.m. Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Dallas, Texas Big 12 vs. C-USA ESPN Tue., Dec. 26 5:15 p.m. Quick Lane Detroit, Mich. ACC/Notre Dame vs. Big Ten ESPN Tue., Dec. 26 9 p.m. Cactus Phoenix, Ariz. Big 12 vs. Pac-12 ESPN Wed., Dec. 27 1:30 p.m. Independence Shreveport, La. ACC/Notre Dame vs. SEC ESPN Wed., Dec. 27 5:15 p.m. New Era Pinstripe Bronx, N.Y. ACC/Notre Dame vs. Big Ten ESPN Wed., Dec. 27 8:30 p.m. Foster Farms Santa Clara, Calif. Big Ten vs. Pac-12 FOX Wed., Dec. 27 9 p.m. Texas Houston, Texas Big 12 vs. SEC ESPN 2016 IN REVIEW Thu., Dec. 28 1:30 p.m. Military presented by Northrop Grumman Annapolis, Md. ACC/Notre Dame vs. American ESPN Thu., Dec. 28 5:15 p.m. Camping World Orlando, Fla. ACC vs. Big 12 ESPN Thu., Dec. 28 9 p.m. San Diego County Credit Union Holiday San Diego, Calif. Big Ten vs. Pac-12 FS1 Thu., Dec. 28 9 p.m. Valero Alamo San Antonio, Texas Big 12 vs. Pac-12 ESPN Fri., Dec. 29 1 p.m. Belk Charlo e, N.C. SEC vs. ACC/Notre Dame ESPN Fri., Dec. 29 2 p.m. Hyundai Sun El Paso, Texas ACC/Notre Dame vs. Pac-12 CBS BOWL HISTORY Fri., Dec. 29 4:30 p.m. Franklin American Mortgage Music City Nashville, Tenn. SEC vs. ACC/ND or Big Ten ESPN Fri., Dec. 29 TBD NOVA Home Loans Arizona Tucson, Ariz. Sun Belt vs. MW CBSSN Fri., Dec. 29 8:30 p.m. Goodyear Co on Bowl Classic Arlington, Texas At-Large vs. At-Large ESPN Sat., Dec. 30 12 p.m. TaxSlayer Jacksonville, Fla. ACC/ND or Big Ten vs. SEC ESPN Sat., Dec. 30 12:30 p.m. AutoZone Liberty Memphis, Tenn. Big 12 vs. SEC ABC Sat., Dec. 30 4 p.m. PlaySta on Fiesta Glendale, Ariz. At-Large vs. At-Large ESPN
RECORD BOOK Sat., Dec. 30 8 p.m. Capital One Orange Miami Gardens, Fla. ACC vs. At-Large ESPN Mon., Jan. 1 12 p.m. Outback Tampa, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC ESPN2 Mon., Jan. 1 12:30 p.m. Chick-fi l-A Peach Atlanta, Ga. At-Large vs. At-Large ESPN Mon., Jan. 1 1 p.m. Citrus Orlando, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC ABC COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF Mon., Jan. 1 5 p.m. Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual Pasadena, Calif. CFP Semifi nal ESPN Mon., Jan. 1 8:45 p.m. Allstate Sugar New Orleans, La. CFP Semifi nal ESPN Mon., Jan. 8 8 p.m. College Football Playoff Championship Atlanta, Ga. Semifi nal winners ESPN
8 2017 MEDIA GUIDE The University of Utah campus, with an enrollment of over 32,000, is nestled against the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains. UTAH UTES FOOTBALL UTAH FOOTBALL TRADITION
UTAH FOOTBALL BOWL HISTORY (16-4) 1939 W New Mexico Sun 1964 W West Virginia Liberty 1992 L Washington State Copper 1993 L USC Freedom INFORMATION 1994 W Arizona Freedom 1996 L Wisconsin Copper 1999 W Fresno State Las Vegas 2001 W USC Las Vegas 2003 W Southern Miss Liberty 2005 (’04) W Pi sburgh Fiesta
HERE’S UTAH 2005 W Georgia Tech Emerald 2006 W Tulsa Armed Forces 2007 W Navy Poinse a 2009 (’08) W Alabama Sugar 2009 W California Poinse a 2010 L Boise State Las Vegas 2011 W Georgia Tech Sun 2014 W Colorado State Las Vegas 2017 OUTLOOK 2015 W BYU Las Vegas 2016 W Indiana Foster Farms
PLAYER BIOS PLAYER WINNING PROGRAM Club and George Munger collegiate coach of the year • Averaged nine wins per season since 2003 with six awards in 2014 and 2015, respec vely. 10-win seasons: 10-2 in 2003, 12-0 in 2004, 13-0 in 2008, • Whi ngham’s 91-percent bowl winning percentage is 10-3 in 2009, 10-3 in 2010 and 10-3 in 2015. the best of any coach in NCAA bowl history. His has a 10-1 • Eight fi nishes in the Top 25 polls since 2003: No. 21 in bowl record, which exceeds the NCAA minimum of seven 2003 (AP), No. 4 in 2004 (AP), No. 2 in 2008 (AP), No. 18 wins. A TOP 25 in 2009 (AP), No. 23 in 2010 (Coaches), No. 21 in 2014 • Whi ngham has 13 wins over ranked teams, including
COACHES & STAFF PROGRAM (AP), No. 17 (AP) in 2015 and No. 23 (AP) in 2016. No. 4 Alabama (2009), No. 5 Stanford (2013) and No. 8 • Utah is one of fi ve teams that has appeared in every UCLA (2014). Utah has fi nished College Football Playoff ranking since its incep on in 2014. • Urban Meyer was named the Na onal Coach of the Year in the Top 25 eight • Before joining the Pac-12 Conference in 2011, Utah had in 2004. the most wins against BCS conference teams (21) by any times since 2003, school from a non-BCS conference. ALL-AMERICANS SERIES HISTORY including the last • Utah won a share of its fi rst Pac-12 Conference South • Fourteen fi rst-team All-Americans since 2002. Division tle in 2015 and had its best league record (6-3) • Alex Smith (QB) was a Heisman Trophy fi nalist and three seasons. The in fi ve years as a Pac-12 member. earned two Na onal Player of the Year Awards (Sports Utes have also gone • The Utes have had a winning record in Pac-12 play in Illustrated and The Spor ng News) in 2004. each of the past three years. • Tom Hacke (2014 and ‘15) and Mitch Wishnowsky 11-1 in bowl games (2016) have swept the Ray Guy Award as the na on’s best BOWL ROLL 2016 IN REVIEW over the last 14 punter the last three years. • Twelve bowl appearances in the last 14 years with • Six Consensus fi rst-team All-Americans in the last 15 years. an 11-1 record. The Utes made nine consecu ve bowl years: Jordan Gross (OL) in 2002, Eric Weddle (S) in 2006, appearances from 2003-11. Louie Sakoda (K) in 2008, Tom Hacke (P) in 2014 and ‘15, • From 1999-2009, Utah won nine-consecu ve bowl and Mitch Wishnowsky (P) in 2016. games to e for the second-longest bowl win streak in ACADEMIC ALL-STARS BOWL HISTORY NCAA history. • Five of Utah’s nine consecu ve bowl wins were against • Utah has had eight Academic All-Americans since 2000. major conference opponents coming from the SEC First-team honors were earned by Morgan Scalley (2003- (Alabama), Pac-12 (USC and California), ACC (Georgia 04), Alex Smith (2004) and Louie Sakoda (2008). Tech) and Big East (Pi sburgh). • Louie Sakoda earned NCAA Top VIII cita on in 2008. • 2-0 in Bowl Championship Series bowl games, THE NEXT LEVEL
RECORD BOOK defea ng Pi sburgh in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl and Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl. • Quarterback Alex Smith was the No. 1 pick in the • 16-4 all- me bowl record. 2005 NFL Dra pick. • Utah has produced four NFL fi rst round dra picks TOP COACHES and nine others have gone in the second round since • Kyle Whi ngham earned Na onal Coach of the Year 2000. honors in 2008 from both the American Football Coaches • 30 NFL Dra picks over the last nine years. Associa on (AFCA) and the Paul “Bear” Bryant Awards • School-record eight NFL Dra picks in 2017. commi ee. He was a semifi nalist for the Maxwell Football
10 2017 MEDIA GUIDE UTAH UTES FOOTBALL UTAH ATHLETICS HISTORY INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH 2017 OUTLOOK PLAYER BIOS
The latest chapter in Ute athletics history began on Women’s GymnasƟ cs boasts 10 na onal July 1, 2011, when Utah offi cially became a member championships and nine runner-up fi nishes. Utah is of the Pac-12 Conference. But Utah’s reputation as an the only school to qualify for all 36 NCAA Gymnas cs COACHES & STAFF athletics power was established long before it joined the Championships and has captured the most “Conference of Champions.” All-America awards. The Red Rocks also claimed the school’s fi rst-ever Pac-12 tle in 2014 and captured SUCCESS IN THE Utah had one of its best years ever in 2016-17. In the the trophy again in ‘15 and ‘17. Utah holds every CONFERENCE OF fall, football won the Foster Farms Bowl was No. 23 in the gymnas cs a endance record, including highest single- CHANMPIONS fi nal AP poll, soccer advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 for meet a endance (16,019 in 2015) and highest season SERIES HISTORY the fi rst me ever, cross country qualifi ed for NCAAs as a a endance average (15,224 in 2017). Utah has led the Utah’s football, team for the second consecu ve year, and volleyball made na on in gymnas cs a endance 33 mes and won its men’s basketball, the NCAA Tournament fi eld. Over the winter, skiing won seventh all-women’s sports a endance tle in 2016-17. its 11th NCAA Championship, gymnas cs advanced to the Women’s Basketball has averaged over 20 wins a gymnastics, NCAA Super Six, and men’s and women’s basketball made season since its start back in 1974-75 and ranks 18th in skiing, softball, the NIT. In the spring, so ball advanced to NCAA Super the NCAA in all- me winning percentage (.684). The Ute soccer, volleyball, 2016 IN REVIEW Regionals for the second straight year. women have received 17 NCAA Tournament invites since Football is 661-453-31 in its 123-year history. In the 1982, advancing to the Sweet 16 twice and the Elite Eight cross country, mid-1990s, the Utes evolved into a na onal force and won once. They have won 22 conference championships. baseball, women’s nine consecu ve bowl games from 1999-2009, tying for The Men’s and Women’s Ski Team has captured tennis, and men’s the second-longest bowl winning streak on record. The 11 NCAA Championships and 12 na onal tles all swimming & diving original “BCS Buster,” Utah was 2-0 in BCS games with wins me, including the 2017 NCAA crown. Volleyball has BOWL HISTORY over Alabama (2009 Sugar Bowl) and Pi sburgh (2005 par cipated in 13 of the last 19 NCAA Tournaments programs have all Fiesta Bowl). The Utes have fi nished in the na on’s Top 25 with two Sweet 16 fi nishes. SoŌ ball has qualifi ed for fi nished among the eight mes, including a No. 2 ranking in 2008 and No. 4 in the postseason 21 mes (16 NCAA Regionals, 2 Super 2004. Utah has sold-out every game in Rice-Eccles Stadium Regionals) and has fi ve College World Series appearances best in the nation since the 2010 opener. (four NCAA). Women’s Soccer has played in the NCAA since moving
Men’s Basketball has thrived throughout its history, Tournament seven mes since 2002. Baseball has to the Pac-12 RECORD BOOK winning an NCAA Championship in 1944 and fi nishing as advanced to NCAA Regionals twice since 2009 and won the the runner-up in 1998. The Runnin’ Utes also won na onal 2016 Pac-12 championship, the school’s fi rst for a men’s Conference. championships in 1916 (AAU) and 1947 (NIT). Utah has sport since joining the league. advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 on 10 occasions and is Other Ute athle c highlights include: Men’s Tennis one of seven programs that have reached the regional (24 conference championships), Women’s Tennis (three- semifi nals at least once every decade since the 1950s. consecu ve NCAA appearances from 2010-12), Men’s Utah ranks among the NCAA’s top 15 in all- me victories Swimming and Diving (24 conference championships, No. (1,779) and winning percentage (.645). Utah’s 29 NCAA 22 NCAA fi nish in 2015), Women’s Swimming and Diving Tournament appearances and 38 NCAA Tournament wins (2006 MWC champion) and Women’s Cross Country (2015 also rank in the top 25. and ‘16 NCAA Championships) 1981 AIAW Division II Na onal Champion).
WWW.UTAHUTES.COM 11 UTAH UTES FOOTBALL SALT LAKE CITY INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH 2017 OUTLOOK Adam Barker
Home to the University of Utah and the state’s capital city, Professional sports franchises in Salt Lake City include Salt Lake City blends the amenities of a major metropolitan PLAYER BIOS PLAYER the Utah Jazz of the NBA and Real Salt Lake of Major League area with beautiful natural surroundings. Soccer. Other franchises are the Salt Lake Bees (AAA baseball), the Utah Grizzlies (hockey) and the Salt Lake Monarchs (USL Featuring the majes c 11,000-foot peaks of the Wasatch soccer). Mountains to the east, and the Great Salt Lake and Oquirrh OUTDOOR RECREATION BEST CITY Mountains to the west, Salt Lake City is surrounded by majes c views in all direc ons. Its metro area popula on of Some of the best skiing, fl y fi shing, hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing and river running found anywhere in the COACHES & STAFF The hub for 1.1 million ranks in the top 50 in the United States. world is easily accessible. Eleven major ski resorts are within Forbes’ best LIVING IN SALT LAKE an hour drive from “Ski City.” Three of those resorts were state for Named one of America’s friendliest ci es by listed among the “Top 10 in the U.S.” by Forbes in November Travel+Leisure magazine, Salt Lake is the largest city in the 2016, including No. 2 Snowbird, No. 3 Alta and No. 9 Park City business and state with 192,672 residents. Salt Lake City ranked No. 5 on Mountain Resort. Ten na onal parks are within a day’s drive. With so many recrea onal opportuni es so readily SERIES HISTORY careers, one Forbes’ annual list of “America’s Fastest-Growing Ci es” in 2016. The popula on along the Wasatch Front, which includes available, Salt Lake was recognized as the eighth fi est city in of America’s Ogden and Provo, has swelled to more than 2.4 million. America by the Huffi ngton Post and fi rst for life expectancy by most livable Its literacy rate, percentage of high school graduates, and Livability.com in 2016. percentage of college-educated ci zens ranks among the best downtowns, in the na on. Salt Lake has a moderate four-season climate, BUSINESS averaging 237 days of sunshine per year and 15% humidity. Forbes named Utah the “Best State for Business and
2016 IN REVIEW and the With projects ranging from the renova on of historic Careers” for the third consecu ve year in December 2016 gateway to buildings to the construc on of new offi ce towers, and recognized Salt Lake City as one of the major industrial some of the condominiums and apartments, a growing number of people banking, healthcare and transporta on centers in the U.S. not only work but live in the downtown area, and one in six Several publica ons have taken note of Salt Lake’s high best outdoor residents is now in their 20s. Ci ng professional opportuni es number of “crea ve class” workers—including ar sts, recreation and quality of life, WalletHub named Salt Lake City the No. 1 scien sts, engineers, and others in technology fi elds—with the BOWL HISTORY place to start a career in May 2016. “Silicon Slopes” growing exponen ally on the south end of the anywhere, Salt metro area. In 2016, AdWeek proclaimed that Utah is poised Lake City has ENTERTAINMENT to become America’s next tech and crea ve hub. Bloomberg Salt Lake City was rated by Livability.com as the “No. 5 Business has rated Salt Lake City’s job market among the top something for Best Downtown in America” in March 2015. It features a wide 10 in America in recent years. range of dining op ons, live music, two large modern malls, everyone. TRANSPORTATION RECORD BOOK a diverse array of specialty stores, art galleries, professional symphony, opera, theater, dance, and cultural and ethnic Salt Lake Interna onal Airport, a Delta Airlines hub, is fes vals. located just 20 minutes from campus and is undergoing a $2.6 The city played host to the 2002 Winter Olympics. The billion phased redevelopment. It off ers direct fl ights to 84 opening and closing ceremonies and the athletes’ village U.S. des na ons and 11 interna onal ci es and handled 23 were located on the University of Utah campus. Salt Lake City million passengers in 2016. TRAX light rail provides access to annually joins forces with nearby resort town Park City to host downtown Salt Lake, the University of Utah, the airport and the Sundance Film Fes val. many of the suburbs.
12 2017 MEDIA GUIDE UTAH UTES FOOTBALL THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH 2017 OUTLOOK PLAYER BIOS
Founded in 1850, the University of Utah prepares students ranging challenges of human life. The College of Engineering’s to live and compete in the global workplace. The U. undergraduate program was ranked 56th and the graduate encompasses 1,500 acres in the foothills of the Wasatch school 51st according to U.S. News & World Report in 2016. Mountain range. Utah became a member of the Pac-12 MEDICINE COACHES & STAFF Conference on July 1, 2011. University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, a Level I trauma center, was ranked No. 1 in the na on in quality, safety and With an enrollment of over 32,000, the U. off ers 100 accountability in 2016. It marked the seventh-straight year undergraduate and more than 90 graduate level fi elds of that UUHC ranked among the na on’s top 10 academic study. It has earned a top- er grading from the Academic A TOP 100 medical centers. U.S. News and World Report recognized the Ranking of World Universi es for 13 consecu ve years,
school of medicine’s primary care program (34th), pharmacy UNIVERSITY SERIES HISTORY and off ers na onally-ranked programs in law, pharmacy, program (17th), physical therapy program (20), and the school mathema cs, business, biomedical engineering, family of nursing’s doctorate (22nd) and master’s (31st) programs. medicine, life sciences, fi nes arts, educa on, architecture, Among Utah’s The U.’s surgeons were the fi rst in the world to conduct entertainment arts and engineering. The U. was rated No. a permanent ar fi cial heart implant in 1982. More recently, nationally- 41 in the U.S. by the Center for World University Rankings the Utah Genome Project is one of several innova ve medical and No. 21 among “best value educa on programs” by Value ranked research programs at the U. Other notable programs include
Colleges in 2016. 2016 IN REVIEW the na onally-recognized Huntsman Cancer Ins tute, the programs are RESEARCH Clinical Neurosciences Center and the Moran Eye Center. law, pharmacy, The University of Utah was rated No. 1 for BUSINESS SCHOOL mathematics, commercializing technology innova ons according to the The David Eccles School of Business’ undergraduate business, Milken Ins tute’s 2017 ra ngs, genera ng $211.8 million in program has been rated among the top 50 by U.S. News & licensing income and recording 69 startups from 2012-15, and World Report in the past four years. In the magazine’s most biomedical a rac ng $417.2 million in research spending in 2015. recent rankings, the execu ve MBA program was ranked 21st BOWL HISTORY Gene cist Mario R. Capecchi received the 2007 Nobel in the na on while the full- me MBA program jumped 22 engineering, Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on gene targe ng. spots to No. 57. The school also has been placed in the top family medicine, Çağan Şekercioğlu, assistant professor of biology, won the 25 for entrepreneurship six straight years by the Princeton Scien fi c and Technical Research Council of Turkey’s highest Review. The U.’s graduate accoun ng program was rated top entertainment prize for 2014. Peter J. Stang, dis nguished professor of 35 in the na on in 2016. chemistry, received the 2013 Priestley Medal and 2011 arts and Na onal Medal of Science for his pioneering work in LAW SCHOOL engineering. RECORD BOOK supramolecular chemistry. The S.J. Quinney College of Law, which opened a new TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER SCIENCES building in the fall of 2015, was ranked 45th among ABA- The U.’s entertainment arts and engineering program approved U.S. law schools in 2016. was rated second in the na on according to Anima on Career CAMPUS LIFE Review in early 2017 and has earned a top three ra ng seven years running. The University’s School of Compu ng, which A lively residen al living experience is provided in the earned a top 60 world ranking in 2016, was founded in 1965 beau ful Heritage Commons, which served as the Athletes and began a pioneering legacy in computer graphics and Village for the 2002 Winter Olympics. The Donna Garff visualiza on that con nues today. Marrio Honors Residen al Scholars Community, the George The interna onally-recognized Scien fi c Compu ng S. Eccles Student Life Center, and the Lassonde Studios for & Imaging Ins tute is a leader in crea ng new scien fi c housing student entrepreneurs have all opened in the last fi ve compu ng techniques, tools and systems to help solve wide- years.
WWW.UTAHUTES.COM 13 UTAH UTES FOOTBALL UTAH TRADITIONS INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH 2017 OUTLOOK
The University of Utah offi cially adopted the nickname PLAYER BIOS PLAYER The Block U (eleva on 5,300 feet above sea “Utes” for its athletic teams in 1972. The school level) was built on Mount Van Co bordering the Utah uses the nickname with permission of the Ute Tribal campus in 1907. Lights on the 100-foot-tall landmark Council. are illuminated primarily for athle c events and to SWOOP no fy people in the Salt Lake valley that the Utes are “What is a Ute?” The Utes are an Indian tribe playing at home (the lights fl ash a er a Utah victory). that originally se led Utah. Two of the more common Originally built with limestone, the Block U
COACHES & STAFF Utah introduced defi ni ons of Ute are “top of the mountains” and was later replaced by a cement version. In 1969, the its mascot (below) “people of the mountains.” Other references have design was modifi ed and 124 lights were installed. in 1996. “Swoop” Ute defi ned as “land of the sun.” The Utes refer to A fund-raising campaign in 2006 raised $400,000 to represents a red- themselves as “Noochew,” meaning “the People.” renovate the aging landmark. Slabs of concrete and There are four Ute tribes: The Northern and steel rebar now reinforce the 5,000-square feet of
SERIES HISTORY tailed hawk, a bird White Mesa Tribes are based in Utah, while the surface area. Another major improvement was the indigenous to the state Southern and Ute Mountain Tribes are in Colorado. installa on of light emi ng diode (LED) red and white of Utah. The Northern Utes are most closely affi liated with the lights, which are controlled through a wireless system. University of Utah and have a tribal membership of around 3,000. Many of them live on the Uintah and Ouray reserva on. The Utes operate their own tribal 2016 IN REVIEW government, oversee approximately 1.3 million acres of trust land and operate several businesses. “The Pride of Utah” Marching Utes began in the 1940s as a military band. In the turbulent ’60s, support for the band dwindled, and in 1969, the
BOWL HISTORY Associated Students for the University of Utah (ASUU) discon nued its funding. The band was revived in 1976, and since then, the “Pride of Utah” Marching Utes have performed at all home football games, as well as numerous NFL and college bowl games. To the victor goes the Beehive Boot. The
RECORD BOOK authen c pioneer boot has been awarded annually since 1971 to the Utah school with the best record against instate foes. The schools that compete for the boot are Utah, Brigham Young and Utah State. In its 45-year history, the Beehive Boot has been awarded to Utah 15 mes (1978, ‘88, ‘93, ‘94, ’95, ’99, 2002, ’03, ’04, ’05, ‘08, ‘11, ‘13, ‘15 and ‘16), BYU 22 mes and Utah State nine mes.
14 2017 MEDIA GUIDE UTAH UTES FOOTBALL MEET US IN THE MUSS INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH 2017 OUTLOOK PLAYER BIOS
The MUSS, one of the most avid and vocal The line of “fi ves” hanging in front student fan clubs in the nation, is nearly of the MUSS sec on refers to the False 6,000 strong at Ute home football games. Start Tally. Whenever the opposing team UTAH FIGHT SONG COACHES & STAFF The name MUSS was originally derived is charged with a false start, the MUSS from the school fi ght song lyrics (… No hangs a numeral fi ve in front of its sec on VERSE rival band of college fans dare meet us in indica ng a fi ve-yard penalty. I am a Utah man or/fan, sir, and I live across the the muss). Members now refer to MUSS Every me the Utes score, the band green. Our gang, it is the jolliest that you have as an acronym for “Mighty Utah Student plays the school fi ght song, signaling the ever seen. Our students are the fi nest and each one’s a shining star. Our yell, you hear it ringing SERIES HISTORY Section.” MUSS to sing along to the words of the through the mountains near and far. Utah Fight Song. A er every game, Ute The MUSS turns 16 years old this team members congregate in front of the CHORUS season. Originally known as the Student MUSS sec on and join in the singing of the Who am I, sir? A Utah Man or/Fan am I. A Utah Fan Club and the Utah Fan Club, the group Utah Fight Song. Man or/Fan, sir, and will be ‘ l I die; Ki-yi! adopted the name MUSS for the 2002 Watch for the MUSS to regularly VERSE 2016 IN REVIEW football season. “Throw up a U,” a tradi on that began at We’re up to snuff ; we never bluff , we’re game for MUSS members are easily iden fi ed the Utah women’s gymnas cs meets in any fuss. No rival band of college fans dare meet by their customized tee-shirts and their 2001 and soon caught on with all the Ute us in the muss. So fi ll your lungs and sing it out policy of standing throughout the en re teams and fans. It involves forming the U and shout it to the sky, we’ll fi ght for dear old game. They have a number of other men oned in the U of U Chop and raising it Crimson, for a Utah Man or/Fan am I. tradi ons during football games, including toward the sky. CHORUS (same) BOWL HISTORY the Third Down Jump, in which members The MUSS currently sponsors jump around and make noise every me fan clubs for the Utah football, men’s VERSE the opposing team prepares for a third basketball, volleyball and gymnas cs And when we prom the avenue, all lined up in a row, and arm in arm and step in me as down the down play. Other rituals include the U teams. The football team began spor ng a street we go. No ma er if a freshman green or in of U Chop, which occurs every me the MUSS decal on the back of its helmets in a senior’s gown, the people all admit we are the band plays a specifi c percussion song and 2004. warmest gang in town. RECORD BOOK involves MUSS members forming a U with their hands and “chopping” to the beat CHORUS (same) of the music, and the First Down Chant VERSE (members raise their hands in unison, We may not live forever on this jolly good yelling “fi rst down,” and mimic the referees old sphere, but while we do we’ll live a life of by poin ng their arm in the direc on of the merriment and cheer. And when our college days fi rst down). are o’er and night is drawing nigh, with par ng breath we’ll sing that song: “A Utah Man or/Fan Am I.” Go Utes!
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PLAYER BIOS PLAYER The University of Utah boasts many distinguished alumni, among • Robert Jarvik, MD, inventor of the Jarvik-7 ar fi cial heart them professional athletes, inventors, actors, politicians, educators, • Alan C. Kay, innovator of overlapping windows concept for PCs entrepreneurs, authors, university and church presidents and • Frederick Kempe, president and CEO of the Atlan c Council • Kay Atkinson King, a director for the U.S. House of Representa ves scientists. The names that follow (alphabetically) belong to some of the • Blaine Lindgren, Olympic silver medalist in track most recognizable public fi gures to attend the U. • Missy Marlowe, Olympic gymnast, NCAA champion • J. Willard Marrio , founder of Marrio Interna onal Inc. • Jamal Anderson, 1999 NFL Pro Bowl, led NFC in rushing • Mike McCoy, former head coach of NFL’s San Diego Chargers
COACHES & STAFF • Mike Anderson, 2001 NFL Off ensive Rookie of the Year • Bob McDonald, former chair, president and CEO of Proctor & Gamble • Rocky Anderson, former mayor of Salt Lake City • David O. McKay, ninth president of the Mormon Church • Alan Ashton, co-founder of WordPerfect Corp. • Andre Miller, ranks in the NBA’s top 10 in career assists • Zane Beadles, 2014 Super Bowl starter, 2012 Pro Bowl • Wat Misaka, only Japanese-American to play in the NBA • Terrel H. Bell, former U.S. Secretary of Educa on • Leilani Mitchell, seven-year WNBA star ng point guard • Bob Benne , former U.S. Senator • Charles K. Monfort, owner/general partner of the Colorado Rockies • Andrew Bogut, 2015 NBA champion with Golden State, No. 1 dra pick in 2005 • Thomas S. Monson, 16th president of the Mormon Church SERIES HISTORY • Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari and inventor of Pong • John Naisbe , author of the bestseller Megatrends • Orson Sco Card, award-winning science fi c on author • David Neeleman, founder and former CEO of JetBlue Airways • Ron Carlson, award-winning fi c on author • John C. Nelson, MD, advisor to the Na onal Ins tutes of Health • Ed Catmull, co-founder and president of Pixar, Disney Anima on • Mar n Newell, computer scien st invented the Utah teapot • Jim Clark, co-founder of Silicon Graphics, Netscape, WebMD • John Nogawski, former president and COO for CBS TV distribu on • Stephen Covey, authored The 7 Habits of Highly Eff ec ve People • Raymond Noorda, former president, CEO and chair of Novell Inc. • C.J. Cron, Los Angeles Angels 1B/DH, 2011 MLB fi rst round dra pick • Jody Olsen, former deputy director of the Peace Corps
2016 IN REVIEW • Keene Cur s, Tony Award winning actor • Martha Raddatz, chief foreign correspondent for ABC News • Andre Dyson, 2006 Super Bowl starter • Simon Ramo, scien st developed the intercon nental ballis c missile • Kevin Dyson, “Music City Miracle” put Titans in 1999 Super Bowl • Calvin Rampton, Utah’s only three-term governor • Spence Eccles, prominent fi nancier and philanthropist • Holly Rowe, ESPN sideline reporter and play-by-play • Larry EchoHawk, former head of the Bureau of Indian Aff airs • John W. Ryan, former president of Indiana University • LaVell Edwards (MS), former BYU football coach • Cecil O. Samuelson, 12th president of Brigham Young University • Luther Elliss, two- me NFL Pro Bowler • John Schulian, award-winning writer for Sports Illustrated, Chicago Sun Times BOWL HISTORY • Lily Eskelsen, vice president of the Na onal Educa on Associa on • George Seifert, former NFL coach won two Super Bowls • David Evans, groundbreaking computer scien st • Rocco Siciliano, special assistant to President Eisenhower • Richard Paul Evans, authored best seller The Christmas Box • Alex Smith, No. 1 NFL dra pick in 2005, 2014 Pro Bowl • Arnie Ferrin, NBA, former Utah athle cs director • Steve Smith, fi ve me All-Pro ranks in NFL’s top 10 in career receiveing yards • Mark Fuller, president and CEO of WET Design • Wallace Stegner, Pulitzer Prize winning author • Jake Garn, former U.S. Senator • Jane Summerhays, Tony Award-nominated actress • E. Gordon Gee, former president of Ohio State University • Laurel Thatcher, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian RECORD BOOK • Larry Gluth, vice president with Habitat for Humanity • Keith Van Horn, No. 2 NBA dra pick averaged 16 pts in 10-year career • Bill Gore, inventor of Gore-Tex fabric • Olene Walker, fi rst woman governor of Utah • Henri Gouraud, computer scien st invented Gouraud shading • John Warnock, co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc. • Jordan Gross, 2004 Super Bowl starter and two- me Pro Bowl starter • Eric Weddle, fi ve- me NFL All-Pro safety • Lee Grosscup, popularized “shovel pass,” former ABC football analyst • Brad Wilkins, architect of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa of Dubai • Ann Weaver Hart, 21st president of University of Arizona • Terry Tempest Williams, author and environmentalist • Gordon B. Hinckley, 15th president of the Mormon Church • Larry Wilson, NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame • Jon. M. Huntsman Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to China, former governor of Utah • Evelyn Wood, speed reading innovator • Mickey Ibarra, former White House director of intergovernmental aff airs
16 2017 MEDIA GUIDE UTAH UTES FOOTBALL ACADEMIC SUCCESS INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH 2017 OUTLOOK PLAYER BIOS
ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS 2016 ACADEMIC ALL-PAC-12
1964 Mel Carpenter FIRST TEAM COACHES & STAFF 1970 Sco Robbins Hunter Dimick Sr. DL 3.33 Communica on 1971 Sco Robbins* Marcus Williams Jr. DB 3.60 Sociology 1973 Steve Odom* Andy Phillips Sr. K 3.83 Informa on Systems (master’s) “Athletics opened 1974 Chuck Cole SECOND TEAM the door for me to 1976 Dick Graham*
receive an education SERIES HISTORY 1984 Andre Guardi Chase Dominguez Sr. SN 3.70 Communica on 1985 Andre Guardi Ken Hampel Sr. TE 3.45 Consumer & Community Studies that otherwise 1996 Chad Folk Nick Nowakowski Sr. OL 3.34 Electric & Computer Engineering would not have been 2000 Kimball Chris anson HONORABLE MENTION accessible to me. To 2002 Brooks Bahr Tyson Cisrow, DB Boobie Hobbs, DB earn a degree and 2003 Morgan Scalley* Chris an Drews, LB Casey Hughes, DB 2016 IN REVIEW 2004 Morgan Scalley* Mackay Dunn, DB Darrin Paulo, OL play football for the 2004 Alex Smith* Evan Eggiman, LB Sharrieff Shah Jr., LB University of Utah has 2005 Spencer Toone Jordan Fogal, DB Alex Whi ngham, LB 2008 Louie Sakoda* Hayes Hicken, K been an experience 2009 Zane Beadles that brought countless
2016 Hunter Dimick BOWL HISTORY memories and lessons *First-team learned. None of this would have been possible without the
support of my Utah RECORD BOOK family.”
Hunter Dimick 2016 Academic All-American, NFL Free Agent Signee with Jacksonville
Utah’sU h’ student-athletes d hl hhave access to an expansive i computer lab l b and d group study d areas in i the h Burbidge B bid Family AthleƟ cs Academic Center.
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SEASON ATTENDANCE AVERAGES 1. 46,533 2015 2. 46,506 2016 INFORMATION 3. 46,436 2014 4. 45,585 2008 5. 45,459 2010 6. 45,347 2012 7. 45,194 2013 HERE’S UTAH 8. 45,155 2009 9. 45,149 2011 10. 44,112 2004 2017 OUTLOOK
PLAYER BIOS PLAYER With its striking design, stunning mountain ground and was completed in the summer backdrop and panoramic views of downtown of 2016. One of the largest college football Salt Lake City and the Great Salt Lake, video boards in the country, it features a high RICE-ECCLES STADIUM Rice-Eccles Stadium is recognized as one defi ni on display with a 16:9 aspect ra o. TOP CROWDS of the most beautiful college stadiums in The enhanced so ware to run the board will the country. While the exterior scenery is deliver some of the best special eff ects in the 1. 47,825 2015 Michigan captivating, the charged atmosphere inside sports industry and will synchronize with the COACHES & STAFF 2. 47,801 2016 Washington Rice-Eccles Stadium makes it one of the LED boards in the north endzone. Another 3. 47,798 2015 California 25 “toughest stadiums in the country” for improvement in 2016 was a distributed sound 4. 47,619 2014 USC opposing teams according to Bleacher Report. system that enhances the sound quality in 5. 47,528 2014 Oregon every sec on of Rice-Eccles Stadium while 6. 46,915 2016 BYU Entering the 2017 season, Utah has also reducing noise to the surrounding SERIES HISTORY 7. 46,768 2003 California played to 44-straight sellouts (41 which community. 8. 46,522 2010 TCU exceeded the sea ng capacity) in Rice-Eccles Rice-Eccles Stadium has also hosted 9. 46,488 2008 Brigham Young Stadium extending back to the 2010 opener a number of other major spor ng events, 10. 46,327 2016 Oregon against Pi sburgh. In its fi rst 19 years, there the most prominent being the Opening and 11. 46,230 2015 UCLA have been 62 total standing-room-only Closing Ceremonies of the 2002 Salt Lake crowds. Olympic Winter Games.
2016 IN REVIEW 12. 46,192 2015 Arizona State 13. 46,133 2016 USC The venue’s sea ng capacity was The ini al groundwork for Rice-Eccles 14. 46,037 2012 USC increased from 45,017 to 45,807 in 2014, and Stadium began in 1996, when Utah Director 15. 46,011 2015 Utah State as a result, the top three season a endance of Athle cs Chris Hill ini ated a fundraising averages and 11 of the top 15 single-game campaign to replace aging 32,500-seat Rice RICE-ECCLES FACTS crowds in Rice-Eccles Stadium history were Stadium. A lead gi of $10 million soon came BOWL HISTORY recorded in the last three years. The Utes in from the George S. and Dolores Dore First Game: Sept. 12, 1998 averaged a school-record 46,533 fans per Eccles Founda on, steered by former Ute All- Sea ng Capacity: 45,807 game in 2015, when they also recorded their America skier Spence Eccles. Largest Crowd: 47,825 best single-game a endance mark (47,825 vs. The total construc on costs ran $50 Chair Seats: 15,015 Michigan). Da ng back to its 13-0 Sugar Bowl million, of which $20 million came from Suites: 25 campaign of 2008, Utah’s average a endance private gi s, $10 million from athle cs RECORD BOOK Surface: FieldTurf has exceeded the stadium’s capacity for nine department bonding, $12 million from the consecu ve years. University of Utah and $8 million from the Opened in 1998 on the grounds of 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Commi ee. the old Ute (1927-71) and Rice (1972-97) Preliminary construc on work began stadiums, Rice-Eccles Stadium has seen in the summer of 1997. Two days a er the several upgrades in ensuing years. The fi nal home game that fall, wrecking crews latest is a state-of-the-art 122 x 64-foot moved in and demolished Rice Stadium. Only video scoreboard that rises 137 feet above the south end zone bleachers and the Rice
18 2017 MEDIA GUIDE UTAH UTES FOOTBALL RICE-ECCLES STADIUM INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH 2017 OUTLOOK PLAYER BIOS
name (Robert L. Rice contributed $1 million in scoreboards were added to the north corners AstroTurf from 1972-95 and SportGrass from the 1972 renova on) would carry over to the in 2014. In 2012, an LED board was placed at 1995-99. new venue. Rising from the rubble less than the bo om of the south end zone stands. The south end zone bleachers, built in COACHES & STAFF 10 months later was Rice-Eccles Stadium, an The stadium fl oor has also changed with 1982, house the locker rooms, the Gary L. imposing concrete, steel and glass edifi ce that the mes. A FieldTurf surface with CoolPlay Crocker Stadium Club suite and a band room. dominates the Salt Lake skyline. cork infi ll was installed in September 2015, The plaza behind the south end zone was Visible for miles is the stadium box, marking the third version of FieldTurf laid dedicated on Aug. 21, 2003 as the 2002 Salt located 14 stories above ground and encased in down in Rice-Eccles since 2002. Previous Lake Olympic Winter Games Cauldron Park. SERIES HISTORY a 400-square-foot expanse of tempered glass. surfaces (da ng back to Ute Field) were natural The Utah Athle cs main cket offi ce is located The box is supported by twin towers containing grass from 1927-71 and again in 2000-01, on the southwest corner of the plaza. four high-speed elevators. Occupants of the stadium box are treated to sweeping views of the Wasatch Mountains to the east and downtown Salt Lake City, the Great Salt Lake 2016 IN REVIEW and the Oquirrh Mountains to the west. The Cleone and Spence Eccles Scholarship Box on Level 4 seats 450 and has indoor- outdoor sea ng, along with eight suites. The Mezzanine on Level 5 provides another 17 suites. BOWL HISTORY Level 6 contains the John Mooney Working Press Area, named in honor of the late Ute football writer and Salt Lake Tribune sports editor, and booths for television and radio (among them the Bill Marcro Radio Booth, named for the former long me “Voice of the RECORD BOOK Utes”). The press, TV and radio sec ons open into the Varsity Recep on area, which seats 400 for dining. The 2016 stadium upgrades were not the fi rst me the scoreboards have been replaced since Rice-Eccles opened its gates. In 2003, the late Larry H. and Gail Miller donated $1.6 million for the venue’s fi rst video scoreboard. In 2007, Utah Sports Proper es Fans at Rice-Eccles Stadium were treated to a new 7,800-square foot high defi niƟ on video board fi nanced an LED board stretching across the and distributed sound system that were installed prior to the 2016 season. The $13.5 million top of the north end zone stands, and two LED project was funded by the U. AthleƟ cs Department and Auxiliary Services.
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PLAYER BIOS PLAYER The Utes call home one of the premier training The building also features a new and expanded centers in college football. The Spence and Cleone 6,500-square foot Utah Football Hall of Fame. Eccles Football Center, a 150,000-square foot, And, the building isn’t just for football; the $32 million state-of-the-art facility, was offi cially training, rehabilita on and nutri onal needs of STATE-OF-THE-ART dedicated on Aug. 15, 2013. every Utah student-athlete have been enhanced HOME OF THE UTES greatly by the new facility. A technologically The Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles Family advanced 17,000-square foot sports medicine COACHES & STAFF complex, including a dedicated hydrotherapy center, • Includes 150,000- Founda on supplied the lead gi for the facility, allows the Utah sports medicine staff to u lize square feet of offi ces, with addi onal major grants from the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Founda on and the Sorenson cu ng edge rehabilita on and therapy techniques. mee ng rooms, Legacy Founda on. The building also houses a 250-seat cafeteria, player and staff locker The Eccles Football Center is equally beau ful serving meals tailored to the specifi c diets of rooms, players’ lounge, student-athletes.
SERIES HISTORY as it is func onal. The three-story structure features auditorium and two two courtyards and large sweeping glass windows, The Eccles Football Center is a ached to outdoor pa os. which provide picturesque views of the Wasatch the 19,000-square foot Alex Smith Strength • All Utah student- Mountains to the south and east, and downtown & Condi oning Center, which opened in the summer of 2009. The Spence Eccles Field House, athletes u lize the Salt Lake City and the Oquirrh Mountains to the west. a 74,000-square foot indoor training facility that building’s cafeteria and opened in 2004, sits adjacent to the new building.
2016 IN REVIEW The facility includes a 6,500-square foot locker technologically advanced room. Each of the program’s 125 players is allocated In terms of both ameni es and size, the Utah sports medicine and a custom-cra ed locker with roomy and ven lated football program is assured of having one of the rehabilita on center. space, and secure storage for personal belongings. fi nest training complexes in the na on well into the • A ached to the Charging sta ons for portable electronic devices are heart of this century. 19,000-sqare foot also included.
BOWL HISTORY Alex Smith Strength & A spacious 3,600-square foot players’ lounge, Condi oning Center. featuring numerous large fl at screen HD televisions, billiard games, a hydra on sta on and group Within close proximity study areas, spills out to a sprawling two- ered to the 74,000-square observa on deck overlooking the prac ce fi elds. foot Spence Eccles Field Providing great views of the Salt Lake valley and
RECORD BOOK House. Rice-Eccles Stadium, the deck has already proven to be a popular place for team get-togethers and alumni events. The facility houses over 47,000-square feet of offi ces, mee ng rooms and an auditorium. Each member of the coaching staff is provided with a professional and comfortable offi ce, equipped with the latest technology for maximum effi ciency.
20 2017 MEDIA GUIDE Utah returns six starters on defense, including All-Pac-12 candidates Chase Hansen (#22) and Kavika Luafatasaga (#55). UTAH UTES FOOTBALL PERSONNEL PICTURE
LETTERMEN RETURNING (46) STARTERS LOST (13) ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATES OFFENSE (22) OFFENSE (6) Mitch Wishnowsky, P Jackson Barton, OL; Tyler Bell, TE; Johnny Capra, LT Gare Bolles Lowell Lotulelei, DT OL; Siale Fakailoatonga, TE; Lo Falemaka, OL; (1st-team All-Pac-12) Jameson Field, WR; Kyle Fulks, WR; Harrison LG Isaac Asiata ALL-CONFERENCE CANDIDATES Handley, TE; Devonta’e Henry-Cole, RB; Tyler (Morris Award winner) INFORMATION Huntley, QB; Kyle Lanterman, OL; Troy McCormick C J.J. Dielman^ Kylie Fi s, DE Jr., WR; Zack Moss, RB; Darrin Paulo, OL; Marcus (2015 2nd-team All-Pac-12) Chase Hansen, DB Sanders-Williams, RB; Armand Shyne, RB; Demari Lowell Lotulelei, DT Simpkins, WR; Raelon Singleton, WR; Salesi Nick Nowakowski^ Kavika Luafatasaga, LB Uhatafe, OL; Troy Williams, QB; Siaosi Wilson, (Former walk-on started last 8 games) Filipo Mokofi si, DT WR; Kenric Young, WR. RB Joe Williams
HERE’S UTAH Salesi Uhatafe, OL (1,407 yards rushing in 9 games DEFENSE (22) Troy Williams, QB school record 156.3 ypg) Mitch Wishnowsky, P Philip Afi a, DB; Bradlee Anae, DE; Cody Barton, TE Evan Moeai^ LB; Julian Blackmon, DB; Terrell Burgess, DB; (Led TEs with 22 catches for 308 yards) Chris an Drews, LB; Kylie Fi s, DE; Leki Fotu, DT; Chase Hansen, DB; Chris Hart, DE; Alani Havili- WR Tim Patrick STARTERS RETURNING (12) Katoa, DT; Boobie Hobbs, DB; Casey Hughes, (Led team with 45 recep ons, 2017 OUTLOOK DB; Jake Jackson, LB; Lowell Lotulelei, DT; Kavika 711 yards, 5 TDs) OFFENSE (5) Luafatasaga, LB; Filipo Mokofi si, DT; Caleb Repp, ^ Split starts in 2016 OL 74 Salesi Uhatafe (6-5, 320, Sr., 3VL) DE; Tyrone Smith, DB; Sunia Tauteoli, LB; Donavan QB 3 Troy Williams (6-2, 208, Sr., 1VL) Thompson, LB; Alex Whi ngham, LB. DEFENSE (6) WR 11 Raelon Singleton (6-3, 212, Jr., 2VL) SPECIALISTS (2) DE Hunter Dimick WR 80 Siaosi Wilson+ (6-2, 193, So., 1VL) (1st-team All-Pac-12, 2nd-team All-American) PLAYER BIOS PLAYER WR 17 Demari Simpkins+ (5-10, 181, So., 1VL) Hayes Hicken, K; Mitch Wishnowsky, P. DE Pita Taumoepenu^ +Split starts REDSHIRTS (22) (HM All-Pac-12, 21.5 career sacks) DT Pasoni Tasini DEFENSE (6) John Aloma, LS; Dakota Baker, WR; Bapa (HM All-Pac-12, 35 tackles, 6 PBU, 2 FF) DT 45 Filipo Mokofi si (6-3, 295, Sr., 3VL) Falemaka, TE; Jake Grant, OL; Connor Haller, LB; CB Reggie Porter DT 93 Lowell Lotulelei (6-2, 320, Sr., 3VL) Davir Hamilton, DE; Shawn Hansen, DB; Chad (43 tackles, 2 INT, 4 PBU)
COACHES & STAFF LB 10 Sunia Tauteoli (6-0, 227, Sr., 2VL) Hekking, TE; Nick Heninger, DE; Trevor Horlacher, CB Brian Allen^ LB 5 Kavika Luafatasaga+ (6-4, 235, Sr., 1VL) LB; Nygel King, DB; Mark Kruger, DT; Drew Lisk, (4 INT ed for 5th in Pac-12, 6 PBU) LB 30 Cody Barton+ (6-2, 225, Jr., 2VL) QB; Samson Nacua, WR; Sco Peck, OL; Haua Dominique Ha ield^ S 22 Chase Hansen (6-3, 220, Jr., 2VL) Pututau, DT; Riley Richmond, WR; Tucker Sco , (3-year starter, 2 career INT for TD) OL; Paul Toala, OL; Pita Tonga, DT; Maxs Tupai, DE; +Split starts FS Marcus Williams Mason Woodward, RB. (2-year All-Pac-12, 5 INTs was 2nd in Pac-12) SERIES HISTORY KICKERS/PUNTERS (1) ^ Split starts in 2016 P 33 Mitch Wishnowsky (6-2, 220, Jr., 1VL) SQUAD (NON LETTER) RETURNERS (5) Aaron Amaama, OL; Alec Dana, WR; Keven Dixon, SPECIALISTS (1) OL; Jordan Howard, RB; Jus n Tatola, RB. K Andy Phillips (4- me All-Pac-12, Utah FG & scoring
2016 IN REVIEW 2017 SCHOLARSHIP NEWCOMERS (23) record holder) Jordan Agasiva, OL; ^Corrion Ballard, DB; LETTERMEN LOST (33) Marquise Blair, DB; Bronson Boyd, WR; Jaylen Dixon, WR; Nick Ford, DL; TJ Green, RB; Javelin Guidry, DB; ^Tyquez Hampton, WR; Jaylon Brian Allen, DB; Isaac Asiata, OL; Gare Bolles, OL; Johnson, DB; %Chayden Johnston, K; Tareke Cory Butler-Byrd, WR; Tyson Cisrow, DB; Hayden BOWL HISTORY Lewis, DB; Devin Lloyd, LB; John Penisini, DT; Clegg, DE; Tyler Cooperwood, WR; J.J. Dielman, #Taniela Pututau, DL; Michael Richardson, OL; OL; Hunter Dimick, DE; Chase Dominguez, SN; Jason Shelley, QB; #Miki Suguturaga, DE; Bryan Mackay Dunn, DB; Evan Eggiman, LB; Jordan Thompson, WR; ^Orlando Umana, OL; Mo Fogal, DB; Andre Godfrey, DB; Wallace Gonzalez, Unutoa, OL; Derrick Vickers, WR; Aliki Vimahi, DE. TE; Ken Hampel, TE; Dominique Ha ield, DB; Evan Moeai, TE; Nick Nowakowski, OL; Tim Patrick,
RECORD BOOK #Plans to serve a church mission before enrolling; WR; Andy Phillips, K; Reggie Porter, DB; Dimitri %Returned missionary; ^Spring Enrollee Salido, WR; Andrew San ago, WR; Sharrieff Shah, LB; Pasoni Tasini, DT; Pita Taumoepenu, DE; Sam 2017 SPRING WALK-ONS (9) Tevi, OL; Jus n Thomas, DB; Jason Thompson, DB; Vaha Vainuku, DT; Joe Williams, RB; Marcus Cris an Antezana, K; Cooper Bateman, QB; Williams, DB. Tanner Call, DB; Zach Hansen, TE; Cody Ippolito, Troy McCormick Jr. (#4) and Julian Blackmon (#23) LB; Karsen Liljenquist, LB; Dylan Slavens, DB; Tré celebrate a Utah win with members of the MUSS. Strong, DB; Albert Tai, LB; Adam Webber, DB.
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SCHOLARSHIP PLAYERS WALK-ON PLAYERS
2012 2015 Demari Simpkins 2011 2016 INFORMATION Chase Hansen (RM) Philip Afi a Donavan Thompson Tyler Bell (RM) John Aloma Jake Jackson (RM) Cody Barton Maxs Tupai Dakota Baker (RM) Johnny Capra Troy Williams (JC) 2013 Connor Haller (RM) 2013 Keven Dixon Mitch Wishnowsky (JC) Alex Whi ngham (RM) Shawn Hansen (JC/RM) Siale Fakailoatonga Kyle Fulks (JC) Nick Heninger (RM) Lo Falemaka (W/O) Chris Hart 2017 2014 Trevor Horlacher (RM) Harrison Handley Chad Hekking Jordan Agasiva (JC) Aaron Amaama Mark Kruger (RM) HERE’S UTAH Troy McCormick Darrin Paulo Corrion Ballard (JC) Drew Lisk Filipo Mokofi si Caleb Repp Marquise Blair (JC) 2015 Riley Richmond (JC) Marcus Sanders-Williams Tyrone Smith Bronson Boyd (TR) Hayes Hicken (RM) Paul Toala (JC/RM) Salesi Uhatafe Sunia Tauteoli (JC, RM) Jaylen Dixon Jordan Howard (JC) Mason Woodward (RM) Siaosi Wilson Nick Ford Kyle Lanterman 2017 OUTLOOK 2014 TJ Green Jus n Tatola 2017 Jackson Barton 2016 Javelin Guidry Cris an Antezana (JC) Chris an Drews (W/O) Bradlee Anae Tyquez Hampton Cooper Bateman (TR) Jameson Field (W/O) Julian Blackmon Jaylon Johnson Tanner Call Kylie Fi s (TR) Terrell Burgess Chayden Johnston (RM) Zach Hansen (RM) Alani Havili-Katoa Alec Dana (JC) Tareke Lewis (JC) Cody Ippolito (TR) PLAYER BIOS Boobie Hobbs Bapa Falemaka (W/O) Devin Lloyd Karsen Liljenquist (JC) Casey Hughes Leki Fotu John Penisini (JC) Dylan Slavens Lowell Lotulelei Jake Grant Michael Richardson Tré Strong (TR) Haua Pututau (RM) Davir Hamilton Jason Shelley Albert Tai (RM) Raelon Singleton Devonta’e Henry-Cole Bryan Thompson Adam Webber (RM)
Pita Tonga (RM) Tyler Huntley Orlando Umana COACHES & STAFF Kenric Young Nygel King Mo Unutoa LEGEND Kavika Luafatasaga (JC) Derrick Vickers (JC) Zack Moss Aliki Vimahi TR=Transfer Samson Nacua (W/O) JC=Junior College Transfer Sco Peck W/O=Walk-on awarded scholarship
Tucker Sco RM=Returned Missionary SERIES HISTORY Armand Shyne (JC)
2017 RECRUITING CLASS
Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Exp. Age Hometown/Last School 2016 IN REVIEW Jordan Agasiva OL 6-4 345 Jr. JC 20 Kalihi, Hawaii/Pima CC Corrion Ballard DB 6-3 202 Jr. JC 19 Humble, Texas/Blinn College Marquise Blair DB 6-2 185 Jr. JC 20 Wooster, Ohio/Dodge City CC Bronson Boyd WR 6-1 178 Fr. TR 19 Arlington, Texas/The Oakridge School Jaylen Dixon WR 5-9 156 Fr. HS 18 Frisco, Texas/Lone Star HS Nick Ford DL 6-5 282 Fr. HS 17 San Pedro, Calif./San Pedro HS BOWL HISTORY TJ Green RB 5-11 185 Fr. HS 18 Chandler, Ariz./Chandler HS Javelin Guidry DB 5-9 188 Fr. HS 19 Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta HS Tyquez Hampton WR 6-2 204 Fr. HS 19 El Paso, Texas/El Dorado HS Jaylon Johnson DB 6-0 181 Fr. HS 18 Fresno, Calif./Central East HS Chayden Johnston K 6-0 160 Fr. HS 20 South Jordan, Utah/Bingham HS
Tareke Lewis DB 5-11 168 Jr. JC 21 Palatka, Fla./Riverside CC RECORD BOOK Devin Lloyd LB 6-3 219 Fr. HS 18 Chula Vista, Calif./Otay Ranch HS John Penisini DT 6-2 307 So. JC 20 Kearns, Utah/Snow College Michael Richardson OL 6-4 235 Fr. HS 18 American Fork, Utah/American Fork HS Jason Shelley QB 6-0 181 Fr. HS 18 Li le Elm, Texas/Lone Star HS Bryan Thompson WR 6-2 181 Fr. HS 18 Moreno Valley, Calif./Rancho Verde HS Orlando Umana OL 6-4 329 Fr. HS 19 Sacramento, Calif./Grant Union HS Mo Unutoa OL 6-5 280 Fr. HS 18 Kapaa, Hawaii/Kapaa HS Derrick Vickers WR 5-11 185 Jr. JC 21 Bakersfi eld, Calif./Bakersfi eld College Aliki Vimahi DL 6-4 247 Fr. HS 19 Kahuku, Hawaii/Kahuku HS
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No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Exp. Age Hometown/Previous School 2 Philip Afi a DB 6-1 195 So. 1VL 20 Chino Hills, Calif./Ayala HS Jordan Agasiva OL 6-4 345 Jr. JC 20 Kalihi, Hawaii/Pima CC 63 John Aloma LS 6-0 206 So. RS 19 Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley HS 62 Aaron Amaama OL 6-1 349 Jr. SQ 21 Kearns, Utah/Bingham HS 56 Bradlee Anae DE 6-3 259 So. 1VL 19 Laie, Hawaii/Kahuku HS 38 Cris an Antezana K 5-9 195 Jr. JC 22 Lafaye e, Calif./San Francisco City College INFORMATION 84 Dakota Baker WR 6-2 180 So. RS 21 Idaho Falls, Idaho/Idaho Falls HS 15 Corrion Ballard DB 6-3 205 Jr. JC 19 Houston, Texas/Blinn College 30 Cody Barton LB 6-2 225 Jr. 2VL 20 Salt Lake City/Brighton HS 70 Jackson Barton OL 6-7 312 Jr. 2VL 22 Salt Lake City/Brighton HS 18 Cooper Bateman QB 6-3 217 Sr. TR 22 Murray, Utah/Alabama 46 Tyler Bell TE 6-4 240 Sr. 1VL 24 Fountain Valley, Calif./Fountain Valley HS HERE’S UTAH 23 Julian Blackmon DB 6-1 187 So. 1VL 19 Layton, Utah/Layton HS Marquise Blair DB 6-2 185 Jr. JC 20 Wooster, Ohio/Dodge City CC Bronson Boyd WR 6-1 178 Fr. TR 19 Arlington, Texas/The Oakridge School 26 Terrell Burgess DB 6-0 188 So. 1VL 18 San Marcos, Calif./San Marcos HS 39 Tanner Call DB 5-11 165 Fr. HS 20 Murray, Utah/Co onwood HS 73 Johnny Capra OL 6-6 296 So. 1VL 20 Auburn, Calif./Placer HS 2017 OUTLOOK 8 Alec Dana WR 6-2 195 Jr. SQ 21 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Chaff ey College Jaylen Dixon WR 5-9 156 Fr. HS 18 Frisco, Texas/Lone Star HS 60 Keven Dixon OL 6-5 277 So. SQ 20 Buena Park, Calif./Buena Park HS 37 Chris an Drews LB 6-1 225 Sr. 3VL 21 Ramona, Calif./Ramona HS 87 Siale Fakailoatonga TE 6-4 257 Sr. 3VL 22 Salt Lake City/Co onwood HS 13 Bapa Falemaka TE 6-3 244 Fr. RS 19 Grantsville, Utah/Judge Memorial HS PLAYER BIOS PLAYER 69 Lo Falemaka OL 6-5 287 Sr. 1VL 22 West Valley City, Utah/Co onwood HS 83 Jameson Field WR 5-11 180 Sr. 2VL 22 Long Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS 11 Kylie Fi s DE 6-4 260 Sr. 1VL 22 San Bernardino, Calif./UCLA Nick Ford DT 6-5 282 Fr. HS 17 San Pedro, Calif./San Pedro HS 99 Leki Fotu DT 6-5 323 So. 1VL 19 West Valley City, Utah/Herriman HS 6 Kyle Fulks WR 5-9 175 Sr. 2VL 23 Katy, Texas/Blinn College
COACHES & STAFF 78 Jake Grant OL 6-3 290 Fr. RS 21 Sco sdale, Ariz./Horizon HS TJ Green RB 5-11 185 Fr. HS 18 Chandler, Ariz./Chandler HS Javelin Guidry DB 5-9 188 Fr. HS 19 Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta HS 36 Connor Haller LB 6-2 217 Fr. RS 21 Salt Lake City/Olympus HS 9 Davir Hamilton DE 6-2 231 Fr. RS 19 Compton, Calif./Long Beach Poly HS 5 Tyquez Hampton WR 6-2 207 Fr. HS 19 El Paso, Texas/El Dorado HS
SERIES HISTORY 88 Harrison Handley TE 6-5 250 Sr. 3VL 22 Sandy, Utah/Alta HS 22 Chase Hansen DB 6-3 220 Jr. 2VL 24 Highland, Utah/Lone Peak HS 35 Shawn Hansen DB 5-11 195 Jr. RS 26 Buena Park, Calif./Cypress College 48 Zach Hansen TE 6-1 233 Fr. HS 21 Springville, Utah/Springville HS 8 Chris Hart DE 6-2 237 So. 1VL 20 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas HS 53 Alani Havili-Katoa DT 6-3 307 Jr. 2VL 21 Stansbury Park, Utah/Stansbury HS
2016 IN REVIEW 89 Chad Hekking TE 6-4 245 Fr. RS 21 Vacaville, Calif./Vacaville HS 96 Nick Heninger DE 6-2 240 Fr. RS 21 South Jordan, Utah/Bingham HS 7 Devonta’e Henry-Cole RB 5-8 192 So. 1VL 20 Boca Raton, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas School 92 Hayes Hicken K 5-11 188 So. 1VL 23 Salt Lake City/Highland HS 1 Boobie Hobbs DB 5-10 180 Sr. 3VL 22 New Orleans, La./Landry-Walker HS 51 Trevor Horlacher LB 6-2 222 Fr. RS 21 Ivins, Utah/Snow Canyon HS
BOWL HISTORY 26 Jordan Howard RB 5-10 204 Sr. SQ 23 Redlands, Calif./Riverside CC 25 Casey Hughes DB 5-11 185 Jr. 2VL 21 North Las Vegas, Nev./Legacy HS 1 Tyler Huntley QB 6-1 190 So. 1VL 19 Dania, Fla./Hallandale HS 40 Cody Ippolito LB 5-10 250 Sr. TR 23 Paradise Valley, Ariz./Arizona 44 Jake Jackson LB 6-3 230 So. 1VL 23 Encinitas, Calif./La Costa Canyon HS Jaylon Johnson DB 6-0 181 Fr. HS 18 Fresno, Calif./Central East HS RECORD BOOK Chayden Johnston K 6-0 160 Fr. HS 20 South Jordan, Utah/Bingham HS 18 Nygel King DB 6-0 181 Fr. RS 20 Tomball, Texas/Klein Oak HS 64 Mark Kruger DT 6-2 292 Fr. RS 22 Orem, Utah/Pleasant Grove HS 66 Kyle Lanterman OL 6-2 290 So. 1VL 20 Long Beach, Calif./Woodrow Wilson HS Tareke Lewis DB 5-11 168 Jr. JC 21 Palatka, Fla./Riverside CC 48 Karsen Liljenquist LB 6-1 233 Jr. JC 21 Alpine, Utah/Snow College 14 Drew Lisk QB 6-1 202 Fr. RS 19 Draper, Utah/Jordan HS Devin Lloyd LB 6-3 219 Fr. HS 18 Chula Vista, Calif./Otay Ranch HS
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No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Exp. Age Hometown/Previous School 93 Lowell Lotulelei DT 6-2 320 Sr. 3VL 22 South Jordan, Utah/Bingham HS 5 Kavika Luafatasaga LB 6-4 235 Sr. 1VL 21 Honolulu, Hawaii/Arizona Western College 4 Troy McCormick Jr. WR 5-9 175 Sr. 2VL 22 Katy, Texas/Mayde Creek HS INFORMATION 45 Filipo Mokofi si DT 6-3 295 Sr. 3VL 22 Woods Cross, Utah/Woods Cross HS 2 Zack Moss RB 5-10 210 So. 1VL 19 Hialeah Gardens, Fla./Hallandale HS 35 Samson Nacua WR 6-3 189 Fr. RS 19 Provo, Utah/Timpview HS 77 Darrin Paulo OL 6-5 312 So. 1VL 20 Sacramento, Calif./Grant HS 76 Sco Peck OL 6-6 307 Fr. RS 21 Spokane Valley, Wash./Central Valley HS John Penisini DT 6-2 307 So. JC 20 Kearns, Utah/Snow College HERE’S UTAH 41 Haua Pututau DT 6-3 288 Fr. RS 21 Salt Lake City/Co onwood HS 47 Caleb Repp DE 6-5 222 So. 1VL 20 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Los Osos HS Michael Richardson OL 6-4 235 Fr. HS 18 American Fork, Utah/American Fork HS 10 Riley Richmond WR 5-7 163 So. RS 20 Salt Lake City/Snow College 42 Marcus Sanders-Williams RB 5-11 234 Sr. 3VL 22 Las Vegas, Nev./Durango HS 59 Tucker Sco OL 6-4 282 Fr. RS 20 San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente HS 2017 OUTLOOK Jason Shelley QB 6-0 181 Fr. HS 18 Li le Elm, Texas/Lone Star HS 23 Armand Shyne RB 5-11 210 Jr. 1VL 20 Oakland, Calif./American River College 17 Demari Simpkins WR 5-10 181 So. 1VL 19 Carol City, Fla./Hallandale HS 11 Raelon Singleton WR 6-3 212 Jr. 2VL 21 Crosby, Texas/Crosby HS 29 Dylan Slavens DB 5-11 173 Fr. HS 22 Springville, Utah/Springville HS 21 Tyrone Smith DB 6-4 204 Jr. 2VL 20 Fresno, Calif./Edison HS PLAYER BIOS 31 Tré Strong DB 6-1 195 Jr. TR 21 Denver, Colo./Montana State 43 Albert Tai LB 5-9 219 Fr. HS 23 Riverton, Utah/Riverton HS 28 Jus n Tatola RB 5-11 201 So. SQ 20 So. San Francisco, Calif./Junipero Serra HS 10 Sunia Tauteoli LB 6-0 227 Sr. 2VL 26 Salt Lake City/Snow College
Bryan Thompson WR 6-2 181 Fr. HS 18 Moreno Valley, Calif./Rancho Verde HS COACHES & STAFF 3 Donavan Thompson LB 5-10 222 So. 1VL 20 Miami, Fla./Miami Central HS 65 Paul Toala OL 6-4 317 So. RS 23 Burien, Wash./Dixie State College 49 Pita Tonga DT 6-1 287 Fr. RS 21 Taylorsville, Utah/Highland HS 92 Maxs Tupai DE 6-1 251 Fr. RS 19 Taylorsville, Utah/Murray HS 74 Salesi Uhatafe OL 6-5 320 Sr. 3VL 22 Euless, Texas/Trinity HS 50 Orlando Umana OL 6-4 330 Fr. HS 19 Sacramento, Calif./Grant HS SERIES HISTORY Mo Unutoa OL 6-5 280 Fr. HS 18 Kapaa, Hawaii/Kapaa HS Derrick Vickers WR 5-11 185 Jr. JC 21 Bakersfi eld, Calif./Bakersfi eld College Aliki Vimahi DE 6-4 247 Fr. HS 19 Kahuku, Hawaii/Kahuku HS 24 Adam Webber DB 5-10 183 Fr. HS 21 Salt Lake City/Highland HS 34 Alex Whi ngham LB 5-10 210 Sr. 3VL 24 Salt Lake City/Brighton HS
3 Troy Williams QB 6-2 208 Sr. 1VL 22 Carson, Calif./Santa Monica College 2016 IN REVIEW 80 Siaosi Wilson WR 6-2 193 So. 1VL 20 Tus n, Calif./Tus n HS 33 Mitch Wishnowsky P 6-2 220 Jr. 1VL 25 Perth, Australia/Santa Barbara College 27 Mason Woodward RB 5-9 208 So. RS 22 West Point, Utah/Syracuse HS 24 Kenric Young WR 6-1 189 Sr. 3VL 21 Gainesville, Fla./Gainesville HS
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE BOWL HISTORY
Philip Afi a ...... ah-fee-uh Alani Havili-Katoa . . . al-ah-nee ha-vee-lee kah-toe-a Demari Simpkins...... da-marr-ee Jordan Agasiva ...... on-gah-see-vah Nick Heninger ...... henna-gur Raelon Singleton...... ray-len John Aloma ...... uh-lo-muh Trevor Horlacher...... hor-lacker Dylan Slavens ...... slave-ens Aaron Amaama ...... ah-mah-ah-mah Cody Ippolito...... ippo-leeto Tré Strong ...... tray RECORD BOOK Bradlee Anae...... uh-nigh Nygel King ...... ny-jul Albert Tai ...... e Cris an Antezana ...... ant-uh-zah-nuh Tareke Lewis ...... tuh-reek Jus n Tatola...... tao-toe-luh Corrion Ballard ...... kory-ahn Karsen Liljenquist ...... lillin-quist Sunia Tauteoli ...... soo-nee-uh tao-tee-oh-lee Marquise Blair...... mar-keece Lowell Lotulelei...... lotoolellay Paul Toala ...... toe-ah-luh Terrell Burgess...... tur-ell Kavika Luafatasaga . . .kah-veek-ka loo-uh-fah-ta-songa Pita Tonga ...... peeta tong-guh Siale Fakailoatonga . . .see-ah-lay fah-kah-ee-loa-tonga Filipo Mokofi si...... fi ll-ee-po moko-fee-see Maxs Tupai ...... max too-pa-ee Bapa/Lo Falemaka ...... fah-lay-ma-ka Samson Nacua...... nah-koo-uh Orlando Umana...... oo-mah-nah Leki Fotu ...... leck-ee fo-too Darrin Paulo ...... pow-loe Salesi Uhatafe ...... sah-less-ee oo-ha-tah-feh Javelin Guidry ...... gidrey John Penisini ...... pen-ih-seeny Mo Unutoa ...... oo-new-toe-uh Davir Hamilton ...... duh-veer Haua Pututau ...... how-o -ee poo-too-tao Aliki Vimahi ...... uh-leek-ee vee-ma-hee Tyquez Hampton...... ty-qwez Armand Shyne...... are-mond Siaosi Wilson ...... see-oh-see
WWW.UTAHUTES.COM 25 UTAH UTES FOOTBALL 2017 NUMERICAL ROSTER
No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Exp. Age Hometown/Previous School 1 Boobie Hobbs DB 5-10 180 Sr. 3VL 22 New Orleans, La./Landry-Walker HS 1 Tyler Huntley QB 6-1 190 So. 1VL 19 Dania, Fla./Hallandale HS 2 Philip Afi a DB 6-1 195 So. 1VL 20 Chino Hills, Calif./Ayala HS 2 Zack Moss RB 5-10 210 So. 1VL 19 Hialeah Gardens, Fla./Hallandale HS 3 Donavan Thompson LB 5-10 222 So. 1VL 20 Miami, Fla./Miami Central HS 3 Troy Williams QB 6-2 208 Sr. 1VL 22 Carson, Calif./Santa Monica College INFORMATION 4 Troy McCormick Jr. WR 5-9 175 Sr. 2VL 22 Katy, Texas/Mayde Creek HS 5 Tyquez Hampton WR 6-2 207 Fr. HS 19 El Paso, Texas/El Dorado HS 5 Kavika Luafatasaga LB 6-4 235 Sr. 1VL 21 Honolulu, Hawaii/Arizona Western College 6 Kyle Fulks WR 5-9 175 Sr. 2VL 23 Katy, Texas/Blinn College 7 Devonta’e Henry-Cole RB 5-8 192 So. 1VL 20 Boca Raton, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas School 8 Alec Dana WR 6-2 195 Jr. SQ 21 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Chaff ey College HERE’S UTAH 8 Chris Hart DE 6-2 237 So. 1VL 20 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas HS 9 Davir Hamilton DE 6-2 231 Fr. RS 19 Compton, Calif./Long Beach Poly HS 10 Riley Richmond WR 5-7 163 So. RS 20 Salt Lake City/Snow College 10 Sunia Tauteoli LB 6-0 227 Sr. 2VL 26 Salt Lake City/Snow College 11 Kylie Fi s DE 6-4 260 Sr. 1VL 22 San Bernardino, Calif./UCLA 11 Raelon Singleton WR 6-3 212 Jr. 2VL 21 Crosby, Texas/Crosby HS 2017 OUTLOOK 13 Bapa Falemaka TE 6-3 244 Fr. RS 19 Grantsville, Utah/Judge Memorial HS 14 Drew Lisk QB 6-1 202 Fr. RS 19 Draper, Utah/Jordan HS 15 Corrion Ballard DB 6-3 205 Jr. JC 19 Houston, Texas/Blinn College 17 Demari Simpkins WR 5-10 181 So. 1VL 19 Carol City, Fla./Hallandale HS 18 Cooper Bateman QB 6-3 217 Sr. TR 22 Murray, Utah/Alabama 18 Nygel King DB 6-0 181 Fr. RS 20 Tomball, Texas/Klein Oak HS PLAYER BIOS PLAYER 21 Tyrone Smith DB 6-4 204 Jr. 2VL 20 Fresno, Calif./Edison HS 22 Chase Hansen DB 6-3 220 Jr. 2VL 24 Highland, Utah/Lone Peak HS 23 Julian Blackmon DB 6-1 187 So. 1VL 19 Layton, Utah/Layton HS 23 Armand Shyne RB 5-11 210 Jr. 1VL 20 Oakland, Calif./American River College 24 Adam Webber DB 5-10 183 Fr. HS 21 Salt Lake City/Highland HS 24 Kenric Young WR 6-1 189 Sr. 3VL 21 Gainesville, Fla./Gainesville HS
COACHES & STAFF 25 Casey Hughes DB 5-11 185 Jr. 2VL 21 North Las Vegas, Nev./Legacy HS 26 Terrell Burgess DB 6-0 188 So. 1VL 18 San Marcos, Calif./San Marcos HS 26 Jordan Howard RB 5-10 204 Sr. SQ 23 Redlands, Calif./Riverside CC 27 Mason Woodward RB 5-9 208 So. RS 22 West Point, Utah/Syracuse HS 28 Jus n Tatola RB 5-11 201 So. SQ 20 So. San Francisco, Calif./Junipero Serra HS 29 Dylan Slavens DB 5-11 173 Fr. HS 22 Springville, Utah/Springville HS
SERIES HISTORY 30 Cody Barton LB 6-2 225 Jr. 2VL 20 Salt Lake City/Brighton HS 31 Tré Strong DB 6-1 195 Jr. TR 21 Denver, Colo./Montana State 33 Mitch Wishnowsky P 6-2 220 Jr. 1VL 25 Perth, Australia/Santa Barbara College 34 Alex Whi ngham LB 5-10 210 Sr. 3VL 24 Salt Lake City/Brighton HS 35 Shawn Hansen DB 5-11 195 Jr. RS 26 Buena Park, Calif./Cypress College 35 Samson Nacua WR 6-3 189 Fr. RS 19 Provo, Utah/Timpview HS
2016 IN REVIEW 36 Connor Haller LB 6-2 217 Fr. RS 21 Salt Lake City/Olympus HS 37 Chris an Drews LB 6-1 225 Sr. 3VL 21 Ramona, Calif./Ramona HS 38 Cris an Antezana K 5-9 195 Jr. JC 22 Lafaye e, Calif./San Francisco City College 39 Tanner Call DB 5-11 165 Fr. HS 20 Murray, Utah/Co onwood HS 40 Cody Ippolito LB 5-10 250 Sr. TR 23 Paradise Valley, Ariz./Arizona 41 Haua Pututau DT 6-3 288 Fr. RS 21 Salt Lake City/Co onwood HS
BOWL HISTORY 42 Marcus Sanders-Williams RB 5-11 234 Sr. 3VL 22 Las Vegas, Nev./Durango HS 43 Albert Tai LB 5-9 219 Fr. HS 23 Riverton, Utah/Riverton HS 44 Jake Jackson LB 6-3 230 So. 1VL 23 Encinitas, Calif./La Costa Canyon HS 45 Filipo Mokofi si DT 6-3 295 Sr. 3VL 22 Woods Cross, Utah/Woods Cross HS 46 Tyler Bell TE 6-4 240 Sr. 1VL 24 Fountain Valley, Calif./Fountain Valley HS 47 Caleb Repp DE 6-5 222 So. 1VL 20 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Los Osos HS RECORD BOOK 48 Zach Hansen TE 6-1 233 Fr. HS 21 Springville, Utah/Springville HS 48 Karsen Liljenquist LB 6-1 233 Jr. JC 21 Alpine, Utah/Snow College 49 Pita Tonga DT 6-1 287 Fr. RS 21 Taylorsville, Utah/Highland HS 50 Orlando Umana OL 6-4 330 Fr. HS 19 Sacramento, Calif./Grant HS 51 Trevor Horlacher LB 6-2 222 Fr. RS 21 Ivins, Utah/Snow Canyon HS 53 Alani Havili-Katoa DT 6-3 307 Jr. 2VL 21 Stansbury Park, Utah/Stansbury HS 56 Bradlee Anae DE 6-3 259 So. 1VL 19 Laie, Hawaii/Kahuku HS 59 Tucker Sco OL 6-4 282 Fr. RS 20 San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente HS
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No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Exp. Age Hometown/Previous School 60 Keven Dixon OL 6-5 277 So. SQ 20 Buena Park, Calif./Buena Park HS 62 Aaron Amaama OL 6-1 349 Jr. SQ 21 Kearns, Utah/Bingham HS 63 John Aloma LS 6-0 206 So. RS 19 Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley HS INFORMATION 64 Mark Kruger DT 6-2 292 Fr. RS 22 Orem, Utah/Pleasant Grove HS 65 Paul Toala OL 6-4 317 So. RS 23 Burien, Wash./Dixie State College 66 Kyle Lanterman OL 6-2 290 So. 1VL 20 Long Beach, Calif./Woodrow Wilson HS 69 Lo Falemaka OL 6-5 287 Sr. 1VL 22 West Valley City, Utah/Co onwood HS 70 Jackson Barton OL 6-7 312 Jr. 2VL 22 Salt Lake City/Brighton HS 73 Johnny Capra OL 6-6 296 So. 1VL 20 Auburn, Calif./Placer HS HERE’S UTAH 74 Salesi Uhatafe OL 6-5 320 Sr. 3VL 22 Euless, Texas/Trinity HS 76 Sco Peck OL 6-6 307 Fr. RS 21 Spokane Valley, Wash./Central Valley HS 77 Darrin Paulo OL 6-5 312 So. 1VL 20 Sacramento, Calif./Grant HS 78 Jake Grant OL 6-3 290 Fr. RS 21 Sco sdale, Ariz./Horizon HS 80 Siaosi Wilson WR 6-2 193 So. 1VL 20 Tus n, Calif./Tus n HS 83 Jameson Field WR 5-11 180 Sr. 2VL 22 Long Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS 2017 OUTLOOK 84 Dakota Baker WR 6-2 180 So. RS 21 Idaho Falls, Idaho/Idaho Falls HS 87 Siale Fakailoatonga TE 6-4 257 Sr. 3VL 22 Salt Lake City/Co onwood HS 88 Harrison Handley TE 6-5 250 Sr. 3VL 22 Sandy, Utah/Alta HS 89 Chad Hekking TE 6-4 245 Fr. RS 21 Vacaville, Calif./Vacaville HS 92 Hayes Hicken K 5-11 188 So. 1VL 23 Salt Lake City/Highland HS 92 Maxs Tupai DE 6-1 251 Fr. RS 19 Taylorsville, Utah/Murray HS PLAYER BIOS 93 Lowell Lotulelei DT 6-2 320 Sr. 3VL 22 South Jordan, Utah/Bingham HS 96 Nick Heninger DE 6-2 240 Fr. RS 21 South Jordan, Utah/Bingham HS 99 Leki Fotu DT 6-5 323 So. 1VL 19 West Valley City, Utah/Herriman HS Jordan Agasiva OL 6-4 345 Jr. JC 20 Kalihi, Hawaii/Pima CC
Marquise Blair DB 6-2 185 Jr. JC 20 Wooster, Ohio/Dodge City CC COACHES & STAFF Bronson Boyd WR 6-1 178 Fr. TR 19 Arlington, Texas/The Oakridge School Jaylen Dixon WR 5-9 156 Fr. HS 18 Frisco, Texas/Lone Star HS Nick Ford DT 6-5 282 Fr. HS 17 San Pedro, Calif./San Pedro HS TJ Green RB 5-11 185 Fr. HS 18 Chandler, Ariz./Chandler HS Javelin Guidry DB 5-9 188 Fr. HS 19 Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta HS Jaylon Johnson DB 6-0 181 Fr. HS 18 Fresno, Calif./Central East HS SERIES HISTORY Chayden Johnston K 6-0 160 Fr. HS 20 South Jordan, Utah/Bingham HS Tareke Lewis DB 5-11 168 Jr. JC 21 Palatka, Fla./Riverside CC Devin Lloyd LB 6-3 219 Fr. HS 18 Chula Vista, Calif./Otay Ranch HS John Penisini DT 6-2 307 So. JC 20 Kearns, Utah/Snow College Michael Richardson OL 6-4 235 Fr. HS 18 American Fork, Utah/American Fork HS
Jason Shelley QB 6-0 181 Fr. HS 18 Li le Elm, Texas/Lone Star HS 2016 IN REVIEW Bryan Thompson WR 6-2 181 Fr. HS 18 Moreno Valley, Calif./Rancho Verde HS Mo Unutoa OL 6-5 280 Fr. HS 18 Kapaa, Hawaii/Kapaa HS Derrick Vickers WR 5-11 185 Jr. JC 21 Bakersfi eld, Calif./Bakersfi eld College Aliki Vimahi DE 6-4 247 Fr. HS 19 Kahuku, Hawaii/Kahuku HS
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE BOWL HISTORY
Philip Afi a ...... ah-fee-uh Alani Havili-Katoa . . . al-ah-nee ha-vee-lee kah-toe-a Demari Simpkins...... da-marr-ee Jordan Agasiva ...... on-gah-see-vah Nick Heninger ...... henna-gur Raelon Singleton...... ray-len John Aloma ...... uh-lo-muh Trevor Horlacher...... hor-lacker Dylan Slavens ...... slave-ens Aaron Amaama ...... ah-mah-ah-mah Cody Ippolito...... ippo-leeto Tré Strong ...... tray RECORD BOOK Bradlee Anae...... uh-nigh Nygel King ...... ny-jul Albert Tai ...... e Cris an Antezana ...... ant-uh-zah-nuh Tareke Lewis ...... tuh-reek Jus n Tatola...... tao-toe-luh Corrion Ballard ...... kory-ahn Karsen Liljenquist ...... lillin-quist Sunia Tauteoli ...... soo-nee-uh tao-tee-oh-lee Marquise Blair...... mar-keece Lowell Lotulelei...... lotoolellay Paul Toala ...... toe-ah-luh Terrell Burgess...... tur-ell Kavika Luafatasaga . . .kah-veek-ka loo-uh-fah-ta-songa Pita Tonga ...... peeta tong-guh Siale Fakailoatonga . . .see-ah-lay fah-kah-ee-loa-tonga Filipo Mokofi si...... fi ll-ee-po moko-fee-see Maxs Tupai ...... max too-pa-ee Bapa/Lo Falemaka ...... fah-lay-ma-ka Samson Nacua...... nah-koo-uh Orlando Umana...... oo-mah-nah Leki Fotu ...... leck-ee fo-too Darrin Paulo ...... pow-loe Salesi Uhatafe ...... sah-less-ee oo-ha-tah-feh Javelin Guidry ...... gidrey John Penisini ...... pen-ih-seeny Mo Unutoa ...... oo-new-toe-uh Davir Hamilton ...... duh-veer Haua Pututau ...... how-o -ee poo-too-tao Aliki Vimahi ...... uh-leek-ee vee-ma-hee Tyquez Hampton...... ty-qwez Armand Shyne...... are-mond Siaosi Wilson ...... see-oh-see
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BY STATE/COUNTRY
ARIZONA (3) Jaylon Johnson HAWAII (5) TEXAS (10) Alani Havili-Katoa Jake Grant Kyle Lanterman Jordan Agasiva Corrion Ballard Nick Heninger TJ Green Devin Lloyd Bradlee Anae Bronson Boyd Hayes Hicken Cody Ippolito Darrin Paulo Kavika Luafatasaga Jaylen Dixon Trevor Horlacher Caleb Repp Mo Unutoa Kyle Fulks Chayden Johnston INFORMATION AUSTRALIA (1) Tucker Sco Aliki Vimahi Tyquez Hampton Mark Kruger Mitch Wishnowsky Armand Shyne Nygel King Karsen Liljenquist Tyrone Smith IDAHO (1) Troy McCormick Jr. Drew Lisk CALIFORNIA (32) Jus n Tatola Dakota Baker Jason Shelley Lowell Lotulelei Philip Afi a Bryan Thompson Raelon Singleton Filipo Mokofi si LOUISIANA (1) HERE’S UTAH John Aloma Orlando Umana Salesi Uhatafe Samson Nacua Cris an Antezana Derrick Vickers Boobie Hobbs John Penisini Tyler Bell Troy Williams UTAH (37) Haua Pututau Terrell Burgess Siaosi Wilson NEVADA (2) Aaron Amaama Michael Richardson Johnny Capra Casey Hughes Cody Barton Riley Richmond Alec Dana COLORADO (1) Marcus Sanders-Williams Jackson Barton Dylan Slavens Keven Dixon Tré Strong Cooper Bateman Albert Tai 2017 OUTLOOK Chris an Drews OHIO (1) Julian Blackmon Sunia Tauteoli Jameson Field FLORIDA (8) Marquise Blair Tanner Call Pita Tonga Kylie Fi s Chris Hart Siale Fakailoatonga Maxs Tupai Nick Ford Devonta’e Henry-Cole Bapa Falemaka Adam Webber Javelin Guidry Tyler Huntley Lo Falemaka Alex Whi ngham
PLAYER BIOS PLAYER Davir Hamilton Tareke Lewis Leki Fotu Mason Woodward Shawn Hansen Zack Moss Connor Haller Chad Hekking Demari Simpkins Harrison Handley WASHINGTON (2) Jordan Howard Donavan Thompson Chase Hansen Sco Peck Jake Jackson Kenric Young Zach Hansen Paul Toala COACHES & STAFF
BY CLASS
SENIORS (22) JUNIORS (20) SOPHOMORES (26) Donavan Thompson Nygel King Paul Toala Mark Kruger SERIES HISTORY Cooper Bateman Jordan Agasiva Phillip Afi a Tyler Bell Aaron Amaama John Aloma Siaosi Wilson Drew Lisk Chris an Drews Cris an Antezana Bradlee Anae Mason Woodward Devin Lloyd Siale Fakailoatonga Corrion Ballard Dakota Baker Samson Nacua Lo Falemaka Cody Barton Julian Blackmon FRESHMEN (36) Sco Peck Jameson Field Jackson Barton Terrell Burgess Bronson Boyd Haua Pututau Kylie Fi s Marquise Blair Johnny Capra Tanner Call Michael Richardson 2016 IN REVIEW Kyle Fulks Alec Dana Keven Dixon Jaylen Dixon Tucker Sco Harrison Handley Chase Hansen Leki Fotu Bapa Falemaka Jason Shelley Boobie Hobbs Shawn Hansen Chris Hart Nick Ford Dylan Slavens Jordan Howard Alani Havili-Katoa Devonta’e Henry-Cole Jake Grant Albert Tai Cody Ippolito Casey Hughes Hayes Hicken TJ Green Bryan Thompson
BOWL HISTORY Lowell Lotulelei Tareke Lewis Tyler Huntley Javelin Guidry Pita Tonga Kavika Luafatasaga Karsen Liljenquist Jake Jackson Connor Haller Maxs Tupai Troy McCormick Jr. Armand Shyne Kyle Lanterman Davir Hamilton Orlando Umana Filipo Mokofi si Raelon Singleton Zack Moss Tyquez Hampton Mo Unutoa Marcus Sanders-Williams Tyrone Smith Darrin Paulo Zach Hansen Aliki Vimahi Sunia Tauteoli Tré Strong John Penisini Chad Hekking Adam Webber
RECORD BOOK Salesi Uhatafe Derrick Vickers Caleb Repp Nick Heninger Alex Whi ngham Mitch Wishnowsky Riley Richmond Trevor Horlacher Troy Williams Demari Simpkins Jaylon Johnson Kenric Young Jus n Tatola Chayden Johnston
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NEWCOMER SPOTLIGHT HEADLINERS RETURNING OFFENSE Two mammoth newcomers could see immediate Returning are two punishing runners who had playing me. Junior college transfer Jordan won the star ng job a year ago only to lose it to QUARTERBACK Agasiva (6-4, 345, Jr.) will join the team in the injuries. Junior Armand Shyne (5-11, 210), the INFORMATION summer, while freshman Orlando Umana (6-4, team’s leading rusher before a season-ending THE LOWDOWN 330) got an early jump on his college career in injury in game fi ve, averaged 74.6 yards per It’s a new day for Utah’s quarterbacks with the the spring. game and rushed for four touchdowns. Zach arrival of off ensive coordinator/quarterbacks Moss (5-10, 210, So.) averaged 83.7 yards in COACH WHITTINGHAM SAYS three games as the starter, but missed the next coach Troy Taylor, mastermind of the top HERE’S UTAH passing off ense in the NCAA FCS at Eastern “Obviously, we lost a lot of talented off ensive two games with an injury and spent the rest of Washington last fall. Taylor, whose reputa on as linemen to the NFL a er last season, but we the season as Joe Williams’ backup. an elite-level quarterback coach precedes him, feel good about the young linemen coming up NEWCOMER SPOTLIGHT has the luxury of three quarterbacks with NCAA through the system and the new recruits we FBS experience at his new school. The three- added this past off season. We feel as though A er playing in just one game as a true man race was too close to call during spring we can come away with eight or nine guys that freshman in 2016, Devonta’e Henry-Cole (5-8, 2017 OUTLOOK camp. are ready to play, which is what you want on the 192, So.) served no ce in spring camp that he off ensive line.” will challenge Shyne and Moss for the lead role HEADLINERS RETURNING as a sophomore. He ran a 4.43-second 40 in the Senior Troy Williams (6-2, 208) started all WIDE RECEIVER spring and is the fastest Ute running back. 13 games last season, passing for 2,757
yards and 15 touchdowns while running for WHITTINGHAM SAYS PLAYER BIOS THE LOWDOWN another fi ve scores. Poised in the pocket and “Armand Shyne, Zach Moss and Devonta’e mobile, Williams also brings the intangibles of With balls fl ying around the fi eld in new Henry-Cole are all talented players who off er leadership and maturity. Tyler Huntley (6-1, 190, off ensive coordinator Troy Taylor’s fast-paced us a variety of running styles. Last year showed So.) showed en cing talent as a true freshman spread off ense, receivers coach Guy Holliday the depth you need to have at the running back backup last season. He poses a deadly dual will u lize a fl eet of receivers to catch them. Six posi on.” COACHES & STAFF threat with his big arm and explosive run game. returners established their place on the depth chart in the spring, but they’ll be challenged by NEWCOMER SPOTLIGHT some heralded recruits in preseason camp. TIGHT END Cooper Bateman (6-3, 217, Sr.), a three-year le erman at Alabama, walked on with the Utes HEADLINERS RETURNING THE LOWDOWN in the spring as a graduate transfer. Bateman’s Raelon Singleton (6-3, 212, Jr.), Demari Second-year coach Freddie Whi ngham got a precision passing and decision making soon put Simpkins (5-10, 181, So.) and Siaosi Wilson (6- good look at his young ght ends in the spring SERIES HISTORY him on equal foo ng with Williams and Huntley. 2, 193, So.) started in mul ple games last year and liked what he saw. This season, however, COACH WHITTINGHAM SAYS and Singleton ranked second on the team with look for veterans to get most of the playing me. 464 yards and four touchdown recep ons, while “Troy Williams is the most experienced averaging a team-best 17.2 yards per catch. HEADLINERS RETURNING quarterback of the group and did a solid job for The key will be keeping senior co-starters Siale us last year as our starter. Tyler Huntley is a big- NEWCOMER SPOTLIGHT Fakailoatonga (6-4, 257) and Harrison Handley 2016 IN REVIEW play threat with mul -dimensional skills. Cooper Junior college transfer Derrick Vickers (5-11, (6-5, 250) healthy. Fakailoatonga has missed Bateman has played for a na onal championship 185, Jr.), a two- me all-purpose fi rst-team All- 20 games in the last two seasons (including all team. We are very deep at this posi on.” American out of Bakersfi eld College, is among of 2016) with injuries. Handley led Utah’s ght several new receivers who also excelled as ends with 21 recep ons for 286 yards and four OFFENSIVE LINE sprinters on their high school track teams. touchdowns in 2015, but was slowed by injuries his junior season. BOWL HISTORY THE LOWDOWN COACH WHITTINGHAM SAYS Fourth-year off ensive line coach Jim Harding—in “This is an off ense that allows receivers to have NEWCOMER SPOTLIGHT his fi rst season as assistant head coach—faces great produc on and there will be plenty of Redshirt freshman Bapa Falemaka (6-3, 244) the biggest rebuilding task of his Utah career opportuni es for this group to make plays.” stood out in spring camp in Fakailoatonga and a er four of his starters from a year ago were Handley’s absence. selected in the 2017 NFL Dra . With just one RECORD BOOK starter returning, compe on for the remaining RUNNING BACK COACH WHITTINGHAM SAYS spots will come not only from players Harding “Siale and Harrison are defi nitely the leaders of THE LOWDOWN has groomed for this day, but the new recrui ng this group. They are smart, experienced, physical class as well. Utah has produced two fourth-round NFL dra in the run game and outstanding receivers. They HEADLINER RETURNING picks in the past two years, most recently Joe will be good mentors to our younger players.” Williams, who set a school record by averaging All-conference candidate Salesi Uhatafe (6-5, 156.3 yards per game in 2016. Fortunately 320), a workhorse who led the off ensive line for fi rst-year Ute running backs coach Kiel in total plays in 2016, will start for his fourth McDonald, there are more star running backs in season. A er playing right guard his fi rst three the hopper. years, Uhatafe will move outside to right tackle for his senior season.
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NEWCOMER SPOTLIGHT HEADLINER RETURNING DEFENSE He played safety, receiver and punter at Otay Junior Chase Hansen (6-3, 220) will be a Ranch High School in Chula Vista, Calif., but preseason favorite for fi rst-team all-conference DEFENSIVE LINE freshman Devin Lloyd (6-3, 219) will suit up at honors a er exploding onto the scene in his linebacker for the Utes. fi rst full season on defense. Hansen, who came THE LOWDOWN to Utah as a quarterback, led the 2016 Utes COACH WHITTINGHAM SAYS in tackles (90), passes defended (12) and pass INFORMATION Three senior starters from last year graduated “This posi on group is much further ahead of breakups (9). The ball-hawking strong safety to NFL teams, joining fi ve other former Ute where we were last year at this me. Kavika ed for second in the na on with four fumble defensive linemen on current NFL rosters. Look Luafatasaga, Sunia Tauteoli, Cody Barton and recoveries and forced three fumbles. for the pipeline to keep fl owing from ‘Sack Lake Donavan Thompson are now all game-tested City’ to the next level with the 2017 class of veterans.” NEWCOMER SPOTLIGHT defensive linemen—now in their second year
HERE’S UTAH Junior college transfer Corrion Ballard (6-3, under the direc on of assistant coach Lewis CORNERBACK 205, Jr.) joined the team in the spring and Powell. immediately wowed his way into a star ng job at free safety. A rangy player with great ins ncts, HEADLINERS RETURNING THE LOWDOWN Ballard also fi ts Utah’s profi le of hard-hi ng Cornerbacks coach Sharrieff Shah must fi ll Three of the best defensive linemen in the safe es. Pac-12 Conference return in senior tackles gaping holes at both corners a er three seniors 2017 OUTLOOK Lowell Lotulelei (6-2, 320) and Filipo Mokofi si from last year’s team advanced to the NFL, COACH WHITTINGHAM SAYS (6-3, 295), and senior end Kylie Fi s (6-4, including one dra pick. The good news is he “As good as Chase Hansen was last year, we 260). Lotulelei and Mokofi si are both All- has a host of athle c players capable of plugging feel his best football is s ll ahead of him. The Pac-12 honorees (Lotulelei was fi rst team as a them, among them a highly-rated recrui ng sky is the limit for Chase. Corrion Ballard has a sophomore) and Fi s will get his chance to join class that could see the fi eld right away. The very similar build and style of play as Marcus
PLAYER BIOS PLAYER them on the all-conference team a er missing Utes must also replace a four-year starter at Williams, and we should once again have an most of 2016 with an injury. nickel back. outstanding pair of safe es.” NEWCOMER SPOTLIGHT HEADLINERS RETURNING Sophomore tackle John Penisini (6-2, 307) had While most of their game experience has been KICKING GAME 40 tackles with 6.5 TFL, three sacks and a forced on special teams, junior Casey Hughes (5-11, fumble as a freshman at Snow College in 2015. 185) and sophomore Julian Blackmon (6-1, 187)
COACHES & STAFF THE LOWDOWN Don’t expect much me to ck off Penisini’s had standout performances at corner in the three-year NCAA clock before he makes an spring. He s ll has the best punter in the country on his impact for the Utes. team, but Kyle Whi ngham—who coaches the NEWCOMER SPOTLIGHT punters and kickers—must fi nd a replacement COACH WHITTINGHAM SAYS Four-star recruit Jaylon Johnson (6-0, 181, for school record-holder and four- me All- “Our defensive line reloads rather than rebuilds. Fr.) was rated in the top eight in the na on at Pac-12 selec on Andy Phillips. Utah’s coverage SERIES HISTORY We have a solid nucleus in seniors Lowell cornerback by both Rivals and Scout. At the teams and returners are solid under special Lotulelei, Filipo Mokofi si and Kylie Fi s along Opening Finals camp, he ran a laser- med 4.47 teams’ co-coordinators Sharrieff Shah and Jus n with several talented underclassmen. We 40-yard dash and recorded a 38’3” ver cal jump. Ena. expect Bradlee Anae and Leki Fotu, who both HEADLINER RETURNING played as true freshmen last season, to be COACH WHITTINGHAM SAYS Junior Mitch Wisnowsky (6-2, 220) won the impact players this year.” “Although short on experience at the corner 2016 IN REVIEW posi on, we feel we have a talented pool of Ray Guy Award in his fi rst season at Utah and players that possess the speed and athle cism was a unanimous consensus All-American. LINEBACKER needed to excel in our demanding man-to- Wishnowsky led the na on in net pun ng man defensive schemes. Our corners will have (44.63), punts of 50+ yards (30) and punts inside THE LOWDOWN to learn on the job against some of the best the 10-yard line (17), while ranking second Unlike a year ago when assistant coach Jus n na onally in punt average (47.7) and punts BOWL HISTORY passing a acks in the country.” Ena had to break in an en rely new linebacker inside the 20-yard line (34). corps, this year’s unit returns four experienced SAFETY NEWCOMER SPOTLIGHT players. Sophomore Hayes Hicken (5-11, 188), a kickoff THE LOWDOWN HEADLINER RETURNING specialist last season, will compete with Even a er losing Marcus Williams a year early to incoming freshman Chayden Johnston (6-0, 160) RECORD BOOK Once junior college transfer Kavika Luafatasaga the NFL as a second-round dra pick, defensive (6-4, 235, Sr.) mastered the playbook, he for the placekicking job. coordinator/safe es coach Morgan Scalley will became a domina ng force at rover. Luafatasaga again feature one of the top safety combos in COACH WHITTINGHAM SAYS can chase down runners from sideline to the Pac-12. “Obviously, we are in great shape at punter sideline and his strong fi nish last year could be a with Mitch Wishnowsky. However, we will be precursor to an all-conference season in 2017. breaking in an en rely new placekicking unit a er losing four year starters Andy Phillips (at kicker) and Chase Dominguez (at snapper).”
30 2017 MEDIA GUIDE Troy Williams (#3) returns as the starting quarterback behind veteran offensive linemen Jackson Barton (#70) and Salesi Uhatafe (#74). UTAH UTES FOOTBALL RETURNER PROFILES 2 63 56 PHILIP AFIA JOHN ALOMA BRADLEE ANAE Defensive Back Snapper Defensive End 6-1, 195, So. 6-0, 206, So. 6-3, 259, So. 1VL RS 1VL Chino Hills, Calif. Simi Valley, Calif. Laie, Hawaii INFORMATION Ayala HS Simi Valley HS Kahuku HS
UTAH: Will fi gure in the depth chart at free UTAH: In the two deep at snapper during spring UTAH: Projected to start at le end as a true safety … 37.5 inch ver cal jump ranks second on camp … joined the team as a walk-on in the fall sophomore.
HERE’S UTAH the team. of 2016. 2016–Played in six games … four total tackles 2016–Played in six games on special teams … 2016–Redshirt. with 2.0 sacks … two tackles and a sack vs. honorable men on Pac-12 All-Academic. Colorado. 2015–Redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL: Honorable men on All-Canyon League as a senior at Simi Valley HS … 2016 HIGH SCHOOL: Honolulu Star-AdverƟ ser HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-Sierra League Ventura County All-Star Game … played three fi rst-team all-state … KHON Cover2 fi rst-team defensive back as a junior … Daily BulleƟ n all- years of varsity … 100 percent on all punts, PATs all-state … all-USA Hawaii second team … Oahu 2017 OUTLOOK area honorable men on as a senior … three-star and fi eld goal snaps in high school … 41-for-41 Interscholas c Associa on Red Division fi rst safety by Rivals.com and Scout.com … Rivals in snaps to the punter as a junior and 66-for-66 team … three-star recruit by Rivals.com and named him to its 2015 California Postseason Top in PAT snaps that year … Simi Valley won the Scout.com … selected to play in the Polynesian 100 … played safety, wide receiver and kicker for league championship in 2015 … par cipated All-American Bowl … helped Kahuku HS win Ayala HS (Calif.) … in seven games as a senior in in the Top 12 & Event Elite Chris Rubio long the Division 1 state tle and go 13-0 in 2015 … PLAYER BIOS PLAYER 2014 (he missed the fi rst part of the season with snapping camp … Na onal Football Founda on Kahuku reached the state semifi nals in 2014 an ankle injury), he made 58 tackles and three scholar athlete … competed in track and fi eld in with a 9-3 record … also played basketball and intercep ons … also caught four passes for 68 the shot put and discus. competed in the high jump for the track and yards (17.0 average) and one touchdown in 2014 fi eld team. … 86 tackles and four intercep ons in 10 games PERSONAL: Son of Sergio and Kris n Aloma as a junior … including fi eld goals and PATs, he … both parents are police offi cers at the West PERSONAL: Son of Brad and Ina Anae led his team in scoring as a junior with 38 points Hollywood Sheriff ’s sta on: father is a captain (pronounced uh-nigh) … father played football COACHES & STAFF … made 4-of-9 fi eld goals and 29-of-32 PATs in and mother is a sergeant … twin brother Zach at BYU from 1979-81 and was a two- me three seasons … grew up playing soccer and had a ends West Point … plans to major in sociology All-American (honorable men on in 1980 and never even seen a football game before going … born March 3, 1998. third team in 1981) before being dra ed by the out for the Ayala team as a freshman, when he USFL’s Houston Gamblers … uncle Robert Anae was primarily a kicker. is the off ensive coordinator and inside receivers
SERIES HISTORY coach at Virginia … son of Brad and Ina Anae … PERSONAL: Son of Diana Afi a (pronounced ah- 62 fi ve siblings … sister Adora is an All-American fee-uh) … plans to major in economics … born AARON AMAAMA and All-Pac-12 volleyball player for the Utes … Nov. 8, 1996. sister Pa played volleyball at Portland State … Offensive Line enjoys cliff jumping, surfi ng and hiking … has not 6-1, 349, Jr. YEAR G/GS UT AT TOT TFL PBU INT declared a major … full name is Bradlee Joseph SQ
2016 IN REVIEW 2016 6/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kearns, Utah Ioane Anae … born Jan. 17, 1998. Bingham HS YEAR G/GS UT AT TOT TFL SACK 2016 6/0 4 0 4 2.0-14 2.0-14 UTAH: Has par cipated with the team sporadically since walking on in 2014. BOWL HISTORY 2016–Played on the scout teams. 2014–Redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-state at Bingham HS (Utah) … Region 3 Most Outstanding
RECORD BOOK Off ensive Lineman as a senior in 2013 … two- year starter … Bingham won the 2013 5A state championship and fi nished with a 14-0 record.
PERSONAL: Son of Isabelle Leota and Sui Amaama (pronounced ah-mah-ah-mah) … sociology major … born Feb. 21, 1996.
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PERSONAL: Son of Cedric Ballard and Cherie 2015–Played in 12 games on special teams … 84 Coxeff … one brother and three sisters … plans seven tackles … two tackles against both Oregon DAKOTA BAKER to major in economics … full name is Corrion and Washington. INFORMATION Wide Receiver (pronounced kory-ahn) D’Neal Ballard … born 6-2, 180, So. Dec. 15, 1997. HIGH SCHOOL: Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret RS News fi rst-team all-state defensive back as Idaho Falls, Idaho a senior in 2014 … played safety and ght Idaho Falls HS end … rated a three-star recruit by Rivals. com and Scout.com … 72 total tackles and
30 HERE’S UTAH CODY BARTON three intercep ons as a senior … also had 27 UTAH: Walked on to the team in the fall of 2016. recep ons for 334 yards and two touchdowns Linebacker 2016–Redshirt. in 2014 … played in just three games as a junior 6-2, 225, Jr. due to injury. HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-5A 5-6 District 2VL in 2015 as a senior at Idaho Falls HS … 63 Salt Lake City recep ons for 1,087 yards and nine touchdowns Brighton HS PERSONAL: Son of two former Ute two-sport 2017 OUTLOOK his senior season … played in the Idaho Na onal athletes … father Paul played football and Guard East Idaho All-Star Game … all-area in baseball for the Utes and spent a year in the track … fi nished third in the state in the 300 UTAH: Par cipated fully in spring camp a er minors with the Toronto Blue Jays’ organiza on hurdles (39.25) and fi h in the 110 hurdles recovering from a late season injury … one of … mother Mikki Kane-Barton, a member of (15.28) as a senior while helping the 4x200 relay the leaders at rover linebacker. Utah’s Crimson Club Hall of Fame, was a two- team fi nish second in the state … fi h in the 2016–Played in 11 games with fi ve starts at me honorable men on All-America basketball PLAYER BIOS state in the hurdles as a junior. rover (SUU, SJSU, UCLA, ASU, Oregon) … missed player, the 1993 Western Athle c Conference the fi nal two games with an injury suff ered Player of the Year and a three- me fi rst-team all- PERSONAL: Son of T.J. and Lisa Baker … three against Oregon … team’s second-leading tackler WAC basketball pick … she played two seasons brothers and a sister … father played football at had 66 stops, including 8.5 tackles for loss and a of volleyball for the Utes and led the na on in blocks in 1993 while making the all-conference BYU and grandfather Terry Baker played football sack … three pass breakups … 20 tackles against COACHES & STAFF at Utah (1963, 65-66) … served an LDS mission in Oregon was the most in a game by a Ute since team … three siblings … older brother Jackson is Atlanta … enjoys boa ng … kinesiology/exercise 1991 … 11 tackles against Southern Utah … an off ensive tackle at Utah … younger sister Dani sport science major … born March 19, 1996. seven tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and two pass plays volleyball at Utah and was named second- breakups against UCLA … six tackles against team All-Pac-12 and to the All-Freshman team Arizona State included 3.0 TFL. in beach volleyball in the spring … wife Blayr … economics major … full name is Cody Likeke SERIES HISTORY 15 Barton … born Nov. 13, 1996.
CORRION BALLARD YEAR G/GS UT AT TOT TFL INT PBU Defensive Back 2015 12/0 3 4 7 0 0 0 6-3, 205, Jr. 2016 11/5 37 29 66 8.5-16 0 3 JC Career 23/5 40 33 73 8.5-16 0 3 Houston, Texas 2016 IN REVIEW Blinn College 70 UTAH: Enrolled in classes for the 2017 spring semester and had a great spring camp … JACKSON BARTON projected starter at free safety. Offensive Line BOWL HISTORY 6-7, 312, Jr. PRIOR TO UTAH: Co-Defensive Player of the 2VL Year in the Southwest Junior College Football Salt Lake City Conference and fi rst-team all-conference as a Brighton HS sophomore safety at Blinn College in 2016 …
41 tackles, fi ve sacks, a forced fumble, three RECORD BOOK intercep ons and eight pass breakups in 2016 UTAH: Came out of spring ball as the leading … season-high 10 tackles, an intercep on and candidate at le tackle … Utah’s tallest player a pass breakup against Kilgore College … fi ve at 6’7”… enrolled in classes and par cipated sacks, an intercep on and four pass breakups in camp in spring semester of 2014 a er against Arkansas Bap st College … played gradua ng from high school a semester early. in seven games as a freshman at Blinn and 2016–Played in 13 games on special teams and recorded 19 tackles and three pass breakups six on the off ensive line with two starts (San … fi rst-team All-District 16-6A as a senior at Jose State, ASU) … 283 plays in 12 games (stats Summer Creek HS (Texas) in 2014 … helped Junior linebacker Cody Barton was Utah’s were not kept for bowl game) … season-high 80 Summer Creek win a district tle in 2013 … second-leading tackler in 2016. plays against Washington … one cut against San honorable men on All-District basketball player. Jose State.
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2015–Appeared in all 13 games on special teams PERSONAL: Son of Bre and Lisa Bateman … and in 11 games at le tackle … totaled 208 18 two sisters … enjoys snowboarding and hiking … plays in the nine games that off ensive line stats COOPER BATEMAN bachelor’s degree in business management from were kept (no stats for Colorado or BYU games) Quarterback Alabama … currently taking courses toward an … season high 29 plays vs. both Oregon and USC 6-3, 217, Sr. Educa onal Psychology Cer fi cate … born Jan. … three cuts included a season-high two cuts TR 31, 1995. vs. USC. Murray, Utah INFORMATION 2014–Redshirt. Alabama YEAR G/GS COM ATT INT PCT YDS TD LONG 2014* 14/0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 PERSONAL: Son of two former Ute two-sport 2015* 15/1 37 52 2 .712 291 1 31 2016* 15/0 12 14 0 .857 119 1 31 athletes … father Paul played football and UTAH: Transfer from Alabama walked on to the team in the 2017 spring semester … will contend Career* 44/1 49 66 2 .742 410 2 baseball for the Utes and spent a year in the *at Alabama
HERE’S UTAH minors with the Toronto Blue Jays’ organiza on for the star ng job in the fall. … mother Mikki Kane-Barton, a member of Utah’s Crimson Club Hall of Fame, was a PRIOR TO UTAH: Le ered three seasons for two- me honorable men on All-America Alabama a er redshir ng in 2013 … primary 46 basketball player, the 1993 Western Athle c holder for fi eld goals and extra point a empts Conference Player of the Year and a three- me in all 44 games from 2014-16 ... Alabama TYLER BELL won the SEC tle all three seasons and was Tight End
2017 OUTLOOK fi rst-team all-WAC basketball pick … she played two seasons of volleyball for the Utes and led the 2015 na onal champion … in 13 career 6-4, 240, Sr. the na on in blocks in 1993 while making the appearances at quarterback (1 start), he 1VL all-conference team … three siblings … brother was 49-of-66 passing for 410 yards and two Fountain Valley, Calif. Fountain Valley HS Cody is a linebacker for the Utes … younger touchdowns (2 intercep ons) … best games sister Dani plays volleyball at Utah and was in 2016 came against Kentucky (53 yards on PLAYER BIOS PLAYER 5-of-5 passing) and Mississippi State (50 yards named second-team All-Pac-12 and to the All- UTAH: Walked on to the team in 2011 and Freshman team in beach volleyball in the spring and a touchdown) … played in six games at quarterback as a junior, passing for 119 returned in 2014 a er serving an LDS church … wife Kellsie … economics major is projected to mission. receive his bachelor’s degree in December 2017 yards (12-of-14) with one touchdown and no intercep ons … career-high 98 yards and a 2016–Played on the scout teams. … full name is Jackson Paulo Barton … born Aug. 2015–Played on the scout teams … le ered. 8, 1995. touchdown on 11-of-17 passing against Middle Tennessee as a junior … started against Ole 2014–Played on the scout teams. COACHES & STAFF Miss in 2015 and was 11-of-14 for 87 yards … 2011–Redshirt. appeared in seven games at quarterback as a sophomore in 2014, throwing for 291 yards and HIGH SCHOOL: Le ered three years at Fountain a touchdown (2 intercep ons) while comple ng Valley HS (Calif). 71.2% of his passes (37-of-52) … three- me Utah PERSONAL: Son of Doug and Winnie Bell …
SERIES HISTORY all-state selec on earned fi rst-team honors from the Salt Lake Tribune as a high school senior father wrestled at South Dakota School of Mines … fi rst-team all-region in 2011-12 and Region and Technology … two sisters and one brother 2 Off ensive MVP as a sophomore … competed … served an LDS mission in Lansing, Mich. … in the 2013 Under Armour All-America Game philosophy major … full name is Tyler Mark Bell … Elite 11 fi nalist in 2012 … consensus four- … born April 7, 1993, in Dallas.
2016 IN REVIEW star recruit coming out of Co onwood HS was YEAR G/GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG ranked as the No. 3 pocket passer by ESPN, the 2014 0/0 0 0 0.0 0 0 No. 4 pro-style quarterback by 247Sports and 2015 0/0 0 0 0.0 0 0 the No. 5 quarterback prospect by Scout … 44th 2016 0/0 0 0 0.0 0 0 in the ESPN 150 … threw for 2,384 yards (180-of- Career 0/0 0 0 0.0 0 0 342) and 15 touchdowns as a senior … also had BOWL HISTORY 82 rushes for 277 yards and 12 touchdowns his senior year … as a junior, threw for 2,484 yards (168-of-308) and 26 touchdowns, while rushing for 183 yards and one touchdown on 93 carries … 1,822 yards passing as a sophomore (117- of-202) for 23 touchdowns … 30 rushing yards RECORD BOOK with two touchdowns as a sophomore … team Junior Jackson Barton has played in 17 games on captain … also played baseball. the off ensive line the last two seasons.
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HIGH SCHOOL: Two- me second-team all- 23 region selec on played both cornerback and JULIAN BLACKMON wide receiver at Layton HS (Utah) … three-star INFORMATION Defensive Back wide receiver by Rivals.com … career defensive 6-1, 187, So. totals included six intercep ons and 52 tackles 1VL … 51 career recep ons for 940 yards and nine Layton, Utah touchdowns (long of 80 yards) … injured three Layton HS games into his senior season, fi nishing with four recep ons for 108 yards (27.0 yards per catch) and one touchdown … also had fi ve HERE’S UTAH UTAH: True sophomore is a candidate to start at rushes for 119 yards (23.8 average) and two right corner … also a leading contender to return touchdowns in 2015 … as a junior in 2014, had kickoff s. fi ve intercep ons to go with 27 recep ons for 2016–Played in nine games on special teams and 465 yards and six touchdowns … also played appeared on defense in four games (Southern basketball … helped Layton win the 2015 5A 2017 OUTLOOK Utah, USC, Cal, Indiana) … two tackles … two Utah state basketball championship … second- kickoff returns for 26 yards. team all-area and Region 1 honorable men on selec on as a junior … also ran track.
PERSONAL: Son of Johnnie Blackmon and Carol
Blackmon ... stepmother is Kahea Blackmon … PLAYER BIOS brother Jarriesse plays on the UC Santa Barbara basketball team … has not declared a major … born Aug. 24, 1998.
YEAR G/GS UT AT TOT TFL PBU INT COACHES & STAFF 2016 9/0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Converted wide receiver Terrell Burgess is vying 26 to start at nickel back this year.
TERRELL BURGESS SERIES HISTORY Defensive Back also had 21 tackles and three intercep ons in 6-0, 188, So. 2015 … 51 tackles and four intercep ons as a 1VL junior in 2014 … 100-yard intercep on return for San Marcos, Calif. a touchdown against Granite Hills … 18 tackles San Marcos HS and an intercep on as a sophomore … 23 career kickoff returns for 772 yards (33.6 average) 2016 IN REVIEW included 13 returns for 509 yards (39.2 average) UTAH: Began his Utah career as a wide receiver/ his junior season … 99-yard kickoff return for cornerback before moving full me to the a score against Mission Hills … also ran track … defense partway through his true freshman personal-best me of 11.14 in the 100 and 22.31 season … contender to start at nickel back … in the 200 meters … honor roll.
runs a 4.45-second 40. BOWL HISTORY 2016–Played in four games with three PERSONAL: Son of Tyrone and Ingrid Burgess … appearances on defense (Southern Utah, San four siblings … brother Isiah Hennie is a senior Jose State, California) … one tackle and a pass wide receiver at Sacramento State … has not breakup against California … played both ways declared a major … full name is Terrell Joseph- early in the season and had one recep on for Nathanial Burgess … born Nov. 12, 1998.
seven yards against Southern Utah … two kick RECORD BOOK returns for 27 yards, both against BYU. YEAR G/GS UT AT TOT TFL PBU INT 2016 4/0 1 0 1 0 1 0 PRIOR TO UTAH: All-CIF San Diego Sec on fi rst- team wide receiver as a senior and second-team defensive back as a junior … KUSI Silver Pigskin fi nalist … three-star recruit by Scout.com and Rivals.com … No. 6 cornerback in California by Julian Blackmon is in conten on to start at Scout.com … eight career intercep ons and 90 cornerback and return kickoff s this season. career tackles … 73 career recep ons for 1,288 yards and 17 touchdowns … 61 catches for 1,162 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior …
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HS in 2013 and redshirted at College of the 2014–Appeared in all 13 games, mostly on 73 Desert the following fall semester … a ended special teams … checked in at linebacker against JOHNNY CAPRA three California high schools: Norco, St. Paul and Idaho State … three total tackles … le ered as a Offensive Line Rancho Cucamonga. true freshman. 6-6, 296, So. 1VL PERSONAL: Son of Andre and Annisha Dana … HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year varsity player who Auburn, Calif. mother is a sergeant in the Sheriff ’s department played both linebacker and ght end at Ramona INFORMATION Placer HS … one brother … expects to complete his HS (Calif.) … fi rst-team all-Palomar League bachelor’s degree in sociology in December at ght end as a junior in 2012 … caught 11 2017 … born Nov. 30, 1995. passes for 193 yards in 10 games as a junior UTAH: Secured a posi on in the two deep at le team captain … Ramona advanced to San Diego tackle during spring camp. Sec on Division III tle game in 2012 … selected
HERE’S UTAH 2016–Appeared in one game ... played on to play for the 2012 U.S. Under-17 Na onal special teams vs. UCLA … le ered. 60 Team and the 2011 U.S. Under-15 Na onal 2015–Redshirt. KEVEN DIXON Team with USA Football … named team’s Most HIGH SCHOOL: MaxPreps 2014 California Offensive Line Improved Off ensive Player in 2011, earning Division II fi rst-team all-state … Sacramento 6-5, 277, So. honorable men on all-league honors … 2012 Bee all-metro team, honorable men on all- SQ and 2013 San Diego County All-Academic
2017 OUTLOOK Sac-Joaquin Sec on and SportStars All-NorCal Buena Park, Calif. Football Team … earned four le ers in football “reserve” as a senior … three-star recruit by Buena Park HS and one le er in baseball. Rivals.com and Scout.com … made the Rivals. com California Postseason Top 100 … also played PERSONAL: Son of Jeremy and Anne Michele UTAH: Looking for playing me at right tackle. some at defensive tackle and had 14 tackles and Drews … his father, the 1991 Ricks College 2016–Played on the scout teams. Linebacker of the Year, walked on at Utah where
PLAYER BIOS PLAYER a fumble recovery in three seasons … as a junior 2015–Redshirt. in 2013, he was a fi rst-team all-Pioneer League he played from 1992-94 and le ered for the selec on. 1994 Freedom Bowl champion team … two HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-CIF Southwest brothers … double major in communica on PERSONAL: Son of Jeanine and Joey Sr. Capra Division off ensive lineman as a senior in 2014 and economics … full name is Chris an Jeremy … younger brother Jacob played alongside … fi rst-team all-Freeway League and second- Drews … born Sept. 3, 1995. him on the Placer HS (Calif.) off ensive line … team all-county OL in 2014 … three-star recruit by Rivals.com and Scout.com … named Buena YEAR G/GS UT AT TOT TFL SACK
COACHES & STAFF communica on major … born Feb. 6, 1997. Park HS (Calif.) co-Lineman of the Year and 2014 13/0 2 1 3 0 0 Most Improved Player as a senior … also played 2015 13/0 4 2 6 0 0 on the defensive line and had 43 tackles (11.0 2016 13/0 1 2 3 0 0 TFL, 3.0 sacks), an intercep on, a pass breakup Career 39/0 7 5 12 0 0 8 and a blocked fi eld goal in 2014 … two career ALEC DANA SERIES HISTORY intercep ons … in 2011, he was Buena Park’s Wide Receiver Freshman Lineman of the Year (OL/DL). 6-2, 195, Jr. 87 SQ PERSONAL: Son of Sharon and Keven Dixon … SIALE FAKAILOATONGA Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. sociology major … born Jan. 16, 1997. Tight End Chaffey College 6-4, 257, Sr.
2016 IN REVIEW 3VL Salt Lake City UTAH: Has one year of eligibility remaining 37 Cottonwood HS pending a possible extension of his NCAA clock. 2016–Injuries impacted his ability to play. CHRISTIAN DREWS Linebacker UTAH: Has played in just six games in the last PRIOR TO UTAH: A ended Chaff ey College for 6-1, 225, Sr. BOWL HISTORY two seasons due to injuries and missed two two years—playing in 2014 and redshir ng 3VL spring camps as well … will enter fall camp as a with an injury in 2015 … 39 recep ons for 543 Ramona, Calif. co-starter at ght end. yards (13.9 ypc) and three touchdowns in 2014 Ramona HS 2016–Redshirt suff ered a season-ending injury … named SCFA Central League Player of the during fall camp. Week a er a school-record 247 yards and two UTAH: Walk-on for his fi rst three seasons was 2015–Played in six games with fi ve starts before
RECORD BOOK touchdowns against Moorpark … listed in the suff ering a season-ending injury vs. Arizona College Football America 2015 Yearbook on its awarded a scholarship during 2017 spring camp. State … at the me of the injury, he led the Ute junior college Star ng Lineup … Chaff ey played 2016–Played in all 13 games on special teams ght ends and was fourth on the team with 12 in the 2014 Western State Bowl … three-star … three tackles … honorable men on Pac-12 recep ons for 120 yards … made at least one prospect by both Scout.com and Rivals.com … All-Academic. recep on in every game he played … three also ran track at Chaff ey and recorded season- 2015–Played in all 13 games on special teams … catches for a career-high 45 yards vs. Fresno best mes of 10.86 in the 100 and 22.12 in the six total tackles … tackle and a fumble recovery State. 200 in the spring of 2015 … originally commi ed against Fresno State … two tackles against to Washington State out of Rancho Cucamonga Oregon State.
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2014–Appeared in all 13 games with two starts PERSONAL: Son of Alepino Lavaka and Ileini (Stanford and Colorado) … two recep ons for 33 13 Falemaka … one of eight children (has three yards … 26-yard recep on against Fresno State BAPA FALEMAKA brothers and four sisters) … second cousin Bapa INFORMATION … 7-yard catch vs. Colorado State in Las Vegas Tight End is a redshirt freshman ght end at Utah … enjoys Bowl ... honorable men on Pac-12 All-Academic. 6-3, 244, Fr. playing the guitar … sociology major … full name 2013–Played in 10 games and started in one RS is Haile Falemaka (pronounced fal-ay-ma-ka) but (Arizona State) as a true freshman … also played Grantsville, Utah goes by Lo … born Nov. 30, 1994. on special teams … two catches for 18 yards … Judge Memorial HS both catches were for nine yards (vs. Weber State and BYU). HERE’S UTAH UTAH: Earned a scholarship a er ini ally 83 walking on during 2016 fall camp. HIGH SCHOOL: Le ered four years in football at JAMESON FIELD Co onwood HS (Utah) … 2012 Maxpreps.com 2016–Redshirt Wide Receiver Preseason All-State … Maxpreps.com Preseason 5-11, 180, Sr. Top 25 Tight Ends … 22 catches for 294 yards as HIGH SCHOOL: Par cipated in football, 2017 OUTLOOK 2VL a junior (13.4 average). basketball and track at Judge Memorial HS (Utah) … second-team all-region in basketball as Long Beach, Calif. Mater Dei HS PERSONAL: Son of Mark Wolf and Petousa a junior in 2015 when he averaged 12.1 points Havili … both parents are DNA analysts … one and 5.7 rebounds … 2015 Utah state shot and sister … cousin Stanley Havili played at USC and discus champion also placed 10th in the javelin. UTAH: Walked on to the team during the 2014 for the Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles fall camp and was awarded a scholarship. PLAYER BIOS and Sea le Seahawks … likes playing guitar … PERSONAL: Son of Maila Falemaka and Stanley 2016–Par cipated on the scout teams … graduated with a degree in sociology major in Falemaka … three sisters … second cousin Lo le ered. December 2016 … will pursue a second major is a senior off ensive lineman at Utah … enjoys 2015–Redshirt. during his fi nal season … full name is Siale building and designing … has not declared 2014–Played in six games, including the last fi ve, Ziegler Fakailoatonga (pronounced see-ah-lay a major … full name is Stanley Falemaka as a true freshman … 17-yard recep on against COACHES & STAFF fah-kah-ee-loa-tonga) … born Sept. 24, 1994. (pronounced fal-ay-ma-ka) but goes by Bapa … Arizona … le ered. born July 13, 1998. YEAR G/GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG PRIOR TO UTAH: Did not play football in 2013 … 2013 10/1 2 18 9.0 0 9 fi rst-team all-Trinity League in 2012 at Mater Dei 2014 13/2 2 33 16.5 0 26 2015 6/5 12 120 10.0 0 27 69 HS … team captain … 41 catches as a senior for Career 29/8 16 171 10.7 0 27 387 yards and one touchdown … Mater Dei was SERIES HISTORY LO FALEMAKA the Pac-5 Division runner up … par cipated in Offensive Line the North-South All-Star Game … 27 catches for 6-5, 287, Sr. 333 yards and one touchdown as a junior. 1VL West Valley City, Utah PERSONAL: Son of Ma and Trayce Field …
Cottonwood HS father is a pilot … one younger brother … health 2016 IN REVIEW educa on major with an emphasis in emergency medical services … full name is Jameson Dean UTAH: One- me walk-on is projected to start at Field … born Aug. 19, 1995. center … has missed 14 games over the last two seasons with injuries. YEAR G/GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG 2014 6/0 1 17 17.0 0 17
2016–Played in 10 games with two appearances BOWL HISTORY on the line (San Jose State, California) … 100 2015 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 total snaps included 94 against California … 2016 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 stepped in as the replacement starter for injured Career 6/0 1 17 17.0 0 17 center J.J. Dielman in the Cal game only to suff er an injury of his own … a er missing three
games, returned on special teams for the fi nal RECORD BOOK fi ve games. 2015–Played in the fi rst two games against Michigan and Utah State before missing the rest of the season with an injury. 2014–Played on the scout teams. 2013–Redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Le ered three years for Co onwood High (Utah) … Co onwood won the 2010 Region 2 championship. Senior Siale Fakailoatonga is the co-starter at ght end entering the fall.
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PRIOR TO UTAH: Played in six games as a true 11 freshman at UCLA in 2013, mostly on special KYLIE FITTS teams … had a tackle for loss against California Defensive End … played in the Army All-American Bowl out 6-4, 260, Sr. of Redlands East Valley HS (Calif.) … four-star 1VL recruit by Rivals and Scout … ranked as the San Bernardino, Calif. na on’s No. 9 strong side defensive end in the INFORMATION UCLA 2013 class by Rivals, and the 12th-best recruit in the state … ranked as the 12th-best defensive end in the na on by Scout, and the No. 1 UTAH: All-conference candidate expects to be at defensive end prospect in the West … listed full strength by summer a er recovering from as the na on’s No. 85 recruit by ESPN, ranking
HERE’S UTAH last year’s season-ending injury … received a eighth na onally at his posi on, 12th overall medical hardship waiver from the NCAA to play in the West and eighth overall in California … an addi onal season. missed the last fi ve games of his senior season 2016–Played and started in two games (1 at with a broken wrist, fi nishing with 31 tackles, right end, 1 at linebacker) before suff ering a 6.0 TFL and 4.0 sacks … two- me fi rst-team season-ending injury … at the me of his injury, all-Citrus Belt League, two- me fi rst-team all-CIF he was leading the team in tackles for loss (3.0)
2017 OUTLOOK Inland Division and two- me all-area … totaled and sacks (1.5) … four total tackles were all 79 tackles, 16.0 TFL and 8.5 sacks as a junior against Southern Utah. … also all-L.A. Times Southland Team, Inland 2015–Played in all 13 games with 11 starts (8 Empire all-region by ESPN, Maxpreps second- at le end, 3 at right end) … led the Pac-12 and team all-state and all-Riverside County in 2011 ed for ninth in the country in forced fumbles ... Redlands East Valley HS won the Citrus Belt PLAYER BIOS PLAYER (4) … 0.31 forced fumbles per game led the League championship all three years (2010-12). league and ed for 13th in the na on … led Utah and ed for fourth in the Pac-12 with 7.0 PERSONAL: Son of Ma and Ysabel Fi s … Defensive tackle Leki Fotu is expected to see sacks … 41 tackles (8.0 TFL) … second on the father pitched for the New York Mets’ rookie increased playing me as a sophomore. team and ed for fourth in the Pac-12 in pass team in Kingsport, Tenn., and then played on breakups (10) ... career-high seven tackles (1.0 the off ensive line at Cal State Fullerton … two TFL) and three pass breakups against UCLA … brothers and one sister … double major in COACHES & STAFF six tackles (1 sack), a forced fumble and pass communica on and sociology … scheduled to 99 breakup against Washington … fi ve tackles and graduate in December 2017 … full name is Kylie LEKI FOTU a pass breakup against Utah State … 1.5 sacks, Roy Fi s … born Oct. 11, 1994. Defensive Tackle a pass breakup and a blocked fi eld goal against 6-5, 323, So. Colorado … sack, forced fumble and two pass YEAR G/GS UT AT TOT TFL SACK 2013* 6/0 1 0 1 1.0-2 0-0 1VL
SERIES HISTORY breakups against Fresno State … sack, forced 2015 13/11 21 20 41 8.0-45 7.0-44 West Valley City, Utah fumble and a pass breakup vs. 2016 2/2 2 2 4 3.0-10 1.5-9 Herriman HS 2014–Redshirt prac ced with the team but Career 21/13 24 22 46 12.0-57 8.5-53 could not play in games per NCAA transfer rules. *at UCLA UTAH: Defensive tackle will see increased playing me as a sophomore.
2016 IN REVIEW 2016–Played in fi ve games as a true freshman … one tackle against Oregon.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2015 Deseret News 5A MVP and fi rst-team all-state … 2015 Salt Lake Tribune fi rst- team all-state and All-Salt Lake Tribune Team BOWL HISTORY … 2015 Region 4 Defensive MVP … three-star recruit according to Scout.com … 79 tackles and 7.5 sacks his senior season at Herriman HS (Utah) … 10 tackles in win over Lone Peak in the 2015 Utah 5A state championship game … caught a 24-yard touchdown pass and helped RECORD BOOK Herriman’s defense hold Sky View to minus 22 rushing yards in the 2015 state semifi nal game … did not play football as a junior in 2014 … in 2013, a ended San Leandro HS (Calif.) … also played rugby and basketball in high school … played on the USA Rugby Boys High School All-American team … trained with the London Defensive end Kylie Fi s, who has been a starter the last two years, is an All-Pac-12 candidate. Wasps’ rugby team in 2013.
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PERSONAL: Son of Toa Fotu (mother) … family PRIOR TO UTAH: Signed with Baylor in 2013 … azcentral fi rst-team all-state as a senior … is originally from Tonga … brother Joe played before going to Blinn Community College … fi ve fi rst-team all-state, all-sec on and all-division as football at Illinois … brother Anthony played tackles (0.5 sack) and a fumble recovery as a a junior in 2013 … second-team all-East Valley football for Arizona … has not declared a major freshman in 2013 … also had 12 recep ons for Tribune in 2013 … had 41 pancake blocks and INFORMATION … name is pronounced leck-ee fo-too … born 169 yards and one TD, and nine rushes for 56 did not allow a sack in 290 pass a empts as a Aug. 23, 1998. yards and two touchdowns as a freshman… fi ve junior … named to the 24-7Football.com All-D1 catches for 72 yards vs. Tyler JC … three catches team and the all-Paradise Valley Unifi ed School YEAR G/GS UT AT TOT TFL SACK for 54 yards and a TD and three rushes for 51 District team as a senior … 2014 Division I-II 2016 5/0 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 yards vs. Cisco College … redshirted his second all-Academic team … October 2013 Horizon season at Blinn … fi rst-team all-district 19-5A Athlete of the Month … 18 pancake blocks as a HERE’S UTAH wide receiver his junior and senior seasons at sophomore. Katy HS (Texas) … also all-district 19-5A as an all- 6 purpose player in 2011 ... 16 recep ons for 385 PERSONAL: Son of Beth and Jeff Grant … one KYLE FULKS yards and fi ve touchdowns as a senior … was brother and one sister … poli cal science major Wide Receiver also a na onally ranked cornerback coming out … full name is Jake Bradley Grant … born Aug. 2017 OUTLOOK 5-9, 175, Sr. of high school: No. 44 by 247Sports.com, No. 66 16, 1996. 2VL by Scout.com and No. 75 by Rivals.com ... No. Katy, Texas 49 overall prospect in Texas by 247Sports.com Blinn College ... Houston Top 100 by VYPE/Rivals publica on ... led Katy High to a 16-0 season and the 2012 36 5A DII state championship as senior when he CONNOR HALLER PLAYER BIOS UTAH: Will enter fall camp in the two deep at X fi nished with 26 tackles, two intercep ons Linebacker receiver … runs a 4.45 40. and a pass breakup … Katy fi nished 12-1 and 6-2, 217, Fr. 2016–Played in 12 games with three starts at reached DII regional semis in 2011, when he RS slot back (SUU, BYU, California) … six catches for had 24 recep ons for 408 yards and eight TDs Salt Lake City 57 yards … 36-yard recep on against Indiana ... member of Katy’s 13-1 regional fi nalist team Olympus HS COACHES & STAFF in the Foster Farms Bowl … two catches for 14 in 2010 ... also ran track, placing second in the yards against California … also ne ed 12 yards 5A state meet in the 100-meter dash (10.3) and rushing on three carries … made three tackles fourth in the 200 meters as a junior … anchored UTAH: Walked on to the team during the 2016 on special teams … seven kick returns for 194 the AAU record-breaking 4x100 relay team from fall camp. yards … career-high 115 yards on two kickoff Houston Youth Track Club that ran a 40.00. 2016–Redshirt. returns against Colorado included a 93-yard SERIES HISTORY return. PERSONAL: Son of La Shonda and Keith Fulks HIGH SCHOOL: All-state defensive back at 2015–Appeared in seven games, mostly on … sociology major is on schedule to receive a Olympus HS (Utah) in 2013 … two- me all- special teams … one carry against Utah State … bachelor’s degree in December 2017 … born region … 67 tackles (2.0 TFL), three forced le ered. Dec. 12, 1993. fumbles, eight intercep ons, three pass breakups and two blocked fi eld goals as a senior YEAR G/GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG … season-high 10 tackles against Springville 2016 IN REVIEW 2015 7/0 0 0 0 0 0 … three forced fumbles and an intercep on 2016 12/3 6 57 9.5 0 36 Career 19/3 6 57 9.5 0 36 against Northridge … two intercep ons against Orem … also played receiver, making 35 catches for 412 yards and four touchdowns in 2013 … seven recep ons for 103 receiving yards and
a touchdown against Taylorsville … 59 tackles BOWL HISTORY 78 and three intercep ons as a junior … 10 tackles JAKE GRANT vs. Herriman his junior season … also played Offensive Line basketball and was named to the all-star game 6-3, 290, Fr. as a senior. RS Scottsdale, Ariz. PERSONAL: Son of Kameron and Cynthia RECORD BOOK Horizon HS Covey Haller … youngest of six children (three brothers and two sisters) … cousin Britain Covey, a freshman All-American for Utah in 2015, is UTAH: Signed with Utah in 2015 but delayed currently serving an LDS mission … avid reader enrolling un l January 2016. also enjoys waterskiing and spikeball … served 2016–Redshirt. an LDS mission in Scotland … has not declared a major but is interested in business … full name is HIGH SCHOOL: Rated Arizona’s No. 6 overall Connor Joseph Haller … born Mar. 28, 1996. prospect and third among off ensive linemen in the 2014 class by the Arizona Republic … three- Senior Kyle Fulks made three starts at slotback star recruit by Rivals.com and Scout.com … No. last season. 12 overall prospect in Arizona by Rivals.com
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UTAH: One me linebacker has moved to UTAH: Graduated from high school early defensive end. and enrolled at Utah in the spring of 2017 …
HERE’S UTAH 2016–Redshirt. par cipated in spring camp.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-way player (linebacker HIGH SCHOOL: Two- me All-District 1-6A and receiver) was named to the 2015 Long earned unanimous fi rst-team honors as a Beach Press-Telegram All-Area Dream Team as senior … 74 recep ons for 989 yards and 13 a linebacker … invited to play linebacker in the touchdowns in 2016 … also rushed for two 2015 Semper Fi All-American Bowl … three-star touchdowns … 562 yards on 25 recep ons 2017 OUTLOOK recruit by Scout.com … career totals included with six touchdowns as a junior … helped 108 tackles, 17.0 sacks, 723 receiving yards lead El Dorado HS (Texas) to two Division 1-6A (10 TDs), 2,296 all-purpose yards and 25 total championships … played running back at Chapin touchdowns … transferred to Long Beach Poly HS (Texas) as a sophomore and rushed for 475 Senior Harrison Handley is a co-starter at ght HS from Verbum Dei HS for his senior year … yards … also played basketball and ran track … end entering the fall. PLAYER BIOS PLAYER 33 tackles (4.0 sacks), three caused fumbles, 2016 district champion in the 200 and 4x100 two fumble recoveries, 112 receiving yards relay. (7 catches) and two touchdowns in his only (2 catches for 69 yards) … two recep ons for PERSONAL: Son of Cathy and Marvin Thomas … season at Long Beach Poly … as a junior at 43 yards included a 39-yard TD catch against one brother and one sister … has not declared a Verbum Dei, had 58 tackles (13.0 sacks) and Oregon State … fi ve catches for 29 yards and major but is interested in a career in nursing … two intercep ons … also had 1,338 all-purpose a touchdown, against Arizona State … three name is pronounced ty-qwez … born on Aug. 1, yards, including 543 rushing yards, 541 receiving recep ons for 32 yards against UCLA …
COACHES & STAFF 1998 in Gainesville, Fla. yards and 16 total touchdowns as a junior … in honorable men on Pac-12 All-Academic. just fi ve games as a sophomore, he rushed for 2014–Saw me at ght end in the last three 669 yards and fi ve touchdowns (7 total TDs) and games of the season … le ered. had 17 tackles. 88 2013–Redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL: Honorable men on all-state in
SERIES HISTORY PERSONAL: Son of Huron Jackson and Tynieka HARRISON HANDLEY 2012 … fi rst-team all-region 3 … Alta High (Utah) Hart-Jackson … three brothers … enjoys playing Tight End video games and cooking … has not declared 6-5, 250, Sr. team captain was named the Alta Impact Player a major … full name is Davir (pronounced duh- 3VL of 2012 … caught 64 passes for 779 yards and veer) David Tobais Hamilton … born July 23 Sandy, Utah eight touchdowns in 2012 … had three 100-yard 1998. Alta HS receiving games his senior season, including 121 yards vs. West Jordan HS … career totals were 71 2016 IN REVIEW catches for 868 yards and nine TDs … Alta was UTAH: Will be considered a co-starter at ght the 2012 region 3 champion … also le ered one end heading into fall camp … nine career starts year in lacrosse. … graduated from high school mid-year and enrolled at Utah in the spring of 2013 … two- PERSONAL: Son of Darren and Laura Handley … father played ght end for BYU from BOWL HISTORY me honorable men on Pac-12 All-Academic. 2016–Played in 10 games with four starts, 1985-88 and led the Cougars in receiving in missing three games due to injury … 12 1987 … mother is a Utah graduate … has four recep ons for 168 yards … three catches for siblings, including triplets … wife Hanna … 48 yards against Oregon … three catches for 40 communica on major received his degree in yards against Arizona … two recep ons for 21 May 2016 … currently taking graduate classes in
RECORD BOOK yards against BYU … one tackle on special teams the Educa onal, Leadership and Policy program … honorable men on Pac-12 All-Academic. … full name is Harrison Gordon Handley … born 2015–Played in all 13 games with fi ve starts March 27, 1995. ... led Utah’s ght ends and was fourth overall YEAR G/GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG with 286 receiving yards (21 catches) … 2014 3/0 0 0 0.0 0 -- 13.6 yards per catch was best on the team … 2015 13/5 21 286 13.6 4 59 ed for the team lead with four touchdown 2016 10/3 12 168 14.0 0 29 catches … caught a 59-yard TD pass at Arizona Career 26/9 33 454 13.8 4 59
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return for a touchdown against Arizona State, Region IV championships at Lone Peak … also 22 along with two pass breakups and six tackles le ered four years in basketball and played for CHASE HANSEN (1.5 TFL) … recovered a fumble for a touchdown Lone Peak’s 2011 state championship team … INFORMATION Defensive Back in the end zone on a muff ed punt return by one le er in baseball … academic all-region. 6-3, 220, Jr. Oregon and added nine tackles and a pass 2VL breakup … season-high three pass breakups and PERSONAL: Son of Brian and Pamela Hansen … Highland, Utah a fumble recovery against Indiana in the Foster father played football at BYU, le ering in 1978 Lone Peak HS Farms Bowl. and 1981-82 … four brothers and three sisters … 2015–Played in nine games (2 at quarterback, 7 uncle Randy Hansen le ered on Utah’s football at safety) with one start at strong safety before team from 1968-70 … uncle Bruce Hansen HERE’S UTAH UTAH: Utah’s leading tackler last season is of the a season-ending injury … played at quarterback le ered in football at BYU in 1981 and 1985-86, best safe es in the Pac-12 … signed with Utah against Fresno State and Oregon … a empted and played for the New England Patriots in 1987 in 2012 as a quarterback, redshir ng that fall one pass (against Fresno State) … four rushes for … cousin Colby Hansen plays football for BYU … before leaving for a church mission … divided his 31 yards were all against Oregon … made his fi rst enjoys ping pong, reading and wakeboarding …