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BYU will be jetting off to Riyadh to play Cairo University on Sky TV.

Jetting off to the Midwest (and even East Coast) every other week.  All that matters until you consider TV $$

#65 Logan Castor, Freshman Long Snapper, 6-5 212
Logan is a walk-on from Brighton HS in Cottonwodd Heights where he was a long-snapper, wide receiver and cornerback for the Bengals and 4-year catcher for the baseball team.
Not certain of the Utes’ depth at long snapper, but will be interesting to see if he makes the fall roster.
#65 Logan Castor

The #66 jersey is open since Gavin Nawahine traded out to #43.
I’ll just leave this pic of Ray Nitschke to inspire future Utah #66 (courtesy CMG Worldwide)…

#67 Jordan Noyes, Sophomore Kicker, 5-10, 199
Jordan was the Ute’s kickoff specialist in 2021, after walking-on in 2020.  He was also 21-21 on PATs and 2-4 on field goals last season.  Jordan is originally from England (Higham, near the port city of Chathem, about 30 miles east of central London), but did play American Football in High School, in…[Read more]

#68 Jaren Kump, Sophmore OL, 6-5 309
Even as a sophomre Jaren is a seasoned starter for Utah.  He started all five games at RT in 2020 and four games in 2021 (some RT, some LT) before suffering a season-ending injury in the USC game.   Jaren should be back at full strength this season.   He came to Utah from Herriman High (2017 HS graduate) after…[Read more]

<junior high snicker>   #69: Available jersey after Simi Moala transferred to Jackson State.
Was having difficulty cracking the two-deep and threw in the towel last fall, it seems.

#70 Hunter Lotulelei, RS Freshman OL, 6-2, 323
Ute fans are very familiar with the Lotulelei name; Hunter is cousin of Star & Lowell Lotulelei.  Hunter comes to the Utes from Highland High in SLC.  He was First Team All-State, All-Region and 2nd Team All-USA as a HS Senior 2017, went on a 2-year LDS mission, and did not see action on game days in…[Read more]

#71 Braeden Daniels, Junior OL, 6-4, 299
Braeden is expected to fill the leadership and blocking void left with the departure of Nick Ford to the Jacksonville Jaguars.   He is moving over to Left Tackle and will be key to protecting Cam Rising in the backfield as well as helping Coach Harding bring up the younger OL players.  Coach Whitt has full…[Read more]

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#73 Tanoa Togiai, RS Freshman DT, 6-6, 310
Tanoa (TAH-noah tong-EE-eye) is from Rigby, Idaho, home of Philo Farnsworth, who created important elements of the television tube.  Utah Coach Lewis Powell’s job is to create NFL defensive tackles from raw HS players.   Powell found Tanoa at Rigby HS, a team that won the 2019 Idaho 5A State…[Read more]

#74 Ridge Harrell, Freshman OL, 6-4, 300
Ridge appears to be a walk-on from Skyridge HS in Lehi, but also had played at Lone Peak HS in American Fork, UT.  He was on the Southern Utah football roster last season but did not play.   He also played basketball.  He has a good frame for OL, so Coach Harding seems willing to sculpt these raw erstwhile…[Read more]

#75 Tyler Knaak, Freshman OL, 6-7, 319
Tyler Knaak comes to the Utes from Brighton HS in Cottonwood Heights.  Tyler is a true freshman but he’s been with the Utes since January so he participated in 2022 Spring camp.  At Brighton he played on the defensive line for 3 years before switching to the ohfense (right tackle).  He was also a heavyweight…[Read more]

#76 Zereoue Williams, RS Freshman OL, 6-8, 292
Zereoue Williams comes to Utah from Phoenix, Arizona, Mountain Pointe HS.  Zereoue played just one year of HS football, focusing on basketball prior to that.  Despite that he is rated a 3-star recruit and landed several P5 offers.  So far he played in just 2 games in 2021 on special teams while…[Read more]

#77 Simote Pepa, RS Freshman DT, 6-3, 354
Simote (see-mo-tay peppa) is a product of Bingham High (State Champs 2016 & 2017) and signed with Utah in 2019 before serving a mission in Lansing, Michigan.  After returning to Utah in 2021, he saw action in four games, including the Rose Bowl.  Look for more impact from Simote over the next few…[Read more]

#78 Sataoa Laumea, RS Junior Right Guard, 6-4, 312
Sataoa (Sah-tau-ah) will be one of the experienced anchors of the OL.  Already has earned two All-Pac-12 honors (2nd Team 2020, Hon Mention 2021).  He is originally from SoCal (Rialto, Calif, Eisenhower HS), where he play OL and DT and participated in track (shotput and discus).
Anyone know…[Read more]

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Code is gators
Some are reporting buying up tix in Sec 22.
Florida tix pre-sale

#79 Alex Harrison, RS Soph OL, 6-4, 322
Al Harrison is a product of Viewmont HS in Bountiful.   While there he played on the line, both offense and defense, and consumed copious groceries.   Al also competed at shot put.  He graded out 97% at OL with 34 pancake blocks his senior season, mmm pancakes.   At Utah he’s trimmed out to 324 from 330 and…[Read more]

#80 Brant Kuithe, Super Senior TE, 6-2, 222
By now Brant Kuithe should be a household name in Utah, and probably more widely as the 2022 season progresses.   Kuithe is a 3-time All Pac-12 selection (second team) and at least one pub (Athlon) has him a pre-season 1st team All Pac-12 for 2022.  Should be up for national TE awards (John Mackey…[Read more]

#81 Connor O’Toole, RS Sophomore DE, 6-4, 210
Contrary to expection, Connor O’Toole is not an Irish pub in Trolley Square.  Connor moved over to DE from WR, perhaps motivated by the 10 tackles he had on special teams in 2021.   Connor is from New Mexico where he was Albuquerque Metro Male Athlete of Year in 2018, as a junior, playing WR and DE…[Read more]