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#82 Sire Woods, RS Senior TE, 6-2, 236
Sire comes to Utah from Penn where he played for four years and earned a marketing degree at the Ivy League school.  He had a chance to move closer to his Long Beach, CA home and play his COVID bonus year for “TE University”, hence the transfer to Utah.   He sat out 2021 at Utah.  From 2017-2020 he saw…[Read more]

A Double Feature today…
#83 Jonah Elliss, Sophomore DE, 6-2, 240
Jonah came to Utah from Moscow, Idaho along with his father Luther Ellis (Utah 1991-94, Detroit Lions 1995-2003, Denver Broncos 2004), who is a Utah DL coach.  He played backup LB and on special teams in 2021.  Recorded 15 tackles and had 2 fumble recoveries, including versus…[Read more]

#84 Taniela Pututau, RS Freshman TE, 6-3 247
Another of the Pututau clan, but Taniela is not a DT; from Cottonwood High where he was a WR and OLB.  Brother (Utah DT) signed a free agent deal with the Green Bay Packers.  Taniela has yet to see action for the Utes.  Someone give me odds that some day he plays defense for the Utes.
#84 Taniela…[Read more]

#85 Masaki Kudo, RS Freshman WR, 5-10, 182
Kudo is a walk-on from Tokyo, Japan and plays mainly on scout team.  Played American football for Keio HS and Keio College in Tokyo. Must be a good story on this guy, how he got on the roster coming from Japan.  A story as yet unwritten.
#85 Masaki Kudo

#86 Dalton Kincaid, Senior TE, 6-4, 242
Dalton should be well known to any Ute fan.  He was one of the trio of TE’s that saw a lot of action in 2021.  Kincaid had 36 receptions for 510 yards (14.2 ypc) and 8 TD’s in 2021.  Kincaid and Kuithe both declined an invitation to the NFL Combine in spring in order to play for the Utes in 2022 and take…[Read more]

#87 Thomas Yassmin, RS Junior TE, 6-5 248
Thomas Yassmin came to Utah in 2018 from Sydney, Australia via Scots College in NSW, having never played American football.   He was a rugby player recruited for his size, athleticism and intellegence.  He is a student of business analytics and the tight end position.  He earned his BS in Quantitative…[Read more]

Twin bill today:
#88 Landon Morris, RS Freshman TE, 6-5, 233
Landon is originally from Indianapolis and spent time (Spring 2021-Fall 2022) at Syracuse before transferring to Utah.  In high school he had 81 catches for 1,456 yards and 13 touchdowns as a receiver and was named a  top-10 H-TE (H:primarily a receiver) prospect for 2021 class…[Read more]

#89 Jersey is open

#90 Devin Kaufusi, Senior DT, 6-7, 288
Transferred to Utah after playing for TDS for two years.  Last year started in 2 games, played in every game.  Originally from Provostan, Timpview HS.  LDS Mission in Germany.
Devin’s most famous play for the Utes was jumping up to block a field goal vs Arizona State in 2021.  Credited with 13 tackles, 1.5…[Read more]

#94 Tevita Fotu, DT Redshirt Freshman, Herriman, Utah
Brother of George “Leki” Fotu, DT for Arizona Cardinals
Transfered to Utah from Snow College after an LDS Mission
#94 Tevita Fotu

#95 Aliki Vimahi   Junior DT from Kahuku, Hawai’i  (6-4 304)
Mainly a back-up role in 2021, with 2 starts (Oregon and Oregon St)
Played against his younger brother, Enokk, (OL Ohio State) in the Rose Bowl.
Graduated High School in 2017, 2 year LDS mission, 2020 Redshirt.

#98  No one on the Spring Roster
#97 Jaden Redding, Junior placekicker from Fredericksburg, Va
2021: 41-43 on PATs, 10-14 on FGs, 50 yarder in the Pac-12 Championship game.
#97 Jaden Redding
 
#96 Tanu Maiava-Ahhing, Freshman DT from Springville, UT.   They grow ’em big in Springville, 305 lbs.  Graduated HS in 2019, transferred to Utah from…[Read more]

#99 Sophomore DT from SLC East High
Tennessee Pututau

Anyone interested in collaborating on a jersey number countdown?

3rd Place in Region, behind Oklahoma (host) and South Carolina, tied with Auburn.   Three 69’s were carded to lead the team.
Utes First Round Results

None of them named “Rising”???   Utes will face another Heisman favorite in Gainesville…
Florida’s Anthony Richardson among Heisman favorites.

Some good way-too-early pre-season ranking hype for the Utes football team…
USA Today Pre-Pre-Season Rankings
ESPN Post-Spring Pre-Season Rankings

Colo Rockies 1st Baseman CJ Chron just made a “significant gift” to the baseball program.   Thanks, CJ!
https://utahutes.com/news/2022/5/4/utah-baseball-program-receives-significant-gift-from-alumnus-c-j-cron.aspx

Anyone watching the ball game on Pac-12 tonight??  Slow start for the Utes, but bats came alive in the 3rd for the Utes, 5-4 BYU lead going into the 4th inning.

Very tight range of scores.  Oklahoma avenges a regular season loss to Florida
1. Oklahoma 198.200
2. Florida 198.0875
3. Utah 197.750
4. Auburn 197.350