Who is your favorite Ute safety?

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- 06/28/2023 at 8:02 AM #190431
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  ProudUte
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  The top candidates would be: Williams, Blackmon, Weddle, Bishop, Lusk, Scalley, and Larry Wilson.
  Larry Wilson is Utah’s only Hall of Fame NFL player. But, he played 60 years ago. I love Blackmon and Marcus Williams is a stud. I love what Bishop adds to our current team. But, in the end – I have to go with Weddle. I believe he will be Utah’s next Hall of Fame player. (I really enjoyed watching Lusk in the early 90s. He was our team leader on the 1994 top-ten team.)
  Go Utes!!!
- 06/28/2023 at 8:31 AM #190434
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  thirtyfour-thirtyone
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  Larry Wall.
  
  Out of your list, Lusk is probably my favorite, but I think Weddle was the best player. Here’s to hoping Bishop is consensus #1 by the end of his carreer.
- 06/28/2023 at 8:50 AM #190436
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  RedUte14
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  My favorite was Robert Johnson. dude was a ball hawk.
  - 06/28/2023 at 9:27 AM #190437
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    ProudUte
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    I forgot to add him to the list. My favorite play of his was when he stripped the UCLA player of the ball at the goal line.
    - 06/29/2023 at 10:51 AM #190463
      
      Ute95
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      Ernest Boyd, Robert Johnson & Eric Weddle.
- 06/28/2023 at 11:53 AM #190440
  
  Yergensen
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  If this is personal favorites/fun to watch factor and not best Utah Safety, I’m going with a ballhawk or big hitter. IMO because of his physicality and ability to separate players from cleats, Marquise Blair was fun to watch and a personal favorite. He also made that 2019 defense nasty and feared (so much that Jayden Daniels talked about it publicly), something missing in recent years.
  - 06/29/2023 at 11:05 AM #190464
    
    Utegator
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    While I agree with you, I think the game has changed. Those hard hitters, while fun to watch, were only getting us targeting calls and costing us games.
- 06/28/2023 at 12:35 PM #190443
  
  UtesRule
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  Eric Jacobsen (who prepped at Springville HS)!
  
  Played for Utah in 1984, 1986-88.
  
  Led the team in tackles and was All-WAC in ‘87 and ‘88.
  
  He was a star on a bad defensive football team!
  
  Runner up would be Morgan Scalley!
  - 06/28/2023 at 7:21 PM #190453
    
    ProudUte
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    I loved Jacobsen. He was our only defensive stud in the late 80s. Besides that, he left the shadows of LES to come play in Salt Lake.
- 06/29/2023 at 7:34 AM #190461
  
  Tony (admin)
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  Weddle. But I loved how hard of a hitter Blackmon was.
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