UTES grab LB from Washington

[PAC12Teams]

Former Washington Husky linebacker Josh Calvert has announced his commitment to the University of Utah.

https://twitter.com/Joshuacalvert19/status/1395544150628438016

[chinngiskhaan]

Ummm… I get the brothers thing, but we have oodles of depth at that position already. 

[chinngiskhaan]

To clarify, I’m happy to have him, I just don’t understand it from the Ute coach perspective.

[2008 National Champ]

With Fotu gone on his mission, Utah only has two game tested LB’s on the roster. Assuming Josh is as good as he looked this spring at UW, he can start next to Lloyd on day 1 and allow Sewell to play the rover spot he excelled at last year.

Yes, Utah brought in a half dozen LB’s in this class but it was always going to be a stretch to think they were going to be ready to go this year. Lloyd will go pro after 2021 and Sewell may be on his last year of eligibility so Josh provides a nice bridge w/o having to rush any of the freshman.

Utah just picked up a guy who many thought would play as a true freshman at UW. You don’t pass up high reward, low risk guys.

[uteinzoobcounty]

I’m ready for an all LB defense package 🤣. You can never have enough depth 

[uteinzoobcounty]

I’m ready for an all LB defense package 🤣. You can never have enough depth 

[Ghost of the HEB]

Can never have too many 4 star athletes on your team. Josh was also a pretty good QB and Safety at Oaks Christian, so he’s the type of athlete you can move around a bit. Redshirted 2019, covid 2020, so he still has a lot of eligibility left, and likely has a lot of upside that hasn’t been shown.

[PAC12Teams]

That is three 4-star transfers in the last 2 days.  I like 4-stars….

[ProudUte]

Wow, that was unexpected.  UW seems to be losing a lot of players.

[Central Coast Ute]

I was thinking the same thing wonder what’s going g on up there.

[Show15time]

I think a lot of it has to do with competition or not promised promotion as a player that they expected. 

[2008 National Champ]

more “natural roster attrition” than anything. McKinney was a career backup at UW who really only played special teams and garbage time safety. He got passed up by 2 true freshmen in 2019.

Calvert was part of a 4 iLB recruiting class. There were never going to be enough snaps to go around when running a 2 LB base D and none of the 4 had made it on the field in the last 3 years.

Giving everyone a free transfer is going to mean a lot more movement as kids seek out what they think is their best opportunity. UW has actually had very little transfer activity. If you look up Utah in the Portal, they almost need a 2nd page at this point.

[Dresden_Stormblessed]

My guess is we either put him at Safety or OLB. Whatever it is, I’m STOKED for this!!!

[Central Coast Ute]

Wow, wasn’t expecting another LB but sounds good to me.

[McBride of Frankenstein]

played safety (and other positions) in high school

[McBride of Frankenstein]

4 years to play 4

https://www.uwdawgpound.com/2021/5/7/22424817/linebacker-josh-calvert-to-transfer-uw-washington-huskies-football

[MDUte]

Love this news! Keep stacking up the talent and depth!!

Can’t wait for this season…it’s looking like we are going to make a serious run at winning our first PAC 12 title!

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