PlainsUte

#57 JT Greep, Sophomore Long Snapper, 6-0,221
JT Greep is a Glendora, CA product (Simi Valley east of LA).   He had been named the #1 long snapper out of California.  In 2021 he played in the last 9 games for the Utes, including snapping for Redding’s 50-yarder vs Oregon.  Freshman, Logan Castor is the only other long snapper on the roster, so I…[Read more]

#58 Junior Tafuna, Sophomore DT, 6-3, 297
Junior played for Bingham High in Cottonwood Heights where he was named to the Second Team All-State.   Junior did not play in 2020, but burst onto the scene in 2021 when he had 33 tackles in 13 games at DT, 4.5 for loss, a fumble recovery and a pass break-up.   That led to him being named Second Team…[Read more]

#59 Falcon Kaumatule, RS Sophomore OL, 6-8 298
Hawaiian-born Falcon soared in from Las Vegas, Bishop Gorman HS.  He graduated in 2019, played one game in the 2019 football season, his redshirt year.  Did not play in 2020, played 10 games on special teams in 2021.  He has a large frame and long reach at 6-8 and has bulked up to 298 from his…[Read more]

Just thought I’d mention it.  Baker had been painted into a corner by Browns’ management, so glad he got out of that situation.

#60 Currently vacant, most recently held by Shintaro Mann who was a walk-on at center in 2017.  We went on a two-year mission to Tokoyo Japan, then was on the 2020 roster, but has not made the roster since.  Not sure if he’s still around the team.

Two-for Today…
#61 Michael Williams, Junior Punter, 6-1, 196
Michael Williams is a punter and holder for place-kicking who had transfrerred to Utah after a year on the bench at Arizona State.  Saw action as a holder in 2021 and shared punting duties with the Aussie Cam Peasley in the last 6 games.  Cam entered the transfer portal on May 1, so,…[Read more]

Reported via the town-crier, New York and Jersey have decided to leave the Big 13 Colonies to join Canada where the furs are more plentiful.

#62 Michael Mokofisi, RS Freshman OL, 6-4, 316
Michael is a graduate of Woods Cross HS.  There he played both ways and was First Team All-State his senior year and First Team All-Region as a junior.  In 2021 he came off the bench to play Right Guard in four games, so he has some experience compare to many of the other Freshmen and RS Freshmen. …[Read more]

#64 is open because Marist Talavou transfered to San Jose State University.  So I’ll just leave this pic of #64 NFL Hall of Fame Left Guard Jerry Kramer.   Kramer lived in Ogden during his childhood while his dad served at Hill Field.  The family would later move to Sandpoint, Idaho and Kramer played for the Univ of Idaho before being drafted by…[Read more]

Looks official already…https://twitter.com/UCLAAthletics/status/1542654725253763072
 

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]