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WEEK 1 BIG 12 C0-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Devon Dampier, QB, Utah,...Dampier completed 84% of his 25 pass attempts for 206 yards and two touchdowns without an interception as the Utes won 43-10 at UCLA. The junior's completion percentage ranked fifth nationally for the week and fourth-best in program history. He also rushed for 87 yards and a score against the Bruins while guiding the Utah offense to points in seven of its first eight drives of the game. - Big 12 Football

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QB Devon Dampier, Utah
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09/02/25 - Spencer Fano, Jr/2027, Utah, 6-5, 308 (DS#2 OT) + More +

WEEK 1 BIG 12 OFFENSIVE LINE OF THE WEEK: Utah,...Utah's offensive line earned Conference accolades for the week for its 43-point performance at UCLA. The unit paved the way for 268 rushing yards and did not allow a sack while converting 14 of its 17 third down attempts. The Utes also scored on all six of their trips to the red zone. - Big 12 Football

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OT Spencer Fano, Utah
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09/02/25 - Logan Fano, rJr/2027, Utah, 6-4, 260 (DS#34 DE) + More +

WEEK 1 BIG 12 DEFENSIVE LINE OF THE WEEK: Utah,...The Utes had the Defensive Line of the Week after shutting down UCLA and quarterback Nico Iamaleava. The 10 points surrendered came after limiting the Bruins' signal caller to just 11 completions on 22 attempts for 136 yards in the air. The Utah defense also held UCLA to just 84 rushing yards on 28 attempts in the win while allowing just two third-down conversions. - Big 12 Football

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DE Logan Fano, Utah
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08/31/25 - Devon Dampier, Jr/2027, Utah, 5-10, 210 (DS#21 QB) + More +

Devon Dampier led Utah's attack in the air and on the ground in a 43-10 victory over touted transfer Nico Iamaleava and UCLA on Saturday night in the teams' season opener. The former Pac-12 rivals each sported new quarterbacks and new offensive coordinators. Iamaleava led Tennessee to the College Football Playoff last season and then abruptly left to head closer to home and play for the Bruins (0-1). He was 11 of 22 for 136 yards with one TD and one interception. Offensive coordinator and QB coach Tino Sunseri came to Westwood from Indiana, where the Hoosiers averaged 41.3 points - second-best in the nation - and reached the CFP.

Dampier followed offensive coordinator Jason Beck from New Mexico to Salt Lake City after the Lobos ranked fourth in the FBS with 484.3 yards per game a year ago. Dampier was 21 of 25 for 206 yards and two touchdowns. Both quarterbacks were their teams' leading rushers. Dampier led the Utes (1-0) with 16 carries for 87 yards, while Iamaleava had 13 carries for 47 yards. The Utes led 20-0 on TD runs of 13 yards by Wayshawn Parker and 8 yards by two-way star Smith Snowden in the first quarter. The team piled up 256 yards of offense in the first half and finished with 492. The Bruins' lone TD came on Iamaleava's 19-yard pass to former Utah player Anthony Woods in the second quarter. - Utah/AP College Football

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QB Devon Dampier, Utah
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08/30/24 - Cameron Rising, rSr/2025, Utah, 6-2, 220 (DS#28 QB) + More +

Cam Rising made his return with a career-high five touchdown passes - three to Brant Kuithe - to power No. 12 Utah to a 49-0 win over Southern Utah on Thursday night. Rising, a seventh-year senior quarterback, shined in his first game action since tearing multiple knee ligaments in the Utes' Rose Bowl loss to Penn State on Jan. 2, 2023, going 10 of 15 for 254 yards and 25 rushing yards as the 84th consecutive sellout crowd at Rice-Eccles Stadium held its collective breath on each rush. He left the game in the second quarter with Utah up 35-0.

Kuithe, who also missed last season and most of the 2022 campaign, caught three touchdown passes - all in the second quarter. He caught a 29-yard toss for a score on the first play of the quarter before an 18-yarder three minutes later. With 1:08 to play in the half, Kuithe fought off three defenders on his way into the end zone on a 11-yard grab. Rising's barrage marked the first time Utah had five passing TDs in a half since Brian Johnson against San Diego State in 2008, the last season Utah went undefeated. In their first game as a member of the Big 12 Conference, the Utes churned 513 yards of total offense in their 15th straight win over FCS opponents. Utah only reached the 500-yard mark once in 2023, against Arizona State. Kuithe wrote his way into the Big 12 record book as the first tight end to ever have three touchdown receptions in a half. - AP College Football

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QB Cameron Rising, Utah
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11/27/23 - Orion Phillips, rSo/2028, Utah, 6-2, 180 (DS#999 P) + More +

2023 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: P Orion Phillips,...Joined the Racers as a freshman in the fall and became one of the best punters in all of FCS...Was fourth in MVFC with a per punt average of 43.1 yards...Was second in MVFC with 54 total punts in 2023...Led MVFC with total yards in punts at 2,328...Led MVFC with 17 punts placed inside the 20-yard line, which included nine punts at the 10-yard line or inside of it...Had four punts inside the five-yard line...Had 11 punts of 50+ yards including a 71-yard effort at Missouri State (Oct. 21)...It was the seventh longest punt at MSU since 1994 and the second-longest in the MVFC...Was fourth in MVFC Freshman of the Year voting. - Murray State Football

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P Orion Phillips, Utah
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11/26/23 - Don Saunders, rJr/2027, Utah, 6-2, 195 (DS#29 CB) + More +

2023 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DB Donovan Saunders, Cal Poly,...Saunders finished third among Big Sky players with three interceptions, picking off passes against Lincoln (Sept. 16) and FCS playoff-bound sides Idaho (Oct. 7) and Sacramento State (Nov. 11). Appearing in 10 of 11 games, Saunders twice recorded a career high four tackles at Eastern Washington (Nov. 4) and Sacramento State. - Cal Poly Football

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CB Don Saunders, Utah
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03/02/23 - Cameron Rising, rSr/2025, Utah, 6-2, 220 (DS#28 QB) + More +

Kyle Whittingham expects that the next time you see Cam Rising, he will be starting for the University of Utah in the season-opener vs. the University of Florida. The Utes' head coach has been steadfast in that belief in the weeks since Rising exited the Rose Bowl in the third quarter on Jan. 2 with what was later revealed to be a torn left ACL. The opener will be played on either Aug. 31 or Sept. 2, roughly nine months since the injury, which falls in line with what is the general recovery timeline. Whittingham told The Salt Lake Tribune last week in a wide-ranging interview that Rising is on, if not ahead of schedule in his recovery, but there is another factor as far as the timeline goes that isn't being talked about enough.

Is Rising going to be ready for fall camp? If yes, will he be there for all of it? Some of it? Either way, how much of camp does Rising need to participate in for Whittingham to be comfortable putting him out there against the Gators? "To be ready for the opener, he has to get some reps in camp," Whittingham told The Tribune. "Maybe not necessarily the onset of camp, but by midway through camp, so we'll see how things progress. If he's not ready until a few days before the game, it's unlikely he would play in that game because he just wouldn't be completely sharp in all other areas." Utah has not announced a start date for fall camp, but FBS programs can practice 25 times over 29 days leading up to the opener, which would put the Utes' first practice on or about Aug. 2, eight months after the injury occurred. - Salt Lake Tribune

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QB Cameron Rising, Utah
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02/08/23 - Cameron Rising, rSr/2025, Utah, 6-2, 220 (DS#28 QB) + More +

Utah announced its four captains for spring ball on Monday, naming quarterback Cameron Rising and tight end Brant Kuithe as the offensive captains, and safety Cole Bishop and linebacker Karene Reid as the defensive captains. Rising returns for his third full season as Utah's starting quarterback. He's led the Utes to back-to-back Pac-12 championships as a starter. He threw for 3,034 and 26 touchdowns last season. - Deseret News

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QB Cameron Rising, Utah
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01/31/23 - Miles Battle, rSr/2024, Utah, 6-3, 196 (DS#42 CB) + More +

While Utah is losing All-America cornerback Clark Phillips III, who has declared for the NFL draft, the Utes have some talented newcomers joining the secondary. Cornerbacks coach Sharrieff Shah welcomes a pair of four-star corners in Smith Snowden and C.J. Blocker as well as Ole Miss grad transfer Miles Battle. Battle was a four-star wide receiver out of Cy Creek High in Houston before moving over to the defensive side of the ball. In 2022, the 6-foot-4, 205-pound Battle recorded 22 tackles, four pass breakups, an interception and a forced fumble.

Shah likes Battle's size, length and athletic ability. "When you have long-levered corners, it just makes it more difficult for a quarterback to fit a ball in a small window. We play incredibly good quarterbacks over and over again," he said. "We have a tremendous amount of speed coming in with C.J. Blocker and Smith Snowden. These kids have signed and they're unbelievably fast. "It's a good complement to have longer corners so offensive coordinators can't always simply think they can back-shoulder you in the red zone. We have people that can jump for the ball, too." - Deseret News

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CB Miles Battle, Utah
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01/30/23 - Emery Simmons, rSr/2024, Utah, 6-0, 180 (DS#197 WR) + More +

Former Indiana and North Carolina wide receiver Emery Simmons announced his commitment to the Utes on Sunday via social media. Simmons will have one year of eligibility remaining - the former four-star prospect transferred to Indiana last year, and played three seasons at North Carolina prior to that. Simmons had 30 receptions for 516 yards and three touchdowns during his time in the Tar Heels program, with 14 starts. Last year, he made 37 catches for 408 yards (both second-best on the team) with one touchdown for the Hoosiers. Simmons also had two carries for 54 yards. - Deseret News

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WR Emery Simmons, Utah
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01/30/23 - Micah Bernard, rSr/2025, Utah, 5-10, 199 (DS#39 RB) + More +

Less than a month after entering the NCAA transfer portal, Utah running back Micah Bernard is reportedly returning to the Utah Utes' football program. UteZone's Steve Bartle first reported Friday that the 6-foot, 202-pound Bernard will withdraw from the portal and return to Utah, and KSL Sports later reported the same, saying that "things are moving in a positive direction" for Bernard to stick with the Utes.

While Bernard did not officially make a statement regarding any decision, he later appeared to confirm the news when on his Instagram story he shared a headline from a Utah fan page that read, "Micah Bernard is returning to Utah for the 2023 season." Bernard has started 12 games over the past two seasons for Utah, including one at cornerback in the 2022 Rose Bowl when Utah had injury limitations at the position. In four seasons with the Utes' program, Bernard has rushed for 1,136 yards and six touchdowns, while also catching 64 passes for 590 yards and three touchdowns. - Deseret News

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RB Micah Bernard, Utah
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01/11/23 - Brant Kuithe, rSr/2025, Utah, 6-2, 236 (DS#2 FB) + More +

Utah Utes tight end Brant Kuithe will be returning once again. Kuithe announced on social media Monday morning that he will play for the Utes in 2023 instead of entering his name in April's NFL draft. The news comes as Kuithe, Utah's most important receiving target, played in just four games in 2022 after he tore his ACL Sept. 24 against Arizona State.

Kuithe returned to the Utes in 2022 after it appeared he could have been a relatively high draft pick last spring. The 2023 season will be Kuithe's fifth as a Ute. A native of Katy, Texas, the 6-foot-2, 219-pounder was named to the All-Pac-12 second team for three consecutive seasons from 2019-2021 before getting hurt this fall. In his career, Kuithe has tallied 148 receptions for 1,882 yards with 16 touchdowns. - Deseret News

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FB Brant Kuithe, Utah
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01/11/23 - Devaughn Vele, rJr/2024, Utah, 6-4, 203 (DS#45 WR) + More +

No matter what sort of roster turnover the University of Utah has next season, it will return two of its top pass-catching options. Brant Kuithe, a fifth-year senior tight end who was lost for the season on Sept. 24 due to a torn right ACL, announced on Monday that he will return for a sixth season in 2023.

Wide receiver Devaughn Vele will follow Kuithe's lead, the program also announced Monday. A fourth-year sophomore wide receiver in 2022, Vele at one point late in the regular season indicated he was leaning towards leaving, but later did a 180-degree turn to indicate he was leaning towards staying. Vele led all Utes wide receivers last season in catches (55), yards (695) and touchdowns (5). - Salt Lake Tribune

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WR Devaughn Vele, Utah
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01/09/23 - Cameron Rising, rSr/2025, Utah, 6-2, 220 (DS#28 QB) + More +

Utah quarterback Cameron Rising is returning after considering a jump to the NFL. The school announced Monday that Rising will be back as a sixth-year senior in 2023 after leading the Utes to consecutive Pac-12 titles. Rising was a semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien and Maxwell awards after throwing for 3,034 yards and 26 touchdowns with eight interceptions. The Ventura, California, native was named MVP of the Pac-12 Championship game after leading the Utes to a 47-24 win that knocked USC out of the College Football Playoff.

Utah played in the Rose Bowl the past two seasons, falling short in both after Rising went down with injuries. He suffered a left leg injury and had to leave in the third quarter of this year's game, which the Utes lost 35-21 to Penn State. Rising's return adds to a strong list of Pac-12 quarterbacks who will be back in 2023, including Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams of USC, Oregon's Bo Nix and Washington State's Michael Penix Jr. Former Clemson quarterback DJ Uiagalelei also transferred to Oregon State. - AP College Football

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QB Cameron Rising, Utah
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