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  11/26/21 - Cameron Rising, rSr/2025, Utah, 6-2, 220 (DS#28 QB) + More +

  Losing a couple of early season games was far from the most difficult thing Utah had to overcome to get back to the Pac-12 title game. "We've taken probably the hardest thing that can happen and we've turned it into something beautiful," receiver Britain Covey said after Senior Day victory against Colorado on Friday. Cameron Rising threw three touchdown passes, Tavion Thomas ran for 142 yards and a score, and No. 16 Utah beat the Buffaloes 28-13. Within the last year, the Utes lost star running back Ty Jordan and defensive back Aaron Lowe to tragic shooting deaths. Utah honored them with a TJ-AL logo on their helmets. "There's always been a reverence whenever we've talked about them, but we're getting to the point now where we just celebrate them and honor what they represent. It's more than two guys now, it's the entire team, the whole university," Covey said.

Utah Coach Kyle Whittingham said his team "didn't have the look in our eyes that we had last week" and his players admitted it was difficult to focus since they already clinched the Pac-12 South. But they didn't want to let their fallen teammates down. The Utes feel they are a team of destiny. "I know they are out there with us," said linebacker Devin Lloyd, who had nine tackles and a sack in what could be his last home game before declaring for the NFL draft. "They are the reason why we have been as successful as we have been." Utah rallied from a 1-2 start to win eight of their last nine games on their way to their third Pac-12 championship appearance in four seasons. The Utes (9-3, 8-1 Pac-12) rushed for 265 yards and held Colorado (4-8, 3-6 Pac-12) to 148 yards of total offense. "In this day and age, that is not easy to do. Great job by our defense...they were active, they flew around," Whittingham said. - Utah/AP College Football


(DS#28 QB) rSr/2025 QB Cameron Rising, Utah
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  11/25/21 - Logan Kendall, rSr/2023, Utah, 6-3, 249 (DS#16 FB) + More +

  2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): FB Logan Kendall, Idaho,...Kendall was a Unanimous first-team selection at fullback. Kendall was a key component in the Vandal running attack that totaled over 2000 yards this fall. He also scored two touchdowns and averaged nearly eight yards a carry in to 2021. This is the second time in 2021 Kendall has earned First-Team All-Big Sky Honors. He was named to the first team in the 2021 spring season. - Idaho Football

(DS#16 FB) rSr/2023 FB Logan Kendall, Utah
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  11/21/21 - Tavion Thomas, rJr/2023, Utah, 6-0, 237 (DS#25 RB) + More +

  Utah ended Oregon's College Football Playoff hopes in dominant fashion. The Ducks' 38-7 loss Saturday night also ended any chance the Pac-12 champion will claim one of the bids in the four-team playoff. Neither Oregon nor Utah will finish high enough in the College Football Playoff rankings to earn a bid. It means that the Pac-12 will not send its champion to the playoff for a fourth consecutive season. 'It hurts because there were a lot of expectations,' Oregon quarterback Anthony Brown said. "The potential was there, and we didn't maximize. We didn't grab the opportunity that was right in front of us." The No. 4 Ducks never really had a chance against the Utes after no. 24 Utah scored 14 points in the final 27 seconds before halftime to take a four-touchdown lead.

Britain Covey returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the first half. "It really was a tough situation for them coming out and being down 28-0," Utes coach Kyle Whittingham said. "That was really the biggest portion of the game and the thing that really give us a ton of momentum." Tavion Thomas ran for 94 yards and three touchdowns to help the Utes (8-3, 7-1 Pac-12, No. 23 CFP) wrap up a share of the Pac-12 South title and a spot in the conference championship game. Utah has won four in a row. Thomas has run for a Utah-record 17 touchdowns this season. The previous mark was 15, shared by Zack Moss and John White IV. Cameron Rising threw for 178 yards. His top target, Brant Kuithe, piled up 118 yards on five catches for just the second 100-yard game of his career. Covey had 191 all-purpose yards. Utah converted 11 of 14 third downs and finished with 386 total yards. - Utah/AP College Football


(DS#25 RB) rJr/2023 RB Tavion Thomas, Utah
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  11/21/21 - Britain Covey, rSr/2022, Utah, 5-08, 169 (DS#34 WR) + More +

  Britain Covey returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the first half, giving Utah 14 points in 27 seconds and a 28-0 lead, and the No. 24 Utes ended No. 4 Oregon's College Football Playoff hopes with a 38-7 victory Saturday night. Tavion Thomas ran for 94 yards and three touchdowns to help the Utes (8-3, 7-1 Pac-12) wrap up a share of the Pac-12 South title and a spot in the conference championship game. Utah has won four in a row. Thomas has run for a Utah-record 17 touchdowns this season. The previous mark was 15, shared by Zack Moss and John White IV. Cameron Rising threw for 178 yards. His top target, Brant Kuithe, piled up 118 yards on five catches for just the second 100-yard game of his career. Covey had 191 all-purpose yards. Anthony Brown threw for 231 yards and a touchdown for Oregon (9-2, 6-2 Pac-12, No. 3 CFP). Oregon rushed for 63 yards and had 294 yards of offense. - Oregon/AP College Football

(DS#34 WR) rSr/2022 WR Britain Covey, Utah
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  11/13/21 - Cameron Rising, rSr/2025, Utah, 6-2, 220 (DS#28 QB) + More +

  Cameron Rising's long hair was still dripping wet at the postgame press conference, 30 minutes after the final whistle, giving an indication of a bruising, physical afternoon in the desert. His Utah Utes had earned a victory. It was far more difficult than expected. "It's not about how pretty it looks," Rising said. "It's not about having glitz and glamour, it's about getting the job done and that's what we did here today." Rising threw for 294 yards and two touchdowns, T.J. Pledger ran for 119 yards and two touchdowns, and Utah maintained its lead in the Pac-12 South by beating Arizona 38-29 on Saturday.

It was a hard-earned win for the Utes (7-3, 6-1 Pac-12, No. 24 CFP). Arizona led for part of the first half and kept the game tight all afternoon. Rising's perfectly placed 17-yard touchdown pass to Dalton Kincaid in the back corner of the end zone late in the third quarter gave the Utes a 31-20 lead and some semblance of control in the back-and-forth game. It didn't last long. Arizona (1-9, 1-6) responded with a field goal to cut the advantage to 31-23 and then the Wildcats scored again when Nazar Bombata blocked a Utah punt and Rhedi Short recovered before scoring a 3-yard touchdown to pull within 31-29 with about 10:30 left. The Wildcats' two-point conversion to tie was unsuccessful. Utah finally closed the game with a methodical 15-play, 75-yard drive that lasted more than eight minutes. It was capped by Pledger's 2-yard touchdown run with 2:10 left. "We knew it was going to be a physical, 60-minute fight," Pledger said. "That's exactly what we got." Utah's offense was the difference-maker once again. The Utes have scored at least 34 points in five straight games. They took a 21-17 halftime lead after Rising hit Brant Kuithe for a 2-yard touchdown with two seconds remaining. - Utah/AP College Football


(DS#28 QB) rSr/2025 QB Cameron Rising, Utah
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  11/12/21 - Devin Lloyd, Sr/2022, Utah, 6-3, 237 (DS#1 ILB) + More +

  NOV 8 PAC-12 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Devin Lloyd, Jr., LB, Utah (Chula Vista, CA),...Third time that Lloyd as earned this honor this season, winning after both Week One and Week Seven. Only Pac-12 player to take home the award multiple times this season and the first to win it three times in the same season since Arizona's Scooby Wright did it three times in 2014...Had a career-high five TFLs (19 yards) and one sack among his game-high nine total stops in the win over Stanford (Nov. 5). In addition, Lloyd added his second career pick-six and third interception of the season, plus a breakup. Two tackles came on third down, as did Lloyd's pick-six with Stanford backed up inside its own 10-yard line. Also nominated: Kyon Barrs, DL, Arizona; Carson Wells, OLB, Colorado; Daniel Scott, Safety, California; Kyle Soelle, LB, Arizona State; Noah Sewell, ILB, Oregon. - Pac-12 Football

(DS#1 ILB) Sr/2022 ILB Devin Lloyd, Utah
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  11/12/21 - Braeden Daniels, rJr/2023, Utah, 6-4, 307 (DS#6 OG) + More +

  NOV 8 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Braeden Daniels, Soph., RG, Utah (Carrollton, TX),...Third time in the last four weeks that a Utah player has won this award with Nick Ford taking it home after Week Seven and Week Nine...Part of a group that protected for a Utah team that produced 581 total yards of offense in the win vs. Stanford (Nov. 5). It included 441 rushing yards for the Utes, the fourth-most in program history and tops since 1991...Created holes that set up running backs Tavion Thomas (20 carries-178 yds), Micah Bernard (12-110) and TJ Pledger (4-107) to become the first Utah trio to all rush for 100 yards in a game. Among others, Daniels had a beautiful pancake block in the second quarter that left Thomas a hole for an 11-yard touchdown, his fourth TD of the night. Also nominated: Dohnovan West, C, Arizona State; Kary Kutsch, OG, Colorado; Ryan Walk, C/LG, Oregon; Josh McCauley, C/LT, Arizona. - Pac-12 Football

(DS#6 OG) rJr/2023 OG Braeden Daniels, Utah
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  11/11/21 - Tavion Thomas, rJr/2023, Utah, 6-0, 237 (DS#25 RB) + More +

  NOV 1 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tavion Thomas, Soph., RB, Utah (Dayton, OH),...First time winning this award but the third time in the last 4 weeks that a Utah player has won it. QB Cameron Rising won it in back-to-back in Week Six and Week Seven. First Utah running back to capture this honor since Joe Williams in October 2016....Paced the Utah ground game vs. UCLA (Oct. 30) with a season-high 24 carries for a career-best 160 yards, and a school-record-tying four touchdowns. Thomas averaged 6.7 yards per carry, and his four scores (10 yds, 8, 10, 24) were the most on the ground in the Pac-12 this weekend...It was the first four-TD game by a Utah rusher since 2016, eighth in program history and just the third in the Pac-12 since 2019. Also nominated: Chase Garbers, QB, California; Calvin Jackson, Jr., WR, Washington State; Anthony Brown, QB, Oregon; Trevon Bradford, WR, Oregon State; Tayvian Cunningham, WR, Arizona; Keaontay Ingram, RB, USC; Brenden Rice, WR, Colorado. - Pac-12 Football

(DS#25 RB) rJr/2023 RB Tavion Thomas, Utah
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  11/11/21 - Nick Ford, rSr/2022, Utah, 6-5, 310 (DS#11 C) + More +

  NOV 1 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Nick Ford, Jr., LG, Utah (San Pedro, CA),...Second time in the last three weeks that Ford has earned this award. He also won it in the final week of the 2020 season...Moved over to left guard from center as a result of some injury-related shuffling on the Utah offensive line. Didn't miss a beat, as the veteran Ford helped protect for a Utah offense that generated a season-high 469 yards of total offense and scored on all five of its red zone trips...It included a career-best 160 rushing yards for running back Tavion Thomas, who tied a Utah record with four touchdowns on the ground. Also nominated: Matthew Cindric, C, California; Liam Ryan, OT, Washington State; T.J. Bass, LT, Oregon; Luke Wattenberg, C, Washington; Josh McCauley, C, Arizona. - Pac-12 Football

(DS#11 C) rSr/2022 C Nick Ford, Utah
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  11/10/21 - Devin Lloyd, Sr/2022, Utah, 6-3, 237 (DS#1 ILB) + More +

  OCT 18 PAC-12 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Devin Lloyd, Jr., LB, Utah (Chula Vista, CA),...Second time he has won this award this season, also winning it following Week One...Had a game-high eight tackles, including four TFL (24 yards) and a career-high three sacks (19 yards) in an incredible comeback win over No. 18 Arizona State...Also contributed a pass breakup...His four TFL tied a career-best, the most by a Ute this season and tied for the most by a Pac-12 player this year. Lloyd has totaled 10.5 TFL in Utah's last four games...His first sack, coming in the second quarter, was a third-down stop...He added a five-yard TFL on ASU's final drive, then cemented the victory with back-to-back sacks of four yards and 14 yards on the final two plays of the night. Also nominated: Carson Wells, OLB, Colorado; Noah Sewell, ILB, Oregon; Quentin Lake, DB, UCLA; Darien Butler, LB, Arizona State; Ron Stone, Jr., Edge, Washington State. - Pac-12 Football

(DS#1 ILB) Sr/2022 ILB Devin Lloyd, Utah
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  11/10/21 - Cameron Rising, rSr/2025, Utah, 6-2, 220 (DS#28 QB) + More +

  OCT 18 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Cameron Rising, So., QB, Utah (Ventura, CA),...Wins the award in back-to-back weeks. First time a Utah player and seventh time in the Pac-12 era that a player has won this award in consecutive weeks (2020- Jermar Jefferson, Oregon State; 2017-Khalil Tate, Arizona and Bryce Love, Stanford; 2014- Marcus Mariota, Oregon; 2013- Marcus Mariota, Oregon; 2012- Johnathan Franklin, UCLA)...Led an incredible second half comeback from a two-touchdown deficit to defeat No. 18 Arizona State, 35-21, on Saturday night...Making his third consecutive start, finishing 21-of-33 passing for 247 yards and two touchdowns against two interceptions...Additionally rushed himself six times for a career-high 59 yards (9.8 ypc) and another touchdown...First Utah quarterback to rush and pass for a touchdown in consecutive games since Tyler Huntley in 2019 (at Washington, vs. UCLA). Also nominated: Travis Dye, RB, Oregon; Dorian Thompson-Robinson, QB, UCLA; Jayden de Laura, QB, Washington State; Brendon Lewis, QB, Colorado; Jayden Daniels, QB, Arizona State. - Pac-12 Football

(DS#28 QB) rSr/2025 QB Cameron Rising, Utah
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  11/10/21 - Nick Ford, rSr/2022, Utah, 6-5, 310 (DS#11 C) + More +

  OCT 18 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Nick Ford, Jr., C, Utah (San Pedro, CA),...Anchored an offensive line that did not allow a sack of QB Cameron Rising on 69 offensive plays, in a comeback win over No. 18 Arizona State...Part of a unit that helped produce 455 yards of total offense, the most by an ASU opponent this season...Second time Ford has won this award, taking it home in the final week of the 2020 season. Also nominated: Abe Lucas, OT, Washington State; Ryan Walk, C, Oregon. - Pac-12 Football

(DS#11 C) rSr/2022 C Nick Ford, Utah
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  11/07/21 - Cole Becker, Sr/2025, Utah, 6-3, 235 (DS#16 K) + More +

  Cole Becker was more impressed with his counterpart's big field goal than he was with his own game-winner in double overtime. Oregon State kicker Everett Hayes missed a 38-yard field goal in the second overtime after nailing a school record 60-yarder at the end of regulation, and Becker's 43-yarder gave Colorado a 37-34 win over the Beavers on Saturday night. "That's the moment all young kickers dream about," said Becker, a freshman, after navigating his way through the homecoming crowd that rushed the field when his last field goal sailed high through the uprights. But what about Hayes' 60-yarder, which is the longest in the FBS this season, the longest in Oregon State history and tied for the longest ever at Folsom Field. "That was incredible," Becker said. "I think, if I'm right, he hadn't hit 50-plus in his career. When he lined up for 60, I was like no shot. I'm standing on the bench, it was good from 65, and I was like, ‘That was a kick!'" Colorado (3-6, 2-4 Pac-12) won for the first time in four multi-overtime games in the program's history and the Buffaloes denied bowl eligibility for Oregon State (5-4, 3-3), which remains in search of its first six-win season since 2013.

The teams exchanged touchdowns in the first overtime with Brendon Lewis scoring on a 9-yard quarterback keeper for Colorado and running back B.J. Baylor snaring a high direct snap with his left hand and trotting into the end zone. Baylor, the conference's leading rusher, gained 98 yards on 22 carries but the Buffaloes were pleased because they were without their top tackler in injured linebacker Nate Landham and several others stepped up. Colorado actually outgained the Beavers on the ground 222 yards to 220 thanks to Jarek Broussard's 151 yards on 24 carries, including a 49-yarder that set up a go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter. - Colorado/AP College Football


(DS#16 K) Sr/2025 K Cole Becker, Utah
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  11/05/21 - Tavion Thomas, rJr/2023, Utah, 6-0, 237 (DS#25 RB) + More +

  Utah got off to fast start and didn't let up. Tavion Thomas ran for four TDs in the first half, TJ Pledger scored on a school-record 96-yard run and Utah ran past Stanford 52-7 on Friday night. The game was a mismatch from the start as the Utes (6-3, 5-1 Pac-12) scored TDs on their first two drives after coach Kyle Whittingham opted to take the ball first and didn't allow the Cardinal (3-6, 2-5) to get a first down until it was 21-0 in the second quarter. "Coach Whitt has a tremendous amount of confidence in this offense and knows that we like to start fast and like to get going early," quarterback Cameron Rising said. "The O-line did a great job that first drive and really dominated up front." Utah just added on from there, scoring five TDs and one field goal on seven drives in the first half with the only stop coming on a botched snap.

Thomas raced for a 58-yard score on a one-play drive for the of his four TDs, tying the school record he had also matched last week against UCLA. Pledger then outran the Cardinal defense on the first play of another drive for the longest run ever by the Utes. Utah outgained Stanford 440-28 in taking a 38-0 halftime lead for the second highest yardage discrepancy in the first half of an FBS game in the past seven seasons, 24 yards shy of Boise State's edge against Connecticut in 2018. The Cardinal, who were playing without injured starting quarterback Tanner McKee, suffered their most lopsided loss since a 57-7 defeat to Notre Dame in 2003. Stanford has lost four straight games. - Utah/AP College Football


(DS#25 RB) rJr/2023 RB Tavion Thomas, Utah
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  10/31/21 - Tavion Thomas, rJr/2023, Utah, 6-0, 237 (DS#25 RB) + More +

  Tavion Thomas rushed for a career-high 160 yards and a school record-tying four touchdowns to power Utah to a 44-24 win Saturday night as the school retired the number 22 in honor of the untimely deaths of Ty Jordan and Aaron Lowe. "My O-line was moving that thing. It made it easy for me the way they were working together," Thomas said. Cam Rising threw for 179 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score to run Utah's winning streak against the Bruins to five. "We got a group of dogs and they just don't stop going. They just keep that gas pedal tilted down and just go. It's really fun and I'm happy to be a part of it," Rising said. If his passing and running wasn't enough, Rising even punted twice in quick-kick situations and had them both downed inside the 10-yard line.

But the key was running the ball, according to Utah coach Kyle Whittingham. "They led the league (allowing just 94.9 yards rushing per game going into the game) and we got 297," Whittingham said. "Tavion was outstanding. He's really turned into a workhorse for us." Utah (5-3, 4-1 Pac-12) is alone atop the conference's south division and has beaten the other three contenders – the Bruins, USC and Arizona State, the only other team with fewer than three Pac-12 losses. Freshman Ethan Garbers threw for 265 yards and two touchdowns on 27-for-44 passing with an interception for UCLA (5-4, 3-3). He made his first career start in place of Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who was injured on the Bruins' final possession of last week's loss to Oregon. - Utah/AP College Football


(DS#25 RB) rJr/2023 RB Tavion Thomas, Utah
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