schedules & results
2007 utah football schedule 2006 utah football results
Date Opponent TV Time 8-5, 5-3 MWC/3rd-tie • Armed Forces Bowl Champion
Thu., Aug. 30 at Oregon State TBA TBA
Sat., Sept. 8 Air Force* The Mtn. 4:00 p.m. MT Sept. 2 at UCLA FSN L, 31-10
Sat., Sept. 15 UCLA VERSUS 3:00 p.m. MT Sept. 9 Northern Arizona mtn. W, 45-7
Sat., Sept. 22 at UNLV* The Mtn. 7:00 p.m. PT Sept. 16 at Utah State KJZZ W, 48-0
Sat., Sept. 29 Utah State The Mtn. 1:00 p.m. MT Sept. 23 at San Diego State* mtn. W, 38-7
Fri., Oct. 5 at Louisville ESPN 8:00 p.m. ET Sept. 30 Boise State (HC) VERSUS L, 36-3
Sat., Oct. 13 San Diego State* No TV 1:00 p.m. MT Oct. 5 TCU* VERSUS W, 20-7
Thu., Oct. 18 at TCU* VERSUS 7:00 p.m. CT Oct. 14 at Wyoming* mtn. L, 31-15
Sat., Oct. 27 at Colorado State* The Mtn. 3:30 p.m. MT Oct. 19 at New Mexico* mtn. L, 34-31
Sat., Nov. 10 Wyoming* CSTV 1:30 p.m. MT Oct. 28 UNLV* mtn. W, 45-23
Sat., Nov. 17 New Mexico* The Mtn. 3:30 p.m. MT Nov. 11 Colorado State* VERSUS W, 35-22
Sat., Nov. 24 at Brigham Young* The Mtn./CSTV 12:00 p.m. MT Nov. 18 at Air Force* mtn. W, 17-14
Nov. 25 Brigham Young* CSTV & mtn. L, 33-31
*Mountain West Conference Game
Dec. 23 Tulsa^ ESPN W, 25-13
HC-Homecoming • *Mountain West Conference game • ^BHAF Bowl
2007 utah spring camp dates 2007 utah fall camp dates
Mar. 13 Camp Begins Practice Fields/Field House Friday, Aug. 3 Players Report to Camp
Mar. 16 Spring Break Begins no practice Saturday, Aug. 4 Practice Begins
Mar. 27 Camp Resumes Practice Fields/Field House Wednesday, Aug. 8 First Day in Full Pads
April 7 Scrimmage Location TBA Thursday, Aug. 9 First Double Day
April 14 Scrimmage Rice-Eccles Stadium Saturday, Aug. 18 Final Double Day
April 21 Red-White Game Rice-Eccles Stadium Monday, Aug. 20 Classes Begin
2007 utah spring football calendar
sun. mon. tues. wed. thu. fri. sat.
march 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
1 • No Pads 1 • No Pads
3:00-5:00 p.m. 3:00-5:00 p.m.
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
3 • No Tackle 4 • Tackle 5 • Tackle
3:00-5:00 p.m. 3:00-5:00 p.m. 10 a.m.-Noon
april 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
6 • Tackle 7 • No Tackle 8 • Scrimmage
3:00-5:00 p.m. 3:00-5:00 p.m. 9:00-11:00 a.m.
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
9 • Tackle 10 • No Tackle 11 • Scrimmage
3:00-5:00 p.m. 3:00-5:00 p.m. 9:00-11:00 a.m.
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
12 • Tackle 13 • No Tackle 14 • No Pads 15 • Spring Game
3:00-5:00 p.m. 3:00-5:00 p.m. 4:00-5:15 p.m. 1:00 p.m.
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utah facts & phones
utah schemes uniVersity of utah fast facts department phone numbers
Offense: Spread Location: Salt Lake City Athletics Department: (801) 581-8171
Defense: 4-3 Metro Population: 1,333,914 Football Office: (801) 581-7684
Elevation: 4,657 feet Sports Information: (801) 581-3511/3510/3771
starters returning: 7 President: Michael K. Young Stadium Press Box: (801) 581-8210/585-6934
Offense: 10* Director of Athletics: Dr. Chris Hill Ticket Office: (801) 581-8849
Defense: 5 Governing Body: Board of Trustees & Board of Regents SID Fax: 581-4358
Place-Kicker/Punter: 1/1 Founded: 1850 Football Fax: 585-3808
*includes one 2005 starter Enrollment: 28,619
Nickname: Utes reViewing 2006
lettermen returning: 47 Colors: Crimson and White Record: 8-5 / 5-3 MWC (3rd-tie)
Offense: 23 Mascot: Swoop (red-tailed hawk) Mountain West Conference Finish: 3rd-tie
Defense: 20 Stadium: Rice-Eccles: 45,017 Postseason: Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
Specialists: 4 Surface: FieldTurf Bowl Result: Beat Tulsa 25-13
Indoor Facility: Spence Eccles Field House Consensus All-American: Eric Weddle
lettermen lost: 6 Website: www.UtahUtes.com MWC Defensive Player of the Year: Eric Weddle
Conference: Mountain West Conference MWC Special Teams co-Player of the Year: Louie Sakoda
Affiliation: NCAA Division I-A Armed Forces Bowl MVP: Louie Sakoda
athletics department staff contact information
Administration ............................................................... Office ..........................Home .................. Cell...................... Email
Athletics Director, Dr. Chris Hill........................................ 801-581-5605 .............Call SID ............................................ chill@huntsman.utah.edu
Associate AD/Sports Information Director, Liz Abel ......... 801-581-3511 ..............596-1650 ............. 209-6346 ............. label@huntsman.utah.edu
Associate AD/SWA, Mary Bowman ................................. 801-585-6850 ....................................................................... mbowman@huntsman.utah.edu
Associate AD/Internal Operations, Pete Oliszczak .......... 801-587-7629 .......................................... 560-7648 ............. poliszczak@huntsman.utah.edu
Associate AD/Development, Chris Ritrievi....................... 801-585-6493 ....................................................................... critrievi@huntsman.utah.edu
Assistant AD/Tickets, Zack Lassiter ................................ 801-581-6632 ....................................................................... zlassiter@huntsman.utah.edu
Director of Athletic Relations, Manny Hendrix ................ 801-585-7233 ....................................................................... mhendrix@huntsman.utah.edu
Events Coordinator, Steve Pyne...................................... 801-585-5054 .......................................... 554-9078 ............. spyne@huntsman.utah.edu
Sports Information Staff ............................................... Office ..........................Home .................. Cell...................... Email
Director, Liz Abel (football SID)........................................ 801-581-3511 ..............596-1650 ............. 209-6346 ............. label@huntsman.utah.edu
Associate Director, Lageschulte, Mike............................. 801-587-9162 .............582-7181 ............. 557-2322 ............. mlageschulte@huntsman.utah.edu
Assistant Director, Andy Seeley (asst. football SID) ........ 801-581-3771 .......................................... 580-4411 ............. aseeley@huntsman.utah.edu
Assistant Director, Scott Pettett ....................................... 801-581-8302 .......................................... 580-4502 ............. spettett@huntsman.utah.edu
Office Manger, Sally Anderson ........................................ 801-581-3510 ....................................................................... sanderson@huntsman.utah.edu
utah football coaches (area code 80)
Head Coach: Kyle Whittingham (Brigham Young, 1984) ............................581-7684/3516
Record at Utah: 15-10 (2 years)
Career Record: 15-10 (2 years)
Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line: Gary Andersen (Utah 1986) ..................581-3515
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Andy Ludwig (Portland State, 1988) ........581-3520
Cornerbacks: Aaron Alford (Colorado State, 1997) .............................................581-3518
Offensive Line: Charlie Dickey (Arizona, 1987) ...................................................581-3932
Tight Ends/Special Teams Coordinator: Jay Hill (Utah 1999) ..............................581-3521
Safeties: Derrick Odum (Utah 1993) ...................................................................581-3522
Wide Receivers: Aaron Roderick (Brigham Young, 1998) ...................................581-3517
Running Backs/Recruiting Coord.: Dave Schramm (San Diego State, 1988) .....581-3519
Inside Linebackers: Kalani Sitake (Brigham Young, 2000) ..................................581-6122
Strength Coach: Doug Elisaia .............................................................................581-4548
utah football staff (area code 80)
Football Secretary: Helen Buchanan ............hbuchanan@huntsman.utah.edu ..581-7684
Director of Football Operations: Jeff Rudy ...jrudy@huntsman.utah.edu ............581-8563
Administrative Assistant: Mark Andersen .....mandersen@huntsman.utah.edu ..587-7848
Director of Sports Medicine: Bill Bean ..........bbean@huntsman.utah.edu ..........581-6630 Utah has won its last six bowl games, which is the nation’s second-
longest current bowl win streak. (Photo credit Layne Murdoch).
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utah player personnel
starters returning (7) lettermen returning (47) 2006 redshirts, squad members
Offensive Starters Returning (10*) Offense (23) Redshirts (21)
LG Zane Beadle (6-4, 312, So.) Zane Beadles, OL; Jason Boone, OL; Freddie Neli A’asa, DT; David Astle, OL; Jim Chris-
RT Jason Boone (6-4, 300, Sr.) Brown, WR; Brent Casteel, WR; Robert Conley, tensen, WR; Tysen Clements, DB; David Cra-
RG Robert Conley (6-1, 316, Jr.) OL; Bradon Godfrey, WR; Tommy Grady, QB; vens, WR; Zac Eldridge, RB; Sam Ewalefo,
OC Kyle Gunther (6-4, 304, Sr.) Kyle Gunther, OL; Dustin Hensel, OL; Brian WR; Mike Hicken, WR; Chris Jones, DB;
QB Brian Johnson* (6-1, 210, Jr.) Hernandez, WR; Jeremy Inferrera, OL; Brian Kaleki Katoa, DL; Vilisoni Kotobalavu, LB;
RB Darryl Poston, RB (5-11, 200, Sr.) Johnson, QB; Mike Liti, RB; Darrell Mack, RB; Pauli Latu, DT; Daniel Le, LB; Matt Martinez,
WR Brent Casteel (5-10, 193, Jr.) Darryl Poston, RB; Derrek Richards, WR; Colt LB; Mookie Murphy, DB; Caleb Schlauder-
WR Brian Hernandez (6-0, 183, Sr.) Sampson, TE; Corey Seiuli, OL; Matt Sims, TE; aff, OL; Tony Smith, WR; Zane Taylor, OL;
WR Derrek Richards (5-11, 175, Sr.) Ray Stowers, RB; Casey Sutera, OL; Tyler Wil- Tobias Titus, LB; Walter Watts, OL; Ammaron
TE Matt Sims (6-1, 251, Sr.) liams, OL; Marquis Wilson, WR. Wolfgramm, DB.
*2005 starter (medical redshirt in 2006)
Defense (20) Squad Members (7)
Defensive Starters Returning (5) Kyle Brady, LB; Martail Burnett, DE; Joe Dale, Nate Empey, LB; Kevin Freestone, LB; Kepa
OE Martail Burnett (6-3, 262, Sr.) DB; Kenape Eliapo, DL; Joe Jiannoni, LB; Justin Gaison, LB; Chris Joppru, TE; John Peel, DB;
MLB Joe Jiannoni (6-0, 235, Sr.) Jones, DB; Gabe Long, DT; Brice McCain, DB; Nano Tonga, DL; Josh Woods, DB.
SLB Malakai Mokofisi (6-2, 243, Sr.) Malakai Mokofisi, LB; Greg Newman, DL; Loma
FS Steve Tate (5-11, 195, Sr.). Olevao, LB; Alex Puccinelli, LB; RJ Rice, DB;
CB Brice McCain (5-9, 189, Jr.) Sean Smith, DB; R.J. Stanford, DB; Stevenson 2007 recruits
Sylvester, LB; Steve Tate, DB; Zeke Tuinei-Wily,
Specialist Starters Returning (2) DL; Elijah Wesson, DB; Mike Wright, LB. James Aiono, DL; Matt Asiata, RB; Jereme
PK Louie Sakoda (5-10, 178, Jr.) Brooks, WR; Josh Broughton, DB; Brandon
P Louie Sakoda (5-10, 178, Jr.) Specialists (4) Burton, DB; Louis Finner, OL; Nai Fotu, DE;
David Carroll, PK/P; Clint Mower, LS; Louie @Mike Honeycutt, DB; Robert Johnson, DB;
Sakoda, P/PK; Ben Vroman, K. Jamel King, LB; Corbin Louks, QB; Chad Ma-
starters lost (8) nis, QB; Koa Misi, DL; Mo Neal, LB; Deshawn
Richard, DB; @Griff Robles, QB; Dallin Rog-
Offensive Starters Lost (2) lettermen lost (6) ers, TE; Thor Salanoa, LB; Derrick Shelby,
LT Tavo Tupola (6-4, 311) DE; Lei Talamaivao, DT; Damilyn Tanner, DB;
QB Brett Ratliff (6-4, 224) Pete Aneiro, SN; Casey Evans, DB; Drew Justin Taplin-Ross, LB; @Westlee Tonga, TE;
Hackett, WR; Shaun Harper, DB; Soli Lefiti, Reggie Topps, DB; Eddie Wide, RB/DB.
Defensive Starters Lost (6) DL; Brady Phillips, RB; Brett Ratliff, QB; Ameen @Will first serve an LDS church mission
DT Kelly Talavou (6-2, 319) Shaheen, WR; Eric Shyne, DB; Paul Soliai, DT;
NG Paul Soliai (6-4, 334) Fano Tagovailoa, WR; Kelly Talavou, DT; Tavo
E Soli Lefiti (6-4, 265) Tupola, OL; Jason Voss, TE; Eric Weddle, DB;
RLB J.J. Williams (6-0, 225) J.J. Williams, LB. returned missionaries
LC Eric Weddle (6-0, 200)
SS Casey Evans (6-0, 200) David Carroll, PK/P; Brad Cifford, WR; Paul
Kruger, TE.
Specialist Starters Lost (0) all-conference utes returning
Special Teams Co-Player of the Year 2007 honor candidates
all-conference utes lost Louie Sakoda, P/PK
All-America Candidate
First Team Second Team Louie Sakoda, Punter/Placekicker
Eric Weddle, DB** Brent Casteel, WR
Tavo Tupola, OL Brian Johnson, QB (2005) All-MWC Candidates
Kelly Talavou, DL Joe Jiannoni, LB Louie Sakoda, P/PK
Brian Johnson, QB
Second Team Honorable Mention Brent Casteel, WR
Paul Soliai, DL Jason Boone, OL Joe Jiannoni, LB
Martail Burnett, DL Jason Boone, OL
**Also a Consensus All-American and Robert Conley, OL Martail Burnett, DL
MWC Defensive Player of the Year. Brice McCain, KR Robert Conley, OL
Derrek Richards, WR Kyle Gunther, OC
Louie Sakoda, P/PK Brice McCain, KR
Steve Tate, DB Derrek Richards, WR
Steve Tate, DB
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spring depth chart
offense defense special teams
Left Tackle Open End Punter
70 Jeremy Inferrera (6-3, 296, Sr., 1VL) 93 Martail Burnett (6-3, 262, Sr., 3VL) 35 Louie Sakoda (5-10, 178, Jr., 2VL)
71 Walter Watts (6-2, 300, Fr., RS) 13 Alex Puccinelli (6-2, 252, Sr., 2VL) 30 Ben Vroman (5-11, 187, So., 1VL) or
38 David Carroll (6-0, 191, So., 1VL)
Left Guard Tackle
68 Zane Beadles (6-4, 312, So., 1VL) 92 Kenape Eliapo (6-0, 303, So., 1VL) Place Kicker
72 Caleb Schlauderauff (6-5, 300 ,Fr., RS) 99 Zeke Tuinei-Wily (6-4, 308, So., 1VL) or 35 Louie Sakoda (5-10, 178, Jr., 2VL)
95 Neli A’asa (6-2, 300, Fr., RS) 30 Ben Vroman (5-11, 187, So., 1VL)
Center
63 Kyle Gunther (6-4, 304, Sr., 1VL) Nose Guard Kickoffs
57 Tyler Williams (6-1, 295, So., 1VL) 94 Gabe Long (6-3, 290, Sr., 1VL) 30 Ben Vroman (5-11, 187, So., 1VL)
91 Casey Sutera (6-3, 266, Sr., 1VL) or 38 David Carroll (6-0, 191, So., 1VL)
Right Guard 98 Aaron Tonga (6-2, 290, Jr., JC)
66 Robert Conley (6-1, 316, Jr., 2VL) Long Snapper
77 Zane Taylor (6-3, 305, Fr., RS) Defensive End 64 Clint Mower (6-0, 210, Jr., 1VL)
56 Greg Newman (6-4, 260, Jr., 1VL) 22 Malakai Mokofisi (6-2, 243, Sr., 2VL)
Right Tackle 41 Koa Misi (6-3, 263, So., JC)
68 Jason Boone (6-4, 300, Sr., 3VL) Short Snapper
65 Dustin Hensel (6-7, 320, Jr., 1VL) Rover Linebacker 64 Clint Mower (6-0, 210, Jr., 1VL)
10 Stevenson Sylvester (6-2, 210, So., 1VL) 22 Malakai Mokofisi (6-2, 243, Sr., 2VL)
Wide Receiver 19 Matt Martinez (6-0, 230, Fr., RS)
26 Derrek Richards (5-11, 175, Sr., 3VL) or Holder
88 Freddie Brown (6-3, 207, Jr., 2VL) Middle Linebacker 30 Ben Vroman (5-11, 187, So., 1VL)
44 Joe Jianonni (6-0, 235, Sr., 2VL) 7 R.J. Rice (5-8, 183, Jr., 1VL)
Wide Receiver 49 Mike Wright (6-2, 225, So., 1VL)
5 Brent Casteel (5-10, 193, Jr., 2VL) or Punt Returners
88 Freddie Brown (6-3, 207, Jr., 2VL) Stud Linebacker 16 Brian Hernandez (6-0, 183, Sr., 2VL)
22 Malakai Mokofisi (6-2, 243, Sr., 2VL) or 26 Derrek Richards (5-11, 175, Sr., 3VL)
Wide Receiver 14 Kyle Brady (6-1, 234, Sr., 3VL)
16 Brian Hernandez (6-0, 183, Sr., 2VL) or Kickoff Returners
81 Bradon Godfrey (6-3, 197, Jr., 1VL) Right Corner 1 Brice McCain (5-9, 189, Jr., 2VL)
4 Sean Smith (6-3, 217, So., 1VL) 5 Brent Casteel (5-10, 193, Jr., 2VL)
Quarterback 29 Justin Jones (5-10, 170, So., 1VL) 4 Sean Smith (6-3, 217, So., 1VL)
3 Brian Johnson (6-1, 210, Jr., 2VL) 26 Derrek Richards (5-11, 175, Sr., 3VL)
15 Tommy Grady (6-7, 235, Sr., 1VL) Left Corner
12 Chad Manis (6-5, 210, So., JC) 1 Brice McCain (5-9, 189, Jr., 2VL)
23 Mookie Murphy (5-9, 167, Fr., RS)
Running Back
9 Darryl Poston (5-11, 200, Sr., 2VL) or Free Safety
6 Darrell Mack (6-0, 219, Jr., 2VL) or 28 Steve Tate (5-11, 195, Sr., 2VL)
24 Ray Stowers (6-0, 223, Jr., 1VL) 7 R.J. Rice (5-8, 183, Jr., 1VL)
Tight End Strong Safety
48 Matt Sims (6-1, 251, Sr., 1VL) 43 Joe Dale (5-11, 197, So., 1VL)
89 Colt Sampson (6-4, 250, Jr., 1VL) or 31 Deshawn Richard (6-1, 196, Jr., JC)
11 Paul Kruger (6-5, 248, Fr., RS)
Nickel Back
8 Elijah Wesson (5-11, 175, So., 1VL) or
25 R.J. Stanford (5-11, 180, So., 1VL)
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2007 utah alphabetical roster
No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Exp. B-Date Age Hometown/Previous School
95 Neli A’asa DT 6-2 300 Fr. RS 2-16-88 19 Big Rapids, Mich./Big Rapids HS
76 David Astle OL 6-6 294 Fr. RS 3-24-85 22 Park City, Utah/ParkCity HS
68 Zane Beadles OL 6-4 312 So. 1VL 11-19-86 20 Sandy, Utah/Hillcrest HS
27 Garrett Black DB 6-0 182 So. HS 10-29-83 23 Washington, Utah/Utah Valley State
96 Matt Black DL 6-4 211 Fr. HS 2-14-86 21 Washington, Utah/Southern Utah
69 Jason Boone OL 6-4 300 Sr. 3VL 4-20-84 23 Fillmore, Utah/Millard HS
14 Kyle Brady LB 6-1 234 Sr. 3VL 11-7-84 22 Tooele, Utah/Tooele HS
88 Freddie Brown WR 6-3 207 Jr. 2VL 6-24-86 21 La Verne, Calif./Citrus JC
73 Daniel Bukarau OL 5-11 283 Fr. RS 10-20-85 21 Kailua, Hawaii/Kailua HS
57 Troy Bunting LB 5-10 215 So. JC 11-27-87 19 Draper, Utah/Glendale CC
93 Martail Burnett DE 6-3 262 Sr. 3VL 1-10-85 22 Los Angeles, Calif./David Starr Jordan HS
38 David Carroll K/P 6-0 191 So. 1VL 11-22-85 19 Bountiful, Utah/Bountiful HS
5 Brent Casteel WR 5-10 193 Jr. 2VL 7-12-85 22 San Francisco, Calif./Antioch HS
18 Kamai Chang DB 5-10 177 Fr. HS 11-16-85 21 Sandy, Utah/Alta HS
41 Jim Christensen WR 6-1 190 Fr. RS 10-10-84 23 Alpine, Utah/Lone Peak HS
34 Tysen Clements DB 6-0 203 Fr. RS 11-10-84 22 Salt Lake City/Skyline HS
12 Brad Clifford WR 6-4 213 Fr. RS 3-7-86 21 Salt Lake City/Olympus HS
60 Scott Coleman LS 6-2 210 Jr. HS 12-12-83 23 Salt Lake City/Olympus HS
66 Robert Conley OL 6-1 316 Jr. 2VL 4-17-86 21 La Marque, Texas/La Marque HS
54 Christian Cox LB 6-2 232 So. TR 12-11-85 21 Bountiful, Utah/Southern Utah
29 David Cravens WR 5-9 175 Fr. RS 11-7-88 18 La Jolla, Calif./La Jolla HS
43 Joe Dale DB 5-11 197 So. 1VL 12-18-86 20 Irving, Texas/Nimitz HS
40 Zac Eldridge RB 6-0 225 Fr. RS 4-12-88 19 Sandy, Utah/Cottonwood HS
92 Kenape Eliapo DL 6-0 303 So. 1VL 3-22-86 21 San Francisco, Calif./So. San Francisco HS
50 Nate Empey LB 6-1 211 So. SQ 4-24-85 22 Alpine, Utah/ Lone Peak HS
17 Sam Ewalefo WR 6-1 202 Fr. RS 12-24-87 19 Las Vegas, Nev./Palo Verde HS
51 Jacob Ferrin LB 6-2 225 Fr. HS 2-22-88 19 Rexburg, Idaho/Skyview HS
67 Lisiate Fevaleaki OL 5-10 287 Fr. HS 8-8-85 22 Salt Lake City/ Hunter HS
97 Isley Filiaga DL 6-0 305 So. TR 5-1-86 21 Orem, Utah/Brigham Young
85 Sean Fitzgerald WR 6-3 195 Fr. HS 4-28-88 19 Mission Viejo,Calif./Mission Viejo HS
79 Brody Flint OL 6-5 256 So. JC 5-27-85 22 Layton, Utah/Dixie State
47 Kevin Freestone LB 6-0 229 So. SQ 1-18-85 21 Sandy, Utah/Jordan HS
46 Kepa Gaison LB 5-10 217 So. SQ 3-20-87 20 Kaneohe, Hawaii/The Kamehameha School
81 Bradon Godfrey WR 6-3 197 Jr. 1VL 10-17-85 21 Layton, Utah/Southern Utah
15 Tommy Grady QB 6-7 235 Sr. 1VL 3-13-84 23 Huntington Beach, Calif./Oklahoma
63 Kyle Gunther OL 6-4 304 Sr. 1VL 6-26-85 22 Camarillo, Calif./Adolfo Camarillo HS
83 Ben Hendy TE 6-3 250 Jr. TR 9-9-86 20 Salt Lake City/Temple
65 Dustin Hensel OL 6-7 320 Jr. 1VL 11-22-85 21 La Palma, Calif./Golden West CC
16 Brian Hernandez WR 6-0 183 Sr. 2VL 4-13-84 23 Phoenix, Ariz./Pima CC
18 Mike Hicken WR 6-0 195 Fr. RS 3-19-88 19 Salt Lake City/Brighton HS
70 Jeremy Inferrera OL 6-3 296 Sr. 1VL 7-30-85 22 Honolulu, Hawaii/Hawaii
44 Joe Jiannoni LB 6-0 235 Sr. 2VL 12-27-84 22 La Quinta, Calif./La Quinta HS
3 Brian Johnson QB 6-1 210 Jr. 2VL 2-16-87 20 Baytown, Texas/Robert E. Lee HS
33 Chris Jones DB 5-10 182 Fr. RS 9-18-87 20 La Jolla, Calif./La Jolla HS
29 Justin Jones DB 5-10 170 So. 1VL 6-6-88 19 Marshall, Texas/Marshall HS
80 Chris Joppru TE 6-6 246 So. SQ 2-6-87 20 Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka HS
58 Kaleki Katoa DL 5-9 304 Fr. RS 1-10-88 19 Murray, Utah/Murray HS
52 Vilisoni Kotobalavu LB 6-4 209 Fr. RS 1-27-84 23 Kahuku, Hawaii/Kahuku HS
11 Paul Kruger TE 6-5 248 Fr. RS 2-15-86 21 Orem, Utah/Timpanogos HS
55 Pauli Latu DT 6-1 290 Fr. RS 4-2-88 19 West Valley City, Utah/Hunter HS
59 Daniel Le LB 6-0 225 Fr. RS 7-10-88 19 Orem, Utah/Timpview HS
38 Nick Leifting DB 6-1 180 Fr. HS 5-9-85 22 West Valley City, Utah/Hunter HS
20 Mike Liti RB 5-10 215 Sr. 3VL 5-7-84 23 Santa Ana, Calif./Foothill HS
94 Gabe Long DT 6-3 290 Sr. 1VL 1-3-85 22 Yorba Linda, Calif./Fullerton JC
19 Ben Macey QB 6-1 180 Fr. HS 10-29-85 21 Salt Lake City/Logan HS
6 Darrell Mack RB 6-0 219 Jr. 2VL 10-10-86 20 Spring Valley, Calif./Monte Vista HS
12 Chad Manis QB 6-5 210 So. JC 2-13-88 19 Lakewood, Calif./Cerritos College
19 Matt Martinez LB 6-0 230 Fr. RS 1-21-88 19 Murray, Utah/Cottonwood HS
1 Brice McCain DB 5-9 189 Jr. 2VL 12-10-86 20 Terrell, Texas/Terrell HS
7 B.J. McKenzie RB 5-9 210 Fr. HS 1-21-86 21 Lehi, Utah/Bethel HS
53 Zach Miller LB 6-1 236 Fr. HS 10-4-85 21 Salt Lake City/East HS
41 Koa Misi DL 6-3 263 So. JC 1-17-87 20 Santa Rosa, Calif./Santa Rosa JC
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22 Malakai Mokofisi LB 6-2 243 Sr. 2VL 6-24-85 22 Laie, Hawaii /Kailua HS
17 Nick Morrell DB 5-11 200 Fr. HS 8-19-87 20 Centerville, Utah/Bountiful HS
21 Trevor Moss RB 5-11 192 So. JC 10-13-83 23 Sandy, Utah/Northwest CC
39 Clint Mower LS 6-0 210 Jr. 1VL 11-2-84 22 Alpine, Utah/Dixie State College
23 Mookie Murphy DB 5-9 167 Fr. RS 11-10-87 19 Salt Lake City, Utah/Juan Diego Catholic HS
56 Greg Newman DL 6-4 260 Jr. 1VL 2-1-86 22 Thousand Oaks, Calif./Colorado
37 Loma Olevao LB 6-1 230 Sr. 2VL 12-24-81 25 Kahuku, Hawaii/Kahuku HS
3 John Peel DB 6-2 196 Jr. SQ 5-9-86 21 Scottsdale, Ariz./Chaparral HS
9 Darryl Poston RB 5-11 200 Sr. 2VL 8-8-83 24 Huntington Beach, Calif./USC
13 Alex Puccinelli DE 6-2 252 Sr. 2VL 3-26-85 22 Toluca Lake, Calif./Notre Dame HS
7 RJ Rice DB 5-8 183 Jr. 1VL 9-14-84 22 Salt Lake City/Southern Utah
31 Deshawn Richard DB 6-1 196 Jr. JC 5-12-86 21 Las Vegas, Nev./Victor Valley College
26 Derrek Richards WR 5-11 175 Sr. 3VL 12-12-83 23 American Fork, Utah/American Fork HS
87 Collin Robinson WR 5-10 180 Fr. HS 8-7-85 22 Draper, Utah/Alta HS
35 Louie Sakoda K/P 5-10 178 Jr. 2VL 10-28-86 20 San Jose, Calif./Branham HS
45 Colt Sampson TE 6-4 250 Jr. 1VL 3-18-83 24 Pleasant Grove, Utah/Pleasant Grove HS
72 Caleb Schlauderaff OL 6-5 300 Fr. RS 11-7-87 19 Shelton, Wash./Shelton HS
74 Corey Seiuli OL 6-3 320 Jr. 1VL 8-19-84 23 Provo, Utah/Dixie State College
48 Matt Sims TE 6-1 251 Sr. 1VL 10-30-85 21 Lompoc, Calif./Allan Hancock College
4 Sean Smith DB 6-3 217 So. 1VL 7-14-87 20 Pasadena, Calif./Blair HS
82 Tony Smith WR 6-0 177 Fr. RS 3-3-85 22 Pleasanton, Calif./Foothill HS
25 R.J. Stanford DB 5-11 180 So. 1VL 5-6-88 19 Chino, Calif./Chino HS
24 Ray Stowers RB 6-0 223 Jr. 1VL 2-2-85 22 Honolulu, Hawaii/Iolani HS
91 Casey Sutera DL 6-3 266 Sr. 1VL 7-17-84 23 Murray, Utah/Southern Utah
10 Stevenson Sylvester LB 6-2 210 So. 1VL 7-18-88 19 Las Vegas, Nev./Valley HS
28 Steve Tate DB 5-11 195 Sr. 2VL 1-11-83 24 Salt Lake City/Utah State
61 Ryan Taylor DL 6-4 219 Sr. TR 11-5-80 26 Sandy, Utah/Utah State
77 Zane Taylor OL 6-3 305 Fr. RS 4-23-88 19 Moab, Utah/Grand County HS
42 Tobias Titus LB 6-0 218 Fr. RS 3-28-83 24 Orem, Utah/EA Laney HS (N.C.)
98 Aaron Tonga DL 6-2 290 Jr. JC 10-10-83 22 Pomona, Calif./Mt. San Antonio College
86 Nano Tonga DL 6-5 265 Jr. SQ 5-17-84 23 West Valley City/Granger HS
99 Zeke Tuinei-Wily DL 6-4 308 So. 1VL 1-31-88 19 Orem, Utah/Orem HS
84 Peter Tuitupou TE 6-4 262 Fr. HS 2-21-88 19 Orem, Utah/Mountain View HS
30 Ben Vroman K/P 5-11 187 So. 1VL 4-22-87 20 Salt Lake City/Skyline HS
71 Walter Watts OL 6-2 300 Fr. RS 10-11-88 18 Los Banos, Calif./Los Banos HS
8 Elijah Wesson DB 5-11 175 So. 1VL 6-2-87 20 Compton, Calif./Dominguez HS
57 Tyler Williams OL 6-1 295 So. 1VL 2-28-87 20 Mililani, Hawaii/Kamehameha HS
2 Marquis Wilson WR 5-11 170 Jr. 2VL 11-11-86 20 Salt Lake City/Juan Diego HS
86 Ammaron Wolfgramm DB 5-11 180 So. SQ 9-22-84 22 Magna, Utah/Southern Utah
36 Josh Woods DB 5-10 197 So. SQ 9-3-86 20 Northville, Mich./Novi HS
49 Mike Wright LB 6-2 225 So. 1VL 6-6-86 21 Bountiful, Utah/Southern Utah
recruits for the fall
James Aiono DL 6-3 245 Fr. HS 1-23-89 18 West Valley City, Utah, Utah/Murray HS
Matt Asiata RB 6-0 235 Jr. JC 7-24-87 20 West Valley City, Utah/Snow College
Jereme Brooks WR 5-9 165 Fr. HS 4-23-89 18 League City, Texas/Clear Creek HS
Josh Broughton DB 5-11 185 Jr. JC 11-20-85 21 Virginia Beach, Va./Citrus College
27 Brandon Burton DB 6-0 172 Fr. HS 7-31-89 18 Houston, Texas/Clear Creek HS
Louis Finner OL 6-3 289 Fr. HS 4-19-89 18 Plano, Texas/Plano East HS
42 Nai Fotu DE 6-1 232 Fr. HS 8-20-88 19 Laie, Hawaii/Kahuku HS
17 Robert Johnson DB 6-3 176 So. JC 2-13-87 20 Los Angeles, Calif./L.A. Southwest College
Jamel King LB 6-3 217 Fr. HS 3-31-89 18 Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta HS
Corbin Louks QB 6-0 171 Fr. HS 4-10-89 18 Danville, Calif./San Ramon Valley HS
Mo Neal LB 6-2 205 Fr. HS 1-2-88 19 Oakland, Calif./San Leandro HS
Dallin Rogers TE 6-4 210 Fr. HS 8-23-89 18 Placerville, Calif./Union Mine HS
Thor Salanoa LB 6-2 187 Fr. HS 2-7-89 18 Honolulu, Hawaii/Radford HS
Derrick Shelby DE 6-3 201 Fr. HS 2-7-89 18 Houston, Texas/Hightower HS
Lei Talamaivao DT 6-2 272 Fr. HS 9-20-88 18 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga HS
21 Damilyn Tanner DB 5-10 175 Jr. JC 10-26-87 20 Sacramento, Calif./El Camino College
Justin Taplin-Ross LB 6-3 198 Fr. HS 3-26-89 18 Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta HS
Reggie Topps DB 5-11 164 Fr. HS 12-19-88 18 Prunedale, Calif./N. Monterey County HS
Eddie Wide RB/DB 5-10 170 Fr. HS 11-19-88 18 Las Vegas, Nev./Cimarron Memorial HS
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No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Exp. B-Date Age Hometown/Previous School
1 Brice McCain DB 5-9 189 Jr. 2VL 12-10-86 20 Terrell, Texas/Terrell HS
2 Marquis Wilson WR 5-11 170 Jr. 2VL 11-11-86 20 Salt Lake City/Juan Diego HS
3 Brian Johnson QB 6-1 210 Jr. 2VL 2-16-87 20 Baytown, Texas/Robert E. Lee HS
3 John Peel DB 6-2 196 Jr. SQ 5-9-86 21 Scottsdale, Ariz./Chaparral HS
4 Sean Smith DB 6-3 217 So. 1VL 7-14-87 20 Pasadena, Calif./Blair HS
5 Brent Casteel WR 5-10 193 Jr. 2VL 7-12-85 22 San Francisco, Calif./Antioch HS
6 Darrell Mack RB 6-0 219 Jr. 2VL 10-10-86 20 Spring Valley, Calif./Monte Vista HS
7 B.J. McKenzie RB 5-9 210 Fr. HS 1-21-86 21 Lehi, Utah/Bethel HS
7 RJ Rice DB 5-8 183 Jr. 1VL 9-14-84 22 Salt Lake City/Southern Utah
8 Elijah Wesson DB 5-11 175 So. 1VL 6-2-87 20 Compton, Calif./Dominguez HS
9 Darryl Poston RB 5-11 200 Sr. 2VL 8-8-83 24 Huntington Beach, Calif./USC
10 Stevenson Sylvester LB 6-2 210 So. 1VL 7-18-88 19 Las Vegas, Nev./Valley HS
11 Paul Kruger TE 6-5 248 Fr. RS 2-15-86 21 Orem, Utah/Timpanogos HS
12 Brad Clifford WR 6-4 213 Fr. RS 3-7-86 21 Salt Lake City/Olympus HS
12 Chad Manis QB 6-5 210 So. JC 2-13-88 19 Lakewood, Calif./Cerritos College
13 Alex Puccinelli DE 6-2 252 Sr. 2VL 3-26-85 22 Toluca Lake, Calif./Notre Dame HS
14 Kyle Brady LB 6-1 234 Sr. 3VL 11-7-84 22 Tooele, Utah/Tooele HS
15 Tommy Grady QB 6-7 235 Sr. 1VL 3-13-84 23 Huntington Beach, Calif./Oklahoma
16 Brian Hernandez WR 6-0 183 Sr. 2VL 4-13-84 23 Phoenix, Ariz./Pima CC
17 Sam Ewalefo WR 6-1 202 Fr. RS 12-24-87 19 Las Vegas, Nev./Palo Verde HS
17 Nick Morrell DB 5-11 200 Fr. HS 8-19-87 20 Centerville, Utah/Bountiful HS
18 Kamai Chang DB 5-10 177 Fr. HS 11-16-85 21 Sandy, Utah/Alta HS
18 Mike Hicken WR 6-0 195 Fr. RS 3-19-88 19 Salt Lake City/Brighton HS
19 Ben Macey QB 6-1 180 Fr. HS 10-29-85 21 Salt Lake City/Logan HS
19 Matt Martinez LB 6-0 230 Fr. RS 1-21-88 19 Murray, Utah/Cottonwood HS
20 Mike Liti RB 5-10 215 Sr. 3VL 5-7-84 23 Santa Ana, Calif./Foothill HS
21 Trevor Moss RB 5-11 192 So. JC 10-13-83 23 Sandy, Utah/Northwest CC
22 Malakai Mokofisi LB 6-2 243 Sr. 2VL 6-24-85 22 Laie, Hawaii /Kailua HS
23 Mookie Murphy DB 5-9 167 Fr. RS 11-10-87 19 Salt Lake City, Utah/Juan Diego Catholic HS
24 Ray Stowers RB 6-0 223 Jr. 1VL 2-2-85 22 Honolulu, Hawaii/Iolani HS
25 R.J. Stanford DB 5-11 180 So. 1VL 5-6-88 19 Chino, Calif./Chino HS
26 Derrek Richards WR 5-11 175 Sr. 3VL 12-12-83 23 American Fork, Utah/American Fork HS
27 Garrett Black DB 6-0 182 So. HS 10-29-83 23 Washington, Utah/Utah Valley State
28 Steve Tate DB 5-11 195 Sr. 2VL 1-11-83 24 Salt Lake City/Utah State
29 David Cravens WR 5-9 175 Fr. RS 11-7-88 18 La Jolla, Calif./La Jolla HS
29 Justin Jones DB 5-10 170 So. 1VL 6-6-88 19 Marshall, Texas/Marshall HS
30 Ben Vroman K/P 5-11 187 So. 1VL 4-22-87 20 Salt Lake City/Skyline HS
31 Deshawn Richard DB 6-1 196 Jr. JC 5-12-86 21 Las Vegas, Nev./Victor Valley College
33 Chris Jones DB 5-10 182 Fr. RS 9-18-87 20 La Jolla, Calif./La Jolla HS
34 Tysen Clements DB 6-0 203 Fr. RS 11-10-84 22 Salt Lake City/Skyline HS
35 Louie Sakoda K/P 5-10 178 Jr. 2VL 10-28-86 20 San Jose, Calif./Branham HS
36 Josh Woods DB 5-10 197 So. SQ 9-3-86 20 Northville, Mich./Novi HS
37 Loma Olevao LB 6-1 230 Sr. 2VL 12-24-81 25 Kahuku, Hawaii/Kahuku HS
38 David Carroll K/P 6-0 191 So. 1VL 11-22-85 19 Bountiful, Utah/Bountiful HS
38 Nick Leifting DB 6-1 180 Fr. HS 5-9-85 22 West Valley City, Utah/Hunter HS
39 Clint Mower LS 6-0 210 Jr. 1VL 11-2-84 22 Alpine, Utah/Dixie State College
40 Zac Eldridge RB 6-0 225 Fr. RS 4-12-88 19 Sandy, Utah/Cottonwood HS
41 Jim Christensen WR 6-1 190 Fr. RS 10-10-84 23 Alpine, Utah/Lone Peak HS
41 Koa Misi DL 6-3 263 So. JC 1-17-87 20 Santa Rosa, Calif./Santa Rosa JC
42 Tobias Titus LB 6-0 218 Fr. RS 3-28-83 24 Orem, Utah/EA Laney HS (N.C.)
43 Joe Dale DB 5-11 197 So. 1VL 12-18-86 20 Irving, Texas/Nimitz HS
44 Joe Jiannoni LB 6-0 235 Sr. 2VL 12-27-84 22 La Quinta, Calif./La Quinta HS
45 Colt Sampson TE 6-4 250 Jr. 1VL 3-18-83 24 Pleasant Grove, Utah/Pleasant Grove HS
46 Kepa Gaison LB 5-10 217 So. SQ 3-20-87 20 Kaneohe, Hawaii/The Kamehameha School
47 Kevin Freestone LB 6-0 229 So. SQ 1-18-85 21 Sandy, Utah/Jordan HS
48 Matt Sims TE 6-1 251 Sr. 1VL 10-30-85 21 Lompoc, Calif./Allan Hancock College
49 Mike Wright LB 6-2 225 So. 1VL 6-6-86 21 Bountiful, Utah/Southern Utah
50 Nate Empey LB 6-1 211 So. SQ 4-24-85 22 Alpine, Utah/ Lone Peak HS
51 Jacob Ferrin LB 6-2 225 Fr. HS 2-22-88 19 Rexburg, Idaho/Skyview HS
52 Vilisoni Kotobalavu LB 6-4 209 Fr. RS 1-27-84 23 Kahuku, Hawaii/Kahuku HS
53 Zach Miller LB 6-1 236 Fr. HS 10-4-85 21 Salt Lake City/East HS
54 Christian Cox LB 6-2 232 So. TR 12-11-85 21 Bountiful, Utah/Southern Utah
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55 Pauli Latu DT 6-1 290 Fr. RS 4-2-88 19 West Valley City, Utah/Hunter HS
56 Greg Newman DL 6-4 260 Jr. 1VL 2-1-86 22 Thousand Oaks, Calif./Colorado
57 Troy Bunting LB 5-10 215 So. JC 11-27-87 19 Draper, Utah/Glendale CC
57 Tyler Williams OL 6-1 295 So. 1VL 2-28-87 20 Mililani, Hawaii/Kamehameha HS
58 Kaleki Katoa DL 5-9 304 Fr. RS 1-10-88 19 Murray, Utah/Murray HS
59 Daniel Le LB 6-0 225 Fr. RS 7-10-88 19 Orem, Utah/Timpview HS
60 Scott Coleman LS 6-2 210 Jr. HS 12-12-83 23 Salt Lake City/Olympus HS
61 Ryan Taylor DL 6-4 219 Sr. TR 11-5-80 26 Sandy, Utah/Utah State
63 Kyle Gunther OL 6-4 304 Sr. 1VL 6-26-85 22 Camarillo, Calif./Adolfo Camarillo HS
65 Dustin Hensel OL 6-7 320 Jr. 1VL 11-22-85 21 La Palma, Calif./Golden West CC
66 Robert Conley OL 6-1 316 Jr. 2VL 4-17-86 21 La Marque, Texas/La Marque HS
67 Lisiate Fevaleaki OL 5-10 287 Fr. HS 8-8-85 22 Salt Lake City/ Hunter HS
68 Zane Beadles OL 6-4 312 So. 1VL 11-19-86 20 Sandy, Utah/Hillcrest HS
69 Jason Boone OL 6-4 300 Sr. 3VL 4-20-84 23 Fillmore, Utah/Millard HS
70 Jeremy Inferrera OL 6-3 296 Sr. 1VL 7-30-85 22 Honolulu, Hawaii/Hawaii
71 Walter Watts OL 6-2 300 Fr. RS 10-11-88 18 Los Banos, Calif./Los Banos HS
72 Caleb Schlauderaff OL 6-5 300 Fr. RS 11-7-87 19 Shelton, Wash./Shelton HS
73 Daniel Bukarau OL 5-11 283 Fr. RS 10-20-85 21 Kailua, Hawaii/Kailua HS
74 Corey Seiuli OL 6-3 320 Jr. 1VL 8-19-84 23 Provo, Utah/Dixie State College
76 David Astle OL 6-6 294 Fr. RS 3-24-85 22 Park City, Utah/ParkCity HS
77 Zane Taylor OL 6-3 305 Fr. RS 4-23-88 19 Moab, Utah/Grand County HS
79 Brody Flint OL 6-5 256 So. JC 5-27-85 22 Layton, Utah/Dixie State
80 Chris Joppru TE 6-6 246 So. SQ 2-6-87 20 Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka HS
81 Bradon Godfrey WR 6-3 197 Jr. 1VL 10-17-85 21 Layton, Utah/Southern Utah
82 Tony Smith WR 6-0 177 Fr. RS 3-3-85 22 Pleasanton, Calif./Foothill HS
83 Ben Hendy TE 6-3 250 Jr. TR 9-9-86 20 Salt Lake City/Temple
84 Peter Tuitupou TE 6-4 262 Fr. HS 2-21-88 19 Orem, Utah/Mountain View HS
85 Sean Fitzgerald WR 6-3 195 Fr. HS 4-28-88 19 Mission Viejo,Calif./Mission Viejo HS
86 Nano Tonga DL 6-5 265 Jr. SQ 5-17-84 23 West Valley City/Granger HS
86 Ammaron Wolfgramm DB 5-11 180 So. SQ 9-22-84 22 Magna, Utah/Southern Utah
87 Collin Robinson WR 5-10 180 Fr. HS 8-7-85 22 Draper, Utah/Alta HS
88 Freddie Brown WR 6-3 207 Jr. 2VL 6-24-86 21 La Verne, Calif./Citrus JC
91 Casey Sutera DL 6-3 266 Sr. 1VL 7-17-84 23 Murray, Utah/Southern Utah
92 Kenape Eliapo DL 6-0 303 So. 1VL 3-22-86 21 San Francisco, Calif./So. San Francisco HS
93 Martail Burnett DE 6-3 262 Sr. 3VL 1-10-85 22 Los Angeles, Calif./David Starr Jordan HS
94 Gabe Long DT 6-3 290 Sr. 1VL 1-3-85 22 Yorba Linda, Calif./Fullerton JC
95 Neli A’asa DT 6-2 300 Fr. RS 2-16-88 19 Big Rapids, Mich./Big Rapids HS
96 Matt Black DL 6-4 211 Fr. HS 2-14-86 21 Washington, Utah/Southern Utah
97 Isley Filiaga DL 6-0 305 So. TR 5-1-86 21 Orem, Utah/Brigham Young
98 Aaron Tonga DL 6-2 290 Jr. JC 10-10-83 22 Pomona, Calif./Mt. San Antonio College
99 Zeke Tuinei-Wily DL 6-4 308 So. 1VL 1-31-88 19 Orem, Utah/Orem HS
recruits for the fall
James Aiono DL 6-3 245 Fr. HS 1-23-89 18 West Valley City, Utah, Utah/Murray HS
Matt Asiata RB 6-0 235 Jr. JC 7-24-87 20 West Valley City, Utah/Snow College
Jereme Brooks WR 5-9 165 Fr. HS 4-23-89 18 League City, Texas/Clear Creek HS
Josh Broughton DB 5-11 185 Jr. JC 11-20-85 21 Virginia Beach, Va./Citrus College
27 Brandon Burton DB 6-0 172 Fr. HS 7-31-89 18 Houston, Texas/Clear Creek HS
Louis Finner OL 6-3 289 Fr. HS 4-19-89 18 Plano, Texas/Plano East HS
42 Nai Fotu DE 6-1 232 Fr. HS 8-20-88 19 Laie, Hawaii/Kahuku HS
17 Robert Johnson DB 6-3 176 So. JC 2-13-87 20 Los Angeles, Calif./L.A. Southwest College
Jamel King LB 6-3 217 Fr. HS 3-31-89 18 Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta HS
Corbin Louks QB 6-0 171 Fr. HS 4-10-89 18 Danville, Calif./San Ramon Valley HS
Mo Neal LB 6-2 205 Fr. HS 1-2-88 19 Oakland, Calif./San Leandro HS
Dallin Rogers TE 6-4 210 Fr. HS 8-23-89 18 Placerville, Calif./Union Mine HS
Thor Salanoa LB 6-2 187 Fr. HS 2-7-89 18 Honolulu, Hawaii/Radford HS
Derrick Shelby DE 6-3 201 Fr. HS 2-7-89 18 Houston, Texas/Hightower HS
Lei Talamaivao DT 6-2 272 Fr. HS 9-20-88 18 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga HS
21 Damilyn Tanner DB 5-10 175 Jr. JC 10-26-87 20 Sacramento, Calif./El Camino College
Justin Taplin-Ross LB 6-3 198 Fr. HS 3-26-89 18 Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta HS
Reggie Topps DB 5-11 164 Fr. HS 12-19-88 18 Prunedale, Calif./N. Monterey County HS
Eddie Wide RB/DB 5-10 170 Fr. HS 11-19-88 18 Las Vegas, Nev./Cimarron Memorial HS
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how the utes were built
scholarship players walk-ons
2003 Chris Joppru Walter Watts 2004 R.J. Rice (TR, RM)
Jason Boone Darrell Mack Elijah Wesson (W/O) Daniel Bukurau (RM) Tobias Titus
Kyle Brady Brice McCain David Carroll (RM) Ammaron Wolfgramm (RM)
Martail Burnett Louie Sakoda (W/O) 2007 Brad Clifford (RM) Mike Wright (TR, RM)
Kyle Gunther Sean Smith James Aiono
Joe Jiannoni Casey Sutera (TR, W/O) Matt Asiata (JC) 2005 2007
Mike Liti Tyler Williams Jereme Brooks Nate Empey (RM) Garrett Black (TR, RM)
Malakai Mokofisi (W/O) Marquis Wilson Josh Broughton (JC) Kevin Freestone (RM) Matt Black (TR, RM)
Loma Olevao (RM) Brandon Burton Kepa Gaison Troy Bunting (JC)
Alex Puccinelli 2006 Louis Finner Greg Newman (TR) Kamai Chang (RM)
Derrek Richards (W/O) Neli A’asa Nai Fotu Ben Vroman Scott Coleman (RM)
Joe Dale Mike Honeycutt Josh Woods Christian Cox (TR, RM)
2004 Sean Fitzgerald Robert Johnson (JC) Jacob Ferrin
Brent Casteel Dustin Hensel (JC) Jamel King 2006 Lisiate Fevaleaki
Robert Conley Justin Jones Corbin Louks David Astle (RM) Isley Filiaga (RM)
Brian Johnson Pauli Latu Chad Manis (JC) Jim Christensen (RM) Brody Flint (JC)
Paul Kruger (RM) Gabe Long (JC) Koa Misi (JC) Tysen Clements (RM) Ben Hendy (JC)
John Peel Matt Martinez (W/O) Mo Neal David Cravens Nick Leifting (RM)
Darryl Poston (TR) Clint Mower (JC, RM, W/O) Deshawn Richard (JC) Zac Eldridge Ben Macey (RM)
Colt Sampson (RM) Mookie Murphy Griff Robles Sam Ewalefo B.J. McKenzie
Ray Stowers Caleb Schlauderaff Dallin Rogers Mike Hicken Zach Miller (RM)
Steve Tate (TR, RM, W/O) Corey Seiuli (JC, RM) Thor Salanoa Chris Jones Nick Morrell
Matt Sims (JC) Derrick Shelby Kaleki Katoa Trevor Moss (JC, RM)
2005 Tony Smith Lei Talamaivao Vilisoni Kotobalavu (RM) Collin Robinson (RM)
Zane Beadles R.J. Stanford Damilyn Tanner (JC) Daniel Le Ryan Taylor (TR, RM)
Freddie Brown (JC) Stevenson Sylvester Justin Taplin-Ross
Kenape Eliapo Zane Taylor Westlee Tonga Legend
Bradon Godfrey (TR, W/O) Aaron Tonga (JC) Reggie Topps TR=Transfer
Tommy Grady (TR, W/O) Nano Tonga (NQ, RM) Eddie Wide JC=Junior College Transfer
Brian Hernandez (JC) Zeke Tuinei-Wily W/O=Walk-on awarded scholarship
Jeremy Inferrera (TR, W/O) Peter Tuitupou NQ=Non-qualifier
RM=Returned Missionary
2007 utah football recruiting class roster
Previous School ........................Pos...............Hgt. ............. Wgt. ...............Cl. ............... Exp. ............ Hometown/Last School
James Aiono ................................DL.................6-3 ............... 245 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... West Valley City, Utah, Utah/Murray HS
Matt Asiata ...................................RB ................6-0 ............... 235 .................Jr. ................ JC................ West Valley City, Utah/Snow College
Jereme Brooks ............................WR ...............5-9 ............... 165 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... League City, Texas/Clear Creek HS
Josh Broughton ...........................DB ................5-11.............. 185 .................Jr. ................ JC................ Virginia Beach, Va./Citrus College
Brandon Burton ...........................DB ................6-0 ............... 172 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... Houston, Texas/Clear Creek HS
Louis Finner .................................OL ................6-3 ............... 289 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... Plano, Texas/Plano East HS
Nai Fotu .......................................DE ................6-1 ............... 232 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... Laie, Hawaii/Kahuku HS
Mike Honeycutt ............................DB ................5-11.............. 150 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... Cedar Hills, Utah/Lone Peak HS
Robert Johnson ...........................DB ................6-3 ............... 176 .................So. .............. JC................ Los Angeles, Calif./L.A. Southwest College
Jamel King ...................................LB .................6-3 ............... 217 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta HS
Corbin Louks ...............................QB ................6-0 ............... 171 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... Danville, Calif./San Ramon Valley HS
Chad Manis .................................QB ................6-5 ............... 201 .................So. .............. JC................ Lakewood, Calif./Cerritos College
Koa Misi .......................................DL.................6-3 ............... 253 .................So. .............. JC................ Santa Rosa, Calif./Santa Rosa JC
Mo Neal .......................................LB .................6-2 ............... 205 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... Oakland, Calif./San Leandro HS
Deshawn Richard ........................DB ................6-1 ............... 192 .................Jr. ................ JC................ Las Vegas, Nev./Victor Valley College
Griff Robles..................................QB ................6-5 ............... 220 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... Spanish Fork, Utah/Spanish Fork HS
Dallin Rogers ...............................TE.................6-4 ............... 210 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... Placerville, Calif./Union Mine HS
Thor Salanoa ...............................LB .................6-2 ............... 187 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... Honolulu, Hawaii/Radford HS
Derrick Shelby .............................DE ................6-3 ............... 201 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... Houston, Texas/Hightower HS
Lei Talamaivao.............................DT ................6-2 ............... 272 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga HS
Damilyn Tanner............................DB ................5-10 ............. 175 .................Jr. ................ JC................ Sacramento, Calif./El Camino College
Justin Taplin-Ross .......................LB .................6-3 ............... 198 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta HS
Westlee Tonga .............................TE.................6-4 ............... 211 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... Spring, Texas/Spring HS
Reggie Topps...............................DB ................5-11.............. 164 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... Prunedale, Calif./N. Monterey County HS
Eddie Wide ..................................RB/DB ..........5-10 ............. 170 .................Fr. ............... HS ............... Las Vegas, Nev./Cimarron Memorial HS
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offense Johnson, who will turn 20 in May, is
Strengths: Quarterback, Receiver, Line the clear front-runner at quarterback, in
Question Mark: Running Back part because the playbook expands with
him in the lineup. The MWC’s leading
On paper, Utah returns all but two passer in 2005, he can also can also tuck
starting offensive players from a year the ball and out-run defenders.
ago, which is good news in itself. On There is not a lot of NCAA game
turf, the news is even better. Utah’s start- experience behind Johnson, although
ing quarterback in 2005 – who led the Tommy Grady (6-7, 235, Sr.) is ready-
Mountain West Conference and finished ing for his fifth collegiate season. A
fourth in the nation in total offense – is transfer from Oklahoma, Grady played
back from a knee injury and ready to in five games for the Sooners in 2004 as
resume his starting duties. the freshman backup to Heisman Trophy
He’ll deliver the ball to the same re- winner Jason White. He appeared in
ceivers he did two years ago when Utah seven games for Utah last year, complet-
averaged 473.0 total yards and 30 points ing 7-of-14 passes. A prototypical drop
per game. And the junior-to-be should back passer, Grady’s best assets are his
have time to make good decisions, with size and powerful arm.
every key offensive lineman but one The Utes signed three quarterbacks Brent Casteel, one of the most exciting receivers in the
returning. in the most recent class, and one – Chad nation, is also a running threat.
Here’s a look at Utah’s offensive per- Manis (6-5, 210, So.) – joined the team
sonnel. Year listed indicates the player’s at the semester break and will participate percent of Utah’s receiving yards. Little
eligibility status in the fall. in spring ball. He passed for over 1,300 wonder the 2007 signing class contains
yards and rushed for nearly 300 yards just one receiver, Texas prep star Jereme
Quarterback in his only season of JC ball in 2006. Brooks (5-9, 165, Fr.).
Brian Johnson (6-1, 210, Jr.), a Freshman recruits include Griff Robles
medical redshirt last season, is fully- (6-5, 220) and Corbin Louks (6-0, 171). Running Back
recovered from December 2005 knee Robles plans to serve an LDS church Utah’s running back corps returns in-
surgery and ready to resume his starting mission before enrolling. tact, led by senior starter Darryl Poston
job. Johnson won second-team all-MWC (5-11, 200, Sr.), who received a seventh
honors as a sophomore in 2005, when Wide Receiver year of eligibility from the NCAA fol-
he completed nearly 64-percent of his No team in the conference can match lowing last season. Poston led Utah with
passes for 2,892 yards and 18 touch- Utah’s depth, experience and talent at 553 yards on 145 carries and averaged
downs. He also finished the season as wideout. The six top receivers from a close to four yards a rush.
Utah’s second-leading rusher – netting year ago are all back, including leading Complimenting Poston’s slashing
478 yards on the ground. receiver Derek Richards (5-11, 175, Sr.) style of play are downhill runners Dar-
and second-team all-conference selection rell Mack (6-0, 219, Jr.) and Ray Stow-
Brent Casteel (5-10, 193, Jr.). ers (6-0, 223, Jr.). Mack and Stowers
Along with Richards (60 receptions, boast more potential than playing time
717 yards, 6 touchdowns) and Casteel and will share the backup duties in the
(39 catches, 600 yards, 10 TDs), four spring while Mike Liti (5-10, 215, Sr.)
other receivers started at least once last recuperates from knee surgery.
year – including Brian Hernandez (6-0, The starter won’t be determined
183, Sr.), whose 47 catches ranked sec- until fall in any case, since that’s when
ond on the team. highly-touted junior college transfer
The group offers a little bit of ev- Matt Asiata (6-0, 235, Jr.) joins the
erything. Speed receivers Richards and competition. Asiata, a 2006 juco All-
Marquis Wilson (5-11, 170, Jr.) are deep American, rushed for 1,365 yards and 15
ball threats. Casteel’s speed makes him touchdowns, while averaging 6.3 yards
a dual threat, as he was also Utah’s sec- per rush and 136.5 yards per game.
ond-leading rusher last year (51 rushes
for 262 yards and a 5.1-yard average). Offensive Line/Tight End
Hernandez and Bradon Godfrey (6-3, The offensive line must find a
197, Jr.) have great hands and are utterly replacement for first-team all-conference
fearless, while Freddie Brown’s size (6- tackle Tavo Tupola, but experience is the
Brian Johnson returns at quarterback. He led the MWC 3, 207, Jr.) poses problems for defenders. rule of thumb. Right guard Robert Con-
in total offense in 2005, and ranked fourth in the nation. Combined, the six accounted for 90- ley (6-1, 316, Jr.) and right tackle Jason
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Boone (6-4, 300, Sr.) will surely get defense
votes on the preseason all-MWC team. Strengths: Linebacker, Line
Honorable mention a year ago, both are Question Mark: Secondary
preparing to start for a third season.
Also poised to challenge for honors Utah defensive coordinator Gary An-
after dominating at their positions as dersen will be a busy man in the coming
first-year starters in 2006 are center Kyle months, plugging holes left by gradua-
Gunther (6-4, 304, Sr.) and left guard tion. Nowhere were the Utes harder hit
Zane Beadles (6-4, 312, So.). In line to than in the secondary, where Consensus
replace Tupola is Jeremy Inferrera (6-3, All-American Eric Weddle terrorized of-
296, Sr.), Utah’s top sub a year ago. fenses for the past four years.
The maturation of the backups might The Utes also lost two all-conference
be the most critical factor on the offen- players off the line, a starting linebacker
sive line, as only tackle Dustin Hensel and one of the top safeties in the confer-
(6-7, 320, Jr.) has much in the way of ence.
game experience. The coaches like the While replacing six starters may
potential of redshirt freshmen Walter seem like a daunting task, Utah’s newest
Watts (6-2, 300), Caleb Schlauderauff two deep features a dozen players with
(6-5, 300) and Zane Taylor (6-3, 305). significant playing experience – among Martail Burnett, Utah’s sack leader a year ago, could be
The top two tight ends from a year them the leading tackler from 2006. the best defensive end in the conference.
ago will again play a critical role in the
blocking scheme. Starter Matt Sims (6- Defensive Line a starting position at end in Utah’s 4-3
1, 251, Sr.) and Colt Sampson (6-4, 250, Gone are the two most imposing alignment after coming off the bench
Jr.) also developed into pass-catching figures on Utah’s defensive line a year in every game last year is Greg New-
threats in their first year of play at Utah. ago – 300-pound all-conference tackles man (6-4, 260, Jr.). Newman can expect
Kelly Talavou and Paul Soliai. However, competition from talented mid-year JC
don’t be surprised to see honor candi- transfer Koa Misi (6-3, 263, So.).
dates to emerge from their giant shadows
as a result of Utah’s time-tested platoon Linebacker
system. Linebacker is the one area on the
Kenape Eliapo (6-0, 303, So.) defense largely unaffected by departures.
and Gabe Long (6-3, 290, Sr.) spelled Highlighting the group is 2006 second-
Talavou and Soliai with some regularity team all-conference ’backer Joe Jianon-
in 2006 and feel fully prepared to start ni (6-0, 235, Sr.). Jianonni’s rugged style
at tackle and nose guard, respectively. of play and 92 tackles a year ago make
Ready to replace them as key back- him an ideal first-team candidate this fall.
ups in the tackle rotation are lettermen
Zeke Tuinei-Wily (6-4, 308, So.) and
Casey Sutera (6-3, 266, Sr.), along with
redshirt freshman Neli A’asa (6-2, 300)
and junior college transfer Aaron Tonga
(6-2, 290, Jr.).
Fewer introductions will be neces-
sary at end, where three of the four
main players from a year ago return.
Robert Conley will start for a third straight year at right Martial Burnett (6-3, 262, Sr.), honor-
guard. He was honorable mention all-MWC last year. able mention all-conference a year ago,
should establish himself as the best end
in the league this fall. The rangy, athletic
Burnett led the Utes in sacks (5.5) and
tackles for loss (10.5) and ranked third
in the MWC in both categories. Another
familiar face, Alex Puccinelli (6-2, 252,
Sr.), has played plenty of downs, not only
as Burnett’s backup, but also a starter
in the nickel package. Hoping to secure Joe Jianonni, a second-team all-MWC linebacker a year
ago, will be a favorite for first-team honors in 2007.
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Jianonni’s hold on the starting job at led the nation in net punting, and a large
middle linebacker is all but guaranteed, measure of credit went to Sakoda, who
unlike the case at stud linebacker, where averaged 44.0 yards per punt and placed
seniors Malakai Mokofisi (6-2, 243) and 30 of his 59 punts inside the opponent
Kyle Brady (6-1, 234) have slugged it 20-yard-line.
out for the starting job for the past two Sakoda isn’t the only potential
years. They’ll do so again this year, but award-winning kicker on the roster,
regardless of who gets the starting nod, however. David Carroll, perfect from
both will see significant playing time. the field (5-of-5) and on PATs (44-of-44)
Only at rover must the Utes replace a as a true freshman in 2004, returned from
starter, and even that stat is a bit mislead- a Mormon Church mission in January.
ing. Stevenson Sylvester (6-2, 210, So.) Ben Vroman, who handled all of the
started two games as a true freshman, kickoffs a year ago, and starting snapper
only to lose his starting job due to an Clint Mower, will hold those positions
ankle injury. When Sylvester returned, again this fall.
redshirt freshman J.J. Williams had Another special teams stronghold
moved in on his territory. But with Wil- is the kickoff return team, where Brice
liams gone on a church mission for the McCain won the starting job midway
next two seasons, the athletic Sylvester Brice McCain is Utah’s only returning starter at corner. through 2006 and slashed his way to
has designs on becoming one of the top He led Utah with five pass breakups last year. honorable mention all-league status by
linebackers in the league. averaging 22.4 yards on 18 runbacks.
Backups to watch are redshirt fresh- a year ago. Dale is the early favorite McCain wasn’t the only reason
man Matt Martinez (6-0, 230) and to start at strong safety. Others in the behind Utah’s league-leading 21.8-yard
sophomore Mike Wright (6-2, 225). defensive backfield mix include redshirt kickoff return average. Derrek Richards
freshman corner Mookie Murphy (5-9, (5 returns, 25.8 average in 2006) and
Secondary 167, Fr.) and mid-year juco transfer Brent Casteel (8 returns, 17.9 average)
Perhaps no position on the team will safety Deshawn Richard (6-1, 196, Jr.). will again compliment McCain, and
receive more scrutiny than the second- Sean Smith is pressing the starters.
ary, which graduated a strong safety and special teams Punt returns will be the domain of
three of the four primary corners, includ- Strengths: Kicking, Punting, Returns Brian Hernandez and Marquis Wilson.
ing one of the best in the entire nation Question Mark: Holder Overseeing the entire operation will
(Weddle). be Jay Hill, who served as Utah’s co-spe-
Starters Steve Tate (5-11, 195, Sr.) “Special” aptly describes Utah spe- cial teams coordinator for the past two
at free safety, and Brice McCain (5-9, cial teams, which boast the 2006 MWC years. New to his plate will be coaching
189, Jr.) at corner have combined to play co-Special Teams MVP, an honorable the return teams.
more downs than every other candidate mention all-conference kickoff returner
in the secondary combined. Tate led the and the league’s second-leading punt
Utes and finished second in the MWC returner.
with 102 tackles in an honorable mention Headlining the special teams is
all-conference season. McCain started in junior Louie Sakoda, a candidate for the
12 games last year and led the Utes with Lou Groza and Ray Guy awards, as the
five pass breakups. nation’s best kicker and punter, respec-
One of the most intriguing starting tively. Sakoda was voted the Mountain
prospects is sophomore Sean Smith (6-3, West Conference Special Teams co-MVP
217, So.), who moved from receiver to as a sophomore and capped his season
corner in time for postseason play. If with an MVP performance at the Armed
Smith can convert from catching balls to Forces Bowl. He made 80-percent
covering receivers, his size, speed and (16-of-20) of his field goal tries, includ-
athleticism will make him a dominating ing a school record-tying four makes
force. against Tulsa in the Armed Forces Bowl.
Corners Elijah Wesson (5-11, 175, Sakoda’s 91 kick-scoring points in 2006
So.) and Justin Jones (5-10, 170,So.), were the second-most in school history
and safeties Joe Dale (5-11, 197, So.), and he led the league in PATs by hitting
R.J. Stanford (5-11, 180, So.) and 43-of-43 attempts.
R.J. Rice (5-8, 183, Jr.) can’t lay claim Equally valuable to the defense as a
to much defensive game-time, but all punter, Sakoda regularly pinned oppo- Louie Sakoda, the 2006 MWC Speical Teams co-Player
played big roles for Utah’s special teams nents deep in their own territory. Utah of the Year, will vie for national honors this fall.
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head coach kyle whittingham
(the 2005 Fiesta Bowl). Whittingham spent
the 2004 season as the defensive coordina-
tor for Utah’s 12-0, No. 4-ranked team, but
served as the co-head coach in the Fiesta
Bowl in January.
He lost most of that team’s big guns to
graduation and the NFL draft (quarterback
Alex Smith was the No. 1 draft pick that
spring, and four other players were drafted as
well). Despite an almost entirely new starting
lineup, the 2005 Utes succeeded both offen-
sively and defensively—leading the Moun-
kyle whittingham tain West Conference in total offense (12th in
the nation) and finishing second in total de-
utah record: -0 (2 years) fense. By season’s end, they resembled their
career record: -0 (2 years) No. 4-ranked predecessor with victories over
bowl record: 2-0 Brigham Young and No. 24 Georgia Tech.
With the 2005 Emerald Bowl appearance,
education Whittingham became the only rookie head
brigham Young, 1984 coach ever to take a Utah team to a bowl.
bachelor’s in educational psychology Participating in a bowl game as a first-
brigham Young, 1987 year head coach wasn’t Whittingham’s first
t
master’s in athletic administration contribution to the record books. That mile-
hird-year utah football coach kyle
stone came in the 2005 season-opener, when
personal data whittingham is getting accustomed to
Utah beat Arizona for the school’s 17th-
birthdate: nov. 21, 1959 heading into a new season on a straight win—breaking a 75-year-old school
hometown: provo, utah winning note. record. He ran the streak to 18 games with
family: married to the former Jamie a win over Utah State before the Utes fell in
Daniels. four children: tyler, melissa, A perfect 2-0 in bowl games as the head overtime to eventual league champion TCU.
alex, Kylie. coach, Whittingham is actually riding a six- Whittingham’s 2006 squad put up some
game win streak as a Ute assistant and head impressive numbers as well. The Utes led the
coach combined. Utah’s 6-0 bowl run since nation in net punting, and led the Mountain
1999 is currently the nation’s second-longest West Conference in kickoff returns. They
postseason win streak. Whittingham, just ranked in the top-three in the league in scor-
the second coach in the school’s 113-year ing offense, scoring defense, total offense,
football history to play in back-to-back bowls passing offense and rushing defense.
in his first two years at the helm, would set Whittingham recruited and coached
a new school mark with bowl appearance in one of the finest defensive players in Utah
2007.
Whittingham, who steered Utah to a
38-10 victory over Georgia Tech in the 2005
Emerald Bowl, followed his own act with a
25-13 win over Tulsa in the 2006 Bell Heli-
copter Armed Forces Bowl.
Whittingham spent 10 years auditioning
for the head job at Utah as its highly-success-
Kyle Whittingham is 2-0 in bowl games ful defensive coordinator. He has participated
as a head coach, beating Georgia Tech in more big wins than perhaps any other
and Tulsa.
person in Utah football history. During his
11-year tenure as an assistant coach (he
was hired in 1994 as the team’s defensive
line coach before advancing to coordinator a
year later)—the program compiled an 86-41
record, played in six bowl games (winning
five), won four conference titles, finished in
the top-10 twice and became the first non-
BCS school ever to play in a BCS bowl game
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head coach kyle whittingham
In 1995, he stepped in as the coor-
from whit to the nfl
dinator—replacing his father Fred, who
Player NFL Team Position took a job in the NFL—and the program
Andre Dyson Tennessee (2nd round), Seattle, NY Jets Defensive Back didn’t miss a beat. Utah led the confer-
Luther Elliss Detroit (1st round), Denver Defensive Line
Jonathan Fanene Cincinnati (7th round) Defensive Line
ence in total defense three times under
Steve Fifita Miami (free agent) Defensive Line his direction (2000, 2001 and 2002). In
John Frank Philadelphia (6th round), N.Y. Giants Defensive Line 2002, Utah ranked No. 1 in the MWC
Quinton Ganther Tennessee (7th round) Running Back in total defense, scoring defense and
Phil Glover Tennessee (7th round), Indianapolis Linebacker
Ma’ake Kemoeatu Baltimore, Carolina (free agent) Defensive Line
rushing defense—finishing No. 12 in
John Madsen Oakland (free agent) Wide Receiver the nation in the latter. The Ute defense
Arnold Parker Seattle (free agent), San Francisco Defensive Back recorded 14 top-20 statistical rankings
Sione Pouha N.Y. Jets (3rd round) Defensive Line from 1995-2004. But Whittingham’s
Antwoine Sanders Baltimore (7th round) Defensive Back
Lauvale Sape Buffalo (6th round) Defensive Line
defenses were best known for keeping
Richard Seals N.Y. Jets (free agent), New Orleans, Buffalo Defensive Line opponents off the scoreboard. Utah led
Pene Talamaivao Buffalo (free agent), San Diego Defensive Line the league in scoring defense four times
Spencer Toone Tennessee (7th round) Linebacker from 1999-2005 (ranking No. 2 in 2003
Josh Savage Tampa Bay (free agent), Tennessee Defensive Line
and 2004) and finished No. 13, 18, 13,
29, 19 and 22 in the nation during that
football history in 2006 Consensus All- span.
America defensive back Eric Weddle. In his final year as Utah’s defensive
The 2005 and 2006 MWC Defensive coordinator, the 2004 Utes finished 12-0
Player of the Year, Weddle was a four- and ranked No. 4 in the nation. On Janu-
year starter under Whittingham. ary 1, 2005, with Whittingham serving
Weddle is the latest in a long line of as co-head coach, Utah became the first
all-conference players for Whittingham, non-BCS team to play in—and to win—a
who has coached 22 first-team all-con- Bowl Championship Series game, beat-
ference players as either a defensive ing Pittsburgh 35-7.
coach or head coach at Utah. He has The Utes set a Fiesta Bowl record
also coached three conference defensive with nine quarterback sacks and held the
players of the year: Luther Elliss (1994), Big East co-champion Panthers to just 17
Morgan Scalley (2004) and Weddle rushing yards and a single touchdown in
(2005 and 2006). Current NFL players the third quarter.
coached by Whittingham during their Whittingham began his coach-
college days include Andre Dyson, Jona- Prior to his appointment as head ing career as a graduate assistant at his
than Fanene, Steve Fifita, Quinton Gan- Ute coach on Dec. 8, 2004, Whittingham alma mater Brigham Young (1985-86).
ther, Ma’ake Kemoeatu, John Madsen, served as the Mountain West Confer- In 1987, he was both the defensive
Sione Pouha, Lauvale Sape, Josh Savage ence’s longest-tenured and most success- coordinator at College of Eastern Utah
and Spencer Toone. ful defensive coordinator. In 2002, he and a player for the Los Angeles Rams’
was recognized as the MWC Co-Defen- replacement squad. His first full-time
sive Coordinator of the Year by the Las NCAA coaching job was at Idaho State,
whittingham Vs. all opponents
Vegas Review Journal. where he spent six years (1988-93), his
Air Force ................................................. 2-0 As a first-year Ute assistant in 1994, last two as defensive coordinator.
Arizona ................................................... 1-0 he coached a defensive line anchored by Whittingham graduated from BYU
Boise State ............................................. 0-1 Elliss, a consensus All-American. That in 1984 and received his master’s in
Brigham Young ....................................... 1-1 team led the league in every defensive
Colorado State........................................ 1-1
1987. Born Nov. 21, 1959, he was raised
category and ranked 18th in the nation in Provo, Utah. He is married to the
Georgia Tech .......................................... 1-0
New Mexico ............................................ 0-2 in total defense. Utah beat Arizona in former Jamie Daniels. They have four
North Carolina ........................................ 0-1 the Freedom Bowl and finished the 1994 children.
Northern Arizona..................................... 1-0 season with a 10-2 mark and ranked in
San Diego State ..................................... 1-1 the top 10 in both polls.
TCU ........................................................ 1-1
Tulsa ....................................................... 1-0
UCLA ...................................................... 0-1 whittingham’s head coaching record
UNLV ...................................................... 2-0
Year School Overall Record MWC Record Bowl Game
Utah State............................................... 2-0
2005 Utah 7-5 4-4 Emerald (beat Georgia Tech)
Wyoming................................................. 1-1
2006 Utah 8-5 5-3 Armed Forces (beat Tulsa)
Totals .................................................. 15-10
Totals 15-10 9-7
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assistant coaches
gary andersen andy ludwig aaron alford
defensive offensive cornerbacks
coordinator/dl coordinator/qb st year
4th/0th year rd year
Third-year defensive coordinator Gary Andy Ludwig, a 20-year veteran of Aaron Alford, Utah’s first-year corner-
Andersen is in his 10th overall year. He college coaching, is in his third year as backs coach, has over a decade of coach-
coached the Utah defensive line from Utah’s offensive coordinator and quar- ing experience. Most recently at Akron
1997-2002 and again in 2004—spend- terbacks coach. He served in the same (2004-06), he also held assistantships
ing the 2003 season as the head coach capacity at Fresno State (1998-01) and at Wyoming (2002), Western Illinois
at Southern Utah. He was promoted to Oregon (2002-04). While at Fresno, Lud- (2001), Southern Utah (1999-2000) and
defensive coordinator in 2005. He also wig was selected as a finalist for the 2001 Kent State (1998). In 2003, he served as
serves as the assistant head coach and Broyles Award, which is awarded to the the academic coordinator for SUU athlet-
defensive line coach. nation’s top collegiate assistant coach. ics while completing a graduate degree.
charlie dickey Jay hill derrick odum
offensive line tight ends/ safeties
rd year special teams coord. rd year
rd year
Offensive line coach Charlie Dickey is in Jay Hill moves into a new role as tight Former Ute defensive back Derrick
his third year at Utah after spending 14 ends coach and special teams coordi- Odum begins his third year coaching the
years as an assistant coach in the Pacific- nator. He spent his first two years as Ute safeties. Odum spent the 2003-04
10 conference. Dickey was the offensive a full-time Ute assistant coaching the seasons overseeing the defensive backs at
line coach at Arizona from 1992-2002 cornerbacks and sharing special teams Houston. Before that, he coached the sec-
and its tight ends coach in 2003. He duties. A former Ute defensive back, he ondary at Montana (1998-99) and Utah
coached the offensive line at Washington has worked in some capacity with the State (2000-02). He was a Ute graduate
in 2004. football program since 2001. assistant from 1996-97.
aaron roderick daVe schramm kalani sitake
wide receivers running backs/ inside linebackers
rd year recruiting coord. rd year
rd year
Aaron Roderick is in his third year Veteran assistant Dave Schramm em- For the third year, Kalani Sitake will
coaching the Ute receivers. From 2003- barks on this third year as Utah’s running coach Utah’s inside linebackers. Sitake
04, he served as the offensive coordina- backs coach and recruiting coordinator. joined the Ute staff after a two-year stint
tor, quarterbacks coach and recruiting co- He has spent most of his 19-year college as an offensive assistant at Southern Utah
ordinator at Southern Utah. He was also coaching career on offensive side of the (2003-04). His other coaching experience
a graduate assistant at Brigham Young ball—including eight years as a running was at Eastern Arizona (2001) and as a
(1999-2001) and the running backs coach backs coach. His longest assistantship BYU graduate assistant (2002).
at Snow College (2002). was for San Diego State (1990-2001).
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in 2006 and now plays for NFL Europe’s special teams … 5 tackles (3 solo) … sack
Rhein Fire … brother Aaron was a stand- for 5 yards against Utah State … blocked
6 out wide receiver for Kentucky before a kick in the Fiesta Bowl.
Jason boone
stints with the NFL’s Cowboys (2003), 2003–Redshirt.
offensive line
Bears (2004) and Panthers (2005). He was
6-4, 00, sr.
also an all-pro NFL Europe wide receiver HIGH SCHOOL: All-conference and all-
Vl
with the Berlin Thunder, which won a area … David Starr Jordan High (Calif.)
fillmore, utah
millard hs
World Bowl, and is currently signed with team captain … lettered in three sports
the AFL Utah Blaze … sister Amy played … first person from his high school in 18
basketball and volleyball at George Mason years to qualify for state track and field
UTAH: All-conference candidate will start University and played semi-pro ball for meet … student vice president of athletics.
at right tackle for a third year … lowest the San Diego Waves of the NWBL ...
body fat on Utah’s offensive line (18 %). enjoys hunting and camping … economics PERSONAL: Son of Willie Burnett,
2006–Honorable mention All-Mountain major … full name is Jason Rostenbach Jr. and Kristy Brewer … three brothers
West Conference … started and played Boone … born April 20, 1984. … married to the former Misty Eby …
in 11 games … in regular season games, sociology major … full name is Martail
participated in 644 plays, averaging 64.4 Marta Burnett … first name is pronounced
plays per game … recorded 24 knock- mar-tell … born Jan. 10, 1985.
downs, 12 cuts and 9 pancake blocks …
did not allowed a sack all year … earned martail burnett YEAR G/GS UT AT TOT TFL SACK
Utah’s Offensive Player of the Game defensive end 2004 9/0 3 2 5 1.0-5 1.0-5
6-, 22, sr. 2005 12/8 22 31 53 7.0-28 3.5-18
award after games against Utah State and 2006 13/13 27 15 42 10.5-49 5.5-8
San Diego State. Vl Totals 34/21 52 48 100 18.5-82 10.0-31
2005–Started all 12 games at right tackle los angeles, calif.
… 916 total plays led the Ute offensive david starr Jordan hs
linemen … ranked second in pancake
blocks (10) and knockdowns (26) … 8 UTAH: All-conference candidate will
knockdowns and a 94% grade on 79 plays start for a third year at open end … can brent casteel
against Wyoming … 4 knockdowns and play both end positions … outstanding wide receiver
an 85% grade in both the New Mexico athlete began his career at safety before -0, , Jr.
and Arizona games … 3 knockdowns and 2Vl
moving to defensive end in spring of 2004.
an 86% grade in 81 plays at BYU … also san francisco, calif.
2006–Honorable mention all-Mountain
started on the punt team. antioch hs
West Conference … started all 13 games
2004–Played in all 12 games … 7 knock- … led Utes in sacks (5.5) and tackles for
downs during the regular season … 100% loss (10.5) … tied for third in the Moun- UTAH: All-conference candidate is one
grade against UNLV with 3 knockdowns tain West Conference in both tackles for of the most exciting receivers in the nation
in 14 plays … also started on the punt loss and sacks … 42 total tackles ranked … has started at least part-time since his
team … named academic all-MWC and to second among Utah’s defensive linemen freshman year … also plays a big role in
the Utah Athletics Academic Honor Roll. … season-high 5 total tackles in four Utah’s run game … has great instincts,
2003–Redshirt. Scout team captain games … 5 tackles, two tackles for loss toughness and speed.
and a half sack against Tulsa in the Armed 2006–Second-team all-Mountain West
HIGH SCHOOL: All-state offensive and Forces Bowl … 2 sacks against both Conference … named Utah’s Top Wide
defensive tackle … starred for Millard Wyoming and Colorado State … broke up Receiver … played in all 13 games, with
High’s (Utah) 13-0, 2001 state champion- 3 passes and forced 2 fumbles. 11 starts … a quarter of his 39 receptions
ship team … wrestled for Millard’s 2002 2005–Played in all 12 games and started went for touchdowns … 10 touchdown
state champion team, which went 28-0 eight, including the last six, at open end receptions led Utah and ranked second
and was ranked No. 11 nationally… also … 53 total tackles ranked fifth on the team in the MWC … second on the team in
finished fourth in the state shot put… and was the most of the Ute defensive both receiving (600) and rushing (262)
honor roll. linemen … recorded 7 tackles for a loss yards … averaged 15.4 yards per catch
and 3.5 sacks … also had a fumble recov- and 5.1 yards per carry … led Utah in
PERSONAL: Son of Coley Boone and ery and 2 pass break-ups … career-high 8 MWC games with 468 receiving yards …
Sherry Peterson ... both parents attended tackles vs. Air Force … 7 tackles, includ- averaged 77.3 all-purpose yards per game
BYU ... father played football for BYU ing a sack, and 1 pass breakup against – best on the team … career-high 100
... from an athletic family of 10 children Georgia Tech in Emerald Bowl win … yards receiving against BYU included a
(five boys, five girls) ... brother Jesse was 6 tackles against both Wyoming and 19-yard TD reception that put Utah ahead
a three-year starter, team captain and all- Brigham Young … 5-tackle, 2-sack outing 31-27 with 1:19 remaining in the game
conference center for Utah … Jesse signed versus UNLV … also blocked a kick. … also had outstanding games against
as a free agent with the Cincinnati Bengals 2004–Played in 9 games, mostly for Colorado State (92 receiving yards) and
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UNLV (86 receiving yards) … led Utes … strong, athletic and durable. 8.4 tackles per game ranked fifth in the
with 68 rushing yards (9.4 yards per carry) 2006–Honorable mention all-Mountain MWC and 48th in the nation … totaled 8
against Tulsa in the Armed Forces Bowl West Conference … started all 13 games tackles for loss and 4 sacks … also had 3
… also had one catch for 18 yards and a at right guard … led Utah’s offensive pass breakups, a fumble recovery and a
touchdown vs. Tulsa … 8 kickoff returns linemen in total plays (809 in 12 regular forced fumble … named MWC Defensive
for 143 yards (17.9 average). season games), averaging 67.4 plays per Player of the Week on Nov. 20, after tying
2005–Honorable mention Freshman All- game … 34 pancake blocks was most on a career-high with 15 tackles (11 solo),
American by The Sporting News … played the team … also recorded 26 knockdowns 2.5 tackles for loss, and a sack against Air
in all 12 games and started in five … 39 and 20 cuts … 6 pancake blocks against Force … also posted 15 tackles against
receptions ranked third on the team and both San Diego State and TCU was a Wyoming … other double-digit tackle
426 yards rated fourth … 35 rushes for career best. game came against Boise State (11).
208 yards … led Utah and ranked fourth in 2005–Freshman played in all 12 games, 2005–Played in all 12 games, starting the
the MWC with 20 kickoff returns for 464 starting the last five at right guard … most last 11 at middle linebacker … finished
yards … averaged 10.9 yards per catch, of his 523 total plays came in the games fourth on the team in total tackles with
5.9 yards per rush, 23.2 yards per kick he started … 9 pancake blocks and 7 73 … 2.5 tackles for a loss and 1 assisted
return and 91.5 all-purpose yards per game knockdowns … led Utes with 3 pancake sack … season-high 9 tackles at TCU (8
… season-best 77 receiving yards against blocks against Georgia Tech in Emerald solo) … 8-tackle games against UNLV,
TCU … season-high 7 receptions for 46 Bowl victory … 2 knockdowns against New Mexico and BYU … 7 tackles
yards and a score against UNLV … other New Mexico and BYU. against Utah State and San Diego State …
big games came against Air Force (47 2004–Redshirt was named to the Utah recovered a fumble vs. Arizona.
yards) and New Mexico (46 yards, 1 TD) Athletics Academic Honor Roll. 2004–Saw action in eight games … 17
… rushed for career-high 74 yards and a tackles, 4 solo and 13 assisted … 1.5 tack-
TD against Arizona … returned 4 kicks for HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-state, les for loss … season-best 8 tackles vs.
102 yards against San Diego State. all-district and all-county as a senior in UNLV, including 1.5 for a loss of 4 yards
2004–Redshirt. 2003 … helped La Marque HS (Texas) … 3 tackles against both Texas A&M and
win 2003 4A Division II State Champion- Utah State.
HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-league ship … 68 pancake blocks in 2003 … also 2003–Redshirt.
and all-conference … Antioch High lettered in power-lifting (465-pound bench
(Calif.) team captain … also lettered in and 700-pound squat) … Who’s Who HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time all-Desert
basketball. Among Young Americans. Valley League (first-team in 2001) …
2001 all-CIF … La Quinta High School
PERSONAL: Son of Charles Casteel and PERSONAL: Son of Ezzard Conley and (Calif.) Most Valuable Linebacker in
Jacqueline Broden … has three sisters … April Williams … two sisters (Christina 2001, Most Valuable Offensive Back in
enjoys playing pool … political science and Chasmine) … economics major … 2002 and team MVP in 2002 … La Quinta
major … full name is Brenton Casteel … full name is Robert Blake Conley … born won Division VIII CIF and Desert Valley
born July 12, 1985. April 17, 1986. League championships in 2000 and 2001
… also wrestled … National Honor Soci-
YEAR G/GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG ety … President’s Award.
2005 12/5 39 426 10.9 2 41
2006
Totals
13/11
25/16
39
78
600
1026
15.3
13.2
10
12
49
49
44 PERSONAL: Son of Michael and Tracey
Joe Jiannoni Jiannoni (pronounced jee-a-no-nee) …
YEAR RUSH YDS AVG TD LONG linebacker three brothers and one sister … mass com-
2005 35 208 5.9 1 59 6-, 2, sr.
munication major … full name is Joseph
2006 51 262 5.1 1 21 2Vl
Total 86 470 5.5 2 59 Michael Jiannoni … born Dec. 27, 1984.
la quinta, calif.
la quinta hs YEAR G/GS UT AT TOT TFL SACKS
2004 8/0 4 13 17 1.5-4 0
2005 12/11 34 39 73 2.5-12 0.5-5
66 UTAH: All-conference candidate will start 2006 11/11 48 44 92 8.5-27 4.0-17
robert conley for a third season at middle linebacker Totals 31/22 86 96 182 12.5-43 4.5-22
offensive line … playmaker can cover a lot of ground
6-, 6, Jr. …strong, fast, aggressive and active.
2Vl 2006–Second-team all-Mountain West
la marque, texas Conference selection played in and started
la marque hs 11 games at middle linebacker … named
Utah’s Top Linebacker … team’s second-
UTAH: Might be the conference’s best leading tackler had 92 total stops, despite
offensive guard as a junior … has started missing two games (Northern Arizona
at least part-time since his freshman year and Utah State) with a foot injury …
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4, tie), total offense per game (337.0, No.
2), total yards (3,370, No. 4), total plays YEAR G/GS ATT CMP IT PCT YDS TD LONG
(482, No. 4), pass efficiency (151.01, 2004 10/0 21 14 1 66.7 142 1 33
brian Johnson 2005 10/10 330 210 7 63.6 2892 18 60
No. 5), yards per completion (8.76, No. Total 20/10 351 224 8 63.8 3034 19 60
quarterback
5), yards per play (6.99, No. 6), comple-
6-, 20, Jr. YEAR G/GS RUSH YARDS AVG. TD LONG
tions (210, No. 6), completion percentage
2Vl 2004 10/0 21 92 4.4 1 16
(63.6, No. 6), touchdown passes (18, No.
baytown, texas 2005 10/10 152 478 3.1 8 26
robert e. lee hs
7), passing yards (2,892, No. 7), passing Total 20/10 173 570 3.3 9 26
yards per game (289.2, No. 5) … team’s
second-leading rusher carried the ball 152
UTAH: Fully recovered from Dec. 2005 times for 478 yards (3.1 yards per rush) …
knee surgery that sidelined him in 2006 … averaged 47.8 rushing yards per game and
considered by many to be the top return- led the Utes in rushing TDs (8) … rushed brice mccain
ing quarterback in the MWC after winning for 70-plus yards 3 times: 98 vs. North defensive back
second-team all-league honors as a true Carolina, 73 vs. UNLV and 70 vs. Utah -, 74, Jr.
sophomore in 2005 … extremely efficient State … MWC Offensive Player of the 2Vl
passer has a strong, accurate arm and good Week against Wyoming completed 32-of- terrell, texas
running ability … outstanding leader is 45 passes for 384 yards and 4 touchdowns, terrell hs
very poised. and also led Utah in rushing with 67 yards
CAREER MARKS: Enters his junior and a TD.… tossed 3 TDs and passed UTAH: Team’s fastest player (4.32 40)
season ranked first all-time at Utah in ca- for 264 yards in a 20-of-29 performance will start for a second year at right corner
reer yards per completion (13.54) … 3,604 against UNLV … completed 21-of-29 … true man-to-man cover corner …
passing yards ranks 11th and four 300- passes for 305 yards and 2 scores against expects to be one of the league’s top kick
yard games is tied for fourth … 149.73 Air Force (also rushed for 3 scores) … returners, as well.
passing efficiency and .638 completion rushed for a career-high 98 yards, scoring 2006–Honorable mention all-Mountain
rate (224-351) both rank second … 180.20 1 TD, on 22 carries against North Carolina West Conference kick returner first began
total offense yards per game ranks ninth … 5-5 as the starter … academic All- returning kickoffs in game five… played
… 28 total touchdowns (passing and rush- MWC. in all 13 games at cornerback, starting 12
ing) is 10th 2004–True freshman appeared in 10 … led Utes with 5 pass breakups … ca-
2005–Second-team all-conference quar- games as the backup to 2005 No. 1 NFL reer-high 3 pass breakups vs. BYU … had
terback started in the first 10 games before draft pick and Heisman Trophy finalist an interception against Colorado State …
suffering a season-ending knee injury Alex Smith …2 touchdowns (1 rushing, 28 total tackles included a career-tying 5
against New Mexico on Nov. 12 (surgery 1 passing) … pass efficiency of 129.7 tackles at New Mexico … finished fourth
on Dec. 1) … finished No. 1 in the MWC … passed for a career-best 53 yards and in the MWC in kick return average (22.4
and No. 4 in the nation in total offense 1 touchdown on 5-of-8 passing vs. Utah average) … long returns of 54 yards at
(337.0 yards per game) … also No. 1 in State … 2-for-2 vs. San Diego State with New Mexico and 43 yards at Wyoming.
the MWC (11th in the nation) in pass ef- a season-long 33-yard pass … 2-for-2 for 2005–Appeared in 10 games with one start
ficiency (151.0) … No. 2 in the MWC in 40 yards and a 20-yard completion vs. at cornerback … 12 total tackles included
passing yards per game (289.2 average) … North Carolina … rushed for a season-best 10 solo stops … season-high 5 tackles (4
completed 63.6% of his passes (210-of- 55 yards and a TD vs. Colorado State … solos) against Colorado State … 2 tackles
330) for 2,892 yards and 18 touchdowns academic All-MWC … also named to the against Utah State, San Diego State and
… 7 interceptions was tied for the fewest Utah Athletics Academic Honor Roll. Brigham Young … academic all-MWC.
of any MWC QB ... four 300-yard passing
games: 417 yards vs. San Diego State, 384 HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-district HIGH SCHOOL: All-state and all-area
yards vs. Wyoming, 370 vs. New Mexico and second-team all-state quarterback for … all-district as a running back and
and 305 yards vs. Air Force … 4 TD pass- Robert E. Lee High (Texas) … District defensive back … county and Terrell High
es against Wyoming and New Mexico tied MVP … passed for 2,900 yards and 33 (Texas) MVP … played cornerback, wide
the Mountain West Conference sophomore touchdowns and rushed for 540 yards and receiver and running back and returned
record held by former Utes Brett Elliott 12 touchdowns in 2003 … completed punts and kickoffs … also lettered in bas-
(2002) and Alex Smith (2003) … broke 71.6% of his pass attempts … also lettered ketball and track … ran 100 meters in 10.3
the school and tied the MWC single-game in basketball. seconds … on 400 meter relay team that
record for completion percentage in just placed second in the state (40.6 seconds)
his second career start, completing 85.7% PERSONAL: Son of Stacey and Shonna … son of Darrell Brockins and Tam-
of his pass attempts (18-of-21) against Johnson … father played football for mie McCain … has six siblings and two
Utah State on Sept. 10 … made Utah’s UTEP … two sisters, Bianca and Britteny, stepbrothers … brothers Tony and Ricky
single-season top 10 in these categories: play basketball … mass communication play college basketball … undergraduate
200-yard passing games (10, tied for major … full name is Brian Delance John- studies major … born Dec. 10, 1986.
second), 300-yard passing games (4, No. son … born Feb. 16, 1987.
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YEAR G/GS UT AT TOT INT PBU Prep All-American, Prep Star All-Ameri- 2005–Played in all 12 games and started
2005 10/1 10 2 12 0 0 can, Super Prep all-Far West and Prep the last six … 16 catches for 239 yards
2006 13/12 15 13 28 1-(-4) 5 and 4 TDs … averaged 14.9 yards per
Star all-Western Region player … also
Totals 23/13 25 15 40 1-(-4) 5
named to Long Beach Press Telegram catch …season-best 87 yards (2 TDs)
YEAR KOR YARDS AVG. TD LONG Best of the West first team and all-CIF against New Mexico … career-long
2006 18 404 22.4 0 54 Division I … rushed 263 times for 1,619 52-yard catch against New Mexico … 7
yards (6.2 average) with 20 TDs and had kickoff returns for 151 yards … returned
280 receiving yards with 2 TDs in 2000, 3 kicks in Emerald Bowl for 61 yards,
when Edison went 10-3 … in 1999, he including a season-long 28 yard run back.
rushed for 1,800 yards and 29 TDs, with 2004–Saw action in 11 games … made 2
darryl poston 12 receptions for 339 yards … his career catches for 53 yards … caught a pass for
running back rushing totals set a new school record: 33 yards vs. San Diego State and for 20
-, 200, sr. yards vs. North Carolina … also returned
3,419 yards and 29 touchdowns … also
2Vl
sprinted for Edison’s track team, finish- a kick for 40 yards against Utah State.
huntington beach, calif.
ing fifth in the 100 meters at the 2000 CIF 2003–Redshirt.
usc
Division I meet.
HIGH SCHOOL: Scored 12 touchdowns
UTAH: Top returning running back was PERSONAL: Son of Darryl Poston Sr. as a senior at American Fork High (Utah)
granted a seventh year of eligibility by and Jonnica Whitney … gender studies in 2002 … set school 100-meter record
the NCAA in January … missed part or major … full name is Darryl Michael (10.7 seconds) … track team captain
all of his first four seasons due to injuries, Poston … born Aug. 8, 1983. finished second at state championships in
but was healthy last year … transfer from 100- and 200-meter dashes.
Southern Cal came to Utah in May of YEAR G/GS RUSH YDS AVG TD LONG
2004. 2001* 4/0 8 16 2.0 1 9
PERSONAL: Son of Don Richards …
2002* 3/0 4 -2 -0.5 1 -
2006–Appeared in all 13 games, start- 2004 1/0 1 3 3.0 0 3 father graduated from Utah State … one
ing 11 … team’s leading rusher had 553 2005 7/0 6 19 3.2 0 9 sister … married (Jessica) … econom-
yards on 145 carries … averaged 3.8 yards 2006 13/11 145 553 3.8 5 18 ics major … full name is Derrek Adams
per carry and 42.5 yards per game … Totals 28/11 164 589 3.6 7 18
Richards … born Dec. 12, 1983.
*at USC
also caught 14 passes for 99 yards and a
touchdown … tied for the team lead with YEAR G/GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG
5 rushing touchdowns … career-high 72 2004 11/0 2 53 26.5 0 33
2005 12/6 16 239 14.9 4 52
yards twice (vs. Northern Arizona and 26 2006 13/13 60 717 11.9 6 38
UNLV) … rushed for two TDs at New derrek richards Totals 36/19 78 1009 12.9 10 52
Mexico. wide receiver
2005–Played in seven games, recording -, 7, Jr.
6 rushes for 19 yards (3.2 average) … 4 2Vl
touches for 14 yards against Wyoming … american fork, utah
also played on special teams … lettered. american fork hs
2004–Played in one game before suffering louie sakoda
a season-ending knee injury that required kicker/punter
UTAH: Starting receiver came to Utah as -0, 7, Jr.
surgery … saw action in season-opener vs.
a walk-on but was later awarded a scholar- 2Vl
Texas A&M (1 carry for 3 yards).
ship … long-ball threat runs the 40 in 4.40 san Jose, calif.
seconds. branham hs
PRIOR TO UTAH: Played in four games
2006–Honorable mention all-Mountain
at USC as a true freshman in 2001, rush-
West Conference … only Ute receiver
ing 8 times for 16 yards and 1 TD … also UTAH: All-America candidate is one of
to start all 13 games … led Utah with 60
caught a 10-yard pass … sprained his knee the nation’s best punters and place-kickers
catches for 717 yards … finished sixth in
and missed four games before returning … will vie for Ray Guy and Lou Groza
the MWC in receptions per game (4.62)
for 2001 Las Vegas Bowl against Utah, honors in 2007 … started at punter as a
and ninth in receiving yards per game
when he rushed 3 times for 12 yards … true freshman and handled all of the punts
(55.2) … 6 receiving touchdowns was sec-
played in the first three games of 2002, and place-kicking duties as a sophomore
ond-best on the team … career-best 96 re-
rushing 4 times for minus 2 yards and a … has booted 15 punts of 50 yards or lon-
ceiving yards against New Mexico … ca-
touchdown before a season-ending back ger in his two years … 4,800 career punt
reer-high 8 receptions against BYU went
injury … because his injury happened so yards is already the ninth most in school
for 79 yards … 7 catches for 69 yards in
early in the season, he was able to redshirt, history … 42.5-yard career punting aver-
Utah’s bowl win over Tulsa … also played
though he was not cleared medically to age ranks third all-time at Utah.
on the return teams … returned 5 kickoffs
play in 2003 … as a senior at Edison High 2006–Mountain West Conference Co-Spe-
for 129 yards (25.8 yards per return) and 6
(Calif.) in 2000, he was named a Super cial Teams Player of the Year … Armed
punts for 22 yards.
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Forces Bowl MVP … honorable mention long field goal of 47 yards as a senior … Mexico and Georgia Tech … 10 tackles (8
all-MWC place-kicker and punter … averaged 51 yards per punt as a junior … solo) against Georgia Tech in the Emerald
semifinalist (one of 10) for the Ray Guy also helped baseball team to league title in Bowl led all tacklers for both teams …
Award as the nation’s top punter … honor- 2004 … three-year varsity baseball player first career interception also came against
able mention Sophomore All-American by at pitcher and center field. Georgia Tech (return of 45 yards) … Aca-
CollegeFootballNews.com … three-time demic All-MWC.
MWC Special Teams Player of the Week PERSONAL: Son of Raymond and Mary 2004–Redshirt made the Dean’s List and
… averaged 44.0 yards per punt, which Sakoda … business major … born Oct. 28, was named to the Utah Athletics Academic
ranked second in the MWC and 13th in 1986. Honor Roll.
the nation … led Utah to a No. 1 national
ranking in net punting (41.6) by placing YEAR G PUNT YARDS AVG LONG I20 PRIOR TO UTAH: Transfer from Utah
2005 11 54 2202 37.1 52 22
more than 50% (30-of-59) of his punts 2006 13 59 2598 44.0 75 30
State played in 10 games at safety and for
inside the 20-yard-line… 14 punts for 50 Totals 24 113 4800 42.5 75 52 special teams in 2001 … 26 total tackles,
yards or longer … career-long punt of 75 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack and 1 fumble…
yards against Northern Arizona was tied YEAR G PAT PCT FG-A PCT LONG left for LDS church mission after the 2001
2006 13 43-43 1.000 16-20 .800 45
for the fifth-longest in Utah school history season … 2000 5A MVP and all-state
… made 80% (16-of-20) of his field goal quarterback while playing for Skyline
attempts – the third-best single-season High (Utah) … state’s Mr. Football led 5A
field goal percentage in school history … 28 in rushing yards (1,660), rushing touch-
two of his four FG misses were from 47 steVe tate downs (24) and yards per carry … also
yards or longer … 91 kick scoring points defensive back passed for 664 yards and 2 TDs as a senior
ranks second in single-season history at -, 2, sr. … played for state championship teams in
Utah … led the MWC in PAT scoring, 2Vl 1998 and 1999 … high honor roll.
making 43-of-43 attempts … 43 PATs salt lake city
is the fourth-most by a Ute in a single utah state PERSONAL: Son of Wynn and Chris
season … Armed Forces Bowl MVP made Tate … both parents graduated from Utah
all four field goal attempts, including a … one brother and two sisters … grand-
career-long 45-yarder … 4 field goals vs. UTAH: All-conference candidate is a one- father, Hal, played football for Utah in
Tulsa tied the school single-game record time transfer walk-on … Utah’s best de- 1947 and also wore number 28 … married
… also averaged 47.3 yards punting in fensive back can play both safety positions to the former Savanna Thompson …
Utah’s bowl win – placing two of his three … second-leading returning tackler in the son Bowynn … enjoys playing golf and
punts inside Tulsa’s 20-yard line … kicked MWC had 102 stops a year ago … both playing with his son … served an LDS
a 37-yard game-winning field goal against bowl games in which he has played (vs. church mission from 2002-04 … econom-
Air Force as time expired … made his first Georgia Tech in 2005 and Tulsa in 2006), ics major … full name is Stephen Tate …
collegiate field-goal attempt, a 44-yarder he led all defenders with 10 tackles. born Jan. 11, 1983.
at UCLA …made his first seven field-goal 2006–Honorable mention all-Mountain
attempts before missing a 50-yarder … West Conference pick started and played YEAR G/GS UT AT TOT TFL SACK
showed his athleticism on two fake punt in 12 games at free safety … missed the 2001* 10/0 15 11 26 2.0-5 1-3
Northern Arizona game with an injury … 2005 12/5 26 20 46 2.0-4 0-0
attempts, when he rushed for 32 yards 2006 12/11 58 44 102 8.5-30 2.5-18
(16.0 average) … Academic all-MWC … led Utah with 102 tackles … 8.5 tackles Totals 34/16 99 75 174 12.5-39 3.5-21
also made the Athletics Academic Honor per game was fourth-best in the MWC *at Utah State
Roll. (40th in the nation) … second on the team
2005–Played and started in 11 games … with 8.5 tackles for loss, despite typically
punted 54 times for an average of 37.1 lining up further away from the line of
yards … … 22 of his punts (41%) were scrimmage than any defender on the field
downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line … also tallied 2.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1
… season-best 52-yard punt came against pass breakup and 2 forced fumbles … ca-
Colorado State … 5 of his 9 punts against reer-high 17 tackles against Boise State …
TCU ended up inside the 20 … placed 4 13 stops against both Wyoming and New
of 7 punts inside the 20 against Arizona … Mexico … led all defenders in the Armed
Academic all-MWC. Forces Bowl with 10 tackles (8 solo) …
also had a sack against Tulsa in the bowl
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time all-league game … Academic all-MWC … also
player for Branham HS (San Jose, Calif.) made the Athletics Academic Honor Roll.
… named Most Outstanding Special 2005–Played in all 12 games, making five
Teams Player … two-time all-academic starts … 46 total tackles, 2 tackles for a
team … connected on 95 percent of his loss and an interception … 42 of his 46
field goal attempts (98-for-103) … had a tackles came in the games he started …
season-high 10 tackles against both New
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James aiono in baseball … son of Warren Brooks and in football and wrestling … 2007 academic
defensive line Judy James … brother Warren Jr. … name all-district … son of Louis and Darlene
6-, 24, fr. is pronounced like Jeremy … born April Finner … one sister … full name is Louis
hs 23, 1989. Curtis Finner Jr. … born April 19, 1989.
west Valley city, utah
murray hs Josh broughton nai fotu
First-team all-state and all-region as a defensive back defensive end
senior … won four letters in football at -, 8, Jr. 6-, 22, fr.
Murray High School (Utah) … rated the Jc hs
fourth-best prospect in the state by Scout. Virginia beach, Va. laie, hawaii
com … son of Ta’aloga and Ali’itasi Aiono citrus college kahuku hs
… brothers Toutasi and Tailate and sisters Two-time all-Western States Conference First-team all-state Honolulu Advertiser …
Misiono and Lisa … last name is pro- cornerback for Citrus College … Citrus second-team all-state Honolulu Star Bulle-
nounced i-oh-no … born Jan. 23, 1989 in College won conference titles in both 2005 tin … 47 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and 10
Orange County, Calif. and 2006 … rated in the top 100 JC recruits sacks as a senior … helped Kahuku High
by rivals.com … native of Virginia Beach, School (Hawaii) win the 2005 and 2006
matt asiata Va., graduated from Walnut High School state championships … also lettered three
running back (Calif.) … named all-Baseline League as a years in rugby … son of Timote and Flor-
6-0, 2, Jr. junior and senior, and all-CIF as a senior … ence Fotu … youngest of 12 children (eight
Jc set school records for longest interception boys, four girls) … full name is Timote Nai
west Valley city, utah return, longest fumble return and longest Fotu … name is pronounced Ny Fo-too …
snow college play from the line of scrimmage … Walnut born Aug. 20, 1988 in Montclair, Calif.,
2006 junior college All-American was High was the 2002 CIF runner-up … son and spent most of his childhood in Tonga.
also first-team all-Western States Football of Latoia Broughton … mother is retired
League … led the WSFL and Snow College military and served in the Persian Gulf War mike honeycutt
in rushing with 1,365 yards and 15 touch- … brother Marcus … enjoys playing chess defensive back
downs in 2006 … averaged 6.3 yards per … full name is Joshua Broughton (pro- -, 0, fr.
carry and 136.5 yards per game … rushed nounced brah-ton) … born Nov. 20, 1985 hs
for 238 yards in a win over Scottsdale CC in Naples, Italy. cedar hills, utah
… Snow won the WSFL championship in lone peak hs
2006 and bowl games in 2005 and 2006 … brandon burton First-team all-region and second-team all-
rated the No. 79 JC recruit by Rivals.com defensive back state as a senior in 2006 … played for Lone
… 2003 and 2004 all-state and all-region 6-0, 72, fr. Peak High School’s (Utah) 2004 and 2005
selection for Hunter High (Utah) … earned hs region champion team … Long Peak had
three letters in football and basketball … houston, texas the state’s best defense from 2005-06 …
Hunter was the 2003 state champion in clear creek hs also lettered in track and baseball … enjoys
both football and basketball … son of Pete All-district as a return specialist his sopho- ping pong, bowling and drawing … plans
and Faulole Asiata … two brothers and two more, junior and senior years … all-dis- to serve an LDS church mission before
sisters … brother Shawn plays linebacker trict as a cornerback his junior and senior enrolling at Utah … son of Tom and Janice
and fullback for Snow College … married seasons … 11 career interceptions … 10 Honeycutt … mother is a Utah graduate
to Tangi Atiga … daughter Ioana Faulole returns for touchdowns … Clear Creek … sister Amanda … born Aug. 18, 1988 in
and son Matt … full name is Matthew High School (Texas) two-time captain Renton, Wash.
Rentinai Asiata (pronounced ah-see-ah-ta) and 2005 Defensive Player of the Year …
… born July 24, 1987 in Santa Ana, Calif. also lettered in track … district 200 meter robert Johnson
champion (21.3) as a junior … qualified for defensive back
Jereme brooks the Junior Olympics in the 200 meters … 6-, 76, so.
wide receiver son of Mark and Shawn Burton … father is Jc
-, 6, fr. an engineer and mother is a doctor … sister los angeles, calif.
hs Ashley … enjoys golf and cooking … born l.a. southwest college
league city, texas July 31, 1989 in Germany. Honorable mention junior college All-
clear creek hs American in 2006 … also all-conference,
First-team all-district as a junior and senior louis finner all-district and all-state in ’06 … 96 total
… honorable mention all-state … first- offensive line tackles, five interceptions, two fumble
team Texas Prepstar.com … first-team 6-, 28, fr. recoveries and one forced fumble for L.A.
all-Galveston County … second-team hs Southwest College … also ran track for
all-Greater Houston Class 5A … 70 recep- plano, texas L.A. Southwest … 21.65 clocking in 200
tions led the greater Houston area … 850 plano east hs meters and 47.52 in 400 meters … 6’8”
receiving yards (9 touchdowns) and over Two-time all-state … Plano East High high jumper … as a senior at Fremont High
1,000 all-purpose yards … three-time MVP School’s (Texas) team captain and two-time School (Calif.), he was named to L.A.
of Clear Creek High School … also lettered Offensive Lineman of the Year … lettered Times 2005 all-region team and its “top de-
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fensive back” … 2005 defensive co-player chad manis interceptions for touchdowns, four forced
of the year in the Coliseum League … also quarterback fumbles, and two fumble recoveries his
lettered in track and basketball … all-dis- 6-, 20, so. senior year … son of Ginger Neal and
trict basketball player … son of Wanda and Jc Gary Dugger … brother Anthony … enjoys
the late Wayne Johnson … three brothers lakewood, calif. cooking … full name is Maurice Neal …
and two sisters … brother Elijah is a wide cerritos college born Jan. 2, 1988.
receiver at L.A. Southwest … born Feb. 13, Mid-year transfer is enrolled at Utah and
1987. will participate in spring football … Cer- deshawn richard
ritos College 2006 team captain was its defensive back
Jamel king leading passer and second-leading rusher 6-, 2, Jr.
linebacker … passed for 1,389 yards and 13 touch- Jc
6-, 27, fr. downs and rushed 76 times for 272 yards las Vegas, nev.
hs (3.6 average) … rated in the top 100 JC Victor Valley college
murrieta, calif. recruits by Rivals.com … Lakewood High Mid-year transfer is enrolled at Utah and
Vista murrieta hs (Calif.) two-sport athlete won three letters will participate in spring football … 2006
All-league and all-valley … recorded 80 in football and one in volleyball … all- second-team all-conference safety for Vic-
tackles, six tackles for loss, five sacks and league volleyball player … son of Greg and tor Valley College … prepped at Rancho
five caused fumbles … helped Vista Mur- Laurie Manis … father is a police officer High School in Las Vegas, Nev. … Rancho
rieta High School (Calif.) to a 10-0 record … brother Brett … enjoys beach volleyball Valley’s defensive MVP and Athlete of
and the Southwestern League champion- and motorcycle riding … full name is Chad the Year as a junior and senior … lettered
ship in 2006 … son of James and Lorena Jeffery Manis (pronounced man-iss) … in football, basketball and track … honor
King … sisters Mercedez and Quna … first born on Feb. 13, 1988. roll student … son of Janice Richard …
name is pronounced Ja-mell … full name brother Jarquez Bouldon and sister Javaree
is Jamel Lawrence King … born Mar. 31, koa misi Bouldon … born May 12, 1986.
1989. defensive line
6-, 2, so. griff robles
corbin louks Jc quarterback
quarterback santa rosa, calif. 6-, 220, fr.
6-0, 7, fr. santa rosa Jc hs
hs Mid-year transfer is enrolled at Utah spanish fork, utah
danville, calif. and will participate in spring football … spanish fork hs
san ramon Valley hs first-team all-conference defensive end First-team all-region IV and first-team all-
First-team all-East Bay Athletic League for Santa Rosa Junior College … helped valley … second-team all-state … Spanish
… North Coast Section Offensive Player Santa Rosa to a division title and a bowl Fork High (Utah) 2006 MVP and team
of the Year … San Francisco Chronicle invitation … two-time first-team all-confer- captain … won four letters in basketball
regional player of the year, 2005 and 2006 ence player for Montgomery High School and three in football … rated the No. 2
second-team all-metro QB … Contra Costa (Calif.) … Defensive Player of the Year … ranked prospect in the state of Utah by
Times first-team quarterback … third-team Montgomery went 13-0 in 2005 and won both Rivals.com and Scout.com … plans to
all-state … No. 3-ranked player in Cream the league title … also lettered in baseball serve an LDS church mission before enroll-
of the Crop (Bay Area top 20) … won and basketball … honor roll student … ing at Utah … son of Rob and Jeane Robles
Peter Villa Award as the tri-valley’s most enjoys snowboarding and wakeboarding … … father graduated from Utah and mother
outstanding football player … San Ramon son of Kathy Beluamini, Sione Misi and was a three-sport athlete at Snow College
Valley High (Calif.) MVP and team captain stepmother Melissa Misi ... father played … two brothers and three sisters … enjoys
passed for 2,489 yards and 28 touchdowns football for Hawaii … sister Alysea … full fishing … full name is Griffin Robles …
(7 interceptions) … won San Ramon’s Iron name is Nawa’akoa Lisiate Foti Analese- born July 1, 1988 in Santa Clara, Calif.
Man award … scholar-athlete … son of anoa Misi (pronounced ko-a mee-see) …
Rob and Kelly Louks … father played wide born Jan. 17, 1987. dallin rogers
receiver for the University of Evansville… tight end
sister Madison and brother Logan … last mo neal 6-4, 20, fr.
name rhymes with ow (l-ow-ks) … born linebacker hs
April 10, 1989. 6-2, 20, fr. placerville, calif.
hs union mine hs
oakland, calif. Three-time first-team all-Sierra Valley
san leandro hs Conference tight end/wide receiver …
2006 Cream of the Crop and preseason third-team all-state as an all-purpose player
All-American … first-team all league and in 2006 … first-team all-Metro (Sacramen-
second-team all-East Bay … played for to area) as a junior and senior … all-San
two-time HAAL champion San Leandro Joaquin Section in 2005-06 (he was the
High School (Calif.) … 48 tackles, two only junior selected in 2005) … also played
linebacker and was the league’s 2006
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2007 utah recruiting class
Defensive MVP … 2006 first-team all Nor- lei talamaiVao westlee tonga
Cal … 62 receptions for 1,107 yards and defensive tackle tight end
seven touchdowns as a junior … 61 catches 6-2, 272, fr. 6-4, 2, fr.
for 1,033 yards and seven touchdowns as a hs hs
senior … lettered all four years in basket- rancho cucamonga, calif. spring, texas
ball and was a first-team all SVC selection rancho cucamonga hs spring hs
as a sophomore and junior (currently in All-state, all-CIF, all-Inland Valley … Second-team all-district as a senior in
his senior season) … 2006 Union Mine league MVP … 145 tackles and 12.5 sacks 2006 … Spring High School (Texas) team
High School (Calif.) basketball MVP …. as a senior in 2006 … also lettered in track captain … won three letters in football,
averaged 17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists at Rancho Cucamonga High School (Calif.) two in track and one in basketball … plans
and 2 steals as a sophomore, and 21 points, … son of Ivan Cajaho and Anna Martinez to serve an LDS church mission before
9 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals as a junior … one stepsister and three stepbrothers … enrolling at Utah … son of Kathy Barney
… son of Doug and Jana Rogers … father enjoys camping … full name is Agalelei and Lee Tonga … sisters Kalani and Sunny,
played his college football at Stanford and Talamaivao … name is pronounced Lay and brother Steven … brother-in-law, Reno
then played for three NFL teams (Atlanta, Tal-a-my-vow … born Sept. 20, 1988 in Mahe, plays for the Philadelphia Eagles …
New England and San Francisco) from Samoa. first name is pronounced Wesley.
1982-88 … four sisters … sister Kiana
plays volleyball for BYU … enjoys fishing damilyn tanner reggie topps
and golf … full name is Dallin Rogers (first defensive back defensive back
name rhymes with allen) … born Aug. 23, -0, 7, Jr. -, 64, fr.
1989. Jc hs
sacramento, calif. prunedale, calif.
thor salanoa el camino college n. monterey county hs
linebacker Two-time all-conference and preseason All-county … played running back, re-
6-2, 87, fr. junior college All-American … El Camino ceiver and cornerback for North Monterey
hs College was the 2006 So Cal champion County High School (Calif.) … rushed
honolulu, hawaii and state champion … rated the No. 65 JC 116 times for 995 yards (8.6 average) as a
radford hs recruit by Rivals.com … two-year Lake- senior in 2006 … rushed for 245 yards in
Honorable mention all-state … first-team wood High School (Calif.) team captain … one game … averaged 21 yards a recep-
all-star … Radford High School (Hawaii) first-team all-league in 2004 … son of Ron tion … scored 15 total touchdowns … won
team captain … Radford won the 2006 and Donna Lewis … brother Tahiran and four letters in track and three in football
OIA White championship … also lettered sister Larhan … first name is pronounced and basketball … clocked at 21.87 in the
in track … made the honor roll all four da-my-lin … nickname is D-Tan … born 200 meters and recorded a 10.61 100-meter
years … son of Thor and June Iagi Salanoa Oct. 26, 1987. time … son of Sam and Kathy Topps …
… father played football for BYU … two enjoys drawing and working on cars with
brothers and a sister … younger brother is Justin taplin-ross his father, who is a mechanic … sister Kin-
autistic … full name is Thor Eric Salanoa linebacker dra … full name is Reginald Topps … born
(pronounced sal-a-noa) … born Feb. 7, 6-, 8, fr. Dec. 19, 1988.
1989. hs
murrieta, calif. eddie wide
derrick shelby Vista murrieta hs running back/defensive back
defensive end All-league, all-valley and all C.I.F. … -0, 70, fr.
6-, 20, fr. recorded 103 tackles, 2 interceptions and 2 hs
hs fumble recoveries … helped Vista Murrieta las Vegas, nev.
houston, texas High School (Calif.) to a 10-0 record and cimarron memorial hs
hightower hs the Southwestern League championship All-state running back … all-region run-
All-district first team as a senior in 2006 in 2006 … also lettered in basketball and ning back and defensive back … Gatorade
… recorded 15 sacks … Hightower High track … honor student … calculus Student Player of the Year for the state of Nevada
School (Texas) won the 2006 district cham- of the Month … son of Wanda Taplin and … Cimarron Memorial High School (Nev.)
pionship … also lettered two years in track Tyrone and Pauline Ross (stepmother) … team captain … as a senior in 2006, rushed
… won an academic excellence award … five sisters and two brothers … enjoys 202 times for 1,743 yards (8.6 average)
son of Alisa and Derrick Shelby Sr. … one dancing and boxing … full name is Justin and 23 touchdowns, and totaled 31 tackles,
sister … full name is Derrick Shelby II … Shaun Taplin-Ross … born Mar. 26, 1989 three interceptions and one fumble recov-
born Mar. 4, 1989. in Texas. ery … rated the No. 5 player in the state
of Nevada by Rivals.com … son of Eddie
Wide, Jr. … father played football for
UNLV … sisters Shanta, Calais and Mariah
… full name is Eddie Lee Wide III … born
Nov. 19, 1988.
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2006 starters
2006 bell helicopter armed forces bowl starters
lt lg c rg rt qb rb wr wr wr wr te
Tavo Zane Kyle Robert Jason Brett Darryl Derrek Brent Fano Brian
Tupola Beadles Gunther Conley Boone Ralliff Poston Richards Casteel Tagovailoa Hernandez
de t ng e rlb mlb slb rc lc fs ss nb
Martail Kelly Kenape Alex J.J. Joe Brice Eric Steve Casey Eric
Burnett Talavou Eliapo Puccinelli Williams Jiannoni McCain Shyne Tate Evans Weddle
offense • regular season starters
pos. ucla nau usu sdsu bsu tcu wyo unm unlV csu afa byu
LT Tavo Tavo Tavo Jeremy Tavo Tavo Tavo Tavo Tavo Tavo Tavo Tavo
Tupola Tupola Tupola Inferrera Tupola Tupola Tupola Tupola Tupola Tupola Tupola Tupola
LG Zane Zane Zane Zane Zane Zane Zane Zane Zane Zane Zane Corey
Beadles Beadles Beadles Beadles Beadles Beadles Beadles Beadles Beadles Beadles Beadles Seiuli
C Kyle Kyle Kyle Kyle Kyle Kyle Kyle Kyle Kyle Kyle Kyle Kyle
Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther
RG Robert Robert Robert Robert Robert Robert Robert Robert Robert Robert Robert Robert
Conley Conley Conley Conley Conley Conley Conley Conley Conley Conley Conley Conley
RT Jason Jason Jason Jason Jason Jason Jason Jason Jason Jeremy Jeremy Jason
Boone Boone Boone Boone Boone Boone Boone Boone Boone Inferrera Inferrera Boone
QB Brett Brett Brett Brett Brett Brett Brett Brett Brett Brett Brett Brett
Ratlff Ratliff Ratliff Ratliff Ratliff Ratliff Ratliff Ratliff Ratliff Ratliff Ratliff Ratliff
RB Mike Darryl Darryl Darryl Darryl Darryl Darryl Darryl Brent Darryl Darryl Darryl
Liti Poston Poston Poston Poston Poston Poston Poston Casteel Poston Poston Poston
WR Derrek Derrek Derrek Derrek Derrek Derrek Derrek Derrek Derrek Derrek Derrek Derrek
Richards Richards Richards Richards Richards Richards Richards Richards Richards Richards Richards Richards
WR Brent Brent Brent Brent Brent Brent Bradon Brent Brent Brent
Casteel Casteel Casteel Casteel Casteel Casteel Godfrey Casteel Casteel Casteel
WR Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis Freddie Marquis
Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Brown Wilson
WR Brian Freddie Brian Brian Brian Brian Brian Fano Brian Brian Brian
Hernandez Brown Hernandez Hernandez Hernandez Hernandez Hernandez Tagovailoa Hernandez Hernandez Hernandez
TE Matt Matt Matt Matt Matt Matt
Sims Sims Sims Sims Sims Sims
TE Colt Colt
Sampson Sampson
defense • regular season starters
pos. ucla nau usu sdsu bsu tcu wyo unm unlV csu afa byu
OE Martail Martail Martail Martail Martail Martail Martail Martail Martail Martail Martail Martail
Burnett Burnett Burnett Burnett Burnet Burnett Burnett Burnett Burnett Burnett Burnett Burnett
T Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Gabe Kelly Kelly Kelly
Talavou Talavou Talavou Talavou Talavou Talavou Talavou Talavou Long Talavou Talavou Talavou
NG Paul Paul Paul Paul Paul Paul Paul Paul Paul Paul Paul Paul
Soliai Soliai Soliai Soliai Soliai Soliai Soliai Soliai Soliai Soliai Soliai Soliai
E Soli Soli Soli Soli Gabe Alex Alex Gabe Soli Soli Alex
Lefiti Lefiti Lefiti Lefiti Long Puccinelli Puccinelli Long Lefiti Lefiti Puccinelli
RLB Casey Kyle Stevenson Kyle Kyle Stevenson J.J. J.J J.J. J.J. J.J. J.J.
Evans Brady Sylvester Brady Brady Sylvesters Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams
MLB Joe Stevenson Kyle Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe
Jiannoni Sylvester Brady Jiannoni Jianonni Jiannoni Jiannoni Jiannoni Jiannoni Jiannoni Jiannoni Jiannoni
SLB Malakai Malakai Malakai Kyle Malakai Malakai Malakai Malakai Malakai
Mokofisi Mokofisi Mokofisi Brady Mokofisi Mokofisi Mokofisi Mokofisi Mokofisi
RC Brice Brice Brice Brice Brice Brice Brice Brice Shaun Brice Brice Brice
McCain McCain McCain McCain McCain McCain McCain McCain Harper McCain McCain McCain
LC Shaun Shaun Eric Eric Eric Eric Eric Eric Eric Eric Shaun Eric
Harper Harper Weddle Weddle Weddle Weddle Weddle Weddle Weddle Weddle Harper Shyne
FS Steve Casey Steve Steve Steve Steve Steve Steve Steve Steve Steve Steve
Tate Evans Tate Tate Tate Tate Tate Tate Tate Tate Tate Tate
SS Eric Eric Casey Casey Casey Casey Casey Casey Casey Casey Casey Casey
Weddle Weddle Evans Evans Evans Evans Evans Evans Evans Evans Evans Evans
NB Eric Eric Eric
Shyne Weddle Weddle
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2006 utah statistics
PASSING G EFFIC ATT-CMP-INT PCT YDS TD LNG AVG/G
2006 utah football results • 8-, - mwc/rd tie RATLIFF, Brett 13 133.19 391-228-9 58.3 2796 23 57 215.1
GRADY, Tommy 7 91.91 14-7-3 50.0 102 1 35 14.6
Date Opponent Result Attend TV WEDDLE, Eric 13 222.80 4-2-0 50.0 43 1 25 3.3
9-2 at UCLA L/31-10 59,709 FSN TAGOVAILOA, Fano 13 284.80 1-1-0 100.0 22 0 22 1.7
9-9 Northern Arizona W/45-7 43,327 mtn. TEAM 5 0.00 1-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
9-16 at Utah State W/48-0 20,082 KJZZ Total 13 132.70 411-238-12 57.9 2963 25 57 227.9
9-23 at San Diego State* W/38-7 53,794 mtn. Opponents 13 132.58 366-221-17 60.4 2804 19 51 215.7
9-30 Boise State (HC) L/36-3 45,222 VERSUS
10-5 TCU* W/20-7 43,790 VERSUS
10-14 at Wyoming* L/31-15 20,806 mtn. RECEIVING G NO. YDS AVG TD LONG AVG/G
10-19 at New Mexico* L/34-31 23,471 mtn. RICHARDS, Derrek 13 60 717 11.9 6 38 55.2
10-28 UNLV* W/45-23 42,474 mtn. HERNANDEZ, Brian 11 47 424 9.0 1 47 38.5
11-11 Colorado State* W/35-22 39,532 VERSUS CASTEEL, Brent 13 39 600 15.4 10 49 46.2
11-18 at Air Force* W/17-14 27,611 mtn. WILSON, Marquis 13 25 398 15.9 3 57 30.6
11-25 Brigham Young* L/33-31 45,330 CSTV & mtn. GODFREY, Bradon 10 22 360 16.4 1 36 36.0
12-23 Tulsa^ W/25-13 32,412 ESPN BROWN, Freddie 13 17 196 11.5 0 42 15.1
POSTON, Darryl 13 14 99 7.1 1 18 7.6
HC-Homecoming; *-MWC game; ^Armed Forces Bowl SIMS, Matt 13 4 62 15.5 0 23 4.8
SAMPSON, Colt 13 3 18 6.0 2 12 1.4
LITI, Mike 8 2 13 6.5 0 7 1.6
MACK, Darrell 8 2 7 3.5 0 6 0.9
TEAM STATISTICS UTAH OPP TAGOVAILOA, Fano 13 1 35 35.0 1 35 2.7
Points Per Game 27.9 19.8 RATLIFF, Brett 13 1 22 22.0 0 22 1.7
FIRST DOWNS 245 224 SMITH, Sean 13 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.9
Rushing 111 80 Total 13 238 2963 12.4 25 57 227.9
Passing 125 128 Opponents 13 221 2804 12.7 19 51 215.7
Penalty 9 16
RUSHING ATTEMPS-YARDS 451-1826 449-1384
Rushing Average Per Game 140.5 106.5 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA PCT 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 LG BLK
PASSING ATT-COMP-INT 411-238-12 366-221-17 SAKODA, Louie 16-20 80.0 1-1 5-5 7-8 3-5 0-1 45 0
Passing Yards 2963 2804
Passing Average Per Game 227.9 215.7
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 862-4789 815-4188
SCORING TD FG PAT RUSH RCV PASS SAF PTS
SAKODA, Louie 0 16-20 43-43 0-0 0 0-0 0 91
Total Offense Per Game 368.4 322.2
RED ZONE OFFENSE CASTEEL, Brent 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 60
Fumbles-Lost 17-8 26-11
Times at or inside 20: 50 WEDDLE, Eric 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 48
Penalties-Yards 81-744 61-460
Scores: 42 POSTON, Darryl 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 36
Punting No.-Yards-Avg 59-2598-44.0 72-2998-41.6
Touchdowns: 29 RICHARDS, Derrek 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 36
Sacks-Yards 25-181 15-121
Field Goals: 13 WILSON, Marquis 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 18
Third Down Conversions 83/187 67/176
Scoring percentage: 84% SAMPSON, Colt 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 12
Third Down Conversions Pct. 44% 38%
TD percentage: 58% GODFREY, Bradon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 8
Fourth Down Conversions 8/19 8/11
HERNANDEZ, Brian 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 6
Fourth Down Conversions Pct 42% 73%
LITI, Mike 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 6
Time of Possession Avg. 29:51 30:09
STOWERS, Ray 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 6
Attendance Avg. 43,279 34,246
MACK, Darrell 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 6
SHYNE, Eric 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 6
SCORE BY QUARTER 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total SYLVESTER, Stevens 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 6
Utah 54 133 94 82 0 363 WILLIAMS, JJ 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 6
Opponents 51 78 40 89 0 258 RATLIFF, Brett 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 0 6
TAGOVAILOA, Fano 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 6
Total 45 16-20 43-43 0-0 1 1-2 0 363
RUSHING GP ATT GAIN LOSS NET AVG TD LONG AVG/G Opponents 33 11-16 25-28 0-3 1 1-2 0 258
POSTON, Darryl 13 145 579 26 553 3.8 5 18 42.5
CASTEEL, Brent 13 51 290 28 262 5.1 0 40 20.2
RATLIFF, Brett 13 98 455 195 260 2.7 1 34 20.0 TOTAL OFFENSE G PLAYS RUSH PASS TOTAL AVG
WEDDLE, Eric 13 44 217 14 203 4.6 5 13 15.6 RATLIFF, Brett 13 489 260 2796 3056 235.1
LITI, Mike 8 37 189 6 183 4.9 1 45 22.9 POSTON, Darryl 13 145 553 0 553 42.5
MACK, Darrell 8 4 181 8 173 4.0 1 29 21.6 CASTEEL, Brent 13 51 262 0 262 20.2
SMITH, Sean 13 7 66 3 63 9.0 0 30 4.8 WEDDLE, Eric 13 48 203 43 246 18.9
STANFORD, R.J. 12 11 48 0 48 4.4 0 8 4.0 LITI, Mike 8 37 183 0 183 22.9
SAKODA, Louie 13 2 32 0 32 16.0 0 18 2.5 Total 13 862 1826 2963 4789 368.4
WILSON, Marquis 13 3 29 5 24 8.0 0 16 1.8 Opponents 13 815 1384 2804 4188 322.2
STOWERS, Ray 7 5 23 0 23 4.6 1 10 3.3
RICHARDS, Derrek 13 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.3
GRADY, Tommy 7 3 7 7 0 0.0 0 7 0.0 PUNTING NO. YDS AVG LONG TB FC I20 BLK
TEAM 5 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.4 SAKODA, Louie 59 2598 44.0 75 5 19 30 0
Total 13 451 2120 294 1826 4.0 14 45 140.5 Total 59 2598 44.0 75 5 19 30 0
Opponents 13 449 1725 341 1384 3.1 11 40 106.5 Opponents 72 2998 41.6 65 6 16 14 0
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2006 utah statistics
ALL PURPOSE G RUSH REC PR KOR IR TOT AVG KICK RETURNS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG
CASTEEL, Brent 13 262 600 0 143 0 1005 77.3 MCCAIN, Brice 18 404 22.4 0 54
RICHARDS, Derrek 13 4 717 22 129 0 872 67.1 CASTEEL, Brent 8 143 17.9 0 25
WILSON, Marquis 13 24 398 246 0 0 668 51.4 RICHARDS, Derrek 5 129 25.8 0 38
POSTON, Darryl 13 553 99 0 0 0 652 50.2 Total 31 676 21.8 0 54
HERNANDEZ, Brian 11 0 424 0 0 0 424 38.5 Opponents 41 811 19.8 0 41
Total 13 1826 2963 312 676 237 6014 462.6
Opponents 13 1384 2804 45 811 176 5220 401.5 PUNT RETURNS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG
WILSON, Marquis 22 246 11.2 0 31
WEDDLE, Eric 8 44 5.5 0 17
INTERCEPTIONS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG RICHARDS, Derrek 6 22 3.7 0 7
WEDDLE, Eric 7 80 11.4 2 30
Total 36 312 8.7 0 31
SHYNE, Eric 3 76 25.3 1 33
Opponents 19 45 2.4 0 9
HARPER, Shaun 1 13 13.0 0 13
MOKOFISI, Malakai 1 5 5.0 0 5
SYLVESTER, Stevens 1 45 45.0 1 45 RED ZONE DEFENSE
TATE, Steve 1 0 0.0 0 0 Times opponent at or inside 20: 40
JIANONNI, Joe 1 0 0.0 0 0 Scores: 34
WILLIAMS, J.J. 1 22 22.0 1 22 Touchdowns: 24
MCCAIN, Brice 1 (-)4 (-)4.0 0 0 Field Goals: 10
Total 17 237 13.9 5 45 Scoring percentage: 85%
Opponents 12 176 14.7 3 42 TD percentage: 60%
DEFENSE GP SOLO AST TOTAL TFL/YDS SACK-YARDS INT-YDS BRUP FR-YDS FF BLK KICK SAF
28 TATE, Steve 12 58 44 102 8.5-30 2.5-18 1-0 1 . 2 . .
44 JIANONNI, Joe 11 48 44 92 8.0-27 4.0-17 1-0 3 1-0 1 . .
31 EVANS, Casey 13 39 33 72 5.5-12 . . 1 . . . .
32 WEDDLE, Eric 13 40 24 64 2.5-8 1.0-7 7-80 2 3-35 1 . .
13 WILLIAMS, JJ 13 30 25 55 4.5-9 . 1-22 . . . . .
98 TALAVOU, Kelly 12 26 21 47 8.0-39 3.0-26 . 2 . 1 . .
14 BRADY, Kyle 11 23 23 46 5.0-13 1.0-8 . 4 1-0 3 . .
93 BURNETT, Martail 13 27 15 42 10.5-49 5.5-41 . 3 . 2 . .
22 MOKOFISI, Malaki 13 14 24 38 5.5-8 . 1-5 . 1-0 . . .
90 SOLIAI, Paul 12 13 22 35 3.5-17 2.0-15 . 4 1-0 1 1 .
97 LEFITI, Soli 11 15 14 29 7.5-24 1.5-15 . 2 . . . .
1 MCCAIN, Brice 13 15 13 28 0.5-1 . 1-4 5 . . . .
6 SHYNE, Eric 13 19 8 27 . . 3-76 3 . . . .
45 PUCCINELLI, Alex 12 13 11 24 2.5-15 1.5-10 . 1 . . . .
10 SYLVESTER, Steve 10 7 16 23 1.5-2 0.5-1 1-45 1 . 1 . .
94 LONG, Gabe 10 13 10 23 4.5-20 1.5-11 . 1 . 2 . .
37 OLEVAO, Loma 10 9 6 15 0.5-0 . . 1 . . . .
21 HARPER, Shaun 7 9 2 11 . . 1-13 1 . . . .
56 NEWMAN, Greg 13 6 5 11 2.0-3 . . . 1-0 . . .
8B WESSON, Elijah 11 7 1 8 . . . . 1-0 . . .
23 RICE, RJ 12 6 2 8 . . . . . . . .
92 ELIAPO, Kenape 10 5 2 7 1.0-12 1.0-12 . . . . . .
29 JONES, Justin 5 3 4 7 . . . . . . . .
43 DALE, Joe 9 4 2 6 . . . 1 . . .
33 PHILLIPS, Brady 11 5 1 6 . . . . . . . .
25 STANFORD, R.J. 12 3 2 5 . . . . 1-0 . . .
49 WRIGHT, Mike 10 1 3 4 . . . . . . . .
64 MOWER, Clint 13 4 . 4 . . . . . . . .
91 SUTERA, Casey 8 2 1 3 . . . . . . . .
99 WILY, Zeke 13 2 1 3 1.5-2 . . . . . . .
5 CASTEEL, Brent 13 3 . 3 . . . . . . . .
7 WASHINGTON, M. 5 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . .
TM TEAM 5 2 . 2 2.0-5 . . . . . . .
17 TAGOVAILOA, Fano 13 1 1 2 . . . . 1-0 1 . .
4 SMITH, Sean 13 . 2 2 . . . . . . . .
81 GODFREY, Bradon 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .
12 MACK, Darrell 8 . 1 1 . . . . . . . .
74 SEIULI, Corey 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 .
18 VOSS, Jason 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .
2 WILSON, Marquis 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 .
68 BEADLES, Zane 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .
46 BRADLEY, Thomas 2 . . . . . . . . . . .
Total.......... 13 478 384 862 85-296 25-181 17-237 37 11-35 17 1 .
Opponents...... 13 - - - - 15-121 12-176 47 8-18 6 . .
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2006 game summaries
game sept. 2 game 2 sept.
ucla , utah 0 utah 4, northern ariZona 7
pasadena, calif. salt lake city
rose bowl [,70] rice-eccles stadium [4,27]
LOS ANGELES—UCLA broke open a 14-10 ballgame with a 17-0 second-half SALT LAKE CITY—A host of career bests led to Utah’s 45-7 victory over
edge to beat the Utes 31-10 in the Rose Bowl. The Bruins scored on their first Northern Ariziona. The first came when Louie Sakoda boomed a career-long
drive but wouldn’t score another offensive touchdown until the third quarter. 75-yard punt—tying for the fifth-longest in school history.
Utah tied the score at 7-7 when Brett Ratliff hit Brent Casteel with a Others setting career marks: Running back Darryl Poston’s 72 yards
26-yard touchdown pass. UCLA went back on top five minutes later by picking on 11 carries set new game and season personal records. Receiver Bradon
off a Tommy Grady pass and returning it 34 yards for the score. The Utes drew Godfrey not only caught his first pass as a Division I-A player, he led the
within four points a minute later on a 44-yard field goal by Louie Sakoda—the Utes with four receptions for 80 yards before leaving with a sprained ankle.
first field goal attempt of his career. Receiver Marquis Wilson reached a career-high for the second straight
Ratliff finished with 162 passing yards, junior Mike Liti led Utah’s rushers week—catching four passes for 79 yards.
with 57 yards and Marquis Wilson had 67 receiving yards for the Utes, who Also having his second straight career game was defensive tackle Kelly
were 0-11 in third down conversions. Talavou, who led Utah with eight tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss and
The Ute defense forced five fumbles, but all were recovered by UCLA. two sacks (also career bests). Running back Mike Liti’s 45-yard run from the
Soli Lefiti and Eric Weddle had eight tackles apiece. line of scrimmage in the second quarter was a career best.
Utah...............0 ..............10 ............. 0..............0........... 10 No. Arizona .............. 7 ...............0 ...............0 ............. 0 ............. 7
UCLA.............7 ................7 ............. 7............10........... 31 Utah.......................... 0 .............17 .............14 ........... 14 ........... 45
Scoring Summary Scoring Summary
UCLA - Moya 16 pass from Olson (Medlock kick) 12:35, 1st NAU - Mahone 25 pass from Murietta (Dehaze kick) 6:31, 1st
UU - Casteel 26 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 7:20, 2nd UU - Poston 1 run (Sakoda kick) 12:32, 2nd
UCLA - Verner 34 interception return (Medlock kick) 2:16, 2nd UU - Liti 1 run (Sakoda kick) 7:30, 2nd
UU - Sakoda 44 field goal 1:16, 2nd UU - Sakoda 28 field goal 0:44, 2nd
UCLA - Willis 19 pass from Olson (Medlock kick) 11:24, 3rd UU - Godfrey 24 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 12:38, 3rd
UCLA - Medlock 25 field goal 12:54, 4th UU - Richards 24 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 7:40, 3rd
UCLA - Everett 9 pass from Olson 7:41, 4th UU - Wilson 15 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 11:56, 4th
UU - Mack 6 run (Sakoda kick) 9:55, 4th
Team Statistics UU UCLA
First Downs 15 26 Team Statistics NAU UTAH
Net Rushing 23-112 41-107 First Downs 14 25
Passing 14-34-2 25-34-0 Net Rushing 26-74 38-213
Passing Yards 175 318 Passing 12-23-1 17-27-0
Total Offense 57-287 75-425 Passing Yards 131 299
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 5-0 Total Offense 49-205 65-512
Penalties 7-70 5-50 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Interceptions-Yds 0-0 2-34 Penalties 4-20 9-85
Punting 6-42.7 5-42.8 Interceptions-Yds 0-0 1-13
Punt Returns 1- -2 2-9 Punting 7-37.7 2-62.0
Kickoff Returns 4-98 1-19 Punt Returns 1-3.0 2-15.0
Time of Possession 23:24 36:36 Kickoff Returns 6-19.8 0-0
Third Down Conversions 0-11 6-14 Time of Possession 27:49 32:11
Fourth Down Conversions 1-3 0-0 Third Down Conversions 2-11 8-12
Sacks By 0-0 0-0 Fourth Down Conversions 1-1 1-1
Sacks By 0-0 4-30
Individual Leaders
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Liti 8-57-0, Casteel 7-46-0. UCLA: Bell 14-34-0, Individual Leaders
Markey 9-32-0. Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Poston 11-72-1, Liti 10-68-1. NAU: Kriesien
Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ratliff 31-13-1-162-1; Grady 2-1-1-13-0. 5-51-0, Henderson 8-23-0.
UCLA: Olson 33-25-0-318-3. Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: 27-17-0-299-3. NAU: Murietta 21-11-
Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Wilson 3-67-0, Casteel 3-57-1. UCLA: 1-118-1.
Paulsen 5-90-0, Willis 4-40-1. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Godrey 4-80-1, Richards 4-79-1. NAU:
Kickoff Returns–Utah: Casteel 4-60. UCLA: McGee 1-19. Mahone 5-56-1, Watson 3-19-0.
Punt Returns–Utah: Weddle 1- -2. UCLA: Markey 2-9. Kickoff Returns–Utah: None. NAU: Sayles 3-65.
Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Weddle/Lefiti 8 Sacks: None. TFL: Lefiti, Punt Returns–Utah: Weddle 2-30. NAU: Watson 1-3.
Talavou, Burnett, Mokofisi, Newman 1.0. Interceptions: None. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Talavou 8 Sacks: Talavou 2.0. TFL:
Talavou 2.5. Interceptions: Harper 1-13.
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2006 game summaries
game sept. 6 game 4 sept. 2
utah 48, utah state 0 utah 8, san diego state 7
logan, utah san diego, calif.
romney stadium [20,082] qualcomm stadium [,74]
LOGAN—Eric Shyne scored on the game’s second play—returning his first SAN DIEGO—Defensive back Eric Weddle tore San Diego State apart on both
career interception 21 yards for a touchdown—to get Utah off and running to sides of the ball to lead Utah to a 38-7 shellacking in both teams’ conference
a 48-0 victory against Utah State. Turnovers played a huge role in the win as opener. Weddle scored three of Utah’s five touchdowns—two on interception
the Ute defense forced four fumbles and recovered all of them, and turned two returns and one on a rush that snapped a 7-7 first-quarter tie. He finished with
interceptions into touchdowns (Stevenson Sylvester returned a pick 45 yards three interceptions and batted down what would have been yet another inter-
for his first career TD). ception inside the Utah 5-yard line in order to allow time to expire on the last
On offense, Utah reached double-digit scoring in every quarter but the play of the first half. He finished with four total tackles and an assisted sack.
second and spent most of the game (nearly 39 minutes) in Utah State territory. Darryl Poston led Utah’s rushers with 53 yards and a score, and also
Brett Ratliff completed 18-of-26 passes for 182 yards and three touchdowns— caught an 18-yard touchdown pass. Casey Evans won tackle honors with a
two to Derrek Richards, who led Utah with career highs in catches (7) and season-high 10 stops for the Ute defense, which pitched a shutout for the last
yards (90). Utah produced 401 yards of total offense to just 98 by the Aggies. three quarters.
Sylvester and Malakai Mokofisi each had five tackles to lead the defense,
which recorded four sacks and nine tackles for loss. Utah.......................... 7 ............. 14 ................7 ............10 ................ 38
San Diego State ..... 7 ............... 0 ................0 ..............0 .................. 7
Utah........................... 17 ..............7............ 14 ............. 10 ............ 48
Utah State .................. 0 ..............0.............. 0 ............... 0 .............. 0 Scoring Summary
UU - Poston 1 run (Sakoda kick) 10:43, 1st
Scoring Summary SD - Swain 18 pass from Mougey (Palmer kick) 3:10, 1st
UU - Shyne 21 interception return (Sakoda kick) 13:54, 1st UU - Weddle 2 run (Sakoda kick) 11:44, 2nd
UU - Sakoda 38 field goal 8:46, 1st UU - Weddle 30 interception return (Sakoda kick) 11:12, 2nd
UU - Richards 12 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 4:53, 1st UU - Poston 18 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 1:24, 3rd
UU - Richards 21 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 0:03, 2nd UU - Sakoda 23 field goal 8:53, 4th
UU - Wilson 14 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 4:28, 3rd UU - Weddle 30 interception return (Sakoda kick) 7:39, 4th
UU - Sylvester 45 interception return (Sakoda kick) 2:51, 3rd
UU - Sakoda 27 field goal 13:57, 4th Team Statistics UTAH SAN DIEGO STATE
UU - Tagovailoa 35 pass from Grady 12:36, 4th First Downs 23 15
Net Rushing 41-192 45-204
Team Statistics UTAH UTAH STATE Passing 13-28-1 9-20-5
First Downs 19 7 Passing Yards 167 83
Net Rushing 37-161 29-34 Total Offense 69-359 65-287
Passing 20-30-0 6-20-2 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0
Passing Yards 240 64 Penalties 4-40 8-49
Total Offense 67-401 49-98 Interceptions-Yds 5-86 1-0
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 4-4 Punting 3-38.3 4-40.8
Penalties 7-71 4-24 Punt Returns 2-9.0 1-9.0
Interceptions-Yds 2-66 0-0 Kickoff Returns 2-22.0 5-19.4
Punting 4-42.8 8-38.1 Time of Possession 27:54 32:06
Punt Returns 4-10.2 2- -1.0 Third Down Conversions 9-14 6-14
Kickoff Returns 1-22.0 6-20.3 Fourth Down Conversions 0-0 1-3
Time of Possession 33:46 26:14 Sacks By 2-9 0-0
Third Down Conversions 7-14 3-13
Fourth Down Conversions 0-1 0-0 Individual Leaders
Sacks By 4-27 0-0 Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Poston 13-53-1, Mack 14-46-0. SDSU: Hender-
son 12-98-0, Hamilton 16-53-0.
Individual Leaders Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ratliff 25-12-0-157-1. SDSU: Mougey
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ratliff 8-45-0, Mack 9-44-0. USU: Cross 13-27- 19-9-4-83-1.
0, Sirstins 3-10-0. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Richards 4-46-0, Casteel 3-50-0. SDSU:
Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ratliff 26-18-0-182-3. USU: Jackson Swain 4-28-1, Schilens 1-26-0.
15-4-2-39-0. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Casteel 2-44. SDSU: Amaral 5-97.
Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Richards 7-90-2, Wilson 5-51-1. USU: Gwa- Punt Returns–Utah: Wilson 2-18. SDSU: Amaral 1-9.
cham 2-25-0, Cross 2-14-0. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Evans 10 Sacks: Long/Puccinelli 1.0.
Kickoff Returns–Utah: Richards 1-22. USU: Robinson 4-99. TFL: Long 2.0. Interceptions: Weddle 3-64, Shyne 1-22, Tate 1-0.
Punt Returns–Utah: Wilson 3-36. USU: Robinson 2- -2.
Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Mokofisi/Sylvester 5 Sacks: Tate 1.5.
TFL: Talavou, Lefiti 2.0. Interceptions: Sylvester 1-45, Shyne 1-21.
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2006 game summaries
game sept. 0 game 6 oct.
boise state 6, utah utah 20, tcu 7
salt lake city salt lake city
rice-eccles stadium [4,222] rice-eccles stadium [4,70]
SALT LAKE CITY—Utah suffered its worst loss in a decade at the hands of SALT LAKE CITY—A 14-point second quarter propelled Utah to a 20-7 victory
No. 22 Boise State, 36-3, before a sell-out crowd at Rice-Eccles Stadium. It over defending MWC champion TCU in a Thursday night nationally-televised
was a miserable day all the way around for the Utes, who managed just 178 game. Brett Ratliff completed 15-of-20 pass attempts for 191 yards and two
total yards of offense, while relinquishing 398 yards to BSU in their worst home touchdowns in the first half alone, and finished with 223 yards passing and
loss since 1989. a team-high 64 rushing yards. Brent Casteel caught both touchdown passes
Utah’s only score came on a first-quarter field goal by Louie Sakoda, from Ratliff, including one for 49 yards.
which briefly tied the game at 3-3. Starting quarterback Brett Ratliff had his The defense created three turnovers and got big games from Joe Jian-
worst game as a Ute, completing only 5-of-21 passes for 30 yards, while noni (9 tackles, 1 fumble recovery), Kelly Talavou (8 tackles, 1 forced fumble)
throwing three interceptions. He briefly gave way to Tommy Grady in the sec- and Eric Weddle (7 tackles, 1 interception). Martail Burnett had a solo and an
ond half, but returned when Grady (3-of-6 for 21 yards) threw an interception assisted sack.
of his own. Assisting on both offense and defense was kicker/punter Louie Sakoda,
It was a long day for the defense, too, which found the Broncos in their who made field goals of 29 and 32 yards, was 2-of-2 in PATs and forced TCU
backfield more often than not. Safeties Steve Tate (17 tackles) and Casey into bad field position all night long by placing seven punts inside its 20-yard
Evans (14 tackles) set career highs to lead all tacklers. line.
Boise State ........3 ..............20 ............. 10 ................3 .............. 36 TCU .............. 0 ................. 7 ...................0 ................0 ............ 7
Utah....................3 ................0 ............... 0 ................0 ................ 0 Utah............... 3 ............... 14 ...................0 ................3 .......... 20
Scoring Summary Scoring Summary
BSU - Montgomery 35 field goal 11:28, 1st UU - Sakoda 29 field goal 2:51, 1st
UU - Sakoda 37 field goal 6:08, 1st UU - Casteel 1 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 9:31, 2nd
BSU - Lau 3 pass from Zabransky (Montgomery kick) 14:49, 2nd TCU - Hobbs 1 run (Manfredini kick) 7:06, 2nd
BSU - Peretta 8 run (Montgomery kick) 5:27, 2nd UU - Casteel 49 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 4:35, 2nd
BSU - Brooks 12 interception return (Montgomery kick) 3:39, 2nd UU - Sakoda 32 field goal 7:45, 4th
BSU - Montgomery 40 field goal 9:49, 3rd
BSU - Zabransky 1 run (Montgomery kick) 1:02, 3rd Team Statistics TCU UTAH
BSU - Montgomery 22 field goal 10:31, 4th First Downs 14 14
Net Rushing 31-81 36-131
Team Statistics BOISE ST. UTAH Passing 14-29-1 19-32-1
First Downs 18 8 Passing Yards 228 223
Net Rushing 42-188 29-127 Total Offense 60-309 68-354
Passing 15-22-2 8-27-4 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0
Passing Yards 210 51 Penalties 5-43 8-89
Total Offense 64-398 56-178 Interceptions-Yds 1-0 1-0
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Punting 9-41.3 9-41.9
Penalties 5-35 5-34 Punt Returns 3-2.7 5-3.4
Interceptions-Yds 4-73 2-6 Kickoff Returns 4-21.0 1-22.0
Punting 2-39.5 7-44.9 Time of Possession 25:14 34:46
Punt Returns 2-3.0 1-9.0 Third Down Conversions 2-12 5-16
Kickoff Returns 0-0 3-20.7 Fourth Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Time of Possession 32:20 27:40 Sacks By 0-0 2-18
Third Down Conversions 6-12 4-16
Fourth Down Conversions 0-0 0-1 Individual Leaders
Sacks By 0-0 1-10 Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ratliff 8-64-0, Poston 14-47-0. TCU: Hobbs
22-67-1, James 2-17-0.
Individual Leaders Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ratliff 32-19-1-223-2. TCU: Jackson
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Poston 13-50-0, Ratliff 7-46-0. BSU: Johnson 19-10-1-158-0, Ballard 10-4-0-71-0.
14-88-0, Peretta 12-65-1. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Hernandez 5-66-0, Casteel 4-65-2. TCU:
Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ratliff 21-5-3-30-0, Grady 6-3-1-21-0. Harmon 3-72-0, Moore 3-36-0.
BSU: Zabransky 21-15-1-210-1, Tharp 1-0-1-0-0. Kickoff Returns–Utah: McCain 1-22. TCU: Massey 3-71.
Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Hernandez 3-22-0, Liti 2-13-0. BSU: Schou- Punt Returns–Utah: Richards 5-17. TCU: Brock 3-8.
man 3-50-0, Naanee 3-42-0. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Jiannoni 9. Sacks: Burnett 1.5. TFL:
Kickoff Returns–Utah: Richards 1-22. BSU: none. Burnett 1.5. Interceptions: Weddle 1-0.
Punt Returns–Utah: Wilson 1-9. BSU: Jones 1-6.
Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Tate 17. Sacks: Soliai 1.0. TFL: Evans,
Jiannoni, Brady, Soliai, Puccinelli 1.0. Interceptions: Weddle 2-6.
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2006 game summaries
game 7 oct. 4 game 8 oct. 2
wyoming , utah new meXico 4, utah
laramie, wyo. albuquerque, n.m.
war memorial stadium [20,806] university stadium [2,47]
LARAMIE—Utah lost 31-15 to Wyoming after spotting the Cowboys a 24-0 ALBUQUERQUE—Utah jumped to a 24-3 lead in the first 27 minutes of the
first-half lead. The Ute defense recovered in the second half (Wyoming’s sole game, only to see New Mexico charge back for a 34-31 win. New Mexico’s
score came on an interception return), but Utah’s offense never came alive. comeback began before the intermission, when a Lobo TD cut Utah’s lead to
Utah didn’t get on the board until the third quarter when Eric Weddle 24-10. That score sparked 24 unanswered points for New Mexico, which took
returned a fumble for his fourth score of the year. The Ute offense scored late a 27-24 lead.
in the fourth quarter on a pass play from Brett Ratliff to Derrek Richards, and Utah snatched back the lead on a Brett Ratliff-to-Brian Hernandez
then added a two-point conversion (Ratliff to Bradon Godfrey). TD pass, which was set up by an Eric Shyne interception. But UNM scored
Utah managed just 144 yards of total offense and couldn’t protect Ratliff, another touchdown and Utah’s final drive ended on downs near midfield.
who was sacked six times. The Utes had not allowed a single sack in the Utah got a productive night from running back Darryl Poston, who
previous six games. scored two first-half touchdowns before leaving the game with a knee injury.
Joe Jiannoni led the defense with a career-high 15 tackles and his first Ratliff passed for 234 yards and two touchdowns – one to Derrek Richards,
sack of the season. who had 96 yards on the night. Steve Tate led the defense with 13 tackles.
Utah ........................ 0 ...................0...................7................ 8 ............... 15 Utah ..................... 7 ................17 ..................0 ............... 7 ................31
Wyoming .............. 10 .................14...................7................ 0 ............... 31 New Mexico ......... 3 ..................7 ................10 ............. 14 ................34
Scoring Summary Scoring Summary
WYO - Scott 47 field goal 10:51, 1st NM - Byrd 30 field goal 8:58, 1st
WYO - Betschart 2 run (Scott kick) 6:42, 1st UU - Poston 7 run (Sakoda kick) 4:27, 1st
WYO - Sween 4 run (Scott kick) 14:56, 1st UU - Sakoda 19 field goal 13:21, 2nd
WYO - Ford 24 pass from Sween (Scott kick) 2:35, 2nd UU - Poston 8 run (Sakoda kick) 9:45, 2nd
WYO - Stinson 42 interception return (Scott kick) 13:22, 3rd UU - Richards 26 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 3:27, 2nd
UU - Weddle 35 fumble return (Sakoda kick) 10:25, 3rd NM - Smith 40 pass from Porterie (Byrd kick) 2:08, 2nd
UU - Richards 3 pass from Ratliff (Ratliff pass to Godfrey) 4:05, 4th NM - Smith 42 pass from Porterie (Byrd kick) 11:23, 3rd
NM - Byrd 21 field goal 4:17, 3rd
Team Statistics UTAH WYOMING NM - Brown 5 pass from Porterie (Byrd kick) 10:20, 4th
First Downs 8 17 UU - Hernandez 3 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 6:18, 4th
Net Rushing 29-33 44-100 NM - Epps 1 run (Byrd kick) 2:09, 4th
Passing 16-31-2 17-24-0
Passing Yards 111 202 Team Statistics UTAH NEW MEXICO
Total Offense 60-144 68-302 First Downs 19 21
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 4-2 Net Rushing 41-160 34-117
Penalties 3-19 4-33 Passing 18-31-0 19-33-1
Interceptions-Yds 0-0 2-3 Passing Yards 234 350
Punting 7-43.1 6-44.8 Total Offense 72-394 67-467
Punt Returns 3-3.6 2-1.5 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Kickoff Returns 4-22.5 2-21.5 Penalties 4-24 4-34
Time of Possession 26:12 33:48 Interceptions-Yds 1-33 0-0
Third Down Conversions 2-15 8-18 Punting 5-33.8 4-43.8
Fourth Down Conversions 2-3 0-0 Punt Returns 1-19.0 0-0
Sacks By 4-24 6-49 Kickoff Returns 2-42.5 5-22.0
Time of Possession 29:47 30:13
Individual Leaders Third Down Conversions 8-17 5-13
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Poston 7-27-0, Casteel 5-32-0. WYO: Seldon Fourth Down Conversions 1-3 0-0
14-64-0, Harris 14-38-0. Sacks By 2-9 0-0
Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ratliff 31-16-2-111-1. WYO: Sween
24-17-0-202-1. Individual Leaders
Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Richards 7-57-1, Hernandez 3-20-0. WYO: Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Poston 19-60-2, Ratliff 10-45-0. NM: Ferguson
Ford 5-92-1, Holden 3-29-0. 16-81-0, Epps 11-25-1.
Kickoff Returns–Utah: McCain 1-43. WYO: Marsh 2-43. Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ratliff 31-18-0-234-2. NM: Porterie
Punt Returns–Utah: Weddle 3-11. WYO: Marsh 2-3. 33-19-1-350-3.
Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Jiannoni 15. Sacks: Burnett 1.0, Talavou Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Richards 6-96-1, Casteel 3-63-0. NM: Brown
1.0, Jiannoni 1.0, Long 1.0. TFL: Burnett 2.0. Interceptions: none. 9-154-1, Smith 4-136-2.
Kickoff Returns–Utah: McCain 2-85. NM: Smith 3-51.
Punt Returns–Utah: Wilson 1-19. NM: None.
Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Steve Tate 12. Sacks: Jiannoni 1.0,
Burnett 1.0. TFL: Jiannoni 2.0, Mokofisi 2.0. Interceptions: Shyne 1-33.
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game oct. 28 game 0 noV.
utah 4, unlV 2 utah , colorado state 22
salt lake city salt lake city
rice-eccles stadium [42,474] rice-eccles stadium [,2]
SALT LAKE CITY—Brett Ratliff’s precision passing led Utah to a 45-23 win SALT LAKE CITY—Brett Ratliff passed for 296 yards and two touchdowns,
over UNLV on Oct. 28. Ratliff completed 19-of-23 passes (including all nine of and Brent Casteel accounted for a career-high 92 receiving yards and the
his second half throws) for 268 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. game’s first score, to lead Utah to a 35-22 win over Colorado State. Utah
Brent Casteel led Utah’s receivers with a career-high 86 yards and three of his never trailed in the game and led 35-16 before a last-minute touchdown by the
five receptions were for touchdowns. Running back Darryl Poston also had a Rams.
career day—rushing for 72 yards. Cornerback Eric Weddle pitched in six tackles (assisting in a tackle for
Linebackers JJ Williams and Malakai Mokofisi each contributed an inter- loss), but it was his play on offense that drew the most attention. He rushed for
ception. Mokofisi’s second-quarter pick swung the momentum solidly Utah’s Utah’s second touchdown and completed the first pass of his Ute career—a
way, as the offense scored three plays later to take a 24-3 lead. Williams 25-yarder to Casteel in the last play of the first quarter that placed Utah on the
scored on his own—returning his interception 22 yards for a touchdown. Utah CSU 6-yard line. Weddle then ran the ball into the end zone on the first play of
led 45-6 at the end of three quarters, before substituting liberally and seeing the second quarter.
the Rebels tack on 17 fourth-quarter points. Steve Tate led the defense with 9 tackles, while J.J. Williams and Joe Ji-
annoni had eight apiece. Jiannoni and Brice McCain each intercepted a pass.
UNLV ..................0 ................. 3 .................3 .............. 17 ................ 23
Utah.....................0 ............... 24 ...............21 ................ 0 ................ 45 Colorado State .......0 ............ 13 ..............3 ................6 ............22
Utah.........................7 ............ 14 ..............7 ................7 ............35
Scoring Summary
UU - Casteel 27 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 2nd, 12:01 Scoring Summary
UU - Sakoda 30 field goal 2nd, 8:58 UU - Casteel 40 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 1st, 12:58
LV - Aguayo 27 field goal 2nd, 2:50 UU - Weddle 6 run (Sakoda kick) 2nd, 14:55
UU - Ratliff 2 run (Sakoda kick) 2nd, 0:59 CS - Roberts 51 pass from Hanie (Smith kick) 2nd, 11:25
UU - Casteel 19 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 2nd, 0:15 CS - Johnson 2 run (pass failed) 2nd, 3:08
LV - Aguayo 41 field goal 3rd, 13:20 UU - Richards 9 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 2nd, 0:37
UU - Sampson 2 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 3rd, 8:55 CS - Smith 33 field goal 3rd, 10:35
UU - Williams 22 interception return (Sakoda kick) 3rd, 7:57 UU - Poston 14 run (Sakoda kick) 3rd, 7:33
UU - Casteel 19 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 3rd, 4:01 UU - Stowers 2 run (Sakoda kick) 4th, 14:37
LV - Anthony 7 pass from Hinds (rush failed) 4th, 12:19 CS - Sperry 7 pass from Farris (rush failed) 4th, 0:41
LV - Aguayo 31 field goal 4th, 9:53
LV - Flair 6 pass from Hinds (Saint Preux pass from Hinds) 4th, 2:21 Team Statistics CSU UTAH
First Downs 18 26
Team Statistics UNLV UTAH Net Rushing 34-148 42-205
First Downs 17 19 Passing 15-33-2 21-34-1
Net Rushing 29-65 34-110 Passing Yards 235 321
Passing 25-35-2 20-24-0 Total Offense 67-383 76-526
Passing Yards 232 290 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Total Offense 64-297 58-400 Penalties 1-5 10-105
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-2 Interceptions-Yds 1-0 2--4
Penalties 7-58 5-50 Punting 6-41.3 3-48.7
Interceptions-Yds 0-0 2-27 Punt Returns 3-0.0 3-7.0
Punting 4-53.0 2-52.5 Kickoff Returns 2-17.0 2-16.5
Punt Returns 1-4.0 3-25.7 Time of Possession 31:06 28:54
Kickoff Returns 3-13.3 2-25.0 Third Down Conversions 8-17 9-15
Time of Possession 31:08 28:52 Fourth Down Conversions 1-1 1-2
Third Down Conversions 5-14 6-11 Sacks By 2-23 1-10
Fourth Down Conversions 2-2 0-1
Sacks By 2-9 1-12 Individual Leaders
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Poston 16-66-1, Smith 2-39-0. CS: Hanie 13-
Individual Leaders 75-0; Ohaeri 13-28-0.
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Poston 17-72-0, Liti 3-24-0. LV: Smith 6-34-0, Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ratliff 32-20-1-296-2, Weddle 1-2-0-25-
Peeples 16-25-0. 0. CS: Hanie 30-13-2-186-1; Farris 3-2-0-49-1.
Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ratliff 23-19-0-268-4, Tagovailoa 1-1-0- Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Casteel 6-92-1, Richards 4-58-1. CS: Walker
22-0. LV: Hinds 35-25-2-23-2. 4-30-0, Morton 3-75-0.
Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Casteel 5-86-3, Hernandez 5-50-0. LV: Flair Kickoff Returns–Utah: McCain 2-33. CS: Square 2-34.
5-51-1, Anthony 4-55-1. Punt Returns–Utah: Wilson 3-21. CS: Morton 3-0.
Kickoff Returns–Utah: McCain 2-50. LV: Wright 1-16. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Steve Tate 9. Sacks: Burnett 1.0. TFL:
Punt Returns–Utah: Wilson 3-77. LV: Flair 1-4. Burnett 2.0. Interceptions: Jiannoni 1-0, McCain 1--4.
Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Steve Tate 8. Sacks: Eliapo 1.0. TFL:
Long 2.0. Interceptions: Williams 1-22, Mokofisi 1-5.
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game noV. 8 game 2 noV. 2
utah 7, air force 4 brigham young , utah
colorado springs, colo. salt lake city
falcon stadium [27,6] rice-eccles stadium [4,0]
COLORADO SPRINGS—Louie Sakoda calmly kicked the game-winning field SALT LAKE CITY—John Beck completed an 11-yard touchdown pass with
goal as time expired and Utah beat Air Force 17-14. Sakoda’s 37-yard field no time left on the clock, stunning Utah 33-31 before an oversold Rice-Eccles
goal came after Brett Ratliff engineered a 60-yard scoring drive that wiped the Stadium. The game’s final play overshadowed a clutch offensive drive by
final 3:55 off the clock after the Falcons had tied the game at 14-14 seconds the Utes that gave them a 31-27 lead with 1:19 remaining. On Utah’s final
earlier. Ratliff finished the night 24-of-38 passing for 236 yards. offensive series, Brett Ratliff marched the Utes 83 yards downfield—keeping
Cornerback Eric Weddle played every snap on defense and posted eight the drive alive with a 6-yard keeper on fourth-and-two at the Utah 25-yard line.
tackles, but was also spectacular on offense. Weddle, playing both quarter- He then completed four of his next five passes, including a 19-yard touchdown
back and running back, scored both of Utah’s touchdowns and rushed for a pass to Brent Casteel that gave the Utes their last lead.
career-high 73 yards (also Utah’s best total by an individual this year). After spotting BYU a 14-0 lead on its first two possessions, Utah clawed
Freddie Brown led Utah’s receivers with a career-high 63 yards, back to take a 24-14 lead entering the fourth quarter. But BYU scored two
including a 42-yard reception to the 4-yard line that set up Weddle’s second touchdowns in the fourth to go up 27-24 with just over three minutes remain-
touchdown run. ing. A blocked PAT by Paul Soliai, and Casteel’s nifty run after the catch, gave
Joe Jiannoni tied his career high with 15 tackles (11 solo) and chipped in Utah a four-point lead and meant the Cougars needed a touchdown to win.
2.5 tackles for loss and a sack. Ratliff finished with 358 yards (including 100 by Casteel) and 3 touch-
downs. J.J. Williams led the defense with a career-high 13 tackles.
Utah ..................7 ................ 0 ..................0 .............. 10 ...............17
Air Force ...........0 ................ 0 ..................0 .............. 14 ...............14 BYU ........ 14.............. 0 ...........0 ........ 19 ........... 33
Utah........... 0............ 10 .........14 .......... 7 ........... 31
Scoring Summary Scoring Summary
UU - Weddle 8 run (Sakoda kick) 1st, 4:29 BY - Tonga 1 run (McLaughlin kick) 1st, 10:38
AF - Thompson 6 pass from Carney (Sasser kick) 4th, 12:13 BY - Harline 36 pass from Beck (McLaughlin kick) 1st, 6:48
UU - Weddle 4 run (Sakoda kick) 4th, 9:46 UU - Casteel 18 pass from Weddle (Sakoda kick) 2nd, 9:18
AF - Carney 1 run (Sasser kick) 4th, 4:07 UU - Sakoda 24 field goal 2nd, 0:00
UU - Sakoda 37 field goal 4th, 0:00 UU - Wilson 57 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 3rd, 8:24
UU - Sampson 4 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 3rd, 1:41
Team Statistics UTAH AFA BY - Harline 4 pass from Beck (kick blocked) 4th, 13:15
First Downs 21 17 BY - Coats 2 pass from Beck (McLaughlin kick) 4th, 3:23
Net Rushing 35-119 41-116 UU - Casteel 19 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 4th, 1:19
Passing 24-38-0 16-22-0 BY - Harline 11 pass from Beck (no PAT attempt) 4th, 0:00
Passing Yards 236 218
Total Offense 73-355 63-334 Team Statistics BYU UTAH
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-0 First Downs 27 26
Penalties 7-60 4-20 Net Rushing 24-54 33-98
Interceptions-Yds 0-0 0-0 Passing 28-44-0 25-41-0
Punting 5-45.2 5-39.8 Passing Yards 375 376
Punt Returns 4-2.8 0-0 Total Offense 68-429 74-474
Kickoff Returns 2-25.5 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0
Time of Possession 32:29 27:31 Penalties 6-53 6-56
Third Down Conversions 12-18 9-16 Interceptions-Yds 0-0 0-0
Fourth Down Conversions 0-1 0-0 Punting 5-40.0 3-50.3
Sacks By 1-2 1-9 Punt Returns 1- -2.0 3-2.0
Kickoff Returns 3-21.0 5-17.2
Individual Leaders Time of Possession 29:43 30:17
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Weddle 12-73-2, Poston 14-55-0. AF: Hall 11- Third Down Conversions 5-11 6-14
38-0; Carney 15-33-0. Fourth Down Conversions 1-1 2-3
Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ratliff 38-24-0-236-0. AF: Carney 22- Sacks By 3-23 1-11
16-0-218-1.
Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Hernandez 9-55-0, Brown 4-63-0. AF: Thomp- Individual Leaders
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Casteel 4-34-0, Weddle 7-24-0. BY: Brown 12-45-0;
son 5-99-1, Hall 5-27-0.
Vakapuna 5-6-0.
Kickoff Returns–Utah: McCain 2-51. AF: None.
Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ratliff 39-24-0-358-3; Weddle 1-1-0-18-1.
Punt Returns–Utah: Wilson 3-10. AF: None. BY: Beck 43-28-0-375-4.
Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Joe Jiannoni 15. Sacks: Jiannoni 1.0. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Casteel 5-100-2, Richards 8-79-0. BY: Harline
TFL: Jiannoni 2.5. Interceptions: None. 7-118-3, Coats 6-80-1.
Kickoff Returns–Utah: McCain 4-62. BY: Brown 3-63.
Punt Returns–Utah: Wilson 2-6. BY: Jacobsen 1- -2.
Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Williams 13. Sacks: Jiannoni 1.0. TFL:
Tate 2.5. Interceptions: None.
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game dec. 2 Team Statistics TULSA UTAH
utah 2, tulsa - bell helicopter armed forces bowl First Downs 13 22
fort worth, texas Net Rushing 29-96 33-165
amon g. carter stadium [2,42] Passing 20-27-1 23-34-1
Passing Yards 158 240
FORT WORTH, Texas — Utah extended its bowl win streak to six in a row Total Offense 56-254 67-405
– the second longest in the country – with a convincing 25-13 victory over Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1
Tulsa. In his last game as a Ute, consensus All-America defensive back Eric Penalties 4-36 6-41
Weddle showed why he was considered the most versatile player in the Interceptions-Yds 1-18 1-10
nation. Weddle rushed for the game’s final touchdown and then intercepted Punting 7-42.6 3-47.3
a pass on the last play of the game. He finished with six tackles, a half sack, Punt Returns 1-7.0 5-10.8
a fumble recovery and an interception, while rushing for 56 yards and a Kickoff Returns 4-20.0 3-11.0
touchdown. He also held for Utah’s four field goals. Time of Possession 28:10 31:50
As good as Weddle was, the MVP honors went to sophomore kicker/ Third Down Conversions 2-11 7-14
punter Louie Sakoda, who made all four of his field goal attempts and a Fourth Down Conversions 2-2 0-0
PAT to account for 13 of Utah’s 25 points. Sakoda, who made a career-long Sacks By 1-8 2-19
45-yard field goal on his first try, also kept Tulsa on its heels with his punting:
Individual Leaders
He averaged 47.3 yards per punt and placed two of his three punts inside the
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Casteel 7-66-0, Weddle 10-56-1. TUL: Tennial 6-53-
Tulsa 20-yard line. 0; Adams 12-37-0.
Brett Ratliff engineered a Utah offense that out-gained Tulsa 405-254. Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ratliff 34-23-1-240-1; TUL: Smith 27-20-1-
He completed 23-of-34 passes for 240 yards and a touchdown pass to Brent 158-0.
Casteel. Steve Tate led the defense with 10 tackles and a sack. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Hernandez 8-55-0, Richards 7-69-0. TUL: Adams
9-63-0, Moss 4-31-0.
Tulsa .........0 ...............7...............0............... 6 ............13 Kickoff Returns–Utah: McCain 3-33. TUL: Grooms 2-41, Taylor 2-39.
Utah............3 ...............6.............10............... 6 ............25 Punt Returns–Utah: Wilson 4-50. TUL: Moss 1-7.
Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Tate 10. Sacks: Tate 1.0. TFL: Burnett 2.0.
Scoring Summary Interceptions: Weddle 1-10.
UU - Sakoda 45 field goal 1st, 7:50
TUL - Smith 1 run (Tracy kick) 2nd, 13:01
UU - Sakoda 39 field goal 2nd, 8:50
UU - Sakoda 41 field goal 2nd, 0:00
UU - Casteel 10 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) 3rd, 11:51
UU - Sakoda 34 field goal 3rd, 3:02
TUL - Smith 1 run (kick failed) 4th, 10:54
UU - Weddle 4 run (pass failed) 4th, 1:05
Consensus All-America senior defensive back Weddle starred on both sides of the ball to lead Utah to victory against Tulsa in the Armed Forces Bowl. (Photo credit Layne Murdoch).
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NO. NAME UCLA NAU USU SDSU BSU TCU WYO UNM UNLV CSU AFA BYU TULSA
1 Brice McCain x x x x x x x x x x x x x
2 Marquis Wilson x x x x x x x x x x x x x
4 Sean Smith x x x x x x x x x x x x x
5 Brent Casteel x x x x x x x x x x x x x
6 Eric Shyne x x x x x x x x x x x x x
7 Mombroso Washington x x x x x
8 Tommy Grady x x x x x x
8 Elijah Wesson x x x x x x x x x x x
9 Darryl Poston x x x x x x x x x x x x x
10 Stevenson Sylvester x x x x x x x x x x x
11 Josh Woods x x x x x x
12 Darrell Mack x x x x x x x x
13 JJ Williams x x x x x x x x x x x x x
14 Kyle Brady x x x x x x x x x x x
14 Kevin Dunn x
15 Brett Ratliff x x x x x x x x x x x x x
16 Brian Hernandez x x x x x x x x x x x
17 Fano Tagovailoa x x x x x x x x x x x x x
18 Jason Voss x x x x x x x x x x x
20 Mike Liti x x x x x x x x
21 Shaun Harper x x x x x x x
22 Malakai Mokofisi x x x x x x x x x x x x x
23 RJ Rice x x x x x x x x x x x x
25 R.J. Stanford x x x x x x x x x x x x
26 Derrek Richards x x x x x x x x x x x x x
28 Steve Tate x x x x x x x x x x x x
29 Justin Jones x x x x x
30 Ben Vroman x x x x x x x x x x x x x
31 Casey Evans x x x x x x x x x x x x x
32 Eric Weddle x x x x x x x x x x x x x
33 Brady Phillips x x x x x x x x x x x
35 Louie Sakoda x x x x x x x x x x x x x
37 Loma Olevao x x x x x x x x x x
39 Ray Stowers x x x x x x x
40 Andrew Smart x
43 Joe Dale x x x x x x x x x x
44 Joe Jianonni x x x x x x x x x x x
45 Alex Puccinelli x x x x x x x x x x x x
48 Matt Sims x x x x x x x x x x x x x
49 Mike Wright x x x x x x x x x x
54 Taylor Miller x x
56 Greg Newman x x x x x x x x x x x x x
57 Tyler Williams x x x
61 Pete Aneiro x x x x x x x x x
63 Kyle Gunther x x x x x x x x x x x x x
64 Clint Mower x x x x x x x x x x x x x
65 Dustin Hensel x x x x x x x x x
66 Robert Conley x x x x x x x x x x x x x
67 Lance Bordeleau x x
68 Zane Beadles x x x x x x x x x x x x x
69 Jason Boone x x x x x x x x x x x
70 Jeremy Infererra x x x x x x x x x x x x
74 Corey Seiuli x x x x x x x x x x x x
78 Tavo Tupola x x x x x x x x x x x x
80 Chris Joppru x
81 Bradon Godfrey x x x x x x x x x x
85 Drew Hackett x x
87 Ameen Shaheen x x x x x x x x x x x x
88 Freddie Brown x x x x x x x x x x x x x
89 Colt Sampson x x x x x x x x x x x x x
90 Paul Soliai x x x x x x x x x x x x
91 Casey Sutera x x x x x x x
92 Kenape Eliapo x x x x x x x x x x
93 Martail Burnett x x x x x x x x x x x x x
94 Gabe Long x x x x x x x x x x
96 Derek Beardall x x x x
97 Soli Lefiti x x x x x x x x x x x
98 Kelly Talavou x x x x x x x x x x x x
99 Zeke Wily x x x x x x x x x x x x
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