Utah Football 2020

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Looks like Jason Shelley has been put on notice...

Former South Carolina quarterback and 2020 grad transfer Jake Bentley announced on Monday evening he has decided to spend his final year of college football at Utah. This comes one week after he announced he would not return to South Carolina after his 2019 season was cut short after one game.



https://247sports.com/college/south-...ah--140204493/

[Iceaxe]

Bentley was obviously told he would not be the Gamecocks QB1.

It looks like Utah is going to have a brutal QB competition this spring.

Utah also has sophmore Texas transfer Rising on scholarship and wanting the job.

Lisk will be a senior and has never been more than a backup.

Shelley always shows up to compete.

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Wittingham and Scalley both went and visited Utah's #2 DE recruit from Corner Canyon - Van Fillinger last week.

https://247sports.com/Player/Van-Fillinger-46056161/

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^^^It's great when you can stop by on your way home from work.

Utah State's Gary Anderson's son was the WR for Juan Diego and Whitt, Scalley and Anderson would show up for all the HS games and watch from the JD sideline.

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[accadacca]

Shelley always shows up to compete.

I wouldn’t be surprised if he decides to transfer.

[rockgremlin]

Van Fillinger de-commits from Texas, commits to Utah.

https://kslsports.com/424873/corner-...gns-with-utah/


This is great news for the Utes, who need to replace the senior talent that will be leaving.

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Utah coach Kyle Whittingham says quarterback Jason Shelley may move to the secondary

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Utah coach Kyle Whittingham says quarterback Jason Shelley may move to the secondary

It worked out pretty well for Chase Hanson :-)

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[accadacca]

It worked out pretty well for Chase Hanson :-)

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And Eric Weddle...

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And Eric Weddle...

Yeah, but Weddle never had any visions of playing QB at Utah as he was an option QB in HS. Weddle was recruited as an "athlete".

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[accadacca]

Yeah, the point is Utah likes to recruit and/or turn X-QB’s into elite athletes in their defensive backfield.

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Another X-QB was Paul Kruger.

[Iceaxe]

Actually Utah likes to recruit athlete's and turn them into defensive players, it just so happens that on most youth and high school teams the best athlete is the QB because that's where he can do the most damage. On every youth and HS team I've ever coached my best athlete was always the QB.

Briton Covey was another converted QB, but Covey stayed on the offensive side of the ball.

The New Orleans Saints are doing a good job of exploiting Taysom Hill's athletic ability.

If Tim Tebow had of been willing to play TE he would still be playing in the NFL. I always liked Tebow up until the moment I learned all his anything for the team speeches were bullshit.

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Utah adds depth to defense, signs 18 to 2020 recruiting class

https://www.ksl.com/article/46692818...cruiting-class

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Sounds good...

Utah picks up a pair of 4-star defensive standouts, including highest-ever rated recruit

https://www.ksl.com/article/46693355...-rated-recruit

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Four star All American cornerback Clark Phillips III flipped from his commitment to Ohio State and signed with the Utes. Phillips, a 5-foot-10 inch, 180 pound cornerback out of La Habra High School in California, is the highest rated recruit in the history of the Utah football program.

https://247sports.com/college/utah/A...ips-140812619/

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^^^I can tell you exactly how Utah's recruitment speach went with this one... "Do you want to start next year or do you want to stand around on the sidelines for two years holding your helmet?"

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It's a pretty good schedule (Except for the crappy non-conference part).

Arizona State in Tempe will be tough but all the rest look winnable since we've got Washington and USC in RES.

[accadacca]

Yeah true except Washington is undefeated in Rice Eccles.