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Football Preseason Awards and Watch Lists Utah football is closing in on its season opener in Rice-Eccles Stadium against the Florida Gators on Thursday, August 31 at 6 p.m. MT on ESPN. The game against the Gators will be a Red Out with fans encouraged to wear red.
Here is a rundown of the Utes who have earned preseason awards and been named to watch lists.
Lombardi Award Watch List Junior Tafuna, DT Manning Award Watch List Cameron Rising, QB Jim Thorpe Award Watch List Cole Bishop, S Butkus Award Watch List Karene Reid, LB Davey O’Brien Award Watch List Cameron Rising, QB John Mackey Award Watch List Brant Kuithe, TE Thomas Yassmin, TE Paul Hornung Award Watch List Brant Kuithe, TE Outland Trophy Watch List Keaton Bills, OL
Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference Keaton Bills, OL (1st Team) Cole Bishop, S (1st Team) Brant Kuithe, TE (1st Team) Sataoa Laumea, OL (1st Team)
Karene Reid, LB (1st Team) Junior Tafuna, DT (1st Team) Lander Barton, LB (2nd Team) Van Fillinger, DE (2nd Team) JaTravis Broughton, CB (Honorable Mention) Jonah Elliss, DE (Honorable Mention) Michael Mokofisi, OL (Honorable Mention) Zemaiah Vaughn, CB (Honorable Mention) Dodd Trophy Preseason Watch List Kyle Whittingham Lott IMPACT Trophy Preseason Watch List Karene Reid, LB Walter Camp Preseason All-America Cole Bishop, S (2nd Team)
Sataoa Laumea, OL Junior Tafuna, DT
Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List Cole Bishop, S Junior Tafuna, DT
Maxwell Award Watch List Cameron Rising, QB SIS Preseason All-America Cole Bishop, S
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CRIMSON CLUB MAGAZINE AUGUST 2023
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