Eleven locals will represent the state of Utah at this year's NFL Scouting Combine. They include, from left to right, Top row: Utah's Garett Bolles, BYU's Jamaal Williams and Utah's Marcus Williams; Middle row: Utah's J.J. Dielman, Utah's Brian Allen, Utah's Sam Tevi, Utah's Pita Taumoepenu, BYU's Harvey Langi; Bottom row: Utah's Joe Williams, USC's Stevie Tu'ikolovatu and Utah's Isaac Asiata.
The 2017 NFL Scouting Combine is upon us, which means more than 300 football players will be trying to prove their worth to NFL teams over the next week.
This year, 11 Utah ties are headed to the event, including eight athlets who played for the University of Utah in 2016 and two from BYU, as well as a former Ute who transferred to USC last season.