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BYU football: Michael Shelton touched by BYU fans' warm reception, excited to take on Utah

PROVO — BYU cornerback Michael Shelton was pretty certain as to what would greet him when introduced as one of the football team's seniors honored pregame before last week's 45-10 win over New Mexico State. But what actually greeted him left him pleasantly surprised and a little overwhelmed.

All seniors introduced to the crowd prior to kickoff were greeted with cheers with the loudest reserved for standouts like Sione Takitaki, Corbin Kaufusi and Tanner Mangum. As for Shelton, the cheers heard were some of the loudest, which was something the 5-foot-8 North Carolina native wasn't expecting, at all.