Last summer, quarterback Troy Williams was named a Utah football co-captain and lost his starting job two days later.
That won't happen to junior Tyler Huntley, who was announced one of six co-captains Saturday as the Utes concluded preseason camp with scrimmage at Rice-Eccles Stadium, closed to the media.
His teammates' election of Huntley as an offensive captain with center Lo Falemaka was not surprising, considering the Utes have only 12 scholarship seniors and quarterback is a traditional leadership position. Yet it is significant, validating the snapshots of Huntley's interaction with other offensive players in the media-viewing portions of practice.