Nick Ford can do the math. He knows that if Utah's offensive line lost three starters and has three starters returning, that adds up to one too many linemen.
Even so, the sophomore thinks of himself as a starter, then and now. And he has no doubt the Utes will field a strong offensive line in 2019, even with co-captain Lo Falemaka and All-Pac-12 players Jackson Barton and Jordan Agasiva having graduated.
Partly due to Falemaka’s injury in October, Ford started six games at left guard last season. The school’s spring football prospectus doesn’t name him among returning starters, because he started fewer than half of Utah’s 14 games.