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Jason Shelley became a Utah folk hero in 2018. He's now Missouri State's starting QB.

When Tyler Huntley was carted off the field late in the third quarter against Arizona State in 2018, it looked like Utah's Pac-12 hopes went with him.

A redshirt freshman quarterback named Jason Shelley stepped onto the field. Before then, he had only thrown three passes his entire collegiate career.

Shelley led the Utes on a field goal drive to cut the Sun Devils' lead to one, but Arizona State rattled off 17 unanswered points to put the game away.

Utah's hopes at a Pac-12 South title appeared to be in doubt without the team's star quarterback.