The Utes have only 13 seniors (including one non-scholarship player) in 2018, about half as many as in the previous two classes and tied for the fifth fewest among Power Five programs. In contrast, they’re projected to have a record number of seniors next season — nearly three dozen, counting several walk-ons on this year’s roster — if everybody comes back, rather than entering the NFL draft.
Being limited to 85 scholarship players in the program, coach Kyle Whittingham had fewer openings than allowable 25 signees in the 2014 and '15 recruiting classes, the main sources of this year's senior class.