Utah kicker Jadon Redding visited the campus last November when Matt Gay kicked a school-record six field goals against Oregon. He’s now wearing Gay’s old No. 97. Redding started the season as the Utes’ No. 2 kicker, as Gay once did, before getting an opportunity that stemmed from another player’s missed field goal.
If Redding wins the Lou Groza Award winner as the country's best kicker, the comparisons to Gay's story would become overwhelming. All the Utes want him to do right now is hit extra points and routine field goals.
That would make him an upgrade over Andrew Strauch, who kicked off consistently well last week at BYU and will keep that duty in Saturday’s game vs.