Utah cornerback Javelin Guidry already is regarded as the fastest player in the modern history of Ute football, defined as the 25-plus years that coach Kyle Whittingham has worked in the program.
Guidry devoted part of the winter to training and competing as a sprinter, applying the logic that such conditioning would help him in football. “Speed,” Guidry said this week, “is everything.”
That’s a good starting point in the 5-foot-9, 190-pound Guidry’s job description as a slot corner, anyway. He’s charged with covering receivers of all shapes and sizes and making tackles, playing almost a linebacker’s role at times in Utah’s standard scheme that uses five defensive backs.