For some programs, special teams are a bit player. For the last few years at Utah, it’s been thrust into the foreground.
The Utes’ special teams lose the best punter in the country, but return a standout kicker, snapper and some return game talent. Can the Utes keep up their reputation as one of the best-oiled special teams units in college football?
Starters and stats • Senior K Andy Phillips (23 for 27 FGs); Sophomore P Mitch Wishnowsky; Senior LS Chase Dominguez; junior PR Boobie Hobbs (9 returns, 79 yards, 1 TD); senior KR Cory Butler-Byrd (8 returns, 223 yards, 1 TD) and sophomore Tavaris Williams.