The following article was written by Brian Flach (MNUte).
So the “Silly Season” of the college football world is done for this year. Now we’re going to overanalyze it all like we’re prone to do.
General thoughts
The Utes got what they were looking for:
The focus of this year’s class was to restock the backfield and the lines, the offensive line in particular. Although they missed out on South Jordan (Utah) Bingham four-star defensive tackle Jay Tufele, who opted to leave the state and sign with the USC Trojans, the Utah staff went above and beyond with the secondary and the offensive line recruits they managed to grab, the two position groups that lost the most players after the 2016 season.