Utah’s post-season honors continue to roll in, as offensive lineman Nick Ford, and defensive lineman Mika Tafua were awarded the Morris Trophy today, an honor that goes to the PAC-12’s top.
SEATTLE – The University of Utah Football program swept the Pac-12's highest honors for linemen today with Mika Tafua winning the 2021 Defensive Morris Trophy and Nick Ford being named the recipient of the 2021 Offensive Morris Trophy.
The awards are given out each season to the most outstanding offensive and defensive linemen in the conference. The voting process is unique to the Pac-12 with the league's starting defensive linemen voting for the offensive winner and vice versa, making it an award given out annually as a players' award.
Utah Utes plagued with injuries By AlaskaFan39 on Jan 26, 2021, 7:46pm MST +
The Utes were dealing with the unavailability of J.J. Dielman for the rest of the season before they were dealt with yet another blow for the campaign in their offensive position.
Head coach Kyle Whittingham confirmed to the media that the center position is a bit weak this week after Lo Falemaka s status was questioned. The center player was unavailable for the press before being spotted putting on a protective boot by usa casino sites before it was released to the media.
Although the coach failed to tell explain to the media if the junior center will play center this week, he said ideally yes, to the media.