(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Senior linebacker Riggs Powell will start for the Cougars on Saturday when they face Boise State at Albertsons Stadium. Powell has been cut from the team several times and has worked several jobs to make ends meet as a non-scholarship player, but is now a starter for the 4-4 Cougars.
After graduating from the University of Utah, Jay joined The Tribune in 1989 as a newsroom assistant. He joined the sports department in 1990 and has worked there ever since, spearheading the newspaper's high school sports coverage for 13 years before moving into management. In 2005, Drew went back to writing and has covered BYU sports since 2008.