(Utah Athletics) Quarterback Nate Johnson competes for the Utes' backup quarterback job in spring practice. With the team's QB situation in flux ahead of Thursday's opener, there is only one promise being made by Utah's coaches: Johnson will see playing time in some form or fashion.
Eric is a West Valley City native and a graduate of Granger High School and the University of Utah who joined The Tribune in 2003. He hoards rescue cats and guinea pigs, reads historical fiction, watches British baking shows, and obsesses over 1980s hair-metal bands in his spare time.