Bryson Barnes has Utah football believing in their pig farmer quarterback
After struggling earlier in the season and getting benched, Barnes has returned to action and led the Utes to back-to-back victories. His teammates and coaches say he’s a different player now.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes quarterback Bryson Barnes (16) throws a pass during warmups before football action between the Utah Utes and the Weber State Wildcats, at Rice-Eccles Stadium, on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.
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.