Utah football’s best wide receiver is starting to gain momentum when the Utes need it most
Though the Utes had hoped to make him part of a more well-rounded group of wideouts, he’s assumed the role of top dog yet again, and has had his two best performances in the past two games.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes wide receiver Devaughn Vele (17) scores a touchdown as the Utah Utes host the Arizona State Sun Devils in NCAA football in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 4, 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.