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How Savon Scarver became scary good for the Aggies

Jeff Hunter

Utah State kick returner/wide receiver Savon Scarver averaged 33.7 yards per return last season and took three kickoffs back for touchdowns in his first two years as an Aggie.

LOGAN — As part of its conditioning program this summer, the Utah State football team has been gathering near the bottom of Old Main Hill some mornings and then racing up the grassy bluff again and again.

Beloved by gravity-aided sledders and ice-blockers, Old Main Hill has conversely been cursed for decades by many USU students running late for class. But when asked how he feels about running up steep hillsides, Aggie return specialist/wide receiver Savon Scarver simply smiles and replies, “Honestly, that’s how I got fast.