The Utes think very highly of offensive lineman Nick Ford, and that’s why they didn’t play him.
Huh? Yeah, that train of thought can be tough to follow. That logic frustrated and infuriated Ford at times last season.
Ford, a 6-foot-5, 310-pound native of San Pedro, Calif., always has seemed ahead of the curve. His parents enrolled him in school early enough as a child that he turned 18 in October of his freshman year of college. He played slot receiver when he first went out for football as a high school freshman but soon outgrew that position.