Senior co-captain Troy Williams came off the bench in the first half of Utah’s Pac-12 opener, put on his cape and saved the day after three weeks of watching and coming in exclusively in mop-up duty.
The Utes (4-0) held a one-touchdown lead when Tyler Huntley, who’d become the focal point of the offense through three games, went down with an apparent shoulder injury after being sacked. Williams, the senior two-time co-captain who started every game last season, stepped in and directed the Utes to a 30-24 win at the University of Arizona.
Williams went 9-4 as a starter last season, and he went into this preseason as the presumed starter despite the Utes having hired new offensive coordinator Troy Taylor to install a new offense.