SALT LAKE CITY — Another one has pledged to skip town, following a path that no longer has become the least traveled.
Brighton High star senior receiver Simi Fehoko is the latest Utah football player to bypass the opportunity to play before his family and friends. Instead of taking scholarship offers from either Utah or BYU, he recently committed to play at Stanford.
Fehoko's decision should not come as a shock, with Stanford offering one of the country's better combinations of top-level football and a terrific education. But in what is becoming commonplace, his choice delivers a blow to the recruiting efforts of Utah and BYU, both of whom have lost several players over the last few years to the likes of Oregon, USC, UCLA, Oregon and Michigan State.