Former Alabama quarterback Cooper Bateman has transferred to Utah for his final season of college football. Bateman, who was a former four-star quarterback recruit at Cottonwood High School, is already enrolled at Utah and is expected to join the football team as a preferred walk-on per Scott Garrard of 1280 The Zone and Kyle Goon of the Salt Lake Tribune.
He was the only four-star recruit from the state of Utah in the 2013 class. He was rated the No. 4 pro-style quarterback in the 247Sports Composite (current Utah quarterback Troy Williams was the No.