Layton's Blackmon blossoming into a star for the Utes

SALT LAKE CITY — Julian Blackmon is proud of where he comes from.

A three-sport star at Layton High, Blackmon was the starting point guard on a state championship team, a state champion long jumper, and a star receiver on the football team.

Yet despite his accomplishments in high school (and a broken hand that curtailed his senior year), he had very few offers to play football at the next level. Only one Power 5 school gave him an offer — but Utah was all he needed.

"I was actually speechless when they offered me. I didn’t know what to say," Blackmon told KSL Sports back in 2015. "It was just awesome."

Now a sophomore, Blackmon has developed rapidly. He started all 13 games of the Utes' 7-6…