Projected 1st-round pick Bolles ready to represent Utah in NFL draft's primetime

SALT LAKE CITY — The NFL draft begins Thursday, but only one local player is expected to hear his named called in the first round in primetime.

Garett Bolles’ career at Utah was shorter than expected — he played just one season on the Utes’ offensive line and helped them to a 9-4 record and a win over Indiana in the Foster Farms Bowl before a trip to the NFL Combine, where he ran a 4.95 40-yard dash.

Even after just one year of Division I college football, Bolles is on plenty of draft boards.

"I'm just grateful to go around and see all 32 teams and get to know them and see their type of organizations and what it represents,” Bolles said. “It's too early to tell, so I'm just going to put a…