The Rimington Trophy narrowed its imaginary field down to 63 on Wednesday, and Utah was among two-thirds of Pac-12 teams who were represented.
Senior Siaosi Aiono, already one of 52 targets named in Rimington's spring list, was honored again. Aiono played center for the first time last season, starting 12 games and allowing just one sack in 747 plays prior to the Las Vegas Bowl (for which offensive line stats were not released).
It's possible that the 6-foot-2, 305-pound Aiono will not play much center in 2015. Utah coaches said in spring that they think highly of Aiono's abilities at right guard, and that injuries elsewhere might one day lead them to switch him back to guard while junior Hiva Lutui delivers the snaps.