Utes to take subject this season with helmet decals honoring tailback who died final December

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Utes will take the sphere this season with a decal on their helmets – “LLTJ” – Lengthy Stay Ty Jordan.

The decal is a tribute to the 19-year-old tailback who died final December in an unintended taking pictures.

The decals shall be much like the one’s worn in a Spring Recreation this 12 months.

Utah opens the season in opposition to Weber State on Thursday night time on the expanded Rice-Eccles Stadium.

Jordan was killed on Christmas Day in 2020 when he unintentionally shot himself.

He had simply completed his true freshman season with the Utes, profitable the Pac-12s Newcomer of the 12 months award.

A 3-star recruit out of Texas, Jordan ran for 597 yards and scored six touchdowns in his freshman season. He was the primary Ute true freshman to hurry for over 100-yards in back-to-back video games since 1995.

Cornerback Aaron Lowe switched to carrying No. 22 as a tribute to Jordan, who was a highschool teammate in Mesquite, Texas.

“Ty made everybody round him higher,” Cornerback Aaron Lowe mentioned on Utah’s web site. “He made me higher. My friendship with Ty means quite a bit as a result of he was all the time pushing me to be my greatest. He by no means let me accept much less. I wish to make sure that his legacy lives on by way of me.”