CU might be last home game for whom?

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Utah football posted that Devin Lloyd is invited to the Senior Bowl. Are the rules relaxed because covid gave an extra year (but we know Lloyd should go pro with a 1st round grade)?

What other starters/impact players might have their last home game against Colorado? Who do I have wrong or any info (knowing that no one is thinking about this yet)?

Offense

  • Olaseni, OL RS SR/TR
  • Niumatalolo, FB SR - season-ending injury (right?), so won’t play?
  • Howard, WR GR/TR
  • Covey, WR (heard he might make this his last year even though he has 1 more year of eligibility)
  • Nick Ford, OL RS JR - does he come back? Test NFL?
  • Kuithe, TE JR - test NFL?
  • Kincaid, TE JR/TR - test NFL or return?
  • Fotheringham, TE JR - would guess he stays another year?
  • Enis, WR JR - should return
  • Pledger, RB JR/TR - should return

Defense

  • Davis, FS SR
  • Lloyd, LB RS JR - NFL 1st round
  • Moala, DT RS SR/TR - is his eligibility up or any possibility of medical RS?
  • Tafua, DE JR - return or test NFL?
  • Sewell, ROVER JR/TR - I think he returns. Hope so. With more work, should be drafted
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Utah has 9 seniors and 15 juniors Covid Juniors currently on the roster. They have 81 scholarship players not including the seniors.

In addition to the seniors you listed, Keegan Markgraf, Tyrone Young-Smith, Brandon McKinney and Huati Pututau are seniors and do not have remaining eligibility.
Although Covid juniors still have a remaining year of eligibility, I don’t think we can underestimate the physical and mental toll of football and it will not surprise me at all if a number of those guys decide to move on with life, whether it is to give the NFL a shot or not.
At the end of the day, I suspect that 50% of the juniors will not be on the roster next fall.

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