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Here's where Utah's newest Locals in the NFL signed after the 2024 draft
KSL.com Sports | Updated April 28 - 7:33 a.m. | Save Story
For the first time since 2019, no former Utah high school or college football player was selected in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft.
From walk-on to drafted: Utah's Devaughn Vele selected by Denver Broncos in 7th round
Josh Furlong, KSL.com | Posted April 27 - 5:07 p.m. | Save Story
The Denver Broncos went back to the pool of available players and found another University of Utah player to make their own.
Shedeur Sanders shines, new transfers step up in Colorado's spring game on rainy and cool day
Pat Graham, Associated Press | Posted April 27 - 4:48 p.m. | Save Story
The rain and the cold couldn't dampen the demeanor of Deion Sanders. The cowboy hat-wearing coach of the Colorado Buffaloes was in a feel-good after the spring game Saturday at Folsom Field. Before the game, he awarded a scholarship to a hard-working running back. Before kickoff, he pledged a bowl game to a 99-year-old super-fan in the stands. And before the rain subsided, he watched some new transfer-portal additions step up and saw a receiver-cornerback-turned-tailback shine. On top of it all, his QB son, Shedeur, looked sharp in front of a respectable crowd given the weather.
Have You Seen This? Chicago Bears' 1st-round draft pick couldn't wait to call Provo
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted April 27 - 3:33 p.m. | Save Story
Former Washington receiver Rome Odunze was excited to be selected with the ninth overall pick by the Chicago Bears. But truthfully, he couldn't wait to call a special family member in Provo.
Oregon's Sports Bra, a pub for women's sports fans, plans national expansion as interest booms
Claire Rush, Associated Press | Updated April 27 - 2:27 p.m. | Save Story
An Oregon sports bar focusing on and showing only women's athletics has plans to expand across the country through a franchise model. The Sports Bra opened two years ago in Portland, the state's largest city. Its founder and CEO says she already has fielded hundreds of inquiries from potential partners. The move comes as interest in women's sports is at an all-time high, embodied most recently by the frenzy over University of Iowa and now Indiana Fever basketball star Caitlin Clark. As the fan base and engagement grow, so too does the appetite for changing a sports bar culture that has traditionally catered to men's athletics.
4-year Utes starter Sataoa Laumea selected No. 179 overall to Seattle Seahawks
Josh Furlong, KSL.com | Posted April 27 - 2:20 p.m. | Save Story
The Rialto, California, native hopes to carry the same success at Utah into the NFL.
After early departure, Utah's Sione Vaki selected by Lions with No. 132 overall pick
Josh Furlong, KSL.com | Posted April 27 - 11:52 a.m. | Save Story
For a stretch during the 2023 football season, Sione Vaki was one of the most dynamic players in the country.
Who's coming, going in Utah college basketball through the transfer portal?
KSL.com Sports | Updated April 27 - 11:31 a.m. | Save Story
Jon Rothstein sleeps in May, but the NCAA transfer portal is just getting started.
Utah's Jonah Elliss becomes latest in family to join NFL, selected No. 76 overall to Broncos
Josh Furlong, KSL.com | Posted April 26 - 8:11 p.m. | Save Story
The former Utes defensive end had a year left of eligibility at Utah but decided to try his hand at being the latest member of the Elliss family to play in the NFL.
BYU's Kingsley Suamataia selected in 2nd round of 2024 NFL draft by Kansas City Chiefs
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted April 26 - 7:25 p.m. | Save Story
The former five-star offensive tackle who moved back home to play football at BYU after initially signing with Oregon has found a new home in the NFL.
Former Utes safety Cole Bishop selected No. 60 overall by Buffalo Bills in NFL draft
Josh Furlong, KSL.com | Posted April 26 - 7:16 p.m. | Save Story
Three years and several accolades later as a three-year starter at safety, Bishop became the latest defensive player from Utah drafted to the NFL.
Corner Canyon's Jackson Powers-Johnson selected in 2nd round of NFL draft by Las Vegas
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted April 26 - 6:15 p.m. | Save Story
Jackson Powers-Johnson made the most of his only year as the starting center at Oregon. Now it's his time to make the most of his shot at the NFL.
Hailey Van Lith is headed to TCU for a final season after a one-year run with LSU
The Associated Press | Updated April 26 - 5:57 p.m. | Save Story
Hailey Van Lith, who joined LSU this past season and reached the Elite Eight with the defending national champion before a loss to Caitlin Clark and Iowa, is transferring to TCU for her fifth and final season. Van Lith spent her first three seasons with Louisville. She reached a Final Four and another Elite Eight with the Cardinals before deciding to join four-time champion coach Kim Mulkey's team at LSU. The guard averaged 14.5 points, four rebounds and 2.8 assists per game with the Cardinals and Tigers.
Coastal Carolina athletic director Hogue, ex-football coach Moglia changing roles
The Associated Press | Posted April 26 - 5:34 p.m. | Save Story
Coastal Carolina athletic director Matt Hogue and former football coach Joe Moglia are changing roles as the school searches for a new person in charge of the department. Hogue had led athletics since 2014. He will move to another role on July 15 in helping the school develop a center to help train sports broadcasters. Moglia has served as chairman of athletics and executive director of football since retiring as coach after the 2018 season. Moglia will give up those roles when Hogue's replacement is hired.
Hunter Dickinson announces his return to KU; UCLA signs Tyler Bilodeau from portal
The Associated Press | Updated April 26 - 2:49 p.m. | Save Story
Kansas star center Hunter Dickinson has announced he will return for a final season with the Jayhawks. Coach Bill Self also announced he has signed a fourth player from the transfer portal in Rylan Griffen, a starter on the Alabama team that reached the NCAA Final Four. Meanwhile, UCLA picked up its fourth player from the portal, adding forward Tyler Bilodeau from Oregon State. He averaged 10.7 points and 4.8 rebounds in his first two seasons with the Beavers. Bilodeau joins Skyy Clark from Louisville, Eric Dailey Jr. from Oklahoma State and Kobe Johnson from USC in Westwood.
Ex-Iowa offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz lands at Maryland as a senior offensive assistant
The Associated Press | Updated April 26 - 2:43 p.m. | Save Story
Former Iowa offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz has joined the Maryland football staff. Ferentz, the son of Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, is a senior offensive assistant and does not count as one of the Terrapins' 10 on-field coaches. Brian Ferentz will be working with an offense entering a season of change with the departure of Big Ten leading passer Taulia Tagovailoa. Brian Ferentz had been Iowa's offensive coordinator from 2017 until then-interim athletic director Beth Goetz fired him last October, effective at the end of the season.
Pac-12 players to watch as the conference gets ready to splinter across the country
The Associated Press | Posted April 26 - 2:17 p.m. | Save Story
The Pac-12 will splinter apart before fall camp starts, with all but two teams heading to new conferences. The conference, as it stands now, still has plenty of talented players, even if they'll be playing in new leagues next season. The departing teams will be loaded with talented players like Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter, Arizona receiver Tetairoa McMillan and California running back Jaydn Ott. Utah quarterback Cameron Rising also returns after missing last season with a knee injury and a handful of transfers should have huge impacts on their new teams.
Pac-12 football programs go through one last spring before heading in different directions
John Marshall, Associated Press | Posted April 26 - 2:09 p.m. | Save Story
Football programs across the Pac-12 are laying the groundwork for the 2024 season before they all go different directions. Southern California, UCLA, Oregon and Washington are headed to the Big Ten. Arizona, Arizona State, Utah and Colorado will be in the Big 12. Stanford and California are going to the Atlantic Coast Conference. That leaves a Pac-2 of Washington State and Oregon State, which have a scheduling agreement with the Mountain West Conference for at least next season.
USC gives Lindsay Gottlieb a contract extension following deepest NCAA Tournament run in 30 years
The Associated Press | Posted April 26 - 2:03 p.m. | Save Story
Southern California coach Lindsay Gottlieb has signed a contract extension through the 2029-30 season after the Trojans reached the NCAA Elite Eight in her third season. Gottlieb and star JuJu Watkins led the Trojans to a 29-6 record, and they achieved their first top-10 ranking and made their deepest NCAA Tournament run in 30 years. They were a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1986. Terms of Gottlieb's contract were not disclosed. Gottlieb said her staff set out to restore USC to the highest echelon of women's basketball and their work is not finished. Athletic director Jen Cohen announced the extension on Friday.
