Kyle Whittingham thinks the Utes just landed ‘two of the best linebackers in the West, maybe in the country’
Utah’s latest recruiting class was ranked No. 3 in the Pac-12 as of Wednesday
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Brighton High School linebacker Lander Barton at football practice in Cottonwood Heights on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021.
Josh Newman began covering the University of Utah for The Tribune in 2019. A Long Island, N.Y. native, he covered Rutgers University and Monmouth University for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey for 15 years. Basketball remains his first love, a cold IPA coming in a close second.