He lined up in accumulation like afore he was injured, his toes dipping into the Rice-Eccles Stadium turf. Now in position, he is accessible to move as anon as his quarterback gives the signal.
Then he bursts into motion, giving his apostle a shimmy shake, exploding in one movement off his aback foot, berserk spinning the tiny elastic pellets that accommodate absorption for his feet.
Utah inferior advanced receiver Kenneth Scott needs all the aegis he can get, frankly. In the accomplished four years at the school, Scott has burst his abate (in 2010) and re-injured it alike worse aftermost division in the division opener--the aftermost beating bad abundant that he should accept a medical red shirt year giving him one added division to comedy for the Utes.
If Scott keeps arena like he has in his aboriginal two amateur out of the blocks, however, he won't charge a fifth year of accommodation to atone for aftermost year--he'll go pro for abiding afterwards this one.
At 6-feet-3-inches and 210 pounds, Scott is already a scattering for opposing defenders aggravating to accumulate their easily on him at all times. Imagine what he can do to teams already the Pac-12 slate begins--it's about alarming to anticipate about, really.
Having 134 accepting yards and three touchdowns on aloof 10 catches is batty productivity; add that Scott got all of that assembly in the aboriginal bisected of both of the Utes' non-conference games, aftermost anniversary adjoin Idaho State and on Sat. Sept. 6 adjoin Fresno State.
The Utes are absolutely battlefront on all cylinders on offense. A 59-27 win over Fresno State, aftermost year's Mountain West Conference champions, was absorbing enough.
Then agency in Scott's achievement Saturday--77 yards and two TDs on six catches, all in the aboriginal half--then, you apprehend he and his teammates ability be on the way to a appropriate year.
The Utes, and Scott, roared out from the gate. Afterwards actuality captivated to a acreage ambition on its aboriginal possession, Utah quarterback Travis Wilson wheeled appropriate on a canyon comedy afterwards the Utes formed arena eight beeline times on a 56-yard drive--finding Scott in the end area for a 7-yard TD catch.
For Fresno State, every drive it started had the aforementioned result: three and out. Afore the Bulldogs knew it, they were accident 24-0 center through the additional division and Scott--with bound end Westlee Tonga and chief speedster Dres Anderson--were accomplishment all the allowances of an benumbed achievement from Wilson and Utah's offense.
Just how acceptable was Wilson, you ask? His numbers weren't knock-you-out stellar, per se--but his ability was. 181 yards casual in two abounding abode and one drive aboriginal in the additional bisected told some of the story--but it was his bristles casual touchdowns that did best of the accident on Saturday.
Scott, who led the Utes in accepting with his six-catch afternoon, helped administer a abundant accord of pain--and added yardage--on Fresno State's abandoned defense. He had one added highlight, a 36-yard TD from a abysmal out in the end zone, on which he tiptoed to break inbounds. Afterwards Wilson, Scott and Co. put on their caps instead of their helmets and stood on the sidelines, the account was 38-7 Utah.
The advance grew to 45-7 afterwards advancement QB Kendal Thompson did what he does best: active the football. In his best Chuckie Keeton or Brian Johnson impression, the Oklahoma transfer--and son of OU abundant Charles--made article out of annihilation on a burst play, beginning for a 14-yard TD.
For a brief analysis of the game, accede this. Alike aback Wilson, Scott and his bros accomplished their days, Thompson and the additional assemblage still got some game, anguish the arena while occasionally throwing the football to accumulate things balanced.
A 45-yard TD bang on a bridge avenue from Thompson to Andre Lewis, addition in a continued band of able Ute advanced outs, gave Utah 52 points. Anon afterwards, the Utes had 59 on a continued scoring drive.
On Saturday though, it all goes aback to what Scott and his first-team Ute teammates did on breach afore the scrubs came in and accomplished off a big day in agreement of productivity.
Before Saturday, Scott hadn't played two abounding amateur aback 2012, so advancing aback to do so afterwards such a abominable and adverse abrasion aftermost year is abundant news. But, he additionally realizes on this Utes aggregation that your assignment is never done.
As Scott knows abounding well, any comedy could possibly be your aftermost on a abyss blueprint this awash and a aggregation this talented.
"We consistently accept a competition. Aback I am on the acreage and I account aboriginal he aloof says to me that he has to get him one of those," Scott said post-game. "If he was to account first, again I would say to myself that I accept to get one of them."
The amount Scott is activity though, he'll absolutely abide to get these opportunities and added activity into the Utes' big bold at Michigan after this month.