10 Utah Football Athletes Receive All-Pac-12 Honors
Dec 5, 2023, 3:06 PM | Updated: Dec 6, 2023, 1:05 pm
SALT LAKE CITY – Despite a rough go in 2023, Utah football had 10 athletes receive All-Pac-12 Honors. This is the last round of all-conference football athletes in Pac-12 history as it will cease to exist in 2024.
The were hopeful to go back for a third-straight Pac-12 Title in 2023, but injuries had a very different idea. Instead, Utah battled to an 8-4 regular season record and bowl eligibility- not a small feat considering the list of walking-wounded.
As a result, lots of athletes had to step up for Utah with several of them making the Pac-12 All-Conference cut for the year.
Congrats to our guys on receiving PAC-12 All-Conference honors! 🏆
1st Team: Sione Vaki, @jonah_elliss, @jackbouwie
2nd Team: @LaumeaSataoa, @k_reid41, @Cole_bishop_8, @Jmtafuna58
HM: @Moke_801, @VaughnZemaiah, @keatonbills pic.twitter.com/qAIXYXtsDK
— Utah Football (@Utah_Football) December 5, 2023
1st Team Pac-12 All-Conference Utes
Utah had three athletes make the first-team all-conference for the Pac-12:
- Safety/Offensive Weapon Hybrid Sione Vaki
- Defensive End Jonah Elliss
- Punter Jack Bouwmeester
2nd Team Pac-12 All-Conference Utes
The Utes had four athletes named to the Pac-12’s second-team for the 2023 season.
- Offensive lineman Sataoa Laumea
- Linebacker Karene Reid
- Safety Cole Bishop
- Defensive Lineman Junior Tafuna
Honorable Mention Pac-12 All-Conference Utes
Finally, Utah football placed three more athletes in the Pac-12’s honorable mention category.
- Offensive lineman Michael Mokofisi
- Cornerback Zemaiah Vaughn
- Offensive Lineman Keaton Bills
Viva Las Vegas
Utah football will be heading to Las Vegas for the third year in a row, but this time for their bowl game.
The Utes will be playing Northwestern on Saturday, December 23rd at 5:30 pm MT at Allegiant Stadium in the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl. The game will be televised on ABC.
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While Utah has made the trip to Las Vegas the past two-seasons for the Pac-12 Conference Championship Game, it has been a while since the Utes played in the Las Vegas Bowl. (2015 against BYU.)
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