One by one, Utes players grab the tiny microphone and answer the question, laughing and taking jabs at each other along the way. The videos appear on the team’s official Twitter, Instagram and TikTok accounts, and are among thousands and thousands in a trend that become popular among Gen Z.
College athletes in Utah tend to skew older because many of them go on two-year missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints right after high school. The Utes have several players that fit that description. Noyes eventually sent some film to assistant coach Colton Swan. The team flew him out for a camp and later offered him a walk-on spot on the team. He joined in 2020 and became the starting kicker this year. He was 5 of 5 on field goals and 21 for 21 on PATs heading into the weekend’s matchup with Oregon State.
But actually playing football was never even a thought until Gay mentioned it. Noyes had the makings of a career in finance back in his hometown of Dartford, Kent, working with his dad doing life insurance and mortgages.
Love this!
Awesome, but I feel like this is going to be the next “Andy Phillips was on the usskiteam” or “Matt Gay played soccer for UVU” story that we’ll hear during every kick from now until he graduates/gets drafted. Utah_Football thrives off of unique kicker stories.