2022 Football Roster
Roster
Brayden Utley
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 275
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Huntington Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Loyola HS
CAREER HONORS
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (6x)
• 2022 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
• 2021 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
• 2019 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
2022 (Redshirt Senior)
Named First-Team Academic All-Big 12 … Played in all 13 games as a key member of the playing rotation on the defensive line … Totaled 12 tackles, including 1.5 for a loss, and half a sack, with two QB hurries … Had a season-high four tackles vs. UAlbany, adding a QB hurry … Notched three tackles and half a sack in a win at Texas Tech … Had a tackle for a loss vs. No. 19 Kansas State … Finished with a tackle at No. 23 Texas and had three stops vs. Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl.
2021 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared in all 14 games … Made 24 tackles (4.0 for loss), with two sacks and an interception … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Had three tackles (0.5 for loss) in the season opener at Texas State (9/4) … Made two tackles against Texas Southern (9/11) … Played but did not record a stat at Kansas (9/18) and vs. Iowa State (9/25) … Made two tackles and had a pass breakup at Oklahoma State (10/2) … Matched a career-best six tackles (1.0) for loss against West Virginia (10/9) … Notched a QB hurry against BYU (10/16) … Played but did not record a stat against Texas (10/30) … Tallied one tackle at TCU (11/6) … Played but did not record a stat vs. Oklahoma (11/13) … Registered two tackles including the first full sack of his career at Kansas State (11/20) … Had two tackles against Texas Tech (11/27) … Collected career-first interception to go along with an assisted tackle (0.5 for loss) and a QB hurry in the Big 12 title game vs. OSU (12/4) … Tallied five tackles and a sack against Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl (1/1).
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Played in six games … Totaled 20 tackles, including 2.0 TFLs, a fumble recovery and a quarterback hurry on the season … Had a career-best three tackles (two solo) in the opener versus Kansas ... Totaled two tackles including a career-high 1.5 tackles-for-loss at WVU (10/3) ... Had two tackles, including 0.5 tackles-for-loss at Texas (10/24) ... Had a career-high five tackles and his first career fumble recovery against TCU (10/31) ... Topped his previous career high with six tackles (all solo) at Iowa State (11/7) ... Missed three games due to injury … Returned for the season finale vs. OSU (12/12), recorded two tackles.
2019 (Redshirt Freshman)
2019 Big 12 Academic All-Big 12 ... Appeared in all 14 games on the season, mostly on special teams ... Collected a career-high 2 tackles vs. SFA (8/31), along with a half sack, half TFL.
2018 (Freshman)
Redshirted ... Did not see game action.
Played at Loyola HS (Los Angeles) for coach Rick Pedroarias … Played offensive line, defensive line and linebacker during his career … 2017 Mission League honorable mention selection … Also lettered in track and field as a shot putter, competing in CIF.
Personal
Son of Heath and Kathy Utley … has two brothers, Noah and Dane and one sister, Kailia … brother Noah plays football at Army … majoring management and marketing.
