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| Position | Tight end |
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| Major | Communication |
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| Born: | December 14, 1999 Katy, Texas, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 229 lb (104 kg) |
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| High school | Cinco Ranch (Cinco Ranch, Texas) |
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Brant Kuithe (born December 14, 1999) is an American football tight end for the Utah Utes of the Pac-12 Conference.
Kuithe grew up in Katy, Texas and attended Cinco Ranch High School, where played football and ran track. He was named the District 19-6A MVP after rushing for 1,041 yards and 18 touchdowns and punting 22 times for 881 yards despite playing in seven games only due to injury. [1] [2] Kuithe and his twin brother Blake, who played edge rusher, both initially committed to play college football at Rice University, but de-committed after the firing of head coach David Bailiff. [3] The brothers later signed to play at the University of Utah over offers from Colorado and Iowa State. [4] [5]
In his freshman season Kuithe led Utah's tight ends with 20 receptions and 227 receiving yards with a touchdown reception. [6] [7] [8] Kuithe led the Utes with 34 receptions, 602 receiving yards and 6 receiving touchdowns and also rushed six times for 102 yards and three touchdowns and was named second team All-Pac-12 Conference as a sophomore. [9] [10] [11] As a junior, Kuithe led the Utes with 25 receptions for 236 yards in five games during the Pac-12's abbreviated season due to Covid-19 and was again named second team All-Conference. [12]
After injuring his knee during the 24 Sept 2022 game against Arizona State, it was revealed on 26 Sept 2022 that he would miss the remainder of the 2022 season due to a torn ACL. [13] [14]
| Season | Games | Receiving | Rushing | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |
| Utah Utes | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 227 | 11.4 | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14 | 9 | 34 | 602 | 17.7 | 6 | 6 | 102 | 17.0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 236 | 9.4 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14 | 9 | 50 | 611 | 12.2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 206 | 10.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Career [15] | 51 | 26 | 148 | 1,882 | 12.7 | 16 | 17 | 162 | 9.5 | 4 |
The Holy War is the name given to the American college football rivalry game played annually by the Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars and the University of Utah Utes. It is part of the larger BYU–Utah sports rivalry. In this context, the term "Holy War" refers to the fact that BYU is owned and administered by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the U of U is a secular, public university with a substantial LDS student population. The current president and head football coach at the U of U are also LDS Church members.
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