Last of 8 parts: Special teams, overall grade. Deseret News college football writers for the state's three Division I-A schools - Linda Hamilton, Mike Sorensen and Loren Jorgensen - are previewing and grading their respective teams by position. Grading is in comparison to the WAC and top Big West schools.
Report card
BYU UTAH USU
QUARTERBACK A+ A- C-
RUNNING BACKS B B A
OFFENSIVE LINE B+ A- C+
RECEIVERS B+ B B-
DEFENSIVE LINE B+ A- B
LINEBACKERS C B+ B+
SECONDARY C+ B+ B+
SPECIAL TEAMS B+ B B
OVERALL A- B+ B