Rabbit Evans

And, you know, hey, let's fix the things we've got to fix, but let's move on as well.

Rabbit Evans also with an interception in this game, and we did because you're at the halfway point six games in.

We did the lazy sports talk radio thing yesterday, and I said, all right, who's the offensive MVP? Who's the defensive MVP? Who's the breakout player to this point? And Rabbit Evans, it was decided by the fan base, at least the one that listens to my show, that Rabbit Evans was your defensive MVP so far this year.

And I'm not going to ask you to name one individual player, but with respect to Rabbit, When you evaluate his play and you see what he has done week in and week out, is he at least in that conversation inside the building as well as with the fan base?

No, no doubt.

The fact that the dual threat bird dampier thing has been working at times and we're going to see if it makes a difference on Saturday.

Defensively, what's gone right? The safeties, Rabbit Evans coming back from injury, Nate Ritchie coming back from injury, Benny doing Benny things.

I think the cornerback play has been better than fans give them credit for.

It's, it's, It's been fairly solid.

Their defensive backfield, very good.

Rabbit Evans, shout out Jersey Village High on the northwest side and Jackson Bonet.

have both created a ton of havoc.

Both of those guys have multiple interceptions and are among the Utes' leading tacklers.

Kafusi and Moe, I like what those are able to do up front there.

Still pieces I like in the secondary, especially Rabbit Evans.

I think he's really good.

I think the key for the Utes is going to be, the fact as we touched on, the Houston secondary is by far to me the worst unit in this game.

Rabbit.

Rabbit Evans.

I mean, you name it.

We've signed over 40 young men from the Houston area since I started recruiting there in 2008.

Yeah, huge, huge.

And the way our guys run to the ball, Rabbit Evans just taken off a heck of a job by him.

And, you know, our defensive front down there in the red zone, you have to play on their side of scrimmage.

And I thought we did that.

On the defensive side, a lot of guys I could have gone with.

Uh, the first one I decided to choose is Rabbit Evans.

That's a great name, Rabbit.

Um, 14 tackles, sack, pass breakup, interception, and a fumble recovery.

And on the other side, Isaiah Marshall, as much as I think he's got potential, he's going to have a tough time getting anything going in this passing game against what is a really solid defense for the Utah Utes, especially in that secondary.

Whether it's Jackson Benet, Rabbit Evans, they got a lot of talent on that backside.

And as a result, Kansas is going to say, "Fine, let's see if we can develop any kind of running game," and that's just not going to happen either against Utah this weekend.

I, I, I don't see it.

You're getting a one-on-one with the back, which is, which is always a, a great opportunity for the defense.

Eric Weddle is our guest here talking all things Utah football for now on the «Sean O'Connell Show.» How many times in your career did you have an interception taken away from you by a replay, by a referee saying it wasn't a catch? We, we saw that happen to Rabbit Evans this last week, and it was egregious.

I thought that the replay was gonna correct it, and then-

So bad