Utah TE Siale Fakailoatonga out for season
Utah has lost a second tight end for the season.
Coach Kyle Whittingham said Siale Fakailoatonga would miss the rest of the 2015 campaign with an injury he suffered against Arizona State. Fakailoatonga became Utah's starting tight end after the first game of the season when Evan Moeai was injured in the season opener.
Whittingham did not elaborate on Fakailoatonga's injury.
Fakailoatonga, a junior, is Utah's fourth-leading receiver behind RB Devontae Booker, WR Britain Covey and WR Kenneth Scott. Fakailoatonga has 12 catches for 120 yards through six games.
According to the Associated Press, he's expected to be replaced in Utah's lineup by Harrison Handley. The sophomore has two touchdown catches this season in his nine catches for 69 yards. Handley's two touchdown catches tie him for the team lead.
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Utah's pass offense isn't one of the most explosive in the country; but it's certainly efficient. Quarterbacks Travis Wilson and Kendal Thompson (plus Booker, who has completed one pass for 25 yards) have thrown for 1,225 yards with nearly a 70 percent completion rate.
Fakailoatonga was a three-star recruit out of Salt Lake City in the class of 2013 according to Rivals.
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