Over the past few weeks, your old friends at UteZone have been roaming the off-season savannah for ways to bring you more content in preparation for what aims to be one of the biggest seasons in Utah Football history. Part of that has been to break down each position group in a variety of ways, including getting down deep and figuring out the who and why of each group.

Unfortunately for this particular writer, part of that includes acknowledging the defensive side of the football, which is not only just a staple of the Kyle Whittingham era, but the brand of Utah Football as a whole and a massive reason for the recent rise in success that led to securing the first South Division Championship and a trip to the Pac-12 Championship game. We talk plenty about the defensive line, which is always where any Kyle Whittingham defense begins, and Spotlite often gets the attention they crave as Cornerbacks who live on the island that is man coverage, but the heartbeat of Utah’s best defense, and the king of Utah’s pride, is without a doubt the Safety position. You might even say that within the Pride of Utah's defense, there's a group of Safeties that are the true Kings of the Utah Football Jungle. There’s no coincidence between this and a certain live action version of a cartoon movie releasing this summer, I promise. None at all. (For legal and copyright reasons, I'm not allowed to mention the name of the movie or the company that might be releasing it, but let's just say that it rhymes with Bizney.)

Okay, so maybe there’s a little correlation, but how can you blame me when the subject matter fits perfectly? Without further ado, I bring you the Safety Pride.