University of Utah running back Tavion Thomas has gotten positive early returns. How productive will the JUCO recruit be?

Thomas spent 2020 at Independence Community College after playing 12 games at Cincinnati

Cincinnati running back Tavion Thomas (5) runs the ball in for the team's sixth touchdown in the second half of an NCAA college football game against Connecticut, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, in East Hartford, Conn. Cincinnati won, 49-7. (AP Photo/Stephen Dunn)

Sponsored Story

Planning your financial future together

Sponsored: Determine your finances before marriage.

Josh NewmanUtah athletics reporter

Josh Newman began covering the University of Utah for The Tribune in 2019. A Long Island, N.Y. native, he covered Rutgers University and Monmouth University for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey for 15 years. Basketball remains his first love, a cold IPA coming in a close second.