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The Utah Checkdown podcast: Solomon Enis breaks down the current state of the Utes
Estimated learn time: 2-3 minutes
SALT LAKE CITY — Has Utah lastly hit its stride and enjoying a few of the finest soccer it will possibly play up thus far within the season? The hosts are joined by Utah huge receiver Solomon Enis to get his tackle the place the workforce is at after 5 weeks of motion.
The trio breaks down Utah’s decisive win over Oregon State and all that went nicely and did not within the recreation because the workforce seems to be forward to a highway journey to the Rose Bowl to tackle an undefeated UCLA workforce. Enis offers his perception into the struggles athletes have on and off the sector and the way they will serve to be a bonding issue amongst teammates.
For Enis, watching a man like fellow huge receiver Jaylen Dixon, who needed to overcome some adversity in his time at Utah, have success on the sector on Saturday is an enormous motivator to the workforce. They see how onerous he is working and it means the world to everybody on the workforce.
“It is nice to see. Everybody has the whole lot that goes on outdoors of soccer or college, everybody has their adversity that they are going through in life, however individuals do not get to see it as a result of it isn’t their enterprise,” Enis mentioned. “So JD had his personal stuff occurring and no one must find out about it as a result of it is his and his private issues that he is going by means of.
“That is why they coaches and gamers are so excited for him. All people was like, ‘Nicely, JD was doing these things in like 2019, what’s so thrilling? Why are y’all so pleased now all of the sudden?’ It is as a result of we’re with him day in and time out and the progress he is been making. So this yr, particularly final recreation, you’ll be able to’t be nothing however pleased for him. Simply seeing him rating that first drive after which taking that reverse round, it is simply surreal. We now have real love for one another.”
And it is the identical for different teammates, too. It is partially why Enis mentioned the College of Utah is a particular place to be.
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