Utah Football: Cory Butler-Byrd Named Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week

Another week, another conference player of the week award for the Utes, this time on special teams. It had to be a two man race between Cory Butler-Byrd, who returned a 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, or Britain Covey, who returned a 77-yard punt return for a touchdown. It turns out that those extra 21 yards paid off for Butler-Byrd, because he was named Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week for week three of the season.

Cory Butler-Byrd. Bounces off tackles. He's still on his feet! 98 yard kickoff return TD! #SCTop10 #goutes http://t.co/x0HFGbRbHf

— Utah Athletics (@utahathletics) September 20, 2015

Butler-Byrd joins Justin Thomas and Gionni Paul as Utes to receive conference player of the week honors from the Pac-12 conference. It's been a rather productive first three weeks for Butler-Byrd, as he has an interception in his first game as a Ute, and then a kick return for a TD in his third game.

Congrats to @StanfordFball @RunRalphieRun and @Utah_Football for Pac-12 weekly honors: http://t.co/jEULm6EXzf pic.twitter.com/qPHWTRKCgO

— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) September 21, 2015