Utah’s big-bodied, tackle-breaking back with real blue-collar pop
Thomas Fortune was a 6-foot-3, 253-pound running back for Utah, and the clearest statline on record shows 27 rushing attempts for 106 yards and 1 rushing touchdown in his Utah career, plus 4 receptions for 11 yards. His appeal was never just the box score: Utah described him as “big,” “fast,” and able to “break a lot of tackles,” while his recruiting profile also pointed to elite prep speed. If you want a bruising runner with downhill physicality and home-run burst, Fortune fit the mold; if you need a finesse scatback, he was not that guy.
