Locals in the NFL: Best available prospects from Utah ahead of Day 2 of 2024 NFL draft

AROUND THE SHIELD — Thursday night was a record night for offensive players in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft, but not for running backs, and even less for players who played their high school or college football in the state of Utah. For the first time since 2019, no player from Utah was selected in the draft's first round. There were a record 23 offensive players taken overall, topping the previous all-time high of 19, according to the Associated Press. But for the third time since 1967,...