Tyler Huntley Disrespected On Twitter; Utah & BYU Come To Defense
Nov 3, 2019, 1:32 PM | Updated: Nov 4, 2019, 4:04 pm
Utah Utes quarterback Tyler Huntley (1) warms up prior to the game with the Washington Huskies in Seattle on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)
(Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Following Utah’s 33-28 win over the Washington Huskies on Saturday, quarterback Tyler Huntley was interviewed by the national television broadcast after a spectacular performance.
After the interview, a person on Twitter who claims to be a fan of the Utes sent out a tweet that was disrespectful towards Huntley.
Saturday evening and into Sunday, Utah players and coaches and even BYU coaches have responded to the tweet, defending Huntley.
Somebody with the Twitter handle @JT_Vaughan tweeted out “letting Tyler Huntley do a post game interview on national television is not a good look for the quality of a Utah education.”
*Note: Since the story published, the user on Twitter changed his profile picture to a BYU logo and deleted his bio on his page. After that, he deleted his entire Twitter account.
Huntley’s performance earned him the opportunity to be interviewed after the game. He completed 19 of his 24 pass attempts for 284 yards and one touchdown. Huntley also ran in a one-yard touchdown that gave Utah the lead in the fourth quarter.
The senior quarterback shrugged off the tweet from Vaughan with a lot of laughing emoji’s.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/xZ4pDnKuZ0
— SNOOP🌹 (@_SNOOP1) November 3, 2019
Huntley’s mother, Regina responded to the user telling him that interview’s are not her son’s thing but that his words and actions on and off the field speak for itself. Also, that he has been an honor student in elementary, middle school, high school and college.
Since the tweet from @JT_Vaughan was sent out, many coaches, teammates and alumni of Huntley’s responded to the tweet to let him know the kind of person that the Utah star quarterback is.
Utah wide receivers coach Guy Holliday:
Amazing how we can’t understand the different dialects that come from different parts of the country. I myself because of My Baltimore inner city accent have been misunderstood or joked about in good nature. Because it’s not your way isn’t a reflection of intelligence.
— Coach Guy Holliday (@eagle88me) November 3, 2019
Utes wide receiver Britain Covey mentioned Huntley’s accolades on the field and in the classroom.
Graduated in 3.5 yrs, honor roll, academic all conf. honorable mention… Extremely high football IQ, extremely high emotional intelligence, the kindest person and his WHOLE TEAM would run through a brick wall for him.
Your tweet is only indicative of your education level, sir. https://t.co/0zU8ChOb5e
— Britain Covey (@brit_covey2) November 3, 2019
Former Utah great and current Los Angeles Rams safety Eric Weddle responded to Covey’s tweet.
Unreal. Heart and soul of this team. Well said bro.
— Eric Weddle (@weddlesbeard) November 3, 2019
Former Utes linebacker Tommy Hackenbruck:
Please don’t delete because I think it’s important for you to take the full ratio on this and get exposed. pic.twitter.com/K3fRPpS7og
— Tommy Hackenbruck (@TommyHacksaw) November 3, 2019
Former Utah offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick, who is currently a co-offensive coordinator at BYU sent out a tweet with some high praise for Huntley.
Wow, what an ignorant statement. I’ve known Tyler since his junior year in high school and coached him for a year at Utah. He is one of the smartest and most dedicated people I’ve ever known.
— Aaron Roderick (@CoachRoderick) November 3, 2019
Roderick was on Utah’s coaching staff from 2010-16.
BYU offensive line coach Eric Mateos, who is also a South Florida native, responded to the tweet by @JT_Vaughan.
Wow. Just because a guy isn’t from the same area as you doesn’t mean you somehow have clout to speak to how he talks. I’m from south Florida too and you have no idea how special it is for a young man to get out and get that degree. Disrespectful & you would never say in person.
— Eric Mateos (@CoachMateos) November 3, 2019
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