University Of Utah Football Player Death

University of Utah sophomore and football defensive back Aaron Lowe was shot and killed early Sunday morning during a house party. Director of Athletics Mark Harlan also expressed devastation at Jordan's death and offered condolences to the player's family, friends and team. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Aaron Lowe, a 21-year-old football player at the University of Utah, was killed in a house party shooting early Sunday morning. Salt Lake City Police confirmed Aaron Lowe, a cornerback for the University of Utah football team who has played in all four of the current season's games, was shot dead at a house party over the weekend. Aaron Lowe, a University of Utah football player, was tragically shot and killed early Sunday morning at a house party in Salt Lake City. Jordan died as a result of an accidental gunshot wound on December 26, 2020, and Lowe was killed in a house party shooting in Sugar House on Oct. 3, 2021.

The two, who were recruited out of the same high school in Texas, were beloved amongst their teammates and were described as a nearly inseparable pair of best friends. "We are devastated by the loss of Aaron Lowe earlier this morning," Utah athletic director Mark Harland said in a statement. A University of Utah football player — who adopted the jersey number of a teammate fatally shot last year — was gunned down and killed at a house party Sunday, according to reports. Salt Lake City detectives arrested Buk M. Buk and charged him for shooting University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe and an unidentified woman during a house party on Sept. 26. "We have been in communication with Aaron's family and we are providing support to them, as well as to the student-athletes, coaches and staff in all of our athletics programs, and our focus will remain on them." Lowe and Jordan were friends and football teammates at West Mesquite High before they went to Utah.

Lowe switched his jersey number to Jordan's No. 22 this season and was the first recipient of a memorial scholarship established in Jordan's honor. "We are devastated to hear about the passing of Aaron Lowe," Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Aaron's family and friends, along with the other individual who was harmed in this tragic incident. Aaron was a great teammate, friend, brother and son and was loved by anyone who crossed paths with him.

A football player for the University of Utah Utes has died following a house party shooting early Sunday morning, according to authorities. This is the moment University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe was shot and killed at a house party in Salt Lake City. The buses emptied, and after a few minutes in the warm, autumn sun, the University of Utah football players, coaches and staff members formed two lines and entered the church in pairs. "We are devastated to hear about the passing of Aaron Lowe," Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said in a statement. Utah was one of nearly two dozen major college football teams to decline an opportunity to play a postseason bowl game, instead allowing players who had been in strict COVID-19 protocols for months to begin their off-seasons.

"Words cannot express the devastation and heartache that our team is feeling right now upon learning of the tragic death of our teammate and brother, Ty Jordan," Whittingham said. Other college teams and coaches offered condolences and memorials for the player, who seemingly would've gone on to do more great things. University of Southern California head coach Clay Helton and his Colorado University counterpart Karl Dorrell offered thoughts and prayers to his family, friends and members of the Utah Football community. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Aaron's family and friends, along with the other individual who was harmed in this tragic incident," Whittingham shared. "Aaron was a great teammate, friend, brother and son and was loved by anyone who crossed paths with him."

What makes the shooting more tragic is that Lowe is the first recipient of the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship, named in honor of the Utes running back who died in 2020 of a gunshot wound while at home in Texas. Prior to the 2021 season, Lowe had changed his jersey number to Jordan's #22 in honor of his friend. SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake man who police say has an "extensive violent criminal history" was arrested Sunday in the shooting death of University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe.

Lowe was in his third season with the University of Utah's football team. Lowe was the first recipient of the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship, an award created to honor former Utes player Ty Jordan, who lost his life after an accidental shooting in December 2020. Last season, Lowe also appeared in five games, all on special teams. Jordan, the 2020 Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year, died on Dec. 26, 2020 as a result of accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Lowe, his best friend and roommate, tragically passed away just nine months later on Sept. 26, 2021; he was murdered during a shooting at a Salt Lake City house party. "Aaron was known on campus for his wonderful energy and kindness," Morris said.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with Aaron's family and friends, along with the other individual who was harmed in this tragic incident," Whittingham said. "Aaron was a great teammate, friend, brother and son and was loved by anyone who crossed paths with him. He will be deeply missed." When Lowe moved into the high school's district at the end of his freshman year, his grades were in tatters. His two triplet brothers dropped out of high school and his mother was in prison for 11 months during his last two high school football seasons after being arrested in Louisiana for possession of 30 pounds of marijuana. He spent some of his teenage years bouncing between the homes of coaches, teammates and relatives. Investigators arrested a suspect Sunday morning who they say was involved in the shooting of University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe and an unidentified woman.

A 22-year-old man was arrested early Sunday morning in connection with the shooting death of Utah football player Aaron Lowe. Lowe was a sophomore cornerback from Mesquite, Texas who played primarily on special teams. He was the recipient of the Ty Jordan memorial scholarship honoring the former Utah running back who died of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound last year. A friend of Jordan's, he switched his number from 2 to 22 to honor him. Lowe was the first player to receive a memorial scholarship that honored University of Utah player Ty Jordan, 19. Salt Lake City police said Lowe, 21, died on the scene in a shooting at a house party in the city's Sugar House neighborhood.

A second person, a woman who was not identified, also was shot and was in critical condition at a local hospital. Multiple Utah football players were at the party where the shooting took place and were interviewed by police, according to court records. Ty Jordan, a star running back for the University of Utah, died Friday night. The 19-year-old athlete is being mourned across social media by the college football community and Utah alumni. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic during the 2020 season at the University of Utah, Jordan made his college debut on his 19th birthday on November 21, 2020, when he had 53 all-purpose yards on eight touches in a 33–17 loss to USC. In his third game, he rushed 27 times for 167 yards for the first 100-yard rushing game by a Utah true freshman since Chris Fuamatu-Maʻafala in 1995.

He later became the first Utes freshman since Fuamatu-Maʻafala to accumulate three straight 100-yard rushing games. Jordan finished the season with 597 rushing yards and six touchdowns in five games. His 144.6 all-purpose yards per game average ranked second among freshmen in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Jordan and Lowe were best friends, and according to the press release, "one was rarely seen without the other during their short time in Salt Lake City." The two met in high school. Both natives of Mesquite, Texas, Jordan, a three-star running back recruit, and Lowe, a three-star defensive back recruit, were high school teammates as well at West Mesquite High School. They committed to Utah together and later became roommates in their time with the Utes program.

SALT LAKE CITY — A University of Utah football player from North Texas was killed in a shooting early Sunday morning, police said. SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City Police announced an arrest early Sunday morning in the murder of Aaron Lowe, a football player at the University of Utah, one week ago at a party off campus. Besides receiving the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship, Lowe was a high school teammate of Jordan's in Mesquite, Texas. He switched his jersey from No. 2 to 22 to honor his friend after the 19-year-old died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen on Christmas night 2020. SALT LAKE CITY – A 22-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe at a party was charged Wednesday with aggravated murder and other counts.

Kyle Whittingham, Utah's head coach, told Lowe's mother — as he does all his players' parents — that her son would be family, with a coaching staff full of fathers and a locker room full of brothers. It would be a refuge in every conceivable way — and one in which Lowe blossomed until trouble found him. Lowe was a high school teammate of Jordan's in Mesquite, Texas, and switched his jersey from No. 2 to No. 22 to honor his friend after the 19-year-old died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen on Christmas night 2020.

Lowe was shot and killed at a house party in Sugarhouse hours after midnight on Sunday. Utah lost two of its first three games, but a Sept. 25 victory over Washington State started a 9-1 run that included two drubbings of the reigning conference champion Ducks. But hours after the Washington State win, Utah suffered another devastating loss when Lowe was killed at a house party in Salt Lake City. The university paid players' way to Jordan's funeral at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Tex.

It also announced a scholarship in Jordan's name, which was awarded to cornerback Aaron Lowe, Jordan's close friend and high school teammate. Lowe was a high school teammate of Jordan's in Mesquite, Texas, and switched his jersey from No. 2 to 22 to honor his friend after the 19-year-old died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen on Christmas night 2020. SALT LAKE CITY — A 22-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe at a party was charged Wednesday with aggravated murder and other counts.

A man was arrested early Sunday and charged with murder in the death of University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe, police said. Aaron Lowe, 21, was shot and killed the morning of Sept. 26 while at a house party in Salt Lake. Lowe signed with Utah in 2019 as a three-star recruit out of West Mesquite High School. During the COVID-19 shortened season, Lowe played in all five games on special teams in 2020.

Utah football player Aaron Lowe was remembered as an optimist, role model and friend at his funeral Monday, and coach Kyle Whittingham announced the school would retire Lowe's number and establish a scholarship in his name. After his death, the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship was founded, and it was awarded to Aaron Lowe, whom Jordan played with in both high school and at Utah. Lowe was shot and killed on September 26, 2021, which was nine months and one day after Jordan's death.

No. 22 was retired on October 30, 2021 in Jordan's and Lowe's memories. On December 3, 2021, at the Pac-12 Conference Championship, there was a "moment of loudness" in their memories. Ty-Coreous Jordan (November 21, 2001 – December 25, 2020) was an American college football player who was a running back for the Utah Utes in the Pac-12 Conference.

He earned second-team all-conference honors and was named the Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year in 2020. No parent, sibling, teammate, coach or friend should have to deal with the death of a loved one, let alone the death of two in a year. The community's thoughts go out to Lowe's family at this horrible time.

The Cougars were impacted by gun violence this weekend, too, as WR Brandon Gray was shot at a house party early Saturday morning. The shooting comes less than a year after former U of U player and Lowe's best friend Ty Jordan died in an accidental shooting in December 2020. The two were so connected that Lowe was the first recipient of the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship, which was created to honor the late 19-year-old running back. When Jordan passed, Lowe switched his jersey number from 2 to 22 in honor of his friend. Aaron Lowe is the second Utah football player from North Texas to die in a shooting in the last year.

In December, Ty Jordan, a freshman running back who was best friends with Lowe, died in an accidental shooting in Denton on Christmas Day. Police allege Buk shot and killed Aaron Lowe at a party in a house on Broadmoor Street in Salt Lake City on Sept. 26, 2021. They accuse him of also shooting a woman who required surgery for her wounds. This morning I was heartbroken to learn of the tragic death of University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe. Aaron's life was cut short in a callous act of gun violence off-campus, in which a second individual was also injured.

Lowe, 21, was shot at a house party just after midnight Sept. 26 after other, uninvited guests were asked to leave, police said. A 20-year-old woman also was shot and critically injured at the party, which was thrown hours after the Utes beat Washington State 24-13. "We view each of these players on our teams as our sons, and the teammates, they're all brothers. That's how we operate at the University of Utah, and we lost a loved one, we lost a brother," said Utah Coach Kyle Whittingham. University of Utah football player and West Mesquite High School graduate Aaron Lowe was laid to rest surrounded by family and teammates.

The University of Utah already experienced unspeakable pain, grief, devastation, and shock last December when Ty Jordan, a running back with tremendous talent and a bright future, died of an accidental gunshot wound. Now the university is immersed in sadness and mourning once again. Safety Aaron Lowe was shot and killed late Saturday night in Salt Lake City. Lowe, 21, was shot and killed at a house party in Salt Lake City just after midnight on Sept. 26,just hours after the Utes beat Washington State.

The "LLTJ" logo was altered to include "AL," and the school created a scholarship in Lowe's name. Rising, the starting quarterback, donated half the earnings from his clothing line to both scholarship funds. The team retired the No. 22, and since Lowe's death, Pac-12 programs have painted their 22-yard lines red in tribute.

SALT LAKE CITY – On Friday, the University of Utah football team will bring a slightly new look to the field. The Utes will honor Aaron Lowe and Ty Jordan, football teammates who died within nine months of each other, with a new helmet design. They responded to a call about a fight involving a weapon breaking out at a house party after midnight. The other gunshot victim who was not identified was transported to a hospital in critical condition.

University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe was killed in an early morning shooting in Salt Lake City on Sunday. (Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes cornerback Aaron Lowe waves a Ty Jordan memorial flag before the Utes play the Brigham Young Cougars in football, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 in Provo. Lowe was shot and killed at a Salt Lake City party Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021.

A native of Mesquite, Texas, Lowe just last month was voted the first recipient of the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship, created to honor the former Utah running back who died in December. Jordan and Lowe were high school teammates in Mesquite, and the Utes credited Lowe for persuading Jordan to play at Utah after he had decommitted from the school. After Jordan died, Lowe switched his jersey number from No. 2 to No. 22 to honor his friend.

A probable cause warrant used by the Salt Lake City police department in the arrest of Buk Buk, 22, described a verbal altercation between Lowe and a group of men outside a house party about 2 miles from the Utah campus. Buk is alleged to have walked down a driveway toward the altercation and fired "two or three shots" at Lowe and his girlfriend. "Witnesses then observed Buk Buk walk up to the victims and shoot them five or six more times while they were on ground," the warrant said. Aaron Lowe had switched his number to No. 22 to honor Ty Jordan.Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon SportswireLOWE AND JORDAN shared a special bond. They were high school teammates in Mesquite, Texas, and after Jordan's death, Lowe switched his number to No. 22 to honor his friend. In August, the team voted Lowe as the first recipient of the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Donna Lowe-Stern didn't know exactly what she would say. Now she was looking out at a room full of his mourning Utah football teammates. Coach Kyle Whittingham had asked her whether she would like to speak with the team, and she felt it was important for them to hear from her -- for her to express what she thought Aaron's message would have been. University of Utah football players embraces each other after a candlelight vigil remembering the life of slain student-athlete Aaron Lowe on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021 at University of Utah in Salt Lake City. University of Utah football players arrive to a candlelight vigil remembering the life of slain student-athlete Aaron Lowe on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021 at University of Utah in Salt Lake City. "We are deeply saddened and shocked to learn of Ty Jordan's passing early this morning and our thoughts and prayers are with those who loved him dearly, including the young men in our football program," Harlan said.

University Of Utah Football Players Who Died "Coach Whittingham and I are working closely to provide support and resources for our Utah Football family in this extremely difficult time." Ty Jordan, a former West Mesquite High football player and University of Utah standout has died, the college confirmed Saturday. "Abby and I mourn with our @UUtah family and friends at the tragic passing of Aaron Lowe this morning. Our prayers are with his family at this terribly difficult time," Cox tweeted.