The University of Utah football family suffered devastating tragedies with the untimely deaths of running back Ty Jordan and cornerback Aaron Lowe in separate, heartbreaking incidents. Ty Jordan tragically passed away on Christmas night in 2020 due to an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound in his hometown in Texas. Less than a year later, his close friend and teammate Aaron Lowe—who wore Jordan's memorial jersey number twenty-two—was fatally shot and killed outside a Salt Lake City house party in September 2021 during an argument, prompting profound mourning across the entire collegiate sports community.