Given a 1% chance to survive, a Utah high school football star will continue his dream at BYU

Two of Ephraim Asiata’s friends were killed and he was injured in a shooting near Hunter High School in 2022. Now he’s rebuilding a career he thought was over.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ephraim Asiata, a top 15 player in Utah, joins his father Matt Asiata, a former NFL running back, and University of Utah player as he introduces his son’s choice of playing for BYU while surrounded by friends and family in West Jordan on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023.

Given a 1% chance to survive, a Utah high school football star will continue his dream at BYU

Two of Ephraim Asiata’s friends were killed and he was injured in a shooting near Hunter High School in 2022. Now he’s rebuilding a career he thought was over.

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