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The Walk-On Fund

The roster went to a hard 105-man limit. The scholarship guys are taken care of. The rest are on the roster and on their own — no summer housing, no meal plan in the gaps, no agent calling. Nobody has ever funded them. That's the whole reason this exists.

$32,825

Raised to date

1,468

People giving

3

Walk-ons backed

Direct to playerTanner Ily

Get Tanner through summer training

Scholarship guys get housing in the summer. Walk-ons don't. Tanner works a warehouse shift in North Salt Lake and then drives to 6am workouts. This covers his June–August rent so he can train like everyone else on the roster.

$3,415 of $4,800 · 71%212 supporters
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Direct to playerDez Mahe

Dez Mahe — gas, gear, and a laptop

Dez drives from West Jordan to campus twice a day. His laptop died in April and he's been doing coursework on his phone. Small stuff. Fixable stuff.

$1,980 of $2,200 · 90%147 supporters
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501(c)(3) · tax-deductibleCole Brantley

The Walk-On Fund — 2026 season

The roster cap took scholarships from 85 to a hard 105-man limit, and the guys at the bottom of it get nothing: no housing stipend, no meal plan in the off weeks, no NIL agent calling. This is the general fund that backs every walk-on on the roster. Routed through the McBride Group 501(c)(3).

$27,430 of $100,000 · 27%1,109 supporters
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Drops that fund it

Members first

2009 Sugar Bowl commemorative print — signed run

One thousand numbered prints from the undefeated season, autopen-signed. Members get first claim for 48 hours before it opens to everyone.

383 of 1000 left · $85 · 100% of proceeds to the Walk-On Fund

The family scarf

Heavy knit, crimson on cream, member number woven into the tag.

378 of 500 left · $40

Donations to the general fund are routed through the McBride Group 501(c)(3). Payments tied to a specific player are paid to that player directly through Stripe Connect under their existing contract and are not tax-deductible. Ute Nation does not hold donor funds.