Upcoming Event: Football versus No. 17 Cincinnati on November 1, 2025 at 8:15 p.m.




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        UTAH: Played behind two-time first-team All-America punter and two-time        Ray Guy Award winner Tom Hackett … also played on the kickoff team.
         2015-Appeared in six games on the kickoff team and had three tackles …        two tackles vs. Fresno State … lettered.
         2014-Appeared in seven games on the kickoff team and had three tackles …        two tackles vs. UCLA … lettered … honorable mention Academic All-Pac-12 Conference.
         2013-Redshirt did not play in a game, but made the travel squad as the        backup punter.
        
         PRIOR TO UTAH: Interrupted his junior college career to serve a church        mission, competing at Snow College in 2008 and 2011 … NJCAA second-team All-American for        Snow College in 2011 … first-team all-WSFL … 41 punts for 1,672 yards as a sophomore (40.8        average) … seven punts inside the 20-yard line … 38 punts for 1,574 yards (41.4) as a        freshman in 2008 … Nov. 5, 2008 NJCAA Player of the Week … helped lead Snow to a win in the        Carrier Dome Bowl (2012) and played in the national championship game in 2008 … played his        prep football at East HS (Utah) … team captain in track.
        
         PERSONAL: Son of Joel and Kathy Van Orden ... three brothers … married to        the former Heather Hillam … wife played soccer at Westminster College in Salt Lake City …        served a church mission in Australia … exercise and sport science major … full name        Christopher Joel Van Orden … born Oct. 16, 1989 .