Fifth-year Utah Football director of player personnel Robert Blechen is in his eighth year overall at the school. He spent two years as a recruiting assistant (2014-15) and was Utah’s assistant director of player personnel for one season before his promotion to director in 2017.
Blechen oversees Utah’s football recruiting department and coordinates all recruiting logistics, including prospective student-athlete visits. All four of his recruiting classes to date have ranked in the top 45 nationally by 247Sports, including No. 29 in 2020, highest in program history. The Utes received a No. 33 composite ranking in 2018 and were No. 42 in 2019.
Blechen, 32, graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 2010 with a degree in sociology/sport management. He is a native of Simi Valley, Calif.
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