The two players died nine months apart from each other, Jordan first from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound and Lowe was shot and killed at a house party just hours after the Utes beat Washington State in September. The two were high school teammates, and after Jordan's death, Lowe switched his jersey to No. 22 in honor of him. University of Utah sophomore and football defensive back Aaron Lowe was shot and killed early Sunday morning during a house party. Jordan died as a result of an accidental gunshot wound on December 26, 2020, and Lowe was killed in a house party shooting in Sugar House on Oct. 3, 2021.
The two, who were recruited out of the same high school in Texas, were beloved amongst their teammates and were described as a nearly inseparable pair of best friends. Aaron Lowe, a University of Utah football player, was tragically shot and killed early Sunday morning at a house party in Salt Lake City. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Aaron Lowe, a 21-year-old football player at the University of Utah, was killed in a house party shooting early Sunday morning. Another person, an unidentified woman, is in critical condition. "We are devastated by the loss of Aaron Lowe earlier this morning," Utah athletic director Mark Harland said in a statement.
"We are devastated to hear about the passing of Aaron Lowe," Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said in a statement. Meek received a text Sunday morning that Lowe had been shot and killed at a house party in Utah just hours after a football game. "We are devastated to hear about the passing of Aaron Lowe," Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Aaron's family and friends, along with the other individual who was harmed in this tragic incident. Aaron was a great teammate, friend, brother and son and was loved by anyone who crossed paths with him. Tributes have poured in from across college football in the days since Jordan's death.
Colorado and Texas held a moment of silence in Jordan's honor before the Alamo Bowl on Dec. 29, while the Pac-12 Network aired a special showcasing the best performances from his standout freshman season. Fans and well-wishers have also brought flowers and other memorials to campus, where Jordan's No. 22 has been painted inside of a heart on the grass outside the school's football center. A Utah football player was shot and killed at a house party early Sunday. A University of Utah football player — who adopted the jersey number of a teammate fatally shot last year — was gunned down and killed at a house party Sunday, according to reports. What makes the shooting more tragic is that Lowe is the first recipient of the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship, named in honor of the Utes running back who died in 2020 of a gunshot wound while at home in Texas.
Prior to the 2021 season, Lowe had changed his jersey number to Jordan's #22 in honor of his friend. This column breaks several useless rules they teach you in your media writing classes. No one ever tells you how to write about a 21 year old kid who was killed senselessly at a house party in cold blood, and then pretend like the football season ahead actually matters. Utah announced Tuesday that it is establishing the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship in honor of Jordan, a freshman running back for the Utes who died in December after an accidental shooting. The scholarship will be awarded to a Utah football player "who exemplifies the inspiring qualities that Jordan displayed through his work ethic, positivity and perseverance through adversity," said Utah's announcement.
Last season, Lowe also appeared in five games, all on special teams. Lowe played in each of Utah's first three games of this season. Jordan, the 2020 Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year, died on Dec. 26, 2020 as a result of accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Lowe, his best friend and roommate, tragically passed away just nine months later on Sept. 26, 2021; he was murdered during a shooting at a Salt Lake City house party. A University of Utah football player has been killed in a shooting at a house party early Sunday, Salt Lake City police said.
This is the moment University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe was shot and killed at a house party in Salt Lake City. Lowe was shot and killed at a house party in Sugarhouse hours after midnight on Sunday. He is the fifth U student to be killed in the past five years. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Aaron's family and friends, along with the other individual who was harmed in this tragic incident," Whittingham said. "Aaron was a great teammate, friend, brother and son and was loved by anyone who crossed paths with him. He will be deeply missed." The buses emptied, and after a few minutes in the warm, autumn sun, the University of Utah football players, coaches and staff members formed two lines and entered the church in pairs.
Lowe was a sophomore cornerback from Mesquite, Texas who played primarily on special teams. He was the recipient of the Ty Jordan memorial scholarship honoring the former Utah running back who died of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound last year. A friend of Jordan's, he switched his number from 2 to 22 to honor him.
Lowe was a defensive back who played 11 games on special teams as a freshman in 2019. Last season saw Lowe playing in five games, also on special teams. Lowe appeared in each of Utah's first four games of the current season. Another incoming Utah freshman and passenger in the car--offensive tackle Salesi Uhatafe--survived, as did his father, Salesi, Sr. Uhatafe's stepbrother Polo Manukainiu (a redshirt freshman at Texas A&M) and brother Lolo Uhatafe, lost their lives in the accident. Lowe was just 21 years old and was the first recipient of the memorial scholarship to honor former Utah football player Ty Jordan who died about a year ago from an accidental shooting.
According to police repots, defensive back Aaron Lowe was shot and killed just after midnight at a house party. A University of Utah football player has died in a shooting at a house party this morning. Lowe was a high school teammate of Jordan's in Mesquite, Texas, and switched his jersey from No. 2 to No. 22 to honor his friend after the 19-year-old died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen on Christmas night 2020. Aaron Lowe, 21, a former West Mesquite High School football player, was shot and killed in Salt Lake City's Sugarhouse neighborhood Saturday, Salt Lake City police said. Besides receiving the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship, Lowe was a high school teammate of Jordan's in Mesquite, Texas.
He switched his jersey from No. 2 to 22 to honor his friend after the 19-year-old died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen on Christmas night 2020. Lowe was a high school teammate of Jordan's in Mesquite, Texas, and switched his jersey from No. 2 to 22 to honor his friend after the 19-year-old died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen on Christmas night 2020. Salt Lake City detectives arrested Buk M. Buk and charged him for shooting University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe and an unidentified woman during a house party on Sept. 26. They responded to a call about a fight involving a weapon breaking out at a house party after midnight. The other gunshot victim who was not identified was transported to a hospital in critical condition.
Utah lost two of its first three games, but a Sept. 25 victory over Washington State started a 9-1 run that included two drubbings of the reigning conference champion Ducks. But hours after the Washington State win, Utah suffered another devastating loss when Lowe was killed at a house party in Salt Lake City. Lowe was a high school teammate of Jordan's in Mesquite, Texas, and switched his jersey from No. 2 to 22 to honor his friend after the 19-year-old died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen on Christmas night 2020. Lowe was in his third season with the University of Utah's football team. Lowe was the first recipient of the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship, an award created to honor former Utes player Ty Jordan, who lost his life after an accidental shooting in December 2020.
Lowe, 21, was shot at a house party just after midnight Sept. 26 after other, uninvited guests were asked to leave, police said. A 20-year-old woman also was shot and critically injured at the party, which was thrown hours after the Utes beat Washington State 24-13. Utah cornerback Aaron Lowe runs with his teammates onto the field before an NCAA college football game against Washington State Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Grim development for British soccer star left critical after... SALT LAKE CITY – A 22-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe at a party was charged Wednesday with aggravated murder and other counts.
Investigators arrested a suspect Sunday morning who they say was involved in the shooting of University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe and an unidentified woman. When Lowe moved into the high school's district at the end of his freshman year, his grades were in tatters. His two triplet brothers dropped out of high school and his mother was in prison for 11 months during his last two high school football seasons after being arrested in Louisiana for possession of 30 pounds of marijuana. He spent some of his teenage years bouncing between the homes of coaches, teammates and relatives. The University of Utah already experienced unspeakable pain, grief, devastation, and shock last December when Ty Jordan, a running back with tremendous talent and a bright future, died of an accidental gunshot wound.
Now the university is immersed in sadness and mourning once again. Safety Aaron Lowe was shot and killed late Saturday night in Salt Lake City. SALT LAKE CITY — A 22-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe at a party was charged Wednesday with aggravated murder and other counts. Multiple Utah football players were at the party where the shooting took place and were interviewed by police, according to court records.
Lowe was the first player to receive a memorial scholarship that honored University of Utah player Ty Jordan, 19. Utes coach Kyle Whittingham and his wife, Jamie, are making the first contribution to the scholarship fund with a $100,000 gift. Jordan led Utah in rushing this season and was named the Pac-12 newcomer of the year after arriving at the school as a three-star prospect from Mesquite, Texas. A celebration of life service honoring Jordan is scheduled for Wednesday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Aaron Lowe, 21, was shot and killed the morning of Sept. 26 while at a house party in Salt Lake.
After his death, the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship was founded, and it was awarded to Aaron Lowe, whom Jordan played with in both high school and at Utah. Lowe was shot and killed on September 26, 2021, which was nine months and one day after Jordan's death. No. 22 was retired on October 30, 2021 in Jordan's and Lowe's memories. On December 3, 2021, at the Pac-12 Conference Championship, there was a "moment of loudness" in their memories. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic during the 2020 season at the University of Utah, Jordan made his college debut on his 19th birthday on November 21, 2020, when he had 53 all-purpose yards on eight touches in a 33–17 loss to USC. In his third game, he rushed 27 times for 167 yards for the first 100-yard rushing game by a Utah true freshman since Chris Fuamatu-Maʻafala in 1995.
He later became the first Utes freshman since Fuamatu-Maʻafala to accumulate three straight 100-yard rushing games. Jordan finished the season with 597 rushing yards and six touchdowns in five games. His 144.6 all-purpose yards per game average ranked second among freshmen in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Ty-Coreous Jordan (November 21, 2001 – December 25, 2020) was an American college football player who was a running back for the Utah Utes in the Pac-12 Conference. He earned second-team all-conference honors and was named the Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year in 2020.
Jordan and Lowe were best friends, and according to the press release, "one was rarely seen without the other during their short time in Salt Lake City." The two met in high school. Both natives of Mesquite, Texas, Jordan, a three-star running back recruit, and Lowe, a three-star defensive back recruit, were high school teammates as well at West Mesquite High School. They committed to Utah together and later became roommates in their time with the Utes program.
Aaron was on his third season with the Utes, in 2019 he played 11 games on special teams, and in 2020 he played all five games in special teams. Lowe, a third-year sophomore cornerback who played primarily on special teams, saw action in the first three games of this season. He played in all five games of the 2020 season and 11 games in 2019. "Aaron was known on campus for his wonderful energy and kindness," Morris said. Aaron Lowe is the second Utah football player from North Texas to die in a shooting in the last year.
In December, Ty Jordan, a freshman running back who was best friends with Lowe, died in an accidental shooting in Denton on Christmas Day. SALT LAKE CITY — A University of Utah football player from North Texas was killed in a shooting early Sunday morning, police said. "We view each of these players on our teams as our sons, and the teammates, they're all brothers. That's how we operate at the University of Utah, and we lost a loved one, we lost a brother," said Utah Coach Kyle Whittingham. Lowe was killed in a shooting last month outside of a house party in Salt Lake City and a 22-year old suspect was arrested in his murder. SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake man who police say has an "extensive violent criminal history" was arrested Sunday in the shooting death of University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe.
The university paid players' way to Jordan's funeral at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Tex. It also announced a scholarship in Jordan's name, which was awarded to cornerback Aaron Lowe, Jordan's close friend and high school teammate. Off the turf, he brightened a room and inspired family and friends. He plotted a path to the school's first Rose Bowl appearance with quarterback Cam Rising.
A year before Rising and Utah actualized that dream, Jordan died by accidental gunshot wound in Denton, Tex., on Christmas night 2020. Jordan, last season's Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year, died on Christmas night, the victim of an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound. Following Jordan's death, Lowe, who attended and played for West Mesquite High School alongside Jordan, changed his number from 2 to 22.
Lowe was the first recipient of the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship. Lowe appeared in 16 combined games on special teams his first two seasons and played in all four games this season. A probable cause warrant used by the Salt Lake City police department in the arrest of Buk Buk, 22, described a verbal altercation between Lowe and a group of men outside a house party about 2 miles from the Utah campus.
Buk is alleged to have walked down a driveway toward the altercation and fired "two or three shots" at Lowe and his girlfriend. "Witnesses then observed Buk Buk walk up to the victims and shoot them five or six more times while they were on ground," the warrant said. Aaron Lowe had switched his number to No. 22 to honor Ty Jordan.Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon SportswireLOWE AND JORDAN shared a special bond.
They were high school teammates in Mesquite, Texas, and after Jordan's death, Lowe switched his number to No. 22 to honor his friend. In August, the team voted Lowe as the first recipient of the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship. A man was arrested early Sunday and charged with murder in the death of University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe, police said. University of Utah football players embraces each other after a candlelight vigil remembering the life of slain student-athlete Aaron Lowe on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021 at University of Utah in Salt Lake City. University of Utah football players arrive to a candlelight vigil remembering the life of slain student-athlete Aaron Lowe on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021 at University of Utah in Salt Lake City. In a tragic connection, Jordan and Lowe were best friends, playing football together back in high school.
When Jordan lost his life, Lowe switched his jersey number from No. 2 to No. 22 in honor of his friend. The Cougars were impacted by gun violence this weekend, too, as WR Brandon Gray was shot at a house party early Saturday morning. "I am deeply saddened by the shooting death of Aaron Lowe," Chief Mike Brown said in a statement. "Abby and I mourn with our @UUtah family and friends at the tragic passing of Aaron Lowe this morning. Our prayers are with his family at this terribly difficult time," Cox tweeted.
FILE - Utah defensive back Aaron Lowe is shown in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Arizona, in Tucson, Ariz., in this Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, file photo. Lowe switched his jersey from No. 2 to 22 to honor his friend after the 19-year-old died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen on Christmas night 2020. This morning I was heartbroken to learn of the tragic death of University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe. Aaron's life was cut short in a callous act of gun violence off-campus, in which a second individual was also injured.
University of Utah football player and West Mesquite High School graduate Aaron Lowe was laid to rest surrounded by family and teammates. Jordan, 19, was a squat and speedy running back who was the Pac-12 Conference offensive freshman of the year in last year's abbreviated season. If Lowe, 21, a defensive back who played mostly special teams, was less likely to be headed to the N.F.L., he seemed destined to go wherever empathy, enthusiasm and an indefatigable work ethic might take him. A "U" sign hangs in Salt Lake City's Sugar House neighborhood on Sept. 26, near where University of Utah sophomore defensive back Aaron Lowe was shot and killed. Police on Sunday announced that they have arrested a man suspected of killing Lowe.
SALT LAKE CITY – On Friday, the University of Utah football team will bring a slightly new look to the field. The Utes will honor Aaron Lowe and Ty Jordan, football teammates who died within nine months of each other, with a new helmet design. University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe was killed in an early morning shooting in Salt Lake City on Sunday.
