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  2023 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DL Elijah Ponder, Cal Poly,...Ponder, who also ranks fifth among FCS players with his 10 sacks for 53 collective yards, finished second in Cal Poly's lineup with 52 total tackles. Ponder's 10-sack season - the first double-digit total by a Mustang since 2005 - ranks as the ninth highest total in program single season history. Beginning the year with a season best nine tackles and three sacks in Cal Poly's 27-10 opening victory against San Diego (Sept. 2), Ponder - a starter in 36 straight games for the Mustangs - now ranks seventh all-time with 19.5 career sacks. - Cal Poly Football

rSr/2025 DE Elijah PonderCal Poly
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  2023 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): OL Garrett Weichman, Cal Poly,...Weichman, selected as one of Cal Poly's four captains for 2023 alongside Ponder, started all 11 games for a second successive season. Weichman helped Cal Poly finish second among Big Sky programs in passing offense at 271.0 yards per game. - Cal Poly Football

rSr/2024 OG Garrett WeichmanCal Poly
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  NOV 21 BIG SKY CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Cal Poly's Spencer Brasch passed for a career-high 415 yards and four touchdowns in a 49-42 victory over Portland State this past Saturday, snapping an eight-game losing skid for the Mustangs in the process. Brasch's 415 yards are the fourth-most for a single game in Cal Poly history, while he finished with 2,604 yards through the air for the year, which ranks No. 2 all-time for the program. The weekly conference honor is the first of the season for Brasch. Others Nominated, Off: Asher O'Hara (Sac State), Hayden Hatten (Idaho), Ty MacPherson (Weber State). - Big Sky Football

rSr/2024 QB Spencer BraschCal Poly
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  Spencer Brasch threw for 415 yards and four touchdowns, Troy Fletcher scored the winning touchdown with 14 seconds left, and Cal Poly beat Portland State 49-42 on Saturday night for its first Big Sky Conference win this season. There were five touchdowns scored between the teams in the fourth quarter. Nick West ran for two of Portland State's three fourth-quarter scores. His 36-yarder tied the game 42-42 with 2:53 remaining before Fletcher sealed it for Cal Poly (2-9, 1-7). Brasch threw two touchdown passes to Zedakiah Centers, who finished with five catches for 143 yards. Josh Cuevas had 10 receptions for 118 yards for the Mustangs. Dante Chachere threw for 97 yards with a touchdown and interception and added 137 yards on the ground with a 76-yard touchdown for Portland State (4-7, 3-5). Quincy Craig added 107 yards rushing on 18 carries and a touchdown. West finished with 94 yards rushing and two scores. - Cal Poly/AP College Football

rSr/2024 QB Spencer BraschCal Poly
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  SEPT 12 BIG SKY OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jaden Jones (Cal Poly),...Cal Poly's Jaden Jones was named the Big Sky Football Offensive Player of the Week, after the redshirt freshman helped lead the Mustangs to a come-from-behind 28-27 win over San Diego. Jones threw for 393 yards and four touchdowns, becoming the first Mustang to throw for four scores in a game since 2017. With Cal Poly trailing 27-14 late in the fourth quarter, Jones orchestrated two scoring drives and capped the comeback with a 35-yard strike to Chris Coleman with 2:20 left to secure the 28-27 victory. Others Nominated, Off: Tommy Mellott (MSU), Hendrix Johnson (NAU), Roshaun Johnson (Idaho), Ty MacPherson (Weber State), Lucas Johnson (Montana). - Big Sky Football

rJr/2026 QB Jaden JonesCal Poly
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  The No. 3-rated recruit in Utah history was lost for the season in 2021 on the first play of his career. Ethan Calvert's freshman season at the University of Utah officially consisted of one game. The reality is, it lasted just one play. The linebacker made his debut for the Utes in a season-opening over Weber State last year. On the first play of his career, he tore his ACL and was lost for the season. "I actually didn't think I tore it because I didn't know what that feels like," Calvert said Wednesday afternoon after practice. "My knee popped, I ran off the field and they told me I was done." Per the 247sports composite, Calvert is the No. 3-rated recruit in Utah history, and is the program's highest-rated linebacker in a decade. Those facts came with expectations for the former Oaks Christian School (Calif.) standout, but instead, it's been quite a winding road. "It is what it is," Calvert said this week. "I'm just trying to get my knee stronger every day and learn all the plays mentally. I wanted to be good on that side, so when I came back, I could be at full speed." - Salt Lake Tribune

rJr/2026 OLB Ethan CalvertCal Poly
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  2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): MLB Matt Shotwell, Cal Poly,...Shotwell (6-0, 225, Goleta, Calif./Bishop Diego High School) was Cal Poly's leading tackler for the fourth time this season, finishing with 127 stops, No. 5 all time for a single season at Cal Poly. His 345 career tackles ranks fourth in the record book and Shotwell notched 17 career games with double-digit tackles, including a career-high 19 against Idaho State. The inside linebacker scored his only touchdown as a Mustang in the Idaho State contest with a 22-yard interception return and also recorded one sack among his five tackles for lost yardage, broke up two passes and recovered a pair of fumbles. He led the Big Sky with his 127 tackles (76 solo) and 11.5 tackles-per-game average. - Cal Poly Football

rSr/2022 ILB Matt ShotwellCal Poly
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  2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DE Elijah Ponder, Cal Poly,...Ponder (6-3, 200, Pomona, Calif./Bishop Amat HS) led Cal Poly in sacks with eight and in tackles for lost yardage with 11. He also finished with 35 tackles (28 solo), four pass breakups, five quarterback hurries, a pair of forced fumbles and opened the season with a 75-yard interception return which sealed the victory at San Diego. - Cal Poly Football

rSr/2025 DE Elijah PonderCal Poly
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  Spencer Brasch threw for 318 yards and two touchdowns, and Cal Poly gave Beau Baldwin his first win as the Mustangs' head coach with a 28-17 victory over San Diego in a season opener on Saturday. Brasch was 23-of-38 passing and put the Mustangs in front for good when he threw a 35-yard TD to Chris Colman for a 14-7 lead with eight minutes left in the first half. His 9-yard pass to Xavier Moore made it 21-10 in the first minute of the fourth quarter, and Elijah Ponder capped the day with a 75-yard pick-6.

Shakobe Harper had the other Mustangs' touchdown with a 2-yard run in the first quarter. The Mustangs, who didn't play last fall, lost their only three spring games under Baldwin, who was hired after the 2019 season. After nine years as head coach at Eastern Washington, he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Cal until returning to the Big Sky Conference with Cal Poly. The Toreros' Mason Randall passed for one touchdown and ran for another but was intercepted twice. - Cal Poly/AP College Football


rSr/2024 QB Spencer BraschCal Poly
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  2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT ALL-BIG SKY SECOND TEAM: Matt Shotwell, Cal Poly, Sr.,...Shotwell was named Cal Poly's most valuable defensive player after leading the Mustangs in total tackles with 89, including a team-leading 7.5 tackles for lost yardage, en route to third-team All-Big Sky Conference honors. He also contributed two interceptions and a pair of pass breakups along with forcing one fumble. Shotwell had 90 tackles en route to All-Big Sky honorable mention praise in 2018. - Cal Poly Football

rSr/2022 ILB Matt ShotwellCal Poly
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  2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT ALL-BIG SKY THIRD TEAM: Jalen Hamler, Cal Poly, Soph.,...Hamler was named Cal Poly's most valuable offensive back. He completed 57 percent of his passes (62 of 108) for 1,167 yards and 12 touchdowns while rushing the ball 194 yards for 522 yards and nine more scores. - Cal Poly Football

rSo/2023 QB Jalen HamlerCal Poly
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  2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT ALL-BIG SKY SECOND TEAM: Duy Tran-Sampson, Cal Poly, Jr. (RB),...Tran-Sampson became Cal Poly's 23rd ball carrier to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season as the Claremont High School graduate accumulated 1,037 yards in 11 games last fall. The 6-1, 215-pound junior averaged 4.4 yards per carry and scored eight touchdowns, producing four 100-yard performances. - Cal Poly Football

Sr/2022 FB Duy Tran-SampsonCal Poly
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  2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT ALL-BIG SKY FIRST TEAM: LS Sawyer Sobelman, Cal Poly, Sr.,...Five Cal Poly football players have been honored by placement on Phil Steele's 2020 Preseason All-Big Sky Conference Teams. Sobelman has been Cal Poly's long snapper the last two years. He was an offensive and defensive lineman at Pleasant Grove High School in Elk Grove. - Cal Poly Football

rSr/2022 LS Sawyer SobelmanCal Poly
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  2019 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Wide Receiver J.J. Koski, Senior, Cal Poly,...With 121 receptions, 2,311 yards and 18 touchdowns in his Mustang career, the San Ramon Valley High School graduate is tied for fifth in touchdowns, No. 5 alone in receiving yards and No. 6 in receptions. Koski (6-1, 195, Danville, Calif.) has accepted an invitation to play in the 2020 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl at the Rose Bowl and also has been invited to play in the revived Hula Bowl at Aloha Stadium, both games in January. His career highs were established in the UC Davis game when Koski caught eight passes for 163 yards. Another career high was set in the Eastern Washington contest as Koski scored three touchdowns. Koski, Cal Poly's leading receiver for three consecutive seasons, was an all-Big Sky third-team selection a year ago and finished his career with a 19.1-yard average per reception, ninth in Cal Poly's Division I record book. - Cal Poly Football

rSr/2020 WR J.J. KoskiCal Poly
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  2019 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Fullback Duy Tran-Sampson, Sophomore, Cal Poly,...Tran-Sampson (6-1, 215, Claremont,Calif./Claremont High School) is the 23rd Mustang in program history to reach the 1,000-yard mark in rushing in a single campaign. With 135 yards - his fourth 100-yard game of the year - and two touchdowns in the season-ending 28-21 win at Northern Colorado last Saturday, he raised his season total to 1,037 yards, third in the Big Sky and 21st in the nation, and 10 touchdowns. - Cal Poly Football

Sr/2022 FB Duy Tran-SampsonCal Poly
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