Draft Scout Idaho Player News, College Football: Idaho

2024 CFB/2025-2028 NFL Draft Scout

- Draft Scout Front Page Draft Scout Top 12 NFL Prospect Teams for 2025 (Based on NFL Team Preseason Scouting Grades)

- #1 Oregon (17 players in Top 350 Overall) - #2 Michigan (14) - #3 Ohio State (14) - #4 Georgia (13) - #5 Texas (11) - #6 Notre Dame (11) - #7 Penn State (10) - #8 Iowa (10) - #9 Mississippi (9) - #10 Florida State (9) - #11 Virginia Tech (9) - #12 Miami (9) - 2024-2028 CFB 5* Star Recruits - 2024-2028 FBS/FCS Team Lists/Rosters - CFB's Best Player Names By Year/Position - Draft Scout Player Directory A-Z - Players by School/College List A-Z - End of 2023 Season Risers - End of 2023 Season Fallers - CFB Player News & Notes - Draft Scout Rokfin Football Channel - Draft Scout Weekly - Phil Steele/Draft Scout - Contact Draft Scout Player Rankings by Conference: -ACC- | -American Athletic- | -Big 12- | -Big Ten- | -Conference USA- | -Independent- | -Mid-American- | -Mountain West- | -Pac-12- | -SEC- | -Sun Belt-

2023 CFB/2024-2027 NFL Draft Scout

- Draft Scout Front Page - 2024 NFL Draft Tracker/Results - 2024 Pro Timing Days/Results - 2024 Pro Timing Day Risers by Position - 2024 Pro Timing Day Fallers by Position - 2024 NFL Combine - Josh Buchanan's 2024 Top 100 Small School Prospects - End of Season Risers - End of Season Fallers - 2024 NFL Draft Underclassmen - 2024 Senior Bowl - 2024 East-West Shrine - 2024 Hula Bowl - 2024 HBCU Legacy Bowl - 2023 CFB Bowl Games/Playoffs - CFB Player News & Notes 12/03 Final CFB Playoff Top 12
- #1 Michigan - #2 Washington - #3 Texas - #4 Alabama - #5 Florida State - #6 Georgia - #7 Ohio State - #8 Oregon - #9 Missouri - #10 Penn State - #11 Mississippi - #12 Oklahoma - 2023-2027 FBS/FCS Team Lists/Rosters - CFB's Best Player Names By Year/Position - Draft Scout Player Directory A-Z - Players by School/College List A-Z - Draft Scout Rokfin Football Channel - Draft Scout Weekly - Phil Steele/Draft Scout - Contact Draft Scout Player Rankings by Conference: -ACC- | -American Athletic- | -Big 12- | -Big Ten- | -Conference USA- | -Independent- | -Mid-American- | -Mountain West- | -Pac-12- | -SEC- | -Sun Belt-

NFL Draft Scout History

- 1997 Coach Bill Walsh Draft Insider (First/Early NFL Draft Scout) - 2023 NFL Draft Tracker/Results - 2023 Undrafted by Position - 2023 Pro Timing Days/Results - 2023 Pro Timing Day Risers by Position - Draft Scout Evolve: Player Rating Changes - 2023 NFL Combine - Draft Scout CFB Risers - Draft Scout CFB Fallers - 2023 NFL Draft Underclassmen - 2023-26 #1 Georgia Bulldogs - 2023-26 #3 TCU Horned Frogs - 2022-23 CFB Bowl Schedule - EA College Football Game Pushed Back to 2024 - CFB Schedule/Roster/News Links - CFB Player Injury News & Notes - CFB Injuries by Year/Position

2022 Draft Scout

- 2022 NFL Draft Tracker - 2022 Pro Timing Days/Results - 2022 Pro Timing Day Risers by Position - 2022 NFL Combine/Results - 2022 NFL Combine Risers by Position - 2022 NFL Draft Underclassmen - 2021 Draft Scout Top 100

Draft Scout by Conference

2023 Draft Scout Offense

2023 Draft Scout Defense

2022 Draft Scout Offense

2022 Draft Scout Defense

Draft Scout College Football Player News: Idaho

Previous 15 Notes

Next 15 Notes

11/27/19 - Nick Romano, rSr/2024, Idaho + More +

2019 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Kick Returner Nick Romano, Freshman, Idaho,...Romano finished second in the league in kickoff return average at 27.0 yards per return. His biggest moment came against Weber State, when he ran back the first kickoff return for a touchdown by a Vandal since 2012. - Idaho Football

rSr/2024

RB Nick Romano, Idaho
News Source: Idaho Football
Share/Comment: Here

11/27/19 - Jeff Cotton, rSr/2020, Idaho + More +

2019 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Wide Receiver Jeff Cotton, Senior, Idaho,...Cotton had a season for the ages. He led the nation in receptions per game, averaging 8.8 catches over his 10 games played. He also led the Big Sky and finished second in all of FCS with 114.1 yards per game. Cotton closed the season with a program-record 18 receptions at Northern Arizona, tying the most by an FCS player this year. Cotton was the only Big Sky student-athlete to average over 100 yards receiving per game. Despite playing only 10 games, Cotton led the conference in total catches and finished second in total yards. - Idaho Football

rSr/2020

WR Jeff Cotton, Idaho
News Source: Idaho Football
Share/Comment: Here

11/27/19 - Tre Walker, Sr/2022, Idaho + More +

2019 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Inside Linebacker Tre Walker, Sophomore, Idaho,...Walker finished second in the Big Sky with 138 total tackles, averaging 11.5 per game. Walker led the conference with 74 solo tackles. - Idaho Football

Sr/2022

ILB Tre Walker, Idaho
News Source: Idaho Football
Share/Comment: Here

11/27/19 - Noah Johnson, Sr/2020, Idaho + More +

2019 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Offensive Line Noah Johnson, Senior, Idaho,...Johnson, a first-team All-Big Selection a season ago, was the steady leader of the offensive line. Johnson started all 12 games for the Vandals, and appeared in 45 of a possible 48 games over his four-year career. - Idaho Football

Sr/2020

OG Noah Johnson, Idaho
News Source: Idaho Football
Share/Comment: Here

11/27/19 - Cade Coffey, rSr/2021, Idaho + More +

2019 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Punter Cade Coffey, Idaho,...Coffey averaged 42.8 yards per punt during the season, the seventh best mark in the conference. He led the league with 20 punts of at least 50 yards. In conference play, Coffey led the Big Sky at 44.8 yards per punt, while dropping 17 punts over 50 yards. - Idaho Football

rSr/2021

P Cade Coffey, Idaho
News Source: Idaho Football
Share/Comment: Here

11/27/19 - Mason Petrino, Sr/2020, Idaho + More +

2019 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Quarterback Mason Petrino, Idaho,...Petrino was the only quarterback in the league this season to be responsible for seven touchdowns in a single game, against Northern Arizona to close the season. Petrino closes his career with the highest completion percentage in program history. - Idaho Football

Sr/2020

QB Mason Petrino, Idaho
News Source: Idaho Football
Share/Comment: Here

11/27/19 - Lloyd Hightower, Sr/2020, Idaho + More +

2019 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Defensive Back Lloyd Hightower, Senior, Idaho,...Hightower finished the season in the top-10 in the conference in passes defended. He had the game of his career against Idaho State in the ICCU Battle of the Domes, when he scored a pair of touchdowns, on an interception and a fumble recovery, to help lift the Vandals to victory. - Idaho Football

Sr/2020

CB Lloyd Hightower, Idaho
News Source: Idaho Football
Share/Comment: Here

11/25/19 - Mason Petrino, Sr/2020, Idaho + More +

NOV 25 BIG SKY OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Petrino led an Idaho charge that saw the Vandals register a 60-53 win over Northern Arizona in overtime. In a high-scoring game that went to overtime, it was Petrino's 25-yard touchdown pass on the first play of OT that lifted the Vandals over the Lumberjacks in the regular season finale. The quarterback completed an impressive 36 of 43 passes with no interceptions. He registered a career-high 498 yards. Petrino completed touchdown passes to three different receivers for a career-high six touchdown passes to tie the school record. He also had 65 rushing yards to finish with the second-most total offense yards in Idaho history with 563. Others Nominated, Offense: Michael Dean, ISU; Khris Vaughn, UCD; Kevin Thomson, SAC; Jake Constantine, WSU; Kyle Reid, CP; Antoine Custer Jr., EWU; Thomas Duckett, SUU; Isaiah Ifanse, MSU. - Big Sky Conference Football

Sr/2020

QB Mason Petrino, Idaho
News Source: Big Sky Conference Football
Share/Comment: Here

11/25/19 - Mason Petrino, Sr/2020, Idaho + More +

NOV 25 STATS FCS NATIONAL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mason Petrino, Idaho, QB, Sr., 6-0, 208, Pullman, Washington,...In his final career game, Petrino accounted for an FCS season-high 563 yards of total offense and seven total touchdowns (six passing, one rushing) as Idaho beat Northern Arizona 60-53 in overtime in the Big Sky. His 25-yard TD pass on the first play of OT provided the game-winning score. He completed 36 of 43 passes for a career-high 498 yards with no interceptions, and carried the ball 14 times for 65 yards. Honorable Mention: JaVaughn Craig, QB, Austin Peay; Jeff Cotton, WR, Idaho; Domenic Cozier, RB, Holy Cross; Antoine Custer Jr., RB, Eastern Washington; Dominique Dafney, WR, Indiana State; Dai'Jean Dixon, WR, Nicholls; Pete Guerriero, RB, Monmouth; Ra'Shaun Henry, WR, Saint Francis; Jakob Herres, WR, VMI; Changa Hodge, WR, Villanova; Isaiah Ifanse, RB, Montana State; Derek Kyler, QB, Dartmouth; Taeyler Porter, RB, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Justin Pratt, RB, McNeese; Kurt Rawlings, QB, Yale. - STATS FCS Football

Sr/2020

QB Mason Petrino, Idaho
News Source: STATS FCS Football
Share/Comment: Here

11/24/19 - Mason Petrino, Sr/2020, Idaho + More +

Mason Petrino threw for a career-high 491 yards and tied the school record with six touchdown passes to lead Idaho past Northern Arizona 60-53 in overtime on Saturday. In a wild game in which Idaho's 46-36 lead at the end of the third quarter was the largest by either team, Petrino capped his stellar performance with a 25-yard TD pass to Nick Romano in overtime. The Vandals defense made the score stand up, stopping NAU quarterback Case Cookus short of the goal-line on fourth-and-goal. Petrino's six TD passes matched the school record achieved 11 times previously. His 491 yards is fourth in school history. Jeff Cotton caught 17 passes for 223 yards and two touchdowns.

His 17 receptions match the school record set by Jerry Hendren in 1969. The 223 receiving yards is fifth in school history. Cookus completed 29 of 51 passes for 450 yards and three touchdowns for NAU (4-8, 2-6 Big Sky). Petrino completed 35 of 42 attempts for Idaho (5-7, 3-5). Neither quarterback threw an interception. Romano carried 26 times for 154 yards and a touchdown. He caught four passes for 98 yards and two touchdowns. NAU's Joe Logan had 23 carries for 138 yards and three touchdowns. He caught a 52-yard pass for a fourth score. Brandon Porter caught nine passes for 150 yards and a touchdown. The teams combined for 1,396 yards. - Idaho/AP College Football

Sr/2020

QB Mason Petrino, Idaho
News Source: Idaho/AP College Football
Share/Comment: Here

11/03/19 - Aundre Carter, rSo/2023, Idaho + More +

Freshman Aundre Carter had 23 carries for 179 yards -- both season highs -- and a career-high tying two touchdowns to help Idaho beat Cal Poly 21-9 on Saturday. Mason Petrino was 13-of-22 passing for 138 yards, including a 22-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Cotton that gave Idaho (4-5, 2/3 Big Sky Conference) a 21-3 lead early in the fourth quarter. The Vandals have won back-to-back games for the first time since closing the 2016 season five consecutive wins culminating with a 61-50 win over Colorado State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Cal Poly's Colton Theaker opened the scoring with a 44-yard field goal midway through the first quarter. Idaho got into Mustangs territory on two of its next three possessions but failed to convert on fourth-and-2 from the 35 and missed a 48-yard field-goal attempt.

Later, a six-play, 82-yard drive capped by Carter's 37-yard touchdown run made it 7-3 with 2:08 left in the first half. Cal Poly (2-7, 1-5) marched into Vandals territory on the opening drive of the third quarter but, on fourth-and-5 at the 30, Idaho's Tre Walker stopped Xavier Moore for a 4-yard loss. On the ensuing Vandals possession, Carter had seven carries for 55 yards including a 1-yard TD run. After the Mustangs went three-and-out, Petrino led an eight-play, 55-yard drive, scrambling for a 7-yard gain on fourth-and-6 before hitting Cotton for the touchdown two plays later. The Mustangs finished with 242 total yards and completed just four passes -- all to J.J. Koski who finished with 97 yards receiving. Jalen Hamler, who was 4-of-12 passing for 97 yards with an interception, scored on a 7-yard run to cap the scoring with 2:47 left. - AP College Football

rSo/2023

FB Aundre Carter, Idaho
News Source: AP College Football
Share/Comment: Here

10/22/19 - JBore Gibbs, rSr/2024, Idaho + More +

OCT 21 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: QB J'Bore Gibbs, South Dakota State,...Gibbs accounted for four touchdowns – three passing and one rushing – as South Dakota State posted its sixth consecutive victory, winning 42-23 at Indiana State on Oct. 19. Gibbs completed 18-of-28 passes for a career-high 274 yards and matched his career best with the three touchdown passes. The redshirt freshman signal-caller led a 28-point outburst in the second quarter by completing all seven of his passes in the stanza for 140 yards, including touchdown passes of 23 and 25 yards to Jaxon Janke and Cade Johnson, respectively. - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2024

QB JBore Gibbs, Idaho
News Source: Missouri Valley Football
Share/Comment: Here

10/22/19 - Lloyd Hightower, Sr/2020, Idaho + More +

OCT 21 BIG SKY DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Lloyd Hightower showed his speed and versatility on Saturday in the Vandals' win over Idaho State in the Battle of the Domes. The senior registered a 45-yard pick-six in the first half that bumped Idaho's lead to 14-0. He added another touchdown in the fourth quarter when he ran back a fumble recovery for 49 yards to the house. He also added a pair of tackles in Idaho's 45-21 victory. Other Nominees, Defense: Connor Airey, UCD; Dariyn Choates, SAC; AJ Stanley, SUU; Anthony Adams, PSU; Eddie Heckard, WSU. - Big Sky Conference Football

Sr/2020

CB Lloyd Hightower, Idaho
News Source: Big Sky Conference Football
Share/Comment: Here

10/20/19 - Lloyd Hightower, Sr/2020, Idaho + More +

Colton Richardson passed for two touchdowns and ran for another and the Idaho defense scored three TDs -- including two by Lloyd Hightower -- as the Vandals beat Idaho State 45-21 on Saturday. Richardson was 17-of-25 passing for 289 yards with no interceptions and opened the scoring with a 2-yard scoring run midway through the first quarter. Jeff Cotton had 10 receptions for a career-best 192 yards, including a 5-yard touchdown that gave Idaho (3-5, 1/3 Big Sky Conference) a 24-0 lead early in the second quarter. Malakai Rango scored on a 4-yard run late in the first half and Idaho State (3-4, 2-2) opened the second with an eight-play, 75-yard drive that cut its deficit to 24-14 when Matt Struck hit Austin Campbell for an 8-yard touchdown but Richardson connected with Connor Whitney for a 58-yard touchdown just 52 seconds later.

The Bengals immediately responded with a 10-play, 75-yard drive capped by Struck's 10-yard TD pass to Mitch Gueller to make it 31-21. Leo Tamba's strip-sack of Struck was scooped up by Hightower and returned 49 yards for a score with 15 seconds left in the third quarter before a 36-yard pick-6 by Sedrick Thomas on the final play of the period capped the scoring. Hightower added a 45-yard interception return for a score in the first quarter. Struck was 27-of-52 passing for 316 yards and Gueller finished with 11 receptions for 166 yards. - AP College Football

Sr/2020

CB Lloyd Hightower, Idaho
News Source: AP College Football
Share/Comment: Here

10/19/19 - JBore Gibbs, rSr/2024, Idaho + More +

J'Bore Gibbs fired three touchdown passes in the first half, Pierre Strong Jr. rushed for two scores and South Dakota State clobbered Indiana State 42-17 on Saturday, setting up a first-place Missouri Valley Conference showdown in a week. South Dakota State (6-1, 3-0), the third-ranked team in the STATS FCS poll, crashes into top-ranked and undefeated North Dakota State (7-0, 3-0) next Saturday. NDSU blanked Missouri State 22-0 Saturday for its 28th-straight win.

Indiana State's Keawvis Cummings intercepted Gibbs, setting up the Sycamores (1-2, 3-4) for a 28-yard TD pass from Kurtis Wilderman to Matae Thomas, forging a 7-7 tie. That's when the Jackrabbits took off, scoring four touchdowns on their next five possessions before halftime and a 35-10 lead at the break. South Dakota State's defense had a season-best eight sacks as Wilderman had a net minus 35 yards rushing. Gibbs went 18 of 28 for a season-high 274 yards. The Jackrabbits held a 452-338 yard advantage in total offense. - AP College Football

rSr/2024