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  Virginia Tech quarterback Braxton Burmeister had to hit pause last fall and now he's had to do it again. The Oregon transfer spent a couple weeks in August competing for the starting job before moving over to the scout team. He was able to get real practice reps again during prep for the Belk Bowl, but he wasn't allowed to travel with the team for the final week of practice in Charlotte. His role on the scout team didn't afford him many opportunities to showcase all of his teammates, but Tech coaches and players raved about his athleticism, which was put to good use leading up to the Virginia game when Burmeister was tasked with simulating Bryce Perkins.

"Braxton when we were uncertain about his eligibility he was in there taking reps headed into the season and was effective," Fuente said last week. "He was in the process of doing a really good job then we kind of got word about how that appeal was going to turn out and he had to migrate towards the scout team stuff and did a great job with the scout team all season long. In bowl prep, we had a chance to put him back in there to run our stuff and he did a good job." Fuente was going to let Tech's quarterbacks compete for the starting job this spring, but those plans are on hold with the COVID-19 outbreak forcing the program to cancel the entirety of spring camp. - Roanoke Times


(DS#75 WR) rSr/2023 WR Braxton Burmeister, San Diego State
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  02/15/20 - Keith Ismael, rJr/2020, San Diego State, 6-3, 309 (DS#6 C) + More +

  2020 NFL COMBINE INVITE: Keith Ismael, C, San Diego State,...A member of the Outland Trophy Watch List (top interior lineman) and Rimington Trophy Watch List (nation's most outstanding center), Ismael has allowed just one sack in 366 passing plays (0.27 pct.) and has only recorded three penalties in 881 snaps (0.34 pct.). Ismael is just the second SDSU offensive lineman to make a pair of MW first teams (also Nico Siragusa, 2015-16) and the only one to make three first or second teams. - San Diego State Football

(DS#6 C) rJr/2020 C Keith Ismael, San Diego State
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  01/09/20 - Tariq Thompson, Sr/2021, San Diego State, 5-11, 204 (DS#15 SS) + More +

  Rocky Long is retiring as San Diego State's football coach after taking the Aztecs to nine straight bowl games. He will be replaced by Brady Hoke, a former head coach at Ball State, SDSU and Michigan, the school said Wednesday. Hoke will be elevated from defensive line coach. The Aztecs were 10-3 last season, capped by a 48-11 victory over Central Michigan in the New Mexico Bowl. Hoke hired Long as his defensive coordinator at SDSU in 2009. Long became head coach after Hoke took the Michigan job before the 2011 season. Hoke was fired after four seasons at Michigan and returned to the SDSU staff last fall. Long was 81-38 and took the Aztecs to a bowl game in all nine seasons. That extended the school-record streak to 10 after Hoke took them to the Poinsettia Bowl in 2010. SDSU won 10 or more games in four of the last five seasons, and also won three Mountain West Conference championships under Long. Long, who turns 70 on Jan. 27, was 65-69 in 11 seasons as head coach at New Mexico. Hoke was 31-20 at Michigan and 13-12 at SDSU. - AP College Football

(DS#15 SS) Sr/2021 SS Tariq Thompson, San Diego State
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  01/09/20 - Tanner Kuljian, rSr/2021, San Diego State, 5-10, 178 (DS#6 P) + More +

  2019 ALL-PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): P Tanner Kuljian, San Diego,...Kuljian led all PFL punters with an average punt of 40.6 yards in conference-only games. For the entire season, he averaged 40.1 yards on 38 punts, half of which ended in fair catches while 12 were pinned inside the 20-yard line. He had six punts of over 50 yards, including a season-long of 60. - San Diego Football

(DS#6 P) rSr/2021 P Tanner Kuljian, San Diego State
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  12/25/19 - Keith Ismael, rJr/2020, San Diego State, 6-3, 309 (DS#6 C) + More +

  San Diego State's offensive line had its challenges during the 2019 season. It already has another for 2020 - replacing its top starter. Junior center Keith Ismael declared early for the 2020 NFL Draft, announcing his intention Monday in a social media post. The 6-foot-3, 310-pound Ismael, who is from Oakland, did not return a phone message for additional comment. He is earning a degree in international security and conflict resolution. Ismael led the Aztecs with 38 starts over the past three seasons, earning first-team all-Mountain West honors the past two years after being a second-team selection as a freshman. - The San Diego Union-Tribune

(DS#6 C) rJr/2020 C Keith Ismael, San Diego State
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  12/21/19 - Ryan Agnew, rSr/2020, San Diego State, 6-0, 200 (DS#77 QB) + More +

  Ryan Agnew passed for 287 yards and three touchdowns, Jesse Matthews caught three passes for 111 yards and two touchdowns and San Diego State won a bowl game for the first time since 2016, beating Central Michigan 48-11 on Saturday in the New Mexico Bowl. Jordan Byrd ran for a career-high 139 yards and a touchdown to help the Aztecs (10-3) cap their 10th straight bowl appearance with a victory. San Diego State opened 7-1 record, then dropped two of its last three conference games to fall out of contention for a Mountain West title game berth. It was a homecoming for San Diego State coach Rocky Long. He last won the New Mexico Bowl in 2007 as New Mexico's coach. Long is 4-9 in bowl games. San Diego State prevented Central Michigan (8-6) from sustaining consistent, with quarterback Quinten Dormady under pressure and forced to throw into tight coverage. He passed for 164 and threw three interception. Central Michigan's Jonathan Ward, who came into the game with 1,082 yards and 15 touchdowns, was held to 7 rushing yards and 26 yards receiving. Kobe Lewis ran for 97 rushing yards, with a 66-yard rushing touchdown in the third quarter. - AP College Football

(DS#77 QB) rSr/2020 QB Ryan Agnew, San Diego State
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  12/14/19 - Keith Ismael, rJr/2020, San Diego State, 6-3, 309 (DS#6 C) + More +

  2019 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FIRST TEAM (COACHES): OL - Keith Ismael, Jr., San Diego State,...Ismael is the final San Diego State player on the all-conference first team, making the top squad for the second straight season and third time overall (also second team as a redshirt freshman in 2017). A member of the Outland Trophy Watch List (top interior lineman) and Rimington Trophy Watch List (nation's most outstanding center), Ismael is the only Aztec to play every snap this season (881 on offense), where PFF has graded him out as the second-best center in the nation. PFF also ranks him as the second-best pass blocker and sixth-best run blocker, and the top offensive lineman in the league regardless of position. Ismael has allowed just one sack in 366 passing plays (0.27 pct.) and has only recorded three penalties in 881 snaps (0.34 pct.). Ismael is just the second SDSU offensive lineman to make a pair of MW first teams (also Nico Siragusa, 2015-16) and the only one to make three first or second teams. - San Diego State Football

(DS#6 C) rJr/2020 C Keith Ismael, San Diego State
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  2019 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DL - Cameron Thomas, Fr., San Diego State,...A redshirt freshman, Thomas joined Myles Cheatum on the first team after recording 45 tackles so far, including 8.0 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, 11 quarterback hurries and two pass breakups. A four-time PFF Mountain West Team of the Week selection, Thomas is graded as the top defensive tackle in the MW and 13th best in FBS play, and third-best defensive lineman overall in the MW (according to PFF). Thomas and Cheatum gave San Diego State two defensive linemen on an all-conference first team for the first time since 1974 when it was in the five-team Pacific Coast Athletic Association. - San Diego State Football

(DS#11 DE) rJr/2022 DE Cameron Thomas, San Diego State
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  2019 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DL - Myles Cheatum, Sr., San Diego State,...A senior, Cheatum made his first all-conference team after finishing the regular season with 39 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, a team-high five sacks, 12 quarterback hurries and two pass breakups. Among the MW leaders, Cheatum ranks in tie for sixth in sacks and a tie for ninth in tackles for loss. - San Diego State Football

(DS#74 DE) rSr/2020 DE Myles Cheatum, San Diego State
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  12/14/19 - Luq Barcoo, Sr/2020, San Diego State, 6-1, 175 (DS#35 CB) + More +

  2019 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DB - Luq Barcoo, Sr., San Diego State,...Barcoo, meanwhile, leads the country in total passes defended (INT + PBU) (24) and passes defended per game (2.00), and is tied for the lead in total interceptions (8), pass breakups (16) and interceptions per game (0.67). A semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award (top defensive back) and a PFF honorable-mention All-American, Barcoo has been named to the PFF MW Team of the Week six times this year (in 12 chances). - San Diego State Football

(DS#35 CB) Sr/2020 CB Luq Barcoo, San Diego State
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  2019 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FIRST TEAM (COACHES): LB - Kyahva Tezino, Sr., San Diego State,...Tezino has led a defensive unit that tops the MW in scoring defense (12.8), total defense (288.7), rush defense (72.3) and pass efficiency defense (113.4), among other categories. The San Diego State defense ranks among the top 10 in the nation in rush defense (3rd), scoring defense (5th), interceptions (6th, 15), total defense (7th) and first downs allowed (8th, 190). Tezino, who is on the first team for the second straight year, leads the Aztecs in tackles (96) and quarterback hurries (22), while adding nine tackles for loss, three sacks, two forced fumbles, one interception and two pass breakups. - San Diego State Football

(DS#12 ILB) rSr/2020 ILB Kyahva Tezino, San Diego State
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  2019 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Dwayne Johnson Jr., Jr., DB,...Johnson Jr. also earned honorable-mention accolades in his first year as a starter. For the season, he ranks second on the team with 86 tackles (50 solo) to go along with 1.5 tackles for loss, an interception, two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble and five pass breakups. Johnson, a two-time PFF MW Team of the Week member, ranks as the top safety in the league (by PFF) and the third best in the nation. His 0.17 fumble recoveries per game rank in a tie for seventh in the MW, while his two recoveries rank in a tie for 25th in FBS play. - San Diego State Football

(DS#20 SS) rSr/2021 SS Dwayne Johnson Jr., San Diego State
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  2019 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Brandon Heicklen, Sr., P,...A member of the Ray Guy Award Watch List, Heicklen is an honorable mention selection for the second straight season after punting 67 times for 3,043 yards (45.4 avg.). Heicklen, who ranks third in SDSU single-season history in punt average (45.42), leads the Mountain West in punt yards (3,043, 9th in FBS), punt yards per game (253.58, 9th in FBS), punts (67, T-14th in FBS) and punts per game (5.58, T-15th in FBS). A three-time MW Special Teams Player of the Week winner, including each of the past two weeks, 32 of Heicklen's 67 punts have finished inside the 20-yard line, including 12 of his last 15 punts. - San Diego State Football

(DS#16 P) Sr/2020 P Brandon Heicklen, San Diego State
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  12/14/19 - *Darren Hall, rJr/2021, San Diego State, 5-11, 188 (DS#28 CB) + More +

  2019 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Darren Hall, So., DB,...Opposite Barcoo at cornerback, Hall made the all-MW team as an honorable-mention pick for the first time of his career after recording 43 tackles (29 solo), 2.5 tackles for loss, an interception, two forced fumbles, a team-high-tying 16 pass breakups and a quarterback hurry. A PFF National Second Team of the Week selection on Oct. 14 and two-time PFF MW Team of the Week winner, Hall ranks in a tie for first in FBS in pass breakups (16), a tie for fifth in total passes defended (17) and seventh in passes defended per game (1.55). Additionally, he ranks in a tie for eighth in the MW in forced fumbles per game (0.18). - San Diego State Football

(DS#28 CB) rJr/2021 CB *Darren Hall, San Diego State
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  12/14/19 - *Matt Araiza, rJr/2022, San Diego State, 6-1, 201 (DS#1 P) + More +

  2019 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): William Dunkle, Fr., OL,...Dunkle has made the PFF MW Team of the Week three times so far in 2019, appearing in 805 of the team's 881 snaps. According to PFF, Dunkle ranks as the fourth-best guard, while earning the second-highest pass block rating. Dunkle has not allowed a sack this season through his 805 snaps and has only four penalties (0.50 pct). - San Diego State Football

(DS#1 P) rJr/2022 P *Matt Araiza, San Diego State
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