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2021 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FIRST TEAM (COACHES): KR - Jordan Byrd, Sr., San Diego State,...Byrd improved on his second-team all-league selection at kick returner last year with a first-team nod in 2021. Byrd leads the MW in total punt returns (23, T-6th in FBS), combined kick return yards (665, 10th in FBS), kick return average (29.35, 11th in FBS) and punt return average (7.22, 30th in FBS), and is tied for first in kick return touchdowns (1, T-11th in FBS), second in punt return yards (166, 21st in FBS), third in kick return yards (499, 25th in FBS) and tied for fourth in total kick returns (17, T-39th in FBS). Byrd (2021) and Penny (2015-17) are SDSU's only first-team all-MW kick returners in league history. - San Diego State Football

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RB Jordan Byrd, San Diego State
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12/21/21 - Zachary Thomas, rSr/2022, San Diego State, 6-5, 305 (DS#18 OT) + More +

2021 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FIRST TEAM (COACHES): OL - Zachary Thomas, Sr., San Diego State,...Dunkle and Zachary Thomas are each on the all-MW first team for the first time of their career after Dunkle was an honorable-mention selection as a freshman in 2019 and Thomas a second-team pick in 2020. - San Diego State Football

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OT Zachary Thomas, San Diego State
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12/21/21 - *William Dunkle, rJr/2022, San Diego State, 6-5, 347 (DS#25 OG) + More +

2021 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FIRST TEAM (COACHES): OL - William Dunkle, Jr., San Diego State,...Dunkle and Zachary Thomas are each on the all-MW first team for the first time of their career after Dunkle was an honorable-mention selection as a freshman in 2019 and Thomas a second-team pick in 2020. - San Diego State Football

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OG *William Dunkle, San Diego State
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12/20/21 - Marquez Cooper, rSr/2025, San Diego State, 5-07, 200 (DS#69 RB) + More +

2021 ALL-MAC SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Running Back - Marquez Cooper, Kent State,...Cooper was one of the main beneficiaries of the blocking up front and takes home second-team all-conference honors. He is one of five running backs in the conference to top 1000 yards this season and the first Kent State back to do it since 2012. Cooper has averaged over 100 yards in MAC play and his 11 rushing touchdowns on the year are third in the conference. - Kent State Football

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RB Marquez Cooper, San Diego State
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12/14/21 - Caden McDonald, rSr/2023, San Diego State, 6-2, 244 (DS#47 ILB) + More +

Linebacker Cooper McDonald, a 6-foot-3 redshirt freshman at Washington, announced on social media that he will transfer to SDSU, joining the school's 2022 early signing class. "I get the awesome opportunity to play alongside my older brother Caden McDonald while doing so," Cooper wrote on Twitter. Cooper started 10 games this season for the Huskies, totaling 26 tackles with 5 1/2 tackles for a loss and 1 1/2 sacks. Caden confirmed that the linebackers from Haslet, Texas, will play together in 2022 in a social media post over the weekend. "I have decided to return to school and forego declaring for the draft to use my last year of eligibility to handle some unfinished business and be a part of the 100th Aztec football team," Caden wrote on Twitter. "I can't wait to open up the season next year in the new stadium and get to see all of Aztec nation in a place we can finally call home. "I also could not turn down the opportunity to play alongside my little brother while doing all of this." - San Diego Union Tribune

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ILB Caden McDonald, San Diego State
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12/09/21 - *Matt Araiza, rJr/2022, San Diego State, 6-1, 201 (DS#1 P) + More +

2021 RAY GUY AWARD WINNER: Matt Araiza, San Diego State,...On the season, Araiza has punted 76 times for 3,904 yards, ranking first in FBS history in punt average (51.4 avg.), 60-yard punts (18) and 50-yard punts (39). Out of Araiza's 76 punts, 36 have landed inside the 20-yard line as Araiza has posted a 44.3 net punt average. One of four players in the nation who is handling all three kicking duties (punts, PATs/field goals and kickoffs), Araiza has added 17 field goals, including three 50-plus yarders, and has kicked off 67 times (excluding onside kicks) for a 65.06 average with 56 going for a touchback.

Araiza leads all FBS players in punt average (51.37), total punt yards (3,904) and punt yards per game (300.31), and is tied for first in PAT percentage (100.00), tied for second in punts inside the 20-yard line (36) and total punts (76), third in kickoff average (65.06), tied for fifth in punts per game (5.85), sixth in net punt average (44.28), tied for sixth in field goal attempts (28), eighth in kickoff touchback percentage (83.58), tied for eighth in kickoff touchbacks (56) and tied for eighth in field goal attempts per game (2.08). - San Diego State Football

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P *Matt Araiza, San Diego State
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12/05/21 - Nate Bennett, rSr/2025, San Diego State, 6-2, 200 (DS#999 WR) + More +

2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): WR Nate Bennett, Portland State,...Freshman wide receiver Nate Bennett, a 6-3, 195-pounder from Simi Valley, CA, ranked third on the Vikings with 50 receptions for 616 yards and four touchdowns. Bennett was also selected to the Jerry Rice Award Watch List, putting him among the top 23 freshmen in the country for National Freshman of the Year. He tied for sixth in the conference in receptions, 13th in yards and 12th in touchdowns. - Portland State Football

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WR Nate Bennett, San Diego State
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11/30/21 - *Matt Araiza, rJr/2022, San Diego State, 6-1, 201 (DS#1 P) + More +

2021 MOUNTAIN WEST SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES/MEDIA): MATT ARAIZA, JUNIOR, P/PK, SAN DIEGO STATE,...San Diego State has earned Special Teams Player of the Year honors in four of the last seven years...First punter to earn the honor since 2014 (Air Force's Will Conant)...Finished the regular season with a 51.8 punt average, which is on pace to set a NCAA single-season record...Set NCAA records for most 50-yard punts (36) and 60-yard punts (17) in a season...Has six punts of at least 70 yards and two 80-yard boots, including the longest in the country at 86 yards...Leads the nation in punt average (51.8), while tying for first in FBS in punts inside the 20-yard line (34)...Has also made 16 field goals, including three from at least 50 yards...Named Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week on four occasions this season. - Mountain West Football

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P *Matt Araiza, San Diego State
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11/30/21 - Cameron Thomas, rJr/2022, San Diego State, 6-4, 265 (DS#11 DE) + More +

2021 MOUNTAIN WEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES/MEDIA): CAMERON THOMAS, JUNIOR, DL, SAN DIEGO STATE,...First San Diego State player to earn the MW Defensive Player of the Year honor since Damontae Kazee won it in 2015 and 2016...Is the third Aztec to win the defensive honor as Kirk Morrison (2003 & 2004) and Damontae Kazee (2015 & 2016) both won it twice...Led the Aztecs to their first MW Football Championship Game since 2016...Finished the regular season ranked seventh nationally in sacks per game (0.96) and 15th in tackles for loss per game (1.3)...Completed the regular season with 66 tackles, including 20.0 tackles for loss and 11.5 sacks...Leads the Mountain West with 11.5 sacks...Named MW Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 15. - Mountain West Football

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DE Cameron Thomas, San Diego State
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11/27/21 - Braxton Burmeister, rSr/2023, San Diego State, 6-0, 200 (DS#75 WR) + More +

Braxton Burmeister threw for one touchdown, caught a pass for another and Virginia Tech ran for 320 yards Saturday night and beat Virginia 29-24. Burmeister, who also ran for 115 yards, hit Tayvion Robinson for a 61-yard touchdown and caught a 3-yard pass from Robinson on a double-reverse as the Hokies (6-6, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) won for the 17th time in the last 18 meetings. They also achieved bowl eligibility for the 28th time in 29 years.

Virginia (6-6, 4-4), limited to three second-half points, drove to the Virginia Tech 9 after recovering a fumble with just over 3 minutes left, but Brennan Armstrong's pass to Ra'Shaun Henry in the end zone on fourth-and 13 from the 14 with 35 seconds left fell incomplete, capping a wild final few minutes. When it was over, Hokies fans stormed the field, surrounding their team. Raheem Blackshear lead the Hokies ground attack with 169 yards on 18 carries, including a 50-yarder, and Burmeister got his on just 12, including a 71-yard burst. The Hokies had three plays that covered at least 50 yards. Oddly, in a game where both teams approached 500 yards of offense, Burmeister was stopped at the 3 on his long run and the Hokies failed to score, backup quarterback Connor Blumrick's fourth-down pass falling incomplete. - Virginia Tech/AP College Football

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WR Braxton Burmeister, San Diego State
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11/26/21 - Tyler Pastula, rSr/2025, San Diego State, 6-2, 220 (DS#11 P) + More +

2021 ALL-CAA FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Tyler Pastula, Delaware, P, So.,...Sophomore punter Tyler Pastula put together a stellar campaign in 2021, leading the CAA and ranking 21st in the country with an average of 42.5 yards per punt. He was also atop the conference as he landed 24 punts inside of the opponent's 20-yard line and had 13 kicks travel at least 50 yards. Pastula was named twice named the CAA Special Teams Player of the Week after Delaware's victories over Dixie State and William & Mary. - Delaware Football

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P Tyler Pastula, San Diego State
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11/26/21 - Jordon Brookshire, rSr/2023, San Diego State, 6-1, 220 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Jordon Brookshire led No. 22 San Diego State to 24 unanswered points after replacing Lucas Johnson late in the first half, and the Aztecs claimed the Mountain West's West Division title with a 27-16 victory over Boise State on Friday. Brookshire passed for 192 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 46 yards and another score for the Aztecs (11-1, 7-1), who celebrated at their temporary home in the Los Angeles suburbs after completing their first 11-win regular season in 99 years of football. The Aztecs, who have never had a 12-win season, will host the Mountain West title game next Saturday, Dec. 4, against Air Force or Utah State. San Diego State erased an early 13-point deficit with a bounce-back effort from its vaunted defense, which shut out the Broncos (7-5, 5-3) over the final 38 minutes.

Brookshire also transformed the struggling San Diego State offense when he took over on the penultimate drive of the first half. On their next four drives, the Aztecs turned a 13-point deficit into an 11-point lead. Jesse Matthews caught nine passes for 133 yards, and Greg Bell rushed for a touchdown. Kurt Rafdal and Khalil Shakir caught early TD passes from Hank Bachmeier for the Broncos, whose four-game winning streak ended. Boise State has its first five-loss season since 2013 under first-year head coach Andy Avalos, a native of nearby Corona, California. Patrick McMorris made two of the Aztecs' three interceptions, and Jonah Tavai got three of their four sacks while the defense harassed and hit Bachmeier throughout the second half, forcing backup Jack Sears to play the final two series. - San Diego State/AP College Football

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QB Jordon Brookshire, San Diego State
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11/19/21 - Jesse Matthews, Sr/2023, San Diego State, 5-11, 189 (DS#61 WR) + More +

Lucas Johnson completed 18 of 24 pass attempts for 192 yards and threw three touchdowns, and No. 23 San Diego State survived a scare to beat UNLV 28-20 on Friday night. The Aztecs led just 21-20 before Johnson found Jesse Matthews for a 7-yard strike with 3:33 left in the game. San Diego State linebacker Seyddrick Lakalaka intercepted UNLV quarterback Justin Rogers with less than 2 minutes left in the game to thwart the Rebels' last-ditch effort. San Diego State, which finished with a 5-0 road mark, improved to 10-1 overall, matching its best 11-game start since starting 10-0 in 1969. The Aztecs are one of five teams in the country currently with 10 wins, joining Cincinnati, Georgia, Houston, and UTSA.

Matthews finished with nine receptions for 75 yards and had three touchdowns, becoming the first San Diego State player to score three TDs in one game since Colin Lockett's trio in the 2001 New Orleans Bowl. Las Vegas product Elijah Kothe finished with five receptions for 84 yards for the Aztecs, while Greg Bell ran for 52 yards on 14 carries. While San Diego State improved to 21-10 all-time against the Rebels (2-9), UNLV outgained the Aztecs, 394-290. - San Diego State/AP College Football

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WR Jesse Matthews, San Diego State
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11/18/21 - Byron Cardwell Jr., rJr/2027, San Diego State, 6-0, 215 (DS#999 RB) + More +

NOV 15 PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Byron Cardwell, Fr., RB, Oregon (San Diego, CA),...Fifth time an Oregon player has captured this award this season and fourth different player with the other three all being linebackers. The Ducks have won four of the last five Freshman of the Week awards. First offensive player to win this award for the Ducks since it was created prior to the 2019 season...Helped seal No. 3 Oregon's 38-24 win over Washington State with a pair of long touchdown runs in the fourth quarter...Rushed nine times for 98 yards and two touchdowns, scoring on runs of 27 and 22 yards. Also had a 24-yard rush in the first quarter, giving him seven runs of 20-plus yards in the last three games...Averaged an impressive 10.9 yards per carry. Two yards shy of his second 100-yard rushing performance in the last three games...280 rushing yards and three TD on 32 carries in the last three games, averaging 8.75 yards per rush. Also nominated: Cole Bishop, Safety, Utah; Eddie Czaplicki, P, Arizona State; Dorian Singer, WR, Arizona. - Pac-12 Football

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RB Byron Cardwell Jr., San Diego State
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11/17/21 - *Matt Araiza, rJr/2022, San Diego State, 6-1, 201 (DS#1 P) + More +

NOV 15 MOUNTAIN WEST SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: MATT ARAIZA, SAN DIEGO STATE, Junior, Place-Kicker/Punter, San Diego, California/Rancho Bernardo HS,...Averaged 55.6 yards per punt, which was the highest average in the nation last week (min. 5 punts), with two landing inside the 20-yard line and the long going for 62 yards in San Diego State's 23-21 victory over Nevada...Also tied a career high with three field goals, including his first career game-winner with 1:21 left in the fourth quarter...Made kicks of 48, 39 and 35 yards...Also made both of his PATs to finish the game with 11 of the Aztecs 23 points...Kicked off six times for a perfect 65.0-yard average and four touchbacks. - Mountain West Football

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P *Matt Araiza, San Diego State
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