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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: San Diego State
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  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

rSr/2025 RB Marquez Cooper, San Diego State
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  2021 ALL-MAC SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Wide Receiver & KR - Trayvon Rudolph, Northern Illinois,...Rudolph earned All-MAC honors for the second straight season and was selected as both a wide receiver and a kickoff return specialist in 2021. He leads NIU with 827 receiving yards on 46 catches with seven receiving touchdowns and has averaged 25.1 yards on 14 kickoff returns with a 100-yard kickoff return score. Rudolph is averaging 107.5 all-purpose yards per game. - Northern Illinois Football

rSr/2026 WR Trayvon Rudolph, San Diego State
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  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

rSr/2023 ILB Caden McDonald, San Diego State
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  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

rJr/2022 P *Matt Araiza, San Diego State
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  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

rSr/2025 WR Nate Bennett, San Diego State
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  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

rJr/2022 P *Matt Araiza, San Diego State
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  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

rJr/2022 DE Cameron Thomas, San Diego State
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  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

rSr/2023 WR Braxton Burmeister, San Diego State
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  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

rSr/2025 P Tyler Pastula, San Diego State
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  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

rSr/2023 QB Jordon Brookshire, San Diego State
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  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

Sr/2023 WR Jesse Matthews, San Diego State
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  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

rJr/2022 P *Matt Araiza, San Diego State
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  NOV 15 MOUNTAIN WEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: CAMERON THOMAS, SAN DIEGO STATE, Junior, Defensive End, Carlsbad, California/Carlsbad HS,...In San Diego State's victory over Nevada, recorded a season-high 10 tackles, including a career-high 3.5 tackles for loss and a career-best three sacks...Also forced one fumble...Anchored a defense that held Nevada to just eight rushing yards, its lowest output since the 2004 season and the fewest allowed by SDSU since giving up zero at Kansas on Sept. 25, 1999...San Diego State held Nevada to 358 yards of total offense, its second-lowest output of the season. - Mountain West Football

rJr/2022 DE Cameron Thomas, San Diego State
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  Greg Bell had 16 carries for 104 yards and Matt Araiza kicked a 35-yard field goal with 1:21 to play to help No. 22 San Diego State beat Nevada 23-21 on Saturday night. San Diego State (9-1, 5-1 Mountain West) took sole possession of first place in the West Division, a half-game ahead of Fresno State - which beat the Aztecs 30-20 on Oct. 30 - and a full game in front of Nevada. Araiza - who kicked field goals of 48 yards in the second quarter and 39 yards early in the fourth - bent the winner inside the upright to cap a 12-play, 53-yard drive. He also had five punts for 278 yards (55.6 yards per punt) and lead the FBS this season with 50 punts of 50-plus yards and 15 punts of 60 yards or more. Carson Strong completed 34 of 48 passes for 350 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. He hit Romeo Doubs for a 5-yard touchdown late in the third quarter and pair connected on a play-action pass for a 54-yard TD that made it 21-20 with 9:57 to play and give Nevada (7-3, 4-2) its first lead. Doubs finished with nine receptions for 127 yards. - San Diego State/AP College Football

rJr/2022 P *Matt Araiza, San Diego State
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  Braxton Burmeister threw for 215 yards and a career-high three touchdowns to lift Virginia Tech to a 48-17 victory over Duke on Saturday. The Hokies (5-5, 3-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) entered the game having lost four of their previous five games, including heartbreakers to Notre Dame (32-29) and Syracuse (41-36) in the waning moments. But Virginia Tech grabbed a 14-0 lead against Duke and never trailed in setting season highs in points and scoring margin. "Just proud of our kids - their perseverance through tough, adverse times," Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente said. "They continue to amaze all of us in this building that see them every single day with their resilient nature and their care for each other." Added Fuente, "It's a lot of fun to watch. Inspiring, quite honestly, to the coaches and everyone around them. Just have a lot of fun being around them. It's a great group of kids." Raheem Blackshear added 117 yards rushing and scored touchdowns both rushing and receiving for the Hokies, who amassed more than 500 yards of offense (573) for the first time in 43 games. Virginia Tech's 374 first-half yards were more than it had accumulated in six of nine previous games this season.

Of the 573 yards, 297 came on the ground and 276 through the air, as the Hokies displayed their most balanced attack this season. Three players - Blackshear, Keshawn King (90), and Burmeister (71) - finished with more than 70 yards rushing. "It's definitely exciting because it keeps the defense guessing," Virginia Tech receiver Tayvion Robinson said. Burmeister, who missed nearly all of the Hokies' 17-3 loss at Boston College because of an injury, returned and completed touchdown passes of 47 yards to King, 30 yards to Kaleb Smith, and 13 yards to Blackshear. Backup quarterback Jordan Moore led Duke (3-7, 0-6), which lost its sixth consecutive game, with 113 rushing yards and a touchdown. - Virginia Tech/AP College Football

rSr/2023 WR Braxton Burmeister, San Diego State
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