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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Utah State
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  2022 PRESEASON JOHNNY UNITAS GOLDEN ARM AWARD WATCH LIST: Logan Bonner, Utah State,...During the 2021 campaign, Bonner set five single-season school records with 3,628 yards passing, 36 touchdown passes, four touchdown passes in three-straight games, four touchdown passes in six games in a season and 2.57 touchdown passes per game. On the season, Bonner was 263-of-429 (.613) passing to rank fourth in school history in completions, sixth in attempts and seventh in completion percentage. He also had 3,694 yards of total offense to rank as the second-most in school history. - Utah State Football

rSr/2023 QB Logan Bonner, Utah State
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  AUG 29 MOUNTAIN WEST FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: ROBERT BRIGGS, UTAH STATE, True Freshman, Running Back, Bellville, Texas/Bellville HS,...Made his collegiate debut in Utah State's 31-20 season-opening win over UConn, rushing 10 times for 85 yards and one touchdown...The 85 rushing yards are the most in program history in a debut game by a true freshman...Scored his first-career touchdown on a 23-yard rush in the second quarter to tie the game at 14...Also caught his first-career pass for 16 yards. - Mountain West Football

Jr/2026 RB Robert Briggs Jr., Utah State
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  2022 PRESEASON MANNING AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Logan Bonner, Sr., Utah State,...During the 2021 campaign, Bonner set five single-season school records with 3,628 yards passing, 36 touchdown passes, four touchdown passes in three-straight games, four touchdown passes in six games in a season and 2.57 touchdown passes per game. On the season, Bonner was 263-of-429 (.613) passing to rank fourth in school history in completions, sixth in attempts and seventh in completion percentage. He also had 3,694 yards of total offense to rank as the second-most in school history. Bonner's 36 touchdown passes a year ago are tied for the fourth-most in a single season in Mountain West history and the seventh-most in school history for a career. Five of those TD passes came in the Aggies' 35-10 win at New Mexico, tying the single-game school record. - Utah State Football

rSr/2023 QB Logan Bonner, Utah State
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  2022 PRESEASON ALLSTATE AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM NOMINEE: Andre Grayson, Utah State University,...During the 2021 campaign, Grayson recorded 30 tackles, including 3.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sacks, to go along with three pass breakups in 13 games played. The 5-foot-8, 160-pound native of Rancho Cucamonga, California, had a season-high four tackles and one pass breakup against Boise State. He also had four tackles against Wyoming and against Oregon State in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl. - Utah State Football

rSr/2023 CB Andre Grayson, Utah State
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  2022 PRESEASON WUERFFEL TROPHY (COMMUNITY SERVICE) WATCHLIST: Andre Grayson, Utah State, Sr., DB,...Grayson graduated from Utah State in the fall of 2020 with a degree in integrated studies and is currently working on his master's in sports management. He was a 2021 academic all-MW honoree and spends countless hours working with various groups/organizations on campus and in the community. - Utah State Football

rSr/2023 CB Andre Grayson, Utah State
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  Logan Bonner threw three touchdown passes, Calvin Tyler Jr. added 161 yards rushing and Utah State defeated Connecticut 31-20 in a season-opener on Saturday. Trailing 14-7 late in the second quarter, Utah State scored 17 points in the final 3:42 to take a 24-14 halftime lead. Robert Briggs scored on a 23-yard run, Bonner connected with Justin McGriff for a 14-yard score and Connor Coles hit a 45-yard field goal. Noe Ruelas kicked field goals of 47 and 54 yards to draw UConn within 24-20 early in the fourth quarter before Bonner led a 75-yard scoring drive, capped by his 11-yard TD pass to Brian Cobbs. A diving interception by Ike Larsen on UConn's next possession helped seal the win.

Connecticut, playing its first game under coach Jim Mora after going 1-11 last season, took a 14-0 lead midway through the first quarter. Nathan Carter rushed for 110 yards on six carries in the period but his fumble in the second quarter led to Utah State's first touchdown. He finished the half with nine carries for 130 yards and 20 for 190 for the game. Bonner finished 20-of-29 passing for 281 yards. Tyler's 161 yards came on 33 carries for Utah State. The Aggies, favored by 23 1/2-points, improved to 13-1 in their last 14 home openers. - Utah State/AP College Football

rSr/2023 QB Logan Bonner, Utah State
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  A lot of wide receiver coaches would surely be a bit nervous about having to replace three athletes who accounted for an impressive 3,329 yards and 31 touchdowns on 206 receptions from a record-setting team, but Kyle Cefalo doesn't seem to be fazed one bit. Gone are All-American Deven Thompkins, Derek Wright and Brandon Bowling, who all caught double-digit scoring passes a year ago, but the cupboard is not bare at Utah State. Justin McGriff, who has started all 20 games he has played in for the Aggies, returns, as does slot target Kyle Van Leeuwen. The defending Mountain West championships also brought in a trio of talented transfers that are expected to make immediate impacts.

Also back for the Aggies is offensive coordinator Anthony Tucker and quarterback Logan Bonner, who broke the single-season program records in passing yards (3,628) and touchdowns (36). Indeed, it's easy to see why Cefalo, who is also the team's passing game coordinator, is optimistic heading into the 2022 campaign. "Honestly, I have all the confidence in the world in this group right now because we've got so much healthy competition out there and we've got some good leadership with Justin, Brian (Cobbs) and Kyle," said Cefalo, who has coached first-team all-conference wideouts in four straight seasons - the first three at Arkansas State. "And then we have a bunch of talent that's just kind of lurking around, and every other day someone else is showing up. And they're competing. It's in a friendly way because they're teammates, but at the same time they're wideouts and they want to play and they want the football, so every day I see them pushing one another and getting better and improving. "So, with where the group is at right now, I honestly couldn't be happier because we've pilled up a lot of good work days together and I'm already seeing the improvement." - Herald Journal Tribune

Sr/2023 WR Justin McGriff, Utah State
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  Football people are fond of "the grind" as a byword for the sport's laborious churn. Nowhere is that churn more pronounced than in fall camp, as the sweltering August days seem to bleed into one another. Bowling Green's grind, like every team's, is beginning to inch toward a close. The season opener at UCLA looms just over two weeks away. And several Falcons have begun to assert themselves in practice, separating themselves from the rest of the flock at a critical juncture in the run-up to Sept. 3. "The first guy I gotta mention is Blaine Spires," outside linebackers coach Sammy Lawanson said last week. "He's really taken his game to the next level." Spires is a junior from Youngstown entering his third year with Bowling Green. As a freshman in 2020, he recorded 11 total tackles in five games; in 2021 he bumped that total up to 30 total tackles in 10 games.

Along with defensive lineman Karl Brooks, Spires was involved in one of the most critical defensive stops of the 2021 season. Early in the fourth quarter against Ohio, the two players stacked up Bobcats quarterback Armani Rogers in the end zone for a safety. The points proved essential in a 21-10 Falcons win. "He's just an all-around complete player who has really studied to get better this offseason," Lawanson said. "He's put a lot of good work in the weight room, and it's really showing on the field." - Idaho Statesman

rSr/2025 DE Blaine Spires, Utah State
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  The first major preseason top-25 college football poll was released Monday. And Iowa found itself on the outside looking in. Despite finishing inside the top 25 in the final rankings of 2021 for the fourth straight year (the longest such streak under coach Kirk Ferentz), the Hawkeyes were unranked in the first USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll of the 2022 season. However, they received the most votes of teams not in the top 25. Within the Big Ten, Iowa was picked to finish second in the Big Ten West behind Wisconsin (which checked in at No. 20) during Big Ten media days. The Hawkeyes return an impressive collection of talent on defense but questions about their offense and special teams unit loom entering fall. Outside of Iowa, four Big Ten teams made the initial poll: Ohio State (No. 3), Michigan (No. 6), Michigan State (No. 14) and Wisconsin. Of the ranked teams, Iowa will play all but Michigan State this season. - Iowa City Press-Citizen

rSr/2025 QB Spencer Petras, Utah State
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  Former four-star running back Jordan Wilmore, once a Utah Ute and a Fresno State Bulldog, is now a Utah State Aggie. Wilmore never officially announced his commitment nor that he signed with Utah State. But it is official. The Lawndale, California, native is on Utah State's roster heading into the 2022 season, part of a running back room that now includes Calvin Tyler Jr. - formerly of Oregon State - John Gentry, Pailate Makakona and Robert Briggs. As it turns out, with the loss of Elelyon Noa - via the transfer portal - Utah State coach Blake Anderson just didn't feel comfortable with the depth the Aggies had at running back, and Wilmore's past was intriguing. "We felt like we needed more opportunity in that room to maybe play by committee a little bit," Anderson said. "Wilmore comes in having played on some Power Five rosters. People in the state are familiar with him. At one point he was listed as the starter at Utah, at least for a game or two." - Salt Lake Tribune

rSr/2024 RB Jordan Wilmore, Utah State
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  2022 PRESEASON OUTLAND TROPHY WATCHLIST: OT Alfred Edwards, Utah State,...Edwards is one of six Mountain West players named to the 89-player list. A year ago, the 6-foot-7, 325-pounder garnered honorable mention all-MW honors after starting 13 games at left tackle, recording 12.0 knockdowns. Despite missing one game due to injury, he played in 830 snaps and graded out at 88 percent to lead the team. The recipient of the 2022 Outland Trophy will be announced on Thursday, Dec. 8, as part of the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show. - Utah State Football

rSr/2023 OT Alfred Edwards, Utah State
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  2022 PRESEASON RAY GUY WATCHLIST: Stephen Kotsanlee - Utah State,... Kotsanlee (6-1, 215) served as Utah State's punter and holder on extra points and field goals in all 14 games last season, punting 53 times for an average of 42.5 yards per punt, which is the ninth-best single-season punting average in school history. With that average, he ranked seventh in the MW and 50th in the nation. Of Kotsanlee's 53 punts in 2021, nine went for 50 yards or more, 19 were downed inside the 20-yard line and 20 were fair caught. Only two of his 53 punts resulted in a touchback. The 6-foot-1, 215-pound native of Melbourne, Australia, has punted 90 times in his career for an average of 41.8 yards per punt, which is tied for the seventh-best punting average in school history.

He is yet another product of Australian Rules football, which he played with the Surrey Park Panthers Football Club in the Yarra Football League and won a premiership (the down-under word for championship) in 2013. He also played soccer (known in the rest of the world as football) for the Blackburn Football Club. In 2018, he was introduced to Prokick Australia, the Melbourne academy that teaches Australians how to punt an American football with the hope of earning a scholarship to play football and study in the United States… He trained with coaches Nathan Chapman and Johnny Smith from 2018-19… Graduated in 2017 from Box Hill High School in Victoria, Australia. - Utah State Football

rSr/2025 P Stephen Kotsanlee, Utah State
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  Former Utah running back Jordan Wilmore has transferred to a new school. According to his Twitter bio, Wilmore has transferred to Utah State. Wilmore, a four-star recruit from Lawndale High School in Lawndale, Calif., played in two seasons at Utah, rushing for 194 yards and a touchdown in the 2019 season and 54 yards in 2020. He transferred to Fresno State for the 2021 season, where he rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown. The 5-foot-8, 203-pound Wilmore has two seasons of eligibility left. - Deseret News

rSr/2024 RB Jordan Wilmore, Utah State
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  2022 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD CANDIDATE: Calvin Tyler, Jr. (Sr.), Utah State,...Running back Calvin Tyler (5-8, 210), spent four seasons (2017-20) at Oregon State, as he played in 14 games and rushed for 124 yards on 30 carries, to go along with three receptions for 24 yards and nine kickoff returns for 182 yards... Appeared in three games as a junior in 2020, and carried the ball 15 times for 45 yards and two touchdowns, to go along with two receptions for nine yards. - Utah State Football

rSr/2023 RB Calvin Tyler Jr., Utah State
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  2022 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DL Bryce Cage, Southeastern, So., Baton Rouge, La.,...Cage, a freshman All-American in 2021 finished with 23 tackles and four tackles for loss in his debut season. - Southeastern Louisiana Football

rJr/2026 DE Bryce Cage, Utah State
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