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  2021 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST SECOND TEAM (COACHES): LB - Justin Rice, Sr., Utah State,...Rice, a 6-2, 225-pound linebacker from Modesto, California (Central Catholic HS/Arkansas State) earned all-league honors for the third time in his career, as he was named first-team all-Sun Belt Conference in 2020 at Arkansas State and first-team all-MW in 2019 at Fresno State. Rice, who was named the MW Defensive Player of the Week twice this season, leads the team with 105 tackles and five double-digit tackle outings. He is also tied for the team lead with three interceptions and is second with 12.0 tackles for loss. On the season, Rice is fourth in the MW and 28th in the nation in tackles (8.8 pg), eighth in the MW and 58th in the nation in interceptions (0.25 pg), and eighth in the MW in tackles for loss (1.00 pg). - Utah State Football

rSr/2022 ILB Justin RiceUtah State
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  2021 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST SECOND TEAM (COACHES): KR - Savon Scarver, Sr., Utah State,...Scarver, a 5-11, 175-pound kickoff returner from Las Vegas, Nevada (Centennial HS), earned all-conference honors for the fourth time in his career as he was named first-team all-MW in both 2018 and 2019, and garnered honorable mention accolades in 2020. In 2021, Scarver tied the NCAA record for kickoff returns for touchdown in a career with seven as he returned a kickoff 100 yards for a score against UNLV (10/16). Overall, Scarver is one of just five players in NCAA history with seven-career kickoff returns for a touchdown. Thus far this season, Scarver has returned 23 kickoffs for 559 yards (24.3 ypr) and ranks first in the MW and 11th in the nation in kickoff returns for touchdown with one (0.08 pg), and third in the MW and 32nd in the nation in kickoff returns (24.2 ypr). - Utah State Football

rSr/2022 WR Savon ScarverUtah State
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  2021 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Derek Wright, WR,...Wright, a 6-1, 195-pound wide receiver from Sterling, Utah (Manti HS/Snow College), earned all-conference honors for the first time as he leads the team with 10 touchdown receptions, is second with 699 receiving yards and third with 39 receptions. Overall, Wright is fourth in the MW and 15th in the nation in receiving touchdowns (0.83 pg), and fourth in the MW and 30th in the nation in yards per reception (17.9). On the season, Wright has caught a career-high two touchdowns in four different games and had his first-career 100-yard receiving game at New Mexico (11/26) with four receptions for a career-high 150 yards. - Utah State Football

rSr/2022 WR Derek WrightUtah State
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  Texas Tech may have missed out on the Quinn Ewers sweepstakes earlier this week, but they aren't leaving empty-handed. Brady Boyd, a former wide receiver at Southlake Carroll who spent one season at Minnesota, will transfer to Texas Tech. Boyd caught 70 passes for 1,120 yards and 17 touchdowns as a senior at Southlake Carroll. He saw game time in only two games last season for the Gophers. - Dallas Morning News

rSr/2026 WR Brady BoydUtah State
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  2021 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Quazzel White, OL,...White, a 6-3, 310-pound offensive guard from Tacoma, Washington (Lincoln HS/TC), earned all-conference honors for the first time as he started all 12 games at right guard and has an overall performance grade of 83 percent for the season, which is second on the team. During the year, he has played a team-best 938 offensive snaps. He has only allowed one sack all season and has a team-best 32.0 knockdowns. - Utah State Football

rSr/2023 OG Quazzel WhiteUtah State
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  2021 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Jordan Nathan, PR,...Nathan, a 5-9, 185-pound punt returner from Monrovia, California (Monrovia HS), earned all-conference honors for the first time as he has returned 11 punts on the season for 97 yards (8.8 ypr) with a season-long 28-yard return against Boise State (9/25). - Utah State Football

rSr/2022 WR Jordan NathanUtah State
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  2021 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Nick Heninger, DL,...Heninger, a 6-2, 235-pound defensive end from South Jordan, Utah (Bingham HS/Utah), earned all-conference honors for the second time as he was also named honorable mention all-MW last season. This year, Heninger leads the team with 15.5 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks and five forced fumbles. He is also third on the team with 66 tackles and three pass breakups, and has one fumble recovery. On the season, Heninger is first in the MW and third in the nation in fumbles forced (0.42 pg), and third in the MW in tackles for loss (1.29 pg). - Utah State Football

rSr/2022 OLB Nick HeningerUtah State
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  2021 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Alfred Edwards, OL,...Edwards, a 6-foot-7, 320-pound offensive tackle from Redlands, California (Redlands Senior HS), started all 11 games he played in and has an overall performance grade of 88 percent for the season, which is first on the team. During the year, he is third on the team in offensive snaps played with 877 and has 12 knockdowns. - Utah State Football

rSr/2023 OT Alfred EdwardsUtah State
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  2021 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Shaq Bond, DB,...Bond, a 5-11, 185-pound safety from Decatur, Illinois (MacArthur HS/Southwestern JC), earned all-conference honors for the third time in his career as he was also named honorable mention all-MW in both 2019 and 2020. Bond, who was named the MW Defensive Player of the Week once this season, ranks fourth on the team with 64 tackles, is tied for the first on the team with three interceptions and is tied for second on the team with two forced fumbles. - Utah State Football

rSr/2022 SS Shaq BondUtah State
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  Brandon Bowling caught two touchdown passes from Logan Bonner during the decisive third quarter, and Utah State won its first Mountain West Conference title with a 46-13 rout of No. 19 San Diego State on Saturday. Bonner passed for 318 yards and four TDs, while fellow Arkansas State transfer Bowling had eight catches for a career-high 154 yards. The Aggies (10-3) punctuated their inspiring turnaround under first-year coach Blake Anderson by blowing out the short-handed Aztecs (11-2) for their first win over an AP Top 25 opponent since 2015.

Utah State earned a berth in the inaugural LA Bowl on Dec. 18 at SoFi Stadium, the Los Angeles Rams' multibillion-dollar arena located about 12 miles northwest of the site of this victory at San Diego State's temporary home. The Aggies are likely to face Oregon State. Jordon Brookshire passed for 117 yards before getting replaced by Jalen Mayden for San Diego State, which had its four-game winning streak snapped in the school's most lopsided loss since a 35-point defeat at Ohio State in September 2013. Utah State's 46 points were the most allowed in Aztecs coach Brady Hoke's two stints and four seasons at SDSU. - Utah State/AP College Football


rSr/2022 WR Brandon BowlingUtah State
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  Spencer Petras will be the starting quarterback when No. 15 Iowa plays second-ranked Michigan in the Big Ten championship game on Saturday night. Petras was listed first on the depth chart released at the start of the week, and coach Kirk Ferentz made it official Tuesday. Petras started every game last year and the first nine games this season. He missed two full games with an injured right (throwing) shoulder before replacing Alex Padilla after halftime of last week's 28-21 win at Nebraska. "The way I see it, I got hurt, Alex stepped in and did a really good job," Petras said. "I just think at this time of year, it's not as much of a competition. That takes place in fall camp. It's more who can help the team win the best that week. When I was hurt, that was certainly Alex. It seems right now that it's me." Ferentz said it was a "gut feeling" that prompted him to put Petras in the game with Iowa trailing the Cornhuskers 14-6 at half last Friday. "I thought he did a good job," Ferentz said. "And he's done a lot of good things over two years. We haven't forgotten about that at all." Petras was 7 of 13 for 102 yards, had the game-winning 2-yard touchdown dive in the fourth quarter and had a critical third-down completion for a first down on the previous possession when Iowa tied the game on a field goal. "It's definitely a lot of fun to get back out there," Petras said. "No one's goal is to be on the bench. So yeah, it felt good to be back out there." - AP College Football

rSr/2025 QB Spencer PetrasUtah State
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  Logan Bonner threw five touchdown passes and Utah State rolled to a 35-10 win at New Mexico State on Friday, earning a berth in the Mountain West Conference title game. The Aggies (9-3, 6-2) needed a win and San Diego State's 27-16 win over Boise State to earn the Mountain Division crown and a date with the Aztecs on Dec. 4. Utah State's only other trip to the MWC title game was in 2013. Bonner was 16 of 23 for 306 yards and became the sixth Utah State quarterback to surpass 3,000 yards. The five touchdowns gave him 32 for the season, tying the school record set by Jordan Love in 2018. In its previous five road games Utah State had to overcome a double digit deficit but with Bonner and a dominant defense, no rally was needed to finish the regular season 6-0 on the road. The defense held the Lobos to 186 yards and forced six fumbles, recovering two.

Bonner connected with Derek Wright for a 27-yard touchdown in the first quarter and threw three scoring passes in the second, the last a 76-yard hookup with Wright. Wright finished with a career high 150 yards on four catches. Jordan Nathan and Brandon Bowling had 39- and 36-yard scoring plays in the second quarter and Justin McGriff a 10-yarder in the third. Star receiver Deven Thompkins was limited to five catches for 35 yards but that was enough to give him 1,543 yards, breaking the school record of 1,531 set by Kevin Curtis in 2001. Utah State went undefeated on the road in 1907, 1911 and 1923 but those wins in total added up to just seven. - Utah State/AP College Football


rSr/2023 QB Logan BonnerUtah State
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  Levi Williams threw two touchdown passes, Titus Sven ran for scores of 43 and 98 yards and Wyoming beat Utah State 44-17 on Saturday night to snap the Aggies' five-game win streak. Williams was 12-of-15 passing for 224 yards with an interception and Sven finished with 15 carries for 169 yards. Xazavian Valladay added 145 yards rushing for Wyoming (6-5, 2-5 Mountain West Conference) and Cameron Stone scored on a 99-yard kickoff return. Joshua Cobbs caught a 17-yard touchdown pass from Williams with 6:50 left in the second quarter and, after the Cowboys defense forced Utah State into its second consecutive three-and-out, John Hoyland kicked a 28-yard field goal to give Wyoming a 24-14 lead at halftime. Logan Bonner threw two touchdown pass for Utah State (8-3, 5-2) and Calvin Tyler Jr. had 109 yards rushing. - AP College Football

rSr/2025 QB Levi WilliamsUtah State
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  NOV 8 MOUNTAIN WEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: DEVEN THOMPKINS, UTAH STATE, Senior, Wide Receiver, Fort Meyers, Florida/Dunbar HS,...In a road nonconference victory (35-13) at New Mexico State, hauled in nine receptions for a career-high 215 yards, which is tied for the ninth-most receiving yards in a single game in school history...Tied a career-high with two touchdown receptions from 22 and 54 yards, respectively...Has now recorded five straight 100-yard receiving games...While leading the Aggies to a 7-2 record, now leads the nation in receiving yards per game (146.0) and all-purpose yards per game (173.1). - Mountain West Football

Sr/2022 WR Deven ThompkinsUtah State
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  Levi Williams threw for two touchdowns, Titus Swen led Wyoming's crushing rushing attack with 166 yards and the Cowboys beat Colorado State 31-17 on Saturday to snap a four-game losing streak. Williams only had 92 yards passing but threw a pair of second-half touchdowns, including a 15-yarder to Isaiah Neyor that gave the Cowboys a 30-10 lead midway through the fourth quarter and sent them on their way to their first Mountain West Conference win this season.

Williams added 116 yards on the ground including a 43-yard touchdown and Xazavian Valladay scored a touchdown and ran for 76 yards for 2,971 in his career to move into second place all-time at Wyoming. The Cowboys had 385 yards on the ground and outgained the Rams 477-357 in total yards. Todd Centeio threw two touchdown passes to Dante Wright for the Rams (3-6, 2-3) but was also intercepted twice. Wyoming's win came in the 113th Border War, a series that dates to 1899, both schools' longest rivalry. - AP College Football


rSr/2025 QB Levi WilliamsUtah State
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