Twelve USU Football Standouts Named to Phil Steele’s All-Mountain West Team

Twelve USU Football Standouts Named to Phil Steele’s All-Mountain West Team

LOGAN, Utah-Wednesday, defending Mountain West Conference champion Utah State had twelve standouts named to college football pundit Phil Steele’s all-MWC preseason team.

The Aggies placed representatives on the first, second, third and fourth teams as follows:

First Team

senior cornerback Ajani Carter (3 interceptions, forced fumble in 2021)

senior wide receiver Justin McGriff (35 rec, 414 yards, 6 TD’s in 2021)

junior punter Stephen Kotsanlee (42.5 yards per punt in 2021)

sophomore long snapper Jacob Garcia

Second Team

graduate senior quarterback Logan Bonner (61.3 completion percentage, 3,628 yards, 36 TD’s/12 INT’s in 2021)

graduate senior offensive lineman Alfred Edwards

Third Team

graduate senior wide receiver Brian Cobbs (25 rec, 341 yards, TD, last season at Maryland)

senior defensive tackle Hale Motu’apuaka (2.5 sacks in 2021)

senior inside linebacker AJ Vongphachanh (2 sacks, 7 tackles for a loss in 2021)

junior defensive end Byron Vaughns (4.5 sacks, 6 passes defensed in 2021)

Fourth Team

graduate senior tailback Calvin Tyler Jr. (4.5 yards per carry, 7 TD’s in 2021)

senior safety Gurvan Hall (31 tackles last season at Miami [Fla.]).