All-Time All-Mountain West Fresno State Football Team
Who were the best two-deep in 20 years of Mountain West play?
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The best Bulldogs players ever, in the Mountain West.
The Mountain West is 20 years in and with that being a milestone year we decided to look back at the league and do a lot of cool stuff including creating the ultimate two-deep.
Up next is the Fresno State Bulldogs who has been in the Mountain West since 2012.
We are going alphabetically with current teams and then do **gasp** BYU, TCU, and Utah at the end. Going through and creating the list our writers could use any criteria they liked.
So, it could be All-American awards, all-conference, career stats or season-long stats especially for teams that had players who played in the WAC and then came into the Mountain West.
We also include coaches and most outstanding offensive, defensive and special teams players.
Coach
Jeff Tedford – He has spent just two years as the Fresno State head coach but in that short time he has taken the Bulldogs to a pair of Mountain West championship game appearances with one league title and also two bowl victories. The two-year record of 22-6 is great by itself but his turnaround from one win to 10 in just a single year is quite the feat.
Most outstanding offensive player
Derek Carr, QB (2013)
Fresno State has only been in the Mountain West for such a short time from 2012-2018 and even in those short seven years, Derek Carr is a two-time offensive player of the year. He is just one of four offensive players to earn league player of the year.
He also holds the Mountain West record with 50 touchdowns and nearly led the Bulldogs to an impressive 20-6 record as a starter while within the Mountain West.
Here are some highlights of Carr.
Most outstanding defensive player
Derron Smith, DB (2014)
Smith was a beast in his three years in the Mountain West and was named a first-team All-Conference player three straight years. He had 14 interceptions and 15 pass breakups while taking away a huge chunk of the field. Smith also was a huge reason the 2012 pass defense was the best in the Mountain West.
**Stats are used where available since going back to the start of the 2000s complete and accurate stats are hard to come by.
First-team Offense
| QB | Derek Carr, QB (2013) – 2X OPOY, 9,187 yards, 87 TD’s 15 INT’s |
| RB | Robbie Rouse (2012) 1,490 yards, 12 TD’s, 63 receptions, 2 TD’s |
| RB | Marteze Waller (2015) 3,108 yards, 24 TD’s, 72 receptions, 2 TD’s |
| WR | KeeSean Johnson (2018) – 275 receptions, 3,463 yards, 24 TD’s |
| WR | Devante Adams (2013) – 233 receptions, 3,031 yards, 38 TD’s |
| TE | Jared Rice (2019) – 82 receptions, 1,069 yards, 7 TD’s |
| OL | Christian Cronk (2018) – First-team All-MW; HM All-MW |
| OL | Austin Wentworth (2013) – 2X First-team All-MW |
| OL | Micah St. Andrew (2018) – Second-team All-MW; HM All-MW |
| OL | Cody Wichmann (2014) – Second-team All-MW; HM All-MW |
| OL | Alex Fifita (2015) – Second-team All-MW; HM All-MW |
First-team Defense
| DL | Mykal Walker (2019) – First-team All-MW, 86 tackles, 13.5 TFL’s, 4 sacks, 1 INT, 2 FR |
| DL | Tyeler Davison (2014) – 2X First-team All-MW, Second-team All-MW, 140 tackles, 24 TFL’s, 12.5 sacks |
| DL | Tobenna Okeke (2017) – Second-team, All-MW, HM All-MW, 116 tackles, 19.5 TFL’s, 11 sacks |
| DL | Andy Jennings (2014) – Second-team, All-MW, 16 TFL’s, 6 sacks |
| LB | Jeffrey Allison (2018) – DPOY, 2X First-team All-MW |
| LB | Ejiro Ederaine (2015) – 2X Second-team All-MW |
| LB | Travis Brown (2012) – Second-team All-MW |
| DB | Phillip Thomas (2012) – Defensive Player of the year |
| DB | Derron Smith (2014) – 3X First-Team All-MW |
| DB | Tank Kelly (2018) – First-Team All-MW, 5 INT, 2 TD |
| DB | Juju Hughes (2019) – Second-team All-MW, Honorable Mention All-Mountain West |
First-team special teams
| Punter | Blake Cusick (2019) |
| Kicker | Kody Kroening (2017) – 30/39 FG’s, 99/102 XPs |
| Punt Returner | Isaiah Burse (2013) 29 returns, 344 yards, 2 TD’s |
| Kick Returner | Tyquwan Glass (2016) |
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Second-team Offense
| QB | Marcus McMaryion (2018) – 6,355 yards, 39 TD’s, 10 INT’s |
| RB |
Ronnie Rivers (2020) 1,223 yards, 15 TD’s, 46 receptions, 440 yards, 4 TD’s |
| RB | Jordan Mimms (2020) 1,058 yards, 12 TD’s, 35 receptions, 429 yards TD’s |
| WR | Josh Harper (2014) – 193 receptions, 2,441 yards, 29 TD’s |
| WR | Isaiah Burse (2013) – 157 receptions, 1,877 yards, 15 total TD’s |
| TE | Marcel Jensen (2013) – 46 receptions, 692 yards, 7 TD’s |
| OL | Aaron Mitchell (2017) – Second-team All-MW |
| OL | Richard Helepiko (2012) – Honorable Mention All-MW |
| OL | David Patterson (2017) – Honorable Mention All-MW |
| OL | Netane Muti (2020) – Honorable Mention All-MW |
| OL | Markus Boyer (2018) |
Second-team Defense
| DL | Nikko Motta (2013) – Honorable Mention All-Mountain West |
| DL | Claudell Louis (2015) – Honorable Mention All-Mountain West |
| DL | Malik Forrester (2017) – Honorable Mention All-Mountain West |
| DL | Jasad Haynes (2019) – Honorable Mention All-Mountain West |
| LB | Jeff Camilli (2016) – Honorable Mention All-Mountain West |
| LB | George Helmuth (2018) – Honorable Mention All-Mountain West |
| LB | Karl Mickelsen (2014) – Honorable Mention All-Mountain West |
| DB | Mike Bell (2018) – Second-team All-MW, Honorable Mention All-Mountain West |
| DB | Stratton Brown (2016) – Honorable Mention All-Mountain West |
| DB | L.J. Jones (2013) – Honorable Mention All-Mountain West |
| DB | Sean Alston (2013) – Honorable Mention All-Mountain West |
Second-team special teams
| Punter | Garrett Swanson (2015) |
| Kicker | Jimmy Camacho (2017) – 25/32 FG’s, 41/42 XPs |
| Punt Returner | Ronnie Rivers (2020) |
| Kick Returner | Dejonte O’Neal (2018) |
