Mountain West Wire Presents Its 2019 Preseason All-Mountain West Football Teams
Our staff has made its selections for the best of Mountain West football heading into the 2019 season.
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Ahead of the Mountain West Conference’s media summit in Las Vegas this coming week, our staff has put their heads together for our third annual preseason all-MWC football team at this site. If you’re interested in seeing the first two iterations, click here for the 2017 preseason selections and here for those from last summer.
Unlike the media selections which will be unveiled during the conference summit, our all-conference roster goes three deep. We have also made efforts to better reflect the variety we see week in and week out throughout the Mountain West, too, so there are a couple changes between last year’s iteration and this one:
- We added a FLEX position on defense to better reflect that some units — like San Diego State, Hawaii, and Wyoming — often operate with five defensive backs or a nickelback/linebacker hybrid in their 3-3-5 or 4-2-5.
- We split our linebacker selections into two, inside and outside, as we’d previously differentiated on the defensive/offensive lines and in the secondary.
Otherwise, unlike the SEC, we’ve got guards and then some. And if you disagree with our choices, of course, feel free to let us know what you’d have done differently on Twitter or Facebook.
This year’s voters: Jeremy Mauss, Sean O’Toole (Air Force), Raja Prabahala and Collin Clovis and Erik Smiley (Boise State), Josh Fredlund (Colorado State), Matthew Kenerly (Fresno State), Brandon Blake (Nevada), Roger Holien (New Mexico), Logan Jones and Sam McConkie (Utah State), and Jesse Tachiquin (Wyoming)
First Team
Offense
QB – Jordan Love, Utah State
RB – Toa Taua, Nevada
RB – Juwan Washington, San Diego State
WR – Cedric Byrd, Hawaii
WR – Jojo Ward, Hawaii
WR – John Hightower, Boise State
TE – Jared Rice, Fresno State
C – Keith Ismael, San Diego State
G – John Molchon, Boise State
G – Justin Polu, UNLV
T – Ezra Cleveland, Boise State
T – Jake Nelson, Nevada
Defense
DT – David Moa, Boise State
DT – Christopher ‘Unga, Utah State
DE – Jordan Jackson, Air Force
DE – Kaimana Padello, Hawaii
OLB – Curtis Weaver (STUD), Boise State
OLB – Tipa Galeai, Utah State
ILB – David Woodward, Utah State
ILB – Logan Wilson, Wyoming
CB – Jaron Bryant, Fresno State
CB – Avery Williams, Boise State
S – Juju Hughes, Fresno State
S – Kekoa Nawahine, Boise State
FLEX – D.J. Williams (NB), Utah State
Special Teams
K – Cooper Rothe, Wyoming
P – Ryan Stonehouse, Colorado State
KR – Savon Scarver, Utah State
PR – Avery Williams, Boise State
Second Team
Offense
QB – Cole McDonald, Hawaii
RB – Gerold Bright, Utah State
RB – Robert Mahone, Boise State
WR – Warren Jackson, Colorado State
WR – Khalil Shakir, Boise State
WR – Tre Walker, San Jose State
TE – Cameron Butler, Colorado State
C – Garrett Larson, Boise State
G – Eric Quevedo, Boise State
G – Solo Vaipulu, Hawaii
T – Netane Muti, Fresno State
T – Ilm Manning, Hawaii
Defense
DT – Devin Phillips, Colorado State
DT – Sonatane Lui, Boise State
DE – Dom Peterson, Nevada
DE – Garrett Crall, Wyoming
OLB – Ezekiel Noa, Boise State
OLB – Solomon Matautia, Hawaii
ILB – Kyahva Tezino, San Diego State
ILB – Mykal Walker, Fresno State
CB – Tyler Hall, Wyoming
CB – Daniel Brown, Nevada
S – Tariq Thompson, San Diego State
S – DeAndre Pierce, Boise State
FLEX – Kekaula Kaniho (NB), Boise State
Special Teams
K – Dominik Eberle, Utah State
P – Blake Cusick, Fresno State
KR – Juwan Washington, San Diego State
PR – Jordan Nathan, Utah State
Third Team
Offense
QB – Hank Bachmeier/Chase Cord, Boise State
RB – Ronnie Rivers, Fresno State
RB – Andrew Van Buren, Boise State
WR – Octavius Evans, Boise State
WR – Brendan O’Leary-Orange, Nevada
TE – John Bates, Boise State
C – Keegan Cryder, Wyoming
G – Daishawn Dixon, San Diego State
G – Barry Wesley, Colorado State
T – Jacob Capra, San Diego State
T – John Ojukwu, Boise State
Defense
DT – Aaron Blackwell, New Mexico
DT – Kevin Atkins, Fresno State/Scale Igiehon, Boise State/Mosese Fifita, Air Force
DE – Gabe McCoy, UNLV
DE – Emmanuel Jones, Colorado State
OLB – Max McDonald, Colorado State
OLB – Lakota Wills, Air Force
ILB – Gabe Sewell, Nevada
ILB – Ethan Aguayo, San Jose State
CB – Rashad Ajayi, Colorado State
CB – Rojesterman Farris II, Hawaii
S – Jeremy Fejedelem, Air Force
S – Shaq Bond, Utah State/Alijah Halliburton, Wyoming/Kyree Woods, San Diego State
FLEX – Dwayne Johnson (AZTEC), San Diego State
Special Teams
K – Joel Velazquez, Boise State
P – Quinton Conaway, Nevada
KR – Elijah Lilly, New Mexico
PR – Ronnie Rivers, Fresno State
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