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Stephen Vilardo’s 2023-24 All-Mountain West Bowl Team

The Conference's top postseason football performers with a few brief statistics where relevant

Posted on January 3, 2024


  By Stephen Vilardo, SuperWest Sports

The Mountain West went 3-4 as a conference in bowl play and we saw some good individual performances from conference players.

I am highlighting the top postseason players with a few brief stats.

The offensive linemen and some other players do not have stats, but all deserve recognition. There were also some deserving players I had to leave out.

All other considerations aside, here is our 2023-24 All-Mountain West Bowl Team.


Offense
Boise State RB George Holani | Boise State Athletics

QB Mikey Keene, Fresno State – Career-high 380 yards passing on 31-of-39 attempts with three touchdowns and one rushing touchdown

RB George Holani, Boise State – 183 total yards, 138 on the ground

RB Emmanuel Michel, Air Force – 203 yards and two touchdowns

WR Jacob de Jesus, UNLV95 yards receiving and 40 rushing and one rushing touchdown

WR Terrell Vaughn, Utah State – 86 yards and a touchdown

WR Ricky White, UNLV97 yards and a touchdown

TE Sam Olson, San Jose State96 yards and a touchdown

OL Thor Paglialong, Air Force

OL Adam Karas, Air Force

OL Mose Vavao, Fresno State

OL Cade Beresford, Boise State

OL Frank Crum, Wyoming


Defense
Air Force LB Bo Richter | Julio Cortez/AP

DE Paul Fitzgarald, Utah State – Three sacks

DL Tre Smith, San Jose StateEight tackles and one sack

DL Payton Zdroik, Air ForceTwo tackles for loss

DL Cole Godbout, WyomingThree tackles

LB Levelle Bailey, Fresno StateEight tackles and one sack

LB Phoenix Jackson, Fresno StateTwo tackles for loss, one sack, and four tackles

LB Bo Richter, Air ForceThree sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss

LB Bryun Parham, San Jose State12 tackles and one quarterback hit

DB Ike Larsen, Utah State11 tackles

DB Dean Clark, Fresno StateInterception and six tackles

DB Alexander Teubner, Boise State12 tackles and one pass defended

DB Cameron Oliver, UNLVFive tackles and two interceptions.


Special Teams
Wyoming K John Hoyland | Kelly Presnell/AP

K John Hoyland, Wyoming  – 3-3 of field goals with a long of 52 and the game-winner as time expired.

P Marshall Nichols, UNLV52-.7 per punt 2 inside the 20.