CollegeFootballNews.com Preview 2017: All-Mountain West Team & Top 30 Players
Who are the best and brightest stars of the Mountain West going into the 2017 season? Welcome to the CFN All-Mountain West Team & Top 30 Players.
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MOUNTAIN: Air Force | Boise St | Colorado St
New Mexico | Utah State | Wyoming
WEST: Fresno St | Hawaii | Nevada
New Mexico | San Diego St | San Jose State
2017 All-Mountain West Team & Top 30 Players
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2017 CFN Preseason Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year
QB Brett Rypien, Jr. Boise State
Or Wyoming QB Josh Allen, but it was Rypien who was the First Team All-Mountain West quarterback. While Allen will get the NFL prospect love all season long, he has to keep the mistakes to a minimum and be as efficient as Rypien, who completed 62% of his passes with 24 touchdowns and eight picks. Allen threw 15 interceptions and over 400 fewer yards.
The seasoned veteran, now – after Allen took Wyoming to the championship game last year – it’ll be up to Rypien to pull off a Mountain West title for Boise State for the first time in a few years.
2017 CFN Preseason Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year
LB Jahlani Tavai, Jr. Hawaii
Hawaii might be making the most noise with its offense, but it’s got a few guys who can hit. The D might not have been anything special, but Tavai was a force with 129 tackles, seven sacks, and 19.5 tackles for loss. A force of a pass rusher on the outside, he’ll be among the league’s statistical superstars, but more than that, he needs to come up with even more pressure in the backfield – if that’s possible – to help out the mediocre secondary.
2017 CFN All-Mountain West Offense
QB – Brett Rypien, Jr. Boise State
RB – Tyrone Owens, Jr. New Mexico
RB – Rashaad Penny, Sr. San Diego State
WR – Michael Gallup, Sr. Colorado State
WR – Cedrick Wilson, Sr. Boise State
TE – David Wells, Sr. San Diego State
OL – Dijon Allen, Sr. Hawaii
OL – Jake Bennett, Sr. Colorado State
OL – Austin Corbett, Sr. Nevada
OL – Aaron Jenkins, Jr. New Mexico
OL – Zach Wallace, Jr. Wyoming
2017 CFN All-Mountain West Defense
DE – Garrett Hughes, Sr. New Mexico
DT – David Moa, Jr. Boise State
DT – Owen Roberts, Jr. San Jose State
DE – Malik Reed, Jr. Nevada
LB – Frank Ginda, Jr. San Jose State
LB – Ronley Lakalaka, Jr. San Diego State
LB – Jahlani Tavai, Jr. Hawaii
CB – Andre Cachere, Sr. San Jose State
S – Parker Baldwin, Jr. San Diego State
S – Andrew Wingard, Jr. Wyoming
CB – Kameron Kelly, Sr. San Diego State
2017 CFN All-Mountain West Special Teams
PK – John Baron, Jr. San Diego State
P – Michael Carrizosa, Sr. San Jose State
KR – Rashaad Penny, Sr. San Diego State
PR – Quest Truxton, Sr. San Diego State
2017 CFN All-Mountain West Top 30 Players
1. QB Brett Rypien, Jr. Boise State
2. QB Josh Allen, Jr. Wyoming
3. LB Jahlani Tavai, Jr. Hawaii
4. S Andrew Wingard, Jr. Wyoming
5. DT David Moa, Jr. Boise State
6. WR Michael Gallup, Sr. Colorado State
7. RB Rashaad Penny, Sr. San Diego State
8. WR Cedrick Wilson, Sr. Boise State
9. QB Nick Stevens, Sr. Colorado State
10. CB Andre Cachere, Sr. San Jose State
11. DE Garrett Hughes, Sr. New Mexico
12. LB Ronley Lakalaka, Jr. San Diego State
13. QB Lamar Jordan, Sr. New Mexico
14. DE Malik Reed, Jr. Nevada
15. C Jake Bennett, Sr. Colorado State
16. CB Kameron Kelly, Sr. San Diego State
17. OT Austin Corbett, Sr. Nevada
18. CB Jalen Davis, Sr. Nevada
19. LB Frank Ginda, Jr. San Jose State
20. QB David Cornwell, Jr. Nevada
21. LB James Bailey, Jr. Fresno State
22. WR Devonte Boyd, Sr. UNLV
23. QB Kent Myers, Sr. Utah State
24. WR KeeSean Johnson, Jr. Fresno State
25. QB Armani Rogers, RFr. UNLV
26. S Parker Baldwin, Jr. San Diego State
27. QB Chason Virgil, Soph. Fresno State
28. LB Grant Ross, Sr. Air Force
29. LB Kimmie Carson, Sr. New Mexico
30. WR KeeSean Johnson, Jr. Fresno State
– 2017 CFN Mountain West Preview: Best Group of Five Conference
– CFN Preview 2017: All 130 Team Previews
– Mountain West Team Rankings
– Every Mountain West Team’s QB Situation
– Mountain West Bowl Projections
Mountain West Team Previews
MOUNTAIN: Air Force | Boise St | Colorado St
New Mexico | Utah State | Wyoming
WEST: Fresno St | Hawaii | Nevada
New Mexico | San Diego St | San Jose State
