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Mountain West Weekly Release

UTAH STATE (1-2, 0-0 MW) vs. SAN JOSÉ STATE (1-3, 0-0 MW)
Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017 • 5:30 p.m. (MT) • San Jose, Calif. • CEFCU Stadium (30,456)

GAME 4 INFORMATION
STREAMING: Facebook
• Play-by-Play: Dan Hellie
• Analyst: Daniel Jeremiah
• Internet: Facebook.com/StadiumCollegeFootball

RADIO: Aggie Sports Network
• Play-by-Play: Scott Garrard
• Analyst: Kevin Whimpey
• Online: 1280thezone.com / Tunein.com

SOCIAL MEDIA: #AggiesAllTheWay
• Twitter/Instagram: @USUFootball
• Facebook: USUFootball
• YouTube: UtahStateFootball
• Live Stats: UtahState.Statbroadcast.com

AGGIE RADIO NETWORKS
• Every Utah State football game can be heard live on the Aggie Radio Network. Scott Garrard serves as the play-by-play announcer, while former USU all-conference offensive lineman Kevin Whimpey (2012-14) will provide color analysis. Games can also be heard on the Internet (www.UtahStateAggies.com) by clicking on the `Listen Live' link, as well as on the TuneIn App.
• Salt Lake City: KZNS (1280 AM/97.5 FM)
• Logan: KBLU-LP (92.3 FM)
• Cache Valley: KACH (1340 AM/105.5 FM)
• Price: KRPX (95.3 FM)
• Green River: KRPX (102.7 FM)
• Moab: KRPX (100.3 FM)
• Orangeville: KRPX (95.9 FM)

KICKOFF COVERAGE
• Utah State begins Mountain West play at San José State on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 5:30 p.m. (MT). USU is 16-20-1 all-time against the Spartans, including a 6-11-1 road record. Overall, Utah State has won six straight games in the series, including three straight in San Jose.

• Utah State is beginning conference play on the road for the first time in four years and is 3-1 all-time in Mountain West openers, including a 1-0 road record. Overall, USU is 31-26-3 (.542) all-time in conference openers and has a 12-13-3 (.482) record in league openers on the road. Overall, USU has won four of its last five league openers.

• Utah State and San José State are meeting in a conference opener for the fifth time in series history, also doing so in 1979 and 1991 in the Big West Conference, and 2007 and 2012 in the Western Athletic Conference. Overall, USU is 1-2-1 against SJSU in conference openers.

• Utah State is 19-13 (.594) all-time in the Mountain West, including a 7-9 road record, and has won 30 of its last 43 (.698) league games dating back to 2011.

• Utah State will be looking to start a season 2-2 for the fifth-straight year under head coach Matt Wells. The last time USU was 1-3 to start a campaign was in 2011.

• Utah State has five players on its current roster who played in the last meeting against San José State in 2014 in senior CB Jalen Davis, senior RB LaJuan Hunt, senior QB Kent Myers, senior WR Braelon Roberts and senior DE Ian Togiai. Myers was 15-of-22 (.682) passing for 108 yards and one touchdown, and carried the ball four times for 92 yards, including three touchdowns (28, 60, 2), which is tied with senior TE Damion Hobbs for the most by a quarterback in a single-game in school history. In fact, Myers' 60-yard run is still his career long and his three rushing touchdowns are his career high. Davis also started and had three tackles and one pass breakup, and returned two kickoffs for 66 yards, including a career long of 44 yards. Hunt carried the ball eight times for 43 yards, while Roberts and Togiai did not record any stats.

UTAH STATE BEGINS MOUNTAIN WEST PLAY AT SAN JOSÉ STATE
• Utah State (1-2, 0-0 MW) begins Mountain West play this weekend at San José State (1-3, 0-0 MW) on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 5:30 p.m. (MT). The game will be aired exclusively on Facebook with Dan Hellie (play-by-play) and Daniel Jeremiah (analyst) on the call. Live audio of the game is available on www.UtahStateAggies.com.

UTAH STATE FOOTBALL ON FACEBOOK
• Utah State's Mountain West road game at San José State, through a partnership with Stadium, will be its second of three games that will air exclusively on Facebook, which is a platform that has more than 100 million video views daily. USU's other game on Facebook is a home contest against Wyoming on Saturday, Oct. 14.

AGGIES ON THE ROAD
• Utah State has won 15 of its last 37 (.405) road games and is 8-20 (.286) in road games under head coach Matt Wells. USU has won 12 of its last 21 games played during the month of September and is 4-4 all-time in games played on Sept. 23.

• Utah State is playing three of its first four games on the road for the first time since 2013, when it had four of its first five games on the road.

UTAH STATE ENTERING FIFTH SEASON IN MOUNTAIN WEST
• Utah State is entering its fifth year as a member of the Mountain West and has been a Division I-A/Bowl Championship Series football playing school in each of its 119 seasons of competition. USU joined the Mountain States/Skyline Conference in 1938 until 1961. USU then played as a football independent from 1962-77 when the Aggies became members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association in 1978. The PCAA changed its name to the Big West Conference in 1988. Following the 2000 season, when the Big West no longer sponsored football, USU spent two years as an independent (2001-02) and two years in the Sun Belt Conference (2003-04), before joining the Western Athletic Conference for eight seasons from 2005-12.

UTAH STATE VERSUS THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE
• Utah State is 146-175-8 (.456) all-time against current members of the Mountain West with a 38-25-4 record vs. Wyoming, a 33-38-2 record vs. Colorado State, a 15-7 record vs. UNLV, a 16-20-1 record vs. San José State, a 12-17-1 record vs. Fresno State, a 10-13 record vs. New Mexico, an 8-6 record vs. Hawai`i, a 6-18 record vs. Nevada, a 5-16 record vs. Boise State, a 2-3 record vs. Air Force, and a 1-12 record vs. San Diego State.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS WITH UTAH STATE
• Utah State has won 19 of its last 22 games when it has a 100-yard rusher and 23 of its last 25 contests when rushing at least 40 times in a game.

• Utah State has now won 36 of its last 37 games dating back to 2011 when scoring at least 30 points. In fact, USU had won 35 straight games when scoring at least 30 points before losing at Nevada, 38-37, last season.

DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State has had a different player lead the team in tackles in each of its first three games this year. Senior BS Dallin Leavitt and junior LB Suli Tamaivena each had seven tackles at No. 9 Wisconsin. Junior LB Chase Christiansen had eight tackles against Idaho State. And, junior BS Gaje Ferguson had 10 tackles at Wake Forest.

• Utah State has blocked a punt in each of its last two games as junior LB Louy Compton blocked an Idaho State punt two weekends ago, while junior QB DJ Nelson blocked a Wake Forest punt last weekend. The school record for blocked kicks in a season is six set in 2012. Overall, it is USU's 12th blocked kick under head coach Matt Wells.

SCOUTING SAN JOSÉ STATE
• San José State is 1-3 on the season as it opened the year with a 42-22 home loss to 19th-ranked South Florida, posted a 34-13 home win against Cal Poly, and has lost back-to-back road games with a 56-0 loss at Texas and a 54-16 loss at Utah. The Spartans are led by sophomore QB Josh Love, who is 36-of-70 passing for 403 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions. Sophomore RB Zamore Zigler leads the team in rushing as he has carried the ball 35 times for 174 yards and one touchdown, and sophomore WR Bailey Gaither has a team-best 18 receptions for 290 yards and four touchdowns. Defensively, junior LB Frank Ginda has a team-best 57 tackles, which includes 4.5 tackles for loss, and sophomore LB Ethan Aguayo has 40 tackles, which includes 1.5 tackles for loss, to go along with one fumble recovery. As a team, San José State is averaging 18.0 points and 325.8 yards of total offense per game (212.8 passing, 113.0 rushing) and allowing 41.2 points and 476.2 yards of offense (207.0 passing, 269.2 rushing). San José State returns 15 starters (O-7, D-8) and 34 lettermen (O-17, D-15, S-2) from last year's team that went 4-8 and finished tied for third in the West Division of the Mountain West with a 3-5 mark. The Spartans are coached by Brent Brennan, who is in his first season as a collegiate head coach.

GGIES AND SPARTANS SERIES HISTORY
• Utah State trails in the all-time series against San José State, 16-20-1, including a 6-11-1 road record. The first game played in the series was on Sept. 30, 1940, in Logan with SJSU winning, 19-0. In fact, San José State won the first five games ever played in the series before USU won four straight from 1962-66. USU has won six straight in the series, including a 41-7 home win in 2014, which was the last meeting between the two teams. USU also won the last meeting between the two teams in San Jose, 40-12, in 2013. In fact, Utah State has won three-straight road games in the series and the last time the Spartans won a game against the Aggies was on Oct. 11, 2008, in San Jose, 30-7.

UTAH STATE AND SAN JOSÉ STATE AS CONFERENCE FOES
• Utah State and San José State have spent 30 years as league foes as both schools joined the Mountain West on July 1, 2013. The two schools began their conference affiliation as members of the Big West from 1978-1995 and were conference foes in the Western Athletic Conference from 2005-12. As members of the Big West, San José State held a 10-4-1 series advantage against Utah State, while the series record as WAC members was 5-3-0 in favor of the Aggies. USU is 2-0 against the Spartans as members of the Mountain West.

AGGIES VS. SPARTANS SERIES SIXTH-LONGEST IN SCHOOL HISTORY
• Utah State and San José State will be meeting for the 38th time in series history this weekend for the sixth-most played series in school history, trailing Utah (112), BYU (86), Colorado State (73), Wyoming (67) and Idaho (39). USU's 37 current meetings with SJSU is tied with New Mexico State for the sixth-most in school history.

UTAH STATE PLAYING ON BOTH COASTS IN BACK-TO-BACK WEEKENDS
• Utah State has seen plenty of the United States during the past two weeks with games on both coasts. On Saturday, Sept. 16, USU played at Wake Forest and on Saturday, Sept. 23, USU opens Mountain West play at San José State. During these two weeks, USU will log roughly 5,670 combined miles in the air as its flight from Logan to Winston-Salem, N.C., was 2,033 miles each way, while its flight from Logan to San Jose, Calif., is 802 miles each way.

Matt Wells VERSUS SAN JOSÉ STATE
• Matt Wells is 2-0 all-time against San José State as Utah State's head coach and has faced the Spartans five times as an assistant, including twice at USU and three times at Tulsa.

UTAH STATE VERSUS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
• Utah State is 58-71-2 (.450) all-time against teams from California, including a 22-46-2 (.329) road record. Overall, USU is 21-7 versus Pacific, 16-20-1 against San José State, 12-17-1 versus Fresno State, 8-6 against Cal State Fullerton, 1-12 versus San Diego State, 1-0 against Cal State Northridge, 0-6 versus USC, and 0-1 against Stanford, St. Vincent's and UCLA.

AGGIES FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
• Utah State has 22 players in its program from the state of California, which is the second-most on the team behind the 38 players in the program from Utah. Those players from the Golden State currently in USU's program include Tywayne Adams (Patterson), Demytrick Ali'ifua (San Leandro), Eltoro Allen (Oak Grove), Roman Andrus (El Dorado Hills), Andrew Chen (Calabasas), Jalen Davis (La Mesa), Alfred Edwards (Redlands), Ritisoni Fata (Redlands), Deante Fortenberry (Oakland), Andre Grayson (Rancho Cucamonga), Jarrod Green (Elk Grove), Cameron Haney (Los Angeles), Tonny Lindsey Jr. (Long Beach), Jordan Love (Bakersfield), Jordan Nathan (Monrovia), Wyatt O'Banion (Dos Palos), Gasetoto Schuster (Long Beach), Sean Taylor (Vallejo), Justus Te'i (Oceanside), Christopher `Unga (Rancho Cucamonga), Aaren Vaughns (Altadena) and Morian Walker Jr. (San Jose).

DID YOU KNOW?
• In its 37 games against San José State, Utah State has had 12 100-yard receivers, nine 100-yard rushers and five 300-yard passers.

SERIES NOTABLES BETWEEN UTAH STATE AND SAN JOSÉ STATE
• Utah State has out-scored San José State 226-122 (37.7-20.3) during its current six-game winning streak against the Spartans, including 81-19 in the last two meetings... USU has scored at least 40 points against SJSU in each of the last three meetings, and at least 30 points in each of its last five meetings... The winning team has scored at least 20 points in 34 of the 37 previous meetings and at least 30 points in 19 of those games... USU has led at the half in five of the last six games, winning all six contests... In all six of USU's most recent wins in the series, it has had a 100-yard rusher... USU has not had a 300-yard passer or 100-yard receiver in each of the last 10 games in the series... Conversely, SJSU has had six 300-yard passers and five 100-yard receivers in the last 10 games, but is just 3-7 in those contests... During the last 10 games, the Spartans have had just one 100-yard rusher... The team that has more total yards has won nine of the last 10 games in the series, the team that has more rushing yards has won eight of the last 10 games, and the team that has more first downs has won seven of the last 10 games in the series... Time of possession has not been a deciding factor in the series, as the team who controls the ball is just 4-6 in the last 10 games in the series.

FROM THE RECORD BOOKS vs. SAN JOSÉ STATE
• Utah State set single-game school records as nine Aggies recorded 13.0 sacks and 15.0 tackles for loss at San José State in 2012... USU held SJSU to negative 15 rushing yards in 1985 and four rushing yards in 2012, which ranks as the sixth- and 16th-fewest in school history... USU passed for 412 yards against SJSU in 1988 and 384 yards in 1987, which ranks as the 10th- and 18th-most in school history... USU rushed for 381 yards against SJSU in 2009, which ranks as the 16th-most in school history... Danilo Robinson set the school record with 5.0 sacks and 6.0 tackles for loss against SJSU in 1995... Louie Aguiar set the school record with an 85 yard punt against SJSU in 1988, while Guy McClure had a 73-yard punt against the Spartans in 1978, which ranks as the ninth-longest in school history... Dene Garner attempted and made five field goals against SJSU in 1985, to set the school record at the time in both categories, and is currently tied with one other player for the most in a single game in school history in both categories... Garner also made a 58-yard field goal against the Spartans in 1985, which is the second-longest in school history... Brent Snyder passed for 412 yards against SJSU in 1998 and 384 yards in 1987, which ranks as the eighth- and 15th-most in school history, respectively... Bob Gagliano passed for 366 yards against SJSU in 1980 and Eric Hipple passed for 364 yards against the Spartans in 1979, which ranks as the 24th- and 25th-most in school history... Kendal Smith had 208 receiving yards against SJSU in 1998, which ranks as the 12th-most in school history... Kevin Robinson had an 87-yard punt return against SJSU in 2005, which ranks as the fourth-longest in school history... And, Kerwynn Williams had an 86-yard run against SJSU in 2012, which ranks as the eighth-longest in school history.

UTAH STATE CONNECTIONS WITH SAN JOSÉ STATE
• Former Utah State head coach John Ralston (1959-62) spent four years as San José State's head coach (1993-1996). At USU, Ralston compiled a 31-11-1 (.733) record, ranking first all-time in winning percentage and second all-time in wins. While at SJSU, Ralston was 11-34 (.244). SJSU defensive coordinator Derrick Odum spent three seasons at USU (2000-02) as the secondary coach. SJSU linebackers coach Bojay Filimoeatu was a two-year letterwinner (2011-12) for the Aggies, helping the team to back-to-back Famous Idaho Potato Bowl appearances. Filimoeatu's wife, Hailey Froton, was a four-year letterwinner (2012-15) and two-time all-conference softball player for USU, and still holds the school record for RBIs (132).

PLAYER CONNECTIONS BETWEEN UTAH STATE AND SAN JOSÉ STATE
• Utah State redshirt junior OL Sean Taylor and SJSU junior RB Sean Pinson both attended Laney (Calif.) JC... USU junior NG Gasetoto Schuster and SJSU sophomore QB Josh Love both attended Long Beach Poly (Calif.) HS... USU junior LB Suli Tamaivena and junior WR Aaren Vaughns both attended Mt. San Antonio (Calif.) JC, along with SJSU junior NT Sailosi Latu... USU sophomore WR Dylan Spradling and SJSU junior QB Michael Carrillo both attended Grossmont (Calif.) JC... USU sophomore NG Christopher `Unga and SJSU sophomore WR Ray Surry both attended Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.) HS... USU redshirt freshman LS Brandon Pada and SJSU sophomore OT Troy Kowalski both attended Mountain Ridge (Ariz.) HS... USU freshman CB Andre Grayson and SJSU freshman OL Chris Bradberry both attended Etiwanda (Calif.) HS.

LAST MEETING vs. SAN JOSÉ STATE
LOGAN, Utah - Freshman QB Kent Myers accounted for four touchdowns and junior WR JoJo Natson rushed for a career-high 124 yards in leading Utah State (9-3, 6-1 MW) to a 41-7 Mountain West home win against San José State (3-8, 2-5) on Nov. 21, 2014.

Prior to the game, Utah State honored its 2014 senior class that has posted the best four-year stretch in school history with 36 wins, which includes back-to-back bowl wins and its upcoming fourth-straight bowl appearance this season.

Myers rushed for a career-high 92 yards on just four carries and scored three rushing touchdowns on runs of 28, 60 and two yards. Myers also threw one touchdown pass as he finished the game 15-of-22 passing for 108 yards as he recorded career-highs in both pass attempts and completions. Natson carried the ball just seven times in posting his career-high 124 rushing yards, which included a 56-yard touchdown run. Senior RB Joe Hill added 54 yards on 15 carries and freshman RB LaJuan Hunt had 43 yards on eight carries as USU rushed for a season-high 313 yards in the game.

Utah State finished the game with 421 yards of total offense (313 rushing, 108 passing) as it has now rushed for at least 200 yards in each of its last four games.

Tyler Ervin had 104 rushing yards on 22 carries for San José State as the Spartans had just 252 yards of total offense (191 rushing, 61 passing), including just 66 yards in the second-half.

Senior LB Zach Vigil led Utah State's defense as he recorded 19 tackles, which included 3.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. Overall, it was Vigil's seventh double-digit tackle outing of the season and the 18th of his career. Sophomore LB Nick Vigil added 12 stops for his fifth double-digit tackle outing this season and of his career.

After forcing a three-and-out on defense on San José State's first drive of the game, Utah State drove 55 yards in seven plays, culminating in Myers 28-yard touchdown run for an early 7-0 lead.

San Jose State tied the game early in the second quarter on a 1-yard touchdown run by QB Mitch Ravizza.

Utah State's defense set up its second touchdown of the game as Zach Vigil denied the Spartans on a fourth-and-one at the USU 36-yard line and Myers scored on a 60-yard run two plays later to give the home team a 14-7 lead that it took into halftime.

Following a 44-yard kickoff return from freshman CB Jalen Davis to start the second-half, Natson ran 56 yards on the Aggies' first play from scrimmage to push its lead to 21-7. Myers then added his third rushing touchdown of the game late in the third quarter from 2-yards out to cap a 6-play, 68-yard drive to give USU a 28-7 lead.

Utah State scored 14 more points in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard pass from Myers to senior TE Jefferson Court and a 5-yard run by junior RB Rashad Hall to make the final score 41-7 as USU's PAT attempt following its last touchdown was no good.

In the second-half, Utah State limited San Jose State to just four first downs and 66 yards of total offense, while USU had 14 first downs and 256 yards of total offense, including 189 yards on the ground.

LAST MEETING at SAN JOSÉ STATE
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Behind 520 yards of total offense and four total touchdowns from junior QB Chuckie Keeton, Utah State (3-2, 2-0 MW) speared the Spartans (1-3, 0-1 MW) of San José State, 40-12, on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, in a nationally-televised game on ESPN.

Junior PK Nick Diaz booted a career-high four field goals, including a season-long 45-yarder, marking the first time a USU kicker had four field goals in a game since 1999.

The win was USU's fifth-straight in the series and the longest in series history, while its 28-point margin of victory was also its largest in series history.

Utah State's 520 yards came on 260 through the air as Keeton was 29-of-42 passing with three touchdowns. Keeton also rushed for 52 yards on 12 carries with another score, as part of the Aggies' 253 yards on the ground.

Senior RB Joey DeMartino rushed 17 times for 120 yards, both career-highs, while senior WR Travis Reynolds also posted a pair of career-bests with eight catches for 77 yards. Sophomore WR Brandon Swindall and fellow sophomore WR JoJo Natson both added five receptions apiece with Swindall finishing with a team-high and career-best 79 yards in tying his career-high for catches. Natson ended with 34 yards.

The Aggie defense was led by junior LB Zach Vigil and sophomore LB Kyler Fackrell with 11 tackles apiece. Fackrell, who tied his career-high with 11 stops, also registered his fourth sack of the season and seventh of his career. It was Vigil's third double-digit tackle outing of the season and eighth of his career. Vigil also recovered his second fumble of the year and his career.

Utah State's defense entered the game without any interceptions, but left the game with three, as senior S Maurice Alexander, senior CB Nevin Lawson and junior CB Jeremy Morris all snared oskies. It was Lawson's third interception of his career and his second at Spartan Stadium. Alexander and Morris posted their first career interceptions.

San José State was led by David Fales who was 25-of-48 passing for 314 yards, but threw three interceptions and was sacked once. Chandler Jones snared seven passes for 115 yards for the Spartans, while Jason Simpson rushed for 48 yards on 15 carries with one score.

Utah State took the opening kickoff and Keeton guided the charge down the field, resulting in a 3-yard pass to senior TE D.J. Tialavea for a 7-0 lead less than four minutes into the game.

On SJSU's ensuing possession, the Spartans marched down the field in a 15-play drive resulting in a 31-yard field goal with 8:01 left in the quarter to pull within, 7-3.

The Aggies opened up a 14-3 lead later in the quarter after a 5-yard pass from Keeton to junior TE Keegan Andersen. USU's lead grew to 20-3 after a 24 and 45-yard field goal by Diaz.

After a 26-yard field goal by San José State with 5:48 to go in the half, Diaz set a new career-high with his third field goal from 24 yards for a 23-6 USU halftime lead.

The Aggies stretched their lead to 30-6 midway through the third quarter with a 17-yard strike to Swindall. SJSU countered with a 1-yard rush by Simpson, but the Aggies snuffed out the two-point conversion, leaving the score 30-12 with 3:02 left in the third.

Keeton later darted in from 9-yards out to give USU a 37-12 lead with 15 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Diaz capped the scoring with his fourth field goal of the night, this one from 21 yards out with 5:23 on the clock and the Aggies cruised to the win.

GAME 3 RECAP vs. WAKE FOREST
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Redshirt freshman QB Jordan Love passed for a career-high 171 yards and one touchdown in Utah State's 46-10 loss at Wake Forest on Saturday afternoon in front of 27,971 fans at BB&T Field.

Love, who entered the game in the third quarter, completed 6-of-13 passes and threw his first career touchdown, a 77-yarder to sophomore WR Gerold Bright with 10:37 remaining in the quarter -- tied for the 26th longest pass play in school history.

That was Bright's lone catch of the day. Senior WR Ron'quavion Tarver led the Aggies (1-2, 0-0 Mountain West) with five receptions for 35 yards, while junior WR Zach Van Leeuwen added two catches for a career-best 77 yards, including a career-long reception of 64 yards.

Dominik Eberle accounted for Utah State's only other points on a 30-yard field goal with 53 seconds left in the third. The sophomore placekicker is now a perfect 4-for-4 on the season in field goal attempts.

Wake Forest QB John Wolford was 12-of-22 for 242 yards and two touchdowns as the Demon Deacons (3-0, 1-0 ACC) scored the first 36 points of the game. Arkeem Byrd led the ground attack for the hosts, amassing 120 yards and one touchdown on just 19 carries.

As a team, Wake Forest produced 588 yards of total offense -- 297 through the air and 291 on the ground.

For the second consecutive week, the Aggies blocked a punt. This time, junior QB DJ Nelson was credited with the block in the fourth quarter. It proved to be the 12th blocked kick under fifth-year head coach Matt Wells.

Aaron Dalton also had a nice day on special teams for the Aggies. The junior punter tied his career high with four punts downed inside the 20-yard line. He punted nine times on the day and had a long of 54 yards. Furthermore, sophomore DE Jacoby Wildman rushed for 11 yards on a second quarter fake punt, picking up the first down for Utah State. Wildman also recorded a career-high four tackles on defense.

Senior Kent Myers started the game at quarterback and completed 9-of-23 passes for 54 yards and one interception. As a team, the Aggies recorded 267 yards of total offense, including just 42 yards on the ground as junior RB Eltoro Allen had a season-best 13 carries for 20 yards.

Defensively, junior BS Gaje Ferguson led the Aggies with a season-high 10 tackles, his third career double-digit tackle game. Senior CB Jalen Davis tied his career high with three pass breakups, including one in the end zone that prevented a touchdown.

Senior BS Dallin Leavitt had a season-high nine tackles, junior LB Suli Tamaivena had a season-high eight tackles and junior NG Gasetoto Schuster added a career-high six tackles and his first career forced fumble. Junior DE Adewale Adeoye added a career-best five stops as six different Aggie defenders posted a career-high in tackles on the day.

As a team, Utah State recorded seven tackles for loss, including a season-high 1.5 by junior LB Ofa Latu. He also tallied six tackles on the afternoon.

LOVE SEES FIRST EXTENDED PLAYING TIME IN WAKE FOREST GAME
• Redshirt freshman QB Jordan Love saw his first extended playing time last weekend at Wake Forest and completed 6-of-13 passes for 171 yards and one touchdown on a 77-yard completion to sophomore WR Gerold Bright, which is tied for the 26th-longest pass play in school history. Love also completed a 64-yard pass to junior WR Zach Van Leeuwen, in what are the two-longest plays from scrimmage for USU this season.

DEFENSIVE NOTABLES FROM THE WAKE FOREST GAME
• Junior BS Gaje Ferguson had a season-high 10 tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, last weekend at Wake Forest for his third career double-digit tackle outing. Ferguson now has 2.5 career tackles for loss. Senior BS Dallin Leavitt had a season-high nine tackles. Junior LB Suli Tamaivena had a season-high eight tackles. Junior NG Gasetoto Schuster forced his first career fumble and had a career-high six tackles. Junior DE Adewale Adeoye had a career-high five tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss, giving him 2.0 tackles for loss this season and in his career. Junior LB Ofa Latu had a season-high 1.5 tackles for loss as part of his season-high six tackles. Sophomore LB Justus Te'i had a career-high five tackles. Junior LB Louy Compton had 1.0 tackle for loss, giving him 2.0 tackles for loss on the season. Sophomore CB Cameron Haney had his first pass breakup of the season and the fourth of his career. Haney also recorded his first career tackle for loss. Redshirt freshman CB Ja'Marcus Ingram recorded his first career pass breakup. Senior DE Ian Togiai recorded his first sack and tackle for loss this season, giving him 3.0 sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss in his career. Sophomore DE Devon Anderson had his first career tackle for loss as part of his season-high three tackles. Sophomore DE Jacoby Wildman had a career-high four tackles. Redshirt freshman DE Logan Lee had four tackles in his first career game.

UTAH STATE FOURTH IN THE NATION IN FIRST-TIME STARTERS
• During the first three weeks of the 2017 season, Utah State had 16 first-time starters, which ranks fourth in the nation behind Baylor (19), UAB (19) and Illinois (17). USU had 12 players make their first career start three weeks ago at No. 9 Wisconsin in senior TE Damion Hobbs, junior OL Roman Andrus, junior OL Rob Castaneda, junior OL Quin Ficklin, redshirt junior OL Sean Taylor, junior LB Suli Tamaivena, junior NG Gasetoto Schuster, junior BS Aaron Wade, sophomore OL Moroni Iniguez, sophomore DE Jacoby Wildman, redshirt freshman DE Ritisoni Fata and redshirt freshman WR Jordan Nathan. USU then had four more players get their first career start two weeks ago against Idaho State in junior DE Adewale Adeoye, redshirt sophomore TE Dax Raymond, sophomore LB Dalton Baker and redshirt freshman CB Ja'Marcus Ingram.

THIRTY-SEVEN AGGIES PLAY FIRST UTAH STATE GAME IN FIRST THREE WEEKS
• Utah State has had 37 players play in their first-ever Aggie game during the first three weeks of the 2017 season. Twenty-four Aggies saw their first-ever action at No. 9 Wisconsin three weeks ago in redshirt junior OL Sean Taylor, junior RB Eltoro Allen, junior OL Roman Andrus, junior OL Rob Castaneda, junior LB Louy Compton, junior OL Quin Ficklin, junior CB Deante Fortenberry, junior LB Ofa Latu, junior LB Suli Tamaivena, sophomore DE Devon Anderson, sophomore OL Moroni Iniguez, sophomore S Chance Parker, redshirt freshman OL Demytrick Ali'ifua, redshirt freshman DE Ritisoni Fata, redshirt freshman S Baron Gajkowski, redshirt freshman CB Braxton Gunther, redshirt freshman CB Ja'Marcus Ingram, redshirt freshman LB Kevin Meitzenheimer, redshirt freshman WR Jordan Nathan, redshirt freshman LB David Woodward, freshman LB Maika Magalei, freshman WR Savon Scarver, freshman TE Carson Terrell and freshman DE Nami Tuitu'u. Twelve more Aggies played in their first-ever USU game two weeks ago against Idaho State in senior WR Connor McGuire, junior WR Aaren Vaughns, junior TE Emerson Woods, sophomore LB Mason Gajkowski, sophomore LB Braden Harris, sophomore P Zach Lee, sophomore PK Michael Smith, redshirt freshman WR Taylor Compton, redshirt freshman QB Jordan Love, redshirt freshman OL Viliamu McMoore, redshirt freshman DE Jake Pitcher and freshman PK Connor Coles. And one more Aggie played in his first game last weekend at Wake Forest in redshirt freshman DE Logan Lee.

FIRST TIME PLAYERS ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE FOR UTAH STATE
• All five of Utah State's starting offensive linemen -- OC Quin Ficklin, RT Sean Taylor, LG Moroni Iniguez, RG Rob Castaneda, LT Roman Andrus -- played in their first career games at USU in the first three weeks of the season. In fact, Taylor is the only member of this group who was on the team last year, as he redshirted. This is the first time in school history that it has started five offensive linemen who had never played a game at USU, minus the Aggies' first-ever team in 1892. Furthermore, Andrus and Ficklin did not even play offensive line at their previous schools, as Andrus was a defensive end at Snow (Utah) JC and Ficklin was a fullback at BYU.

MYERS RANKS 22ND ALL-TIME IN RUSHING
• Senior QB Kent Myers has rushed for 1,215 yards on 275 carries (4.4 ypc) during his career to rank 22nd all-time in school history, including third all-time among quarterbacks, trailing Chuckie Keeton (2011-15), who ranks 14th all-time with 1,415 yards and Diondre Borel (2007-10), who ranks 16th all-time with 1,398 rushing yards. Myers has one career 100-yard rushing game as he set a school record for quarterbacks with 191 yards on 16 carries against Colorado State as a sophomore in 2015.

MYERS HAS 16 CAREER RUSHING TDs
• Senior QB Kent Myers has 16 rushing touchdowns in his career, which are the most on the team. Overall, Myers is just one rushing touchdown shy of entering the career top 10 in school history.

• In his career, Myers has four games with multiple rushing touchdowns as he had a career-high three against San José State in 2014 and two against both Colorado State and Nevada in 2016, and two against Idaho State in 2017.

HUNT RANKS 27TH ALL-TIME IN RUSHING
• Senior RB LaJuan Hunt has rushed for 1,101 yards on 286 carries (3.8 ypc) to rank 27th all-time in school history in career rushing yards. Hunt has one 100-yard rushing game in his career as he set a true freshman school record with 34 carries for 145 yards against Hawai'i in 2014.

LINDSEY JR. CLOSING IN ON 1,000 CAREER RUSHING YARDS
• Senior RB Tonny Lindsey Jr. led Utah State in rushing in 2016 as he gained 763 yards on 148 carries (5.2 ypc) and tied for the team lead with six rushing touchdowns. For his career, Lindsey, Jr. has carried the ball 166 times for 884 yards (5.3 ypc) with six touchdowns and is just 116 yards shy of becoming the 31st player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards. In his career, Lindsey has two 100-yard rushing games, which includes a career-high 168 yards at Nevada in 2016 on 21 carries, one of two career games where he has carried the ball 20-plus times.

• With Lindsey returning for the 2017 season, marks the third-straight season that Utah State returns its leading rusher from the previous year as Devante Mays rushed for 966 yards in 2015 and LaJuan Hunt rushed for 540 yards in 2014.

MYERS RANKS AMONG TOP 10 QBS ALL-TIME IN GAMES PLAYED AND STARTED
• Senior QB Kent Myers started his 29th career game and played in his 31st last weekend, which ranks sixth and eighth all-time in school history for quarterbacks, respectively.

MYERS THIRD ALL-TIME IN COMPLETION PERCENTAGE
• Senior QB Kent Myers is 469-of-769 (.610) passing for 5,444 yards with 33 touchdowns and 19 interceptions in his career, and that completion percentage ranks third all-time in school history behind Darell Garretson (.631) and Chuckie Keeton (.629).

• For his career, Myers has an interception percentage of just 0.025, which ranks third all-time in school history behind Chuckie Keeton (.022) and Anthony Calvillo (0.23), with his 33 touchdowns and 19 interceptions on 769 career attempts. Myers has thrown at least one touchdown in 17 of his last 23 games and multiple touchdowns seven times in his career, which includes five games with three or more touchdown passes.

• In his career, Myers has 18 touchdowns and seven interceptions at home, and 15 touchdowns and 12 interceptions on the road.

DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State's starting running back and leading rusher from the previous season has been injured in each of the last two years. In 2016, Devante Mays played in just six games and rushed for just 259 yards on 37 carries with three touchdowns after leading the team as a junior in 2015 as he gained 966 yards on 165 carries (5.9 ypc) with nine touchdowns. Mays is currently in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers. This season, Tonny Lindsey Jr. gained 28 yards on six carries in the season opener at No. 9 Wisconsin before suffering a season-ending injury. In 2016, Lindsey Jr. rushed for 763 yards on 148 carries (5.2 ypc) and six touchdowns.

A LOOK AT UTAH STATE
• Utah State is 1-2 on the season following its 46-10 road loss at Wake Forest last weekend. Offensively, USU is led by senior QB Kent Myers, who is 58-of-90 (.644) passing for 596 yards (198.7 ypg) with two touchdowns and five interceptions. Junior RB Eltoro Allen leads the team in rushing with 120 yards on 34 carries (3.5 ypc) with one touchdown, and junior WR Ron'quavion Tarver has a team-best 14 receptions for 118 yards (8.4 ypr) with one touchdown. Defensively, junior LB Suli Tamaivena leads the team with 21 tackles and one fumble recovery, while fellow junior LB Chase Christiansen has 20 tackles. As a team, Utah State is averaging 23.7 points and 389.0 yards of total offense (261.7 passing, 127.3 rushing), and allowing 39.3 points and 456.3 yards of total offense (243.7 passing, 212.7 rushing).

UTAH STATE RANKS 49TH NATIONALLY IN PASSING OFFENSE
• Through the first three games of the season, Utah State is averaging 261.7 passing yards per game to rank third in the Mountain West and 49th nationally. USU also ranks fourth in the MW and 54th in the nation in sacks allowed (1.67 pg), fourth in the MW and 62nd in the nation in completion percentage (.609), eighth in the MW and 82nd in the nation in total offense (389.0 ypg), ninth in the MW and 96th nationally in rushing offense (127.3 ypg), ninth in the MW and 98th nationally in passing efficiency (120.8), and 10th in the MW and 99th in the nation in scoring offense (23.7 ppg).

AGGIES RANK 53RD NATIONALLY IN SACKS
• Utah State's defense has recorded six sacks in the first three weeks of the season to rank fifth in the Mountain West and 53rd nationally. USU's defense also ranks eighth in the MW and 81st nationally in passing defense (243.7 ypg), 10th in the MW in total defense (456.3 ypg), 10th in the conference in rushing defense (212.7 ypg), 10th in the MW in passing efficiency defense (154.6) and 10th in the MW in scoring defense (39.3 ppg).

UTAH STATE'S DEFENSE RANKS 42ND NATIONALLY IN FUMBLES RECOVERED
• Utah State's defense has recovered two fumbles this season, which ranks seventh in the Mountain West and 42nd in the nation. USU has also intercepted two passes this season, which ranks sixth in the MW and 67th nationally, while its four total forced turnovers on the year ranks eighth in the MW and 66th nationally.

• Utah State has forced four turnovers this season (two fumbles, two interceptions) and has now forced 113 turnovers in its last 65 games, including at least one turnover in 50 of its last 65 games. USU has also recorded 55 interceptions in its last 52 games, including at least one pick in 27 of its last 52 games and multiple interceptions in 17 of its last 52 games. Overall, USU has forced three or more turnovers in 12 of its last 41 games.

• Utah State's defense scored its first touchdown of the season against Idaho State on a 25-yard interception return by senior CB Jalen Davis. Overall, it was USU's 12th defensive touchdown in its last 49 games.

UTAH STATE RANKS 32ND IN THE NATION IN PUNT RETURNS
• Utah State ranks third in the Mountain West and 32nd in the nation with a team average of 11.4 yards per punt return. USU also ranks seventh in the MW in net punting (35.3 ypp), ninth in the MW and 58th in the nation in kickoff return defense (19.3 ypr), ninth in the MW in kickoff returns (18.3 ypr), and eighth in the MW in turnover margin (-1.00).

DAVIS RANKS AMONG TOP 10 NATIONALLY IN PASSES DEFENDED AND INTERCEPTIONS
• Senior CB Jalen Davis ranks among the top 10 players nationally in both passes defended and interceptions. On the season, Davis has four pass breakups and two interceptions for six passes defended, which ranks first in the Mountain West and tied for sixth nationally. Davis also ranks tied for first in the MW and tied for eighth nationally with his two interceptions.

OTHER AGGIES IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST AND NCAA RANKINGS
• Senior QB Kent Myers ranks third in the Mountain West and 47th nationally in completions per game (19.3), third in the MW and 51st in the nation in completion percentage (.644), fourth in the MW and 68th in the nation in total offense (232.0 ypg), fourth in the MW and 71st in the nation in passing yards (198.7 ypg), and seventh in the MW in passing efficiency (116.3). Junior LB Louy Compton ranks tied for first in the MW and tied for fourth nationally with one blocked kick, and tied for second in the MW and tied for eighth in the nation with his one fumble recovery. Junior QB DJ Nelson ranks tied for first in the MW and tied for fourth nationally with one blocked kick. Junior LB Suli Tamaivena ranks tied for second in the MW and tied for eighth in the nation with his one fumble recovery, and tied for 18th in the MW in tackles (7.0 pg). Redshirt freshman WR Jordan Nathan ranks second in the MW and 15th in the nation in punt returns (15.0 ypg). Freshman LB Maika Magalei ranks fourth in the MW and 64th in the nation in sacks (0.7 pg). Freshman WR Savon Scarver ranks seventh in the MW in kickoff returns (17.7 ypr). Junior WR Ron'quavion Tarver ranks seventh in the MW in receptions per game (4.7). Junior NG Gasetoto Schuster and sophomore NG Mohelika Uasike both rank tied for eighth in the MW and tied for 53rd nationally in forced fumbles (0.3 pg). Junior LB Chase Christiansen ranks tied for 20th in the MW in tackles (6.7 pg). Senior BS Dallin Leavitt ranks tied for 23rd in the MW in tackles (6.3 pg). Junior BS Gaje Ferguson ranks tied for 23rd in the MW in tackles (6.3 pg). And, sophomore PK Dominik Eberle ranks tied for first in the nation in field goal percentage as he is 4-for-4 on the season, sixth in the MW and 31st in the nation in field goals made (1.33 pg), and ninth in the MW in scoring (6.7 ppg).

WHAT'S RETURNING IN 2017
• Utah State returns 14 starters (O-6, D-8) and 38 letterwinners (O-16, D-20, S-2) from last year's team that went 3-9 and finished in sixth place in the Mountain Division of the Mountain West with a 1-7 record. Highlighting Utah State's returners in 2017 is senior quarterback Kent Myers, who earned honorable mention all-Mountain West honors as a sophomore in 2015. Utah State returns five other starters on offense in senior OT Preston Brooksby, senior RB Tonny Lindsey Jr., junior WR Ron'quavion Tarver, junior OG KJ Uluave and junior WR Zach Van Leeuwen. USU also returns eight starters on defense in senior CB Wesley Bailey, senior CB Jalen Davis, senior LB Alex Huerta, senior BS Dallin Leavitt, senior DE Ian Togiai, junior BS Gaje Ferguson, junior LB Derek Larsen and junior FS Jontell Rocquemore, to go along with two specialists returning in senior LS Emmett Odegard and junior P Aaron Dalton.

WHAT UTAH STATE MUST REPLACE FROM 2016
• Utah State must replace six players who earned various all-Mountain West honors in 2016, including NG Travis Seefeldt, who earned second-team honors, and OL Austin Albrecht, DE Ricky Ali'ifua, TE Wyatt Houston, OL Jake Simonich and OC Austin Stephens, who were all named to the honorable mention team. Other offensive starters lost include OL Jude Hockel, WR Andrew Rodriquez and WR Rayshad Lewis, and other defensive starters lost include LB Brock Carmen, FS Devin Centers, DE Edmund Faimalo, CB Daniel Gray and LB Anthony Williams.

AGGIES IN OVERTIME
• Utah State is 6-5 all-time in overtime, winning three of its last four. All-time, USU is 4-2 in single-overtime games, 2-2 in double-overtime games, and 0-1 in triple-overtime games. USU's last overtime game was a 21-14 loss at Arkansas State on Sept. 20, 2014.

DID YOU KNOW?
• Of Utah State's seven Mountain West losses in 2016, five were by a combined 29 points (5.8 ppg) as USU lost at home to Air Force by seven points (27-20), at No. 24 Boise State by 11 points (21-10), at Colorado State by seven points (31-24), to New Mexico by three points (24-21), and at Nevada by one point (38-37). Furthermore, USU surrendered three double-digit leads in the second half of the 2016 season at Colorado State (14 points), against New Mexico at home (15 points), and at Nevada (13 points), not to mention a seven-point second-quarter lead at home against Air Force.

UTAH STATE COACHING CHANGES FOR 2017
• Utah State's coaching staff had two changes during the offseason as fifth-year head coach Matt Wells hired David Yost as the offensive coordinator working with the quarterbacks, and Mark Tommerdahl as the special teams coordinator and running backs coach. Coaches who left the USU program following the 2016 season include assistant head coach/running backs/tight ends coach Mike Canales, who went to Tennessee, and linebackers coach David Kotulski, who went to Mercyhurst University.

UTAH STATE THE ONLY PROGRAM WITH NEW OFFENSIVE COORDINATORS FOUR YEARS IN A ROW WITH SAME HEAD COACH
• Utah State is the only FBS program to have a new offensive coordinator in each of the past four seasons under the same head coach. In 2014, Kevin McGiven was the offensive coordinator. In 2015, Josh Heupel was the offensive coordinator. In 2016, Jovon Bouknight and Luke Wells were co-offensive coordinators. And in 2017, David Yost is the offensive coordinator. Kansas has had a new offensive coordinator in each of the past five seasons under different head coaches and Pittsburgh has had new offensive coordinators in each of the last four seasons under different head coaches.

WELLS' 29 WINS FIFTH-MOST IN SCHOOL HISTORY
• Utah State head coach Matt Wells' 29 wins rank fifth all-time in school history, while his 51.8 winning percentage (29-27) ranks seventh all-time with a minimum of 15 games coached.

MORE ON UTAH STATE'S HEAD COACH Matt Wells
• Utah State head coach Matt Wells is in his fifth season in charge of the Aggie football program and is the longest tenured head coach since Mick Dennehy (2000-04) also spent five years at USU. In fact, Wells is tied with Dennehy and George P. Campbell (1902-06) as the sixth-longest tenured head coaches in 120 seasons of Utah State football.

• Matt Wells coached in his third bowl game in 2015 to set the school record for most bowl games by a head coach. E. Lowell `Dick' Romney (1946, 1947), John Ralston (1960, 1961) and Gary Andersen (2011, 2012) all coached the Aggies in two bowl games, while Charlie Weatherbie (1993) and John L. Smith (1997) each coached one bowl game at USU.

• Matt Wells, the 2013 Mountain West Coach of the Year, is one of just 21 coaches to lead his alma mater. He is also just the second Utah State graduate to be appointed its head football coach, joining Chris Pella, who graduated from USU in 1965 and coached the Aggies from 1983-85.

WELLS ONE OF 21 FBS HEAD COACHES AT HIS ALMA MATER
• Utah State head coach Matt Wells is one of the 21 current FBS head coaches who are the head coaches at their alma mater, joining John Bonamego (Central Michigan), Troy Calhoun (Air Force), Paul Chryst (Wisconsin), Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern), Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State), Jim Harbaugh (Michigan), Bryan Harsin (Boise State), Paul Haynes (Kent State), Kliff Kingsbury (Texas Tech), Sean Kugler (UTEP), Tim Lester (Western Michigan), Mike Neu (Ball State), Barry Odum (Missouri), Mark Richt (Miami), Nick Rolovich (Hawai'i), Scott Satterfield (Appalachian State), David Shaw (Stanford), Kalani Sitake (BYU), Kirby Smart (Georiga) and Jeff Tedford (Fresno State).

• Of the 21 head coaches listed above who are currently at their alma mater, the Mountain West leads all conferences with five.

UTAH STATE WITH SIX HOME GAMES ONCE AGAIN IN 2017
• Utah State's 2017 schedule marks the eighth-straight season, the ninth time in the last 10 years, and the 10th time in the last 21 years that it will play six home games. Overall, the Aggies have had six home games on the slate just 14 times: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2008, 1998, 1996, 1995, 1978, 1952.

AGGIES CURRENTLY IN THE NFL AND CFL
• Utah State currently has 14 players on NFL rosters and has had 11 players drafted into the NFL in the past seven years. Former Aggies currently in the NFL include S Maurice Alexander (Los Angeles), S Marwin Evans (Green Bay), LB Kyler Fackrell (Green Bay), OG Tyler Larsen (Carolina), CB Nevin Lawson (Detroit), RB Devante Mays (Green Bay), OT Donald Penn (Oakland), LS Patrick Scales (Chicago), WR Hunter Sharp (Denver), RB Robert Turbin (Indianapolis), LB Nick Vigil (Cincinnati), LB Zach Vigil (Buffalo), LB Bobby Wagner (Seattle) and RB Kerwynn Williams (Arizona). USU also has four former Aggies currently in the Canadian Football League in CB Jarrett Bush (Calgary), DE John Chick (Hamilton), LB Chris Randle (Winnipeg) and DE Connor Williams (Ottawa).

• Maurice Alexander (S - Los Angeles Rams) - Alexander is in his fourth season in the NFL with the Rams. In Los Angeles' 27-20 loss against the Washington Redskins, Alexander started at strong safety and recorded eight tackles, six of which were solo. Alexander played in 70 defensive and eight special teams snaps.

• Marwin Evans (S - Green Bay Packers) - Evans, who is in his second season in the NFL with the Packers, collected one tackle while playing in 19 special teams snaps in Green Bay's 34-23 loss against the Atlanta Falcons.

• Kyler Fackrell (LB - Green Bay Packers) - Fackrell is in his second season in the NFL with the Packers. In Green Bay's 34-23 loss against the Atlanta Falcons, Fackrell played in 19 defensive and 28 special teams snaps.

• Tyler Larsen (OL - Carolina Panthers) - Larsen is in his second season with the Panthers and fourth year in the NFL. In Carolina's 9-3 win against the Buffalo Bills, Larsen started at center and played in all 68 offensive and three special teams snaps.

• Nevin Lawson (CB - Detroit Lions) - Lawson is in his fourth season in the NFL with the Lions. The Lions will face the New York Giants on Monday Night Football.

• Devante Mays (RB - Green Bay Packers) - Mays is in his first season in the NFL with the Packers. Mays did not play in Green Bay's 34-23 loss against the Atlanta Falcons.

• Donald Penn (OT - Oakland Raiders) - Penn is in his fourth year with the Raiders and 12th year in the NFL. In Oakland's 45-20 win against the New York Jets, Penn started at left tackle and played in all 57 offensive snaps as the Raiders didn't allow a sack.

• Patrick Scales (LS - Chicago Bears) - Scales is in his third year with the Bears and seventh year in the NFL. He is currently on injured reserve.

• Hunter Sharp (WR - Denver Broncos) - Vigil is in his first year in the NFL with the Broncos. He is currenlty on the practice squad.

• Robert Turbin (RB - Indianapolis Colts) - Turbin is in his second year with the Colts and sixth year in the NFL. In the Colts' 16-13 overtime loss against the Arizona Cardinals, Turbin had three rushes for 11 yards and one reception for eight yards as he picked up three third-down conversions. Turbin played in 28 offensive and 19 special teams snaps.

• Nick Vigil (LB - Cincinnati Bengals) - Vigil is in his second year in the NFL with the Bengals. In the Bengals' 13-9 loss against the Houston Texans, Vigil started at linebacker and had five tackles, three of which were solo, and one pass defended. Vigil played in all 66 defensive and eight special teams snaps.

• Zach Vigil (LB - Buffalo Bills) - Vigil is in his first year with the Bills and third year in the NFL. He is currenlty on the practice squad.

• Bobby Wagner (LB - Seattle Seahawks) - Wagner is in his sixth year in the NFL with the Seahawks. In Seattle's 12-9 win against the San Francisco 49ers, Wagner started at linebacker and had seven tackles, four of which were solo, an interception that he returned for seven yards and a pass defended while playing in all 49 defensive snaps and three special teams snaps.

• Kerwynn Williams (RB - Arizona Cardinals) - Williams is in his fourth year with the Cardinals and his fifth year in the NFL. In the Cardinals' 16-13 overtime win against the Indianapolis Colts, Williams started his first-career game at running back and had nine rushes for 22 yards. Williams also returned two kickoffs for 35 yards and one punt for six yards. Williams played in 18 offensive and 12 special teams snaps.

HEAD COACH Matt Wells
• Matt Wells has wasted little time putting his stamp on the Aggie football program in his first five seasons as head coach, as USU is 29-27, including a 19-13 Mountain West record. USU also played in its fifth-straight bowl game in 2015.

• In his four-plus years as head coach, Wells has led Utah State to three wins against top 25 opponents, one more than USU had overall prior to his tenure.

• During the 2015 season, Wells mentored 12 players who earned all-Mountain West honors, which were the third-most in the conference. Wells also coached Kyler Fackrell, who was named a fourth-team All-American by Phil Steele.

• Wells coached three players who participated in the 2016 NFL Combine in Fackrell, Hunter Sharp and Nick Vigil, while 10 players from the 2015 roster were invited to NFL camps, including Vigil (Cincinnati Bengals) and Fackrell (Green Bay Packers), who were both selected in the third round of the 2016 NFL Draft.

• Wells led Utah State to 10 wins in 2014 to rank as the second-most in school history behind the 2012 team that finished with an 11-2 record, including its third-straight bowl win with a 21-6 victory against UTEP in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl.

• During the 2014 season, Wells mentored 15 players who earned 16 all-Mountain West honors, which were the most in the league and tied for the third-most in school history. Wells also coached two All-Americans as Zach Vigil was named a second-team All-American by USA Today Sports, while Jalen Davis was named a True Freshman All-American by 247Sports. Vigil was also named the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year.

• Wells was named the 2013 Mountain West Coach of the Year as he set the school record for wins by a first-year head coach as the Aggies went 9-5.

• Wells led Utah State to the inaugural Mountain West Championship game after winning the Mountain Division with a 7-1 record in 2013. He also led USU to just its third-ever bowl victory as it posted a 21-14 win against No. 24 Northern Illinois in the 2013 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl.

• During his first year as USU's head coach, Wells mentored 14 Aggies who earned various all-Mountain West honors, including three All-Americans as Tyler Larsen was named a second-team All-American by USA Today Sports, Nevin Lawson was named a third-team All-American by College Sports Madness, and Kyler Fackrell was named an honorable mention Sophomore All-American by College Football News.

• Wells coached a school-record four players who participated in the 2014 NFL Combine in Larsen, Lawson, Maurice Alexander and D.J. Tialavea, while 11 players from the 2013 roster were invited to NFL camps, including Alexander (Los Angeles Rams) and Lawson (Detroit Lions), who were both selected in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft.

• Overall, Wells is the second USU coach and fifth in school history to garner conference coach of the year honors along with Bruce Snyder (1978), Chuck Shelton (1991), John L. Smith (1997) and Gary Andersen (2012). Wells is also the fourth individual to earn MW Coach of the Year honors in his first season, along with BYU's Gary Crowton (2001), Utah's Urban Meyer (2003) and Air Force's Troy Calhoun (2007).

• Wells is one of just 19 FBS coaches to lead his alma mater and is just the second Utah State graduate to be appointed its head football coach, joining Chris Pella, who graduated from USU in 1965 and coached the Aggies from 1983-85.

• Prior to being named the head coach at his alma mater, Wells spent the previous two seasons as an assistant at Utah State, including serving as the team's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2012. In 2011, Wells coached USU's quarterbacks and was the team's recruiting coordinator.

• During his six years at Utah State, Wells has been part of a USU program that played in five straight bowl games for the first time in school history, and won three-straight bowl games for the first time ever.

• As offensive coordinator in 2012, Utah State concluded its most successful season in program history with a school-best 11-2 record. USU also won its first outright conference championship since 1936.