LOGAN, Utah – Utah State safety Shaq Bond has been the College Sports Madness Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week following his performance in USU's 23-17 Mountain West road win at San Diego State Saturday night.
 
Bond, a 5-foot-10, 195-pounder junior from Decatur, Ill. (MacArthur HS/Southwestern JC), intercepted his first pass of the season and returned it 48 yards against the Aztecs for his second-career interception return for a touchdown to give USU an early 7-3 lead in the game. Bond also tied his season high with eight tackles, which included a career-best 1.5 tackles for loss, and added a pass breakup against SDSU.
 
On the season, Bond is fourth on the team with his 20 tackles, and is tied for the team lead with three pass breakups and one interception.
 
For Bond, it is his first-career CSM Player of the Week honor.
 
Utah State (2-1, 1-0 MW) returns to action this weekend as it hosts Mountain West-foe Colorado State (1-3, 0-0 MW) in its annual Homecoming game on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 5:30 p.m. (MT). The game will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network (Xfinity Ch. 269/753HD), DISH Ch. 158, DirecTV Ch. 221).
 
Utah State is 54-32-2 (.625) all-time in Homecoming games, which includes an 8-5-1 record against Colorado State. In fact, CSU is USU's most played opponent during Homecoming ahead of seven games each against both BYU and Utah.
 
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