LOGAN, Utah – Utah State co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Kyle Cefalo was announced as a nominee for the Broyles Award, the Frank and Barbara Broyles Foundation announced Tuesday.


 
The Broyles Award annually honors the nation's top college football assistant coach.
 
Cefalo is one of 57 nominees in this year's class, selected from approximately 1,500 assistant coaches representing 131 programs in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
 
The Broyles Award selection process includes the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), broadcasters, a college football hall-of-fame selection committee and current college head coaches.
 
Cefalo, who is in his third year with the Aggies, is coaching statistically the best trio of wide receivers in the nation this year in senior Terrell Vaughn, and juniors Jalen Royals and Micah Davis as they have caught 157 passes for 2,177 yards and 27 touchdowns. Furthermore, USU is the only FBS school that has three receivers with six or more touchdown catches this year, and is one of just two FBS programs to have two players with 10 or more touchdown receptions.
 
Vaughn, a 5-foot-7, 175-pound native of Oxnard, California, has caught 70 passes for 776 yards and 10 touchdowns on the season. He currently ranks second in the Mountain West and seventh in the nation in receiving touchdowns (1.0 pg), second in the MW and 10th in the nation in receptions (7.0 pg), fifth in the MW and 37th in the nation in receiving yards (77.6 ypg), and eighth in the MW and 89th in the nation in all-purpose yards (92.1 ypg).
 
Royals, a 6-0, 195-pound native of Powder Springs, Georgia, has caught 54 passes for 821 yards and 11 touchdowns this year. He currently ranks first in the Mountain West and third in the nation in receiving touchdowns (1.1 pg), fourth in the MW and 25th in the nation in receiving (82.1 ypg), sixth in the MW and 40th in the nation in receptions (5.4 pg), eighth in the MW and 75th in the nation in scoring (6.8 ppg), and eighth in the MW and 92nd in the nation in yards per reception (15.2).
 
Davis, a 5-11, 185-pound native of Atlanta, Georgia, has caught 33 passes for 580 yards and six touchdowns this season. He currently ranks third in the Mountain West and 32nd in the nation in yards per reception (17.6), sixth in the MW and 45th in the nation in receiving touchdowns (0.56 pg), and 10th in the MW in all-purpose yards (87.2 ypg).
 
Utah State is averaging 448.3 yards per game to lead the Mountain West and rank 22nd in the nation. The Aggies also rank second in the MW and 20th in the nation in scoring offense (35.5 ppg), second in the MW and 38th in the nation in passing efficiency (148.3), third in the MW and 32nd in the nation in passing offense (271.0 ypg), fourth in the MW and 55th in the nation in completion percentage (.628), and fifth in the MW and 40th in the nation in rushing offense (177.3 ypg).
 
Utah State's offense also ranks second in the MW and 30th in the nation in fumbles lost with four (0.40 pg), third in the MW and 22nd in the nation in red zone offense (.914), third in the MW and 40th in the nation in first downs with 220 (22.0 pg), fifth in the MW and 50th in the nation in passing yards per completion (12.4), and sixth in the MW and 32nd in the nation in fourth down conversions (.636).
 
A selection committee of distinguished former head coaches, broadcasters and a committee representing the FWAA will select 15 semi-finalists, five finalists from the list of nominees, and an overall winner.


 
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