Utah State University Athletics

HONORS
College Sports Communicators Comeback Player of the Year (2024); College Football Network Honorable Mention All-American (2023); First-Team All-Mountain West (2023); Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week (10/7/23, 11/4/23, 11/12/22); Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week (9/30/23); College Football News Honorable Mention Freshman All-American (2022); Second-Team All-Mountain West (2022); Mountain West Freshman of the Week (9/3/22, 11/12/22); Academic All-Mountain West (2022, 2023, 2024).

CAREER NOTES
Has played in 37 games with 28 starts … has 217 career tackles (132 solo), including 2.0 sacks and 9.0 tackles for loss, to go along with nine interceptions for 169 return yards, 17 pass breakups, two touchdowns, five blocked kicks (4 punts, 1 extra point), three quarterback hurries and one forced fumble … has eight career double-digit tackle games.

RECORDS
Has five blocked kicks (4 punts, 1 PAT) in his career, which is a school record ... his 169-career interception return yards are the seventh-most in school history ... had 109 interception return yards in 2023, which is tied for the seventh-most in a single season in school history … finished the 2023 season with 103 tackles becoming the 65th player in school history to have 100-plus tackles in a season ... set the single-season school record with three blocked punts in 2022.

2024 (JUNIOR SEASON)
Named the College Sports Communicators Comeback Player of the Year … appeared in all 12 games with 11 starts … finished the year second on the team with 80 tackles (55 solo), which included 1.5 tackles for loss, to go along with a team-best nine pass breakups and one interception … had three double-digit tackle outings during the season, including a career-high-tying 11 tackles at No. 13 USC (9/7) and 11 stops against UNLV (10/11) … had 10 tackles at No. 21 Boise State (10/5) … lone interception was in the season opener against Robert Morris (8/31) … tied his career high with two pass breakups against USC, UNLV and at Wyoming (10/26) … had 1.0 tackles for loss at Boise State and 0.5 tackles for loss against UNLV … earned Academic All-Mountain West honors.

2023 (SOPHOMORE SEASON)
Named a College Football Network Honorable Mention All-American and earned first-team All-Mountain West honors as he started all 13 games … finished the season with 103 tackles (58-solo), which were the second-most on the team, as he became the 65th player in school history to have 100-plus tackles in a season … had 4.5 tackles for loss, to go along with a team-high four interceptions and a team-best two blocked kicks … added six pass breakups, which were the second-most on the team, and one forced fumble … finished the season with five double-digit tackle outings … named the MW Special Teams Player of the Week for the first time in his career after blocking the tying extra point in the final minute of Utah State’s 34-33 road win at UConn (9/30) ... named the MW Defensive Player of the Week the following weekend as he tied his career high with two interceptions against Colorado State (10/7), while adding seven tackles and a pass breakup … named the MW Defensive Player of the Week for the second time during the season and third time in his career as he had eight tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss, and intercepted a pass on a fourth-down play in the second overtime to seal the win for USU in double-overtime at San Diego State (11/4) … also disrupted a fake field goal in the second quarter and made the tackle on a fake punt in the fourth quarter, as both plays were unsuccessful … returned his first interception of the season 47 yards for his second-career pick-six against Idaho State (9/9) … had a career-high 11 tackles at Air Force (9/15) … had 10 tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss and a forced fumble against, James Madison (9/23) … had 10 tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, at San José State (10/21) … tied his career high with 11 tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss, at New Mexico (11/24) … tied his career high with 11 tackles against Georgia State (12/23) in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl … blocked a punt at No. 25 Iowa (9/2) in the season opener as he also had a career-high two pass breakups in the game … recorded at least four tackles in every game and had six-plus tackles in 10 of his last 11 games … finished the 2023 season first in the MW and fourth in the nation with two blocked kicks (0.15 pg), tied for first in the MW and eighth in the nation with one defensive touchdown (0.08 pg), third in the MW and 19th in the nation with four interceptions (0.31 pg), eighth in the MW in passes defended with 10 (0.77 pg), and eighth in the MW and 56th in the nation in tackles (7.9 pg) … earned Academic All-MW honors.

2022 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON)
Named a College Football News Honorable Mention Freshman All-American and a second-team All-Mountain West selection as he played in 11 games with four starts … finished the season with 33 tackles (19-solo), which included 2.0 sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss, to go along with a team-best four interceptions and a team-high three blocked kicks, while adding two pass breakups and two quarterback hurries … his three blocked punts during the season are the most in school history … named the MW Freshman of the Week following his performance at No. 1 Alabama (9/3), as he recorded a then-career high seven tackles, to go along with an interception and quarterback hurry … named the MW Defensive Player of the Week and the MW Freshman of the Week following his performance at Hawai’i (11/12) as he had six tackles, which included a career-high-tying 1.0 sacks and a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss, to go along with a career-best two interceptions, as he returned one 36 yards for his first career touchdown … had four tackles, including his first-career sack, at No. 19 BYU (9/29) … recorded a season high eight tackles against New Mexico (11/5) … had an interception, pass breakup and quarterback hurry in the season opener against UConn (8/27) … his second blocked punt of the year was against UNLV (9/24), which resulted in a safety, while his third blocked punt was against San José State (11/19) and returned 56 yards for a touchdown … finished the season tied for first in the nation with three blocked kicks (0.27 pg), and was third in the MW and 22nd in the nation with four interceptions (0.36 pg) … was the only player in the nation that had four interceptions, three blocked kicks and a defensive touchdown during the season … was the highest-rated defensive back in the MW and No. 7 nationally with an overall grade of 89.9 percent, according to ProFootballFocus, and was the best pass coverage defensive back in the MW with a grade of 87.2 percent … allowed just nine receptions for 56 yards on 22 targets with no touchdowns and four interceptions, and quarterbacks had a rating of 9.1 when throwing at him.

2021 (REDSHIRT)
Played in one game at UNLV (10/16) to preserve his redshirt season … did not record any stats during the year.

HIGH SCHOOL
Three-star prospect and the 24th-best recruit in the state of Utah according to 247Sports.com … earned first-team All-State honors as a defensive back from MaxPreps.com and the Deseret News as a senior at Sky View High School in Smithfield, Utah ... helped the Bobcats to their second straight 4A state championship in 2020 as he was named his team’s MVP ... as a senior, he posted 55 tackles, to go along with four interceptions, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery ... returned two of his interceptions for touchdowns and blocked nine kicks during the year ... offensively, he had 762 all-purpose yards as he caught 24 passes for 565 yards (23.5 ypr) and five touchdowns, and carried the ball 19 times for 197 yards (10.4 ypc) and four touchdowns ... earned second-team All-State honors as a defensive back from the Deseret News as a junior at Logan (Utah) High School … in 11 games, he caught 35 passes for 548 yards and six touchdowns, recorded 62 tackles (47 solo), intercepted seven passes, broke up seven more, forced a trio of fumbles and recovered two more ... finished with 10 touchdowns during the 2019 campaign as he scored touchdowns on offense, defense and special teams ... as a junior, he had a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Provo HS, hauled in four receptions for 123 yards and a touchdown against Stansbury HS and picked off three passes against Preston HS, returning one of them for a touchdown ... averaged 23.5 yards on 20 kickoff returns and 16.3 yards on eight punt returns ... had a kickoff return for a touchdown against Ogden HS in the opening round of the state playoffs ... finished second among all Region 11 players with his seven interceptions ... ranked second on the team with his three forced fumbles, returning one of those for a touchdown against Stansbury HS ... as a sophomore at Logan HS, he had 42 tackles and picked off five passes, to go along with a pair of blocked field goals ... played basketball and ran track at Sky View HS.

PERSONAL
Son of Bret and JoAnn Larsen ... has one brother ... majoring in interdisciplinary studies.