All-MW teams announced, Yarbrough picked to team

Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:46 am

Here's the preseason all-MW team:

Defense
DL Eddie Yarbrough* Sr. Wyoming
DL Alex Hansen** Sr. Air Force
DL Kamalei Correa* Jr. Boise State
DL Ian Seau** Sr. Nevada
LB Tanner Vallejo** Jr. Boise State
LB Kyler Fackrell Sr. Utah State
LB Nick Vigil* Jr. Utah State
DB Weston Steelhammer* Jr. Air Force
DB Donte Deayon** Sr. Boise State
DB Darian Thompson* Sr. Boise State
DB Damontae Kazee** Jr. San Diego State

Offense
QB Chuckie Keeton Sr. Utah State
WR Rashard Higgins* Jr. Colorado State
WR Devonte Boyd** So. UNLV
RB Donnel Pumphrey* Jr. San Diego State
RB Marteze Waller** Sr. Fresno State
OL Marcus Henry* Sr. Boise State OL Rees Odhiambo** Sr. Boise State
OL Alex Fifita Sr. Fresno State
OL Ben Clarke Sr. Hawaiʻi
OL Pearce Slater Sr. San Diego State
TE Steven Walker* Sr. Colorado State

Specialists
P Alex Boy** Sr. Nevada
PK Donny Hageman Sr. San Diego State
Ret. Carlos Wiggins Sr. New Mexico

Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Rashard Higgins, Jr., WR, Colorado State
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Kyler Fackrell, Sr., LB, Utah State
Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year: Donny Hageman, Sr., PK, San Diego State

Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:39 am

Not sure about Higgins...he had a helluva year last year, no doubt, but without Grayson in the backfield chucking the rock his direction damn near 50% of the time...as well as everyone in the MWC knowing him and playing him now...I wouldn't bet on him being O POY.

Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:45 am

McPeachy wrote:Not sure about Higgins...he had a helluva year last year, no doubt, but without Grayson in the backfield chucking the rock his direction damn near 50% of the time...as well as everyone in the MWC knowing him and playing him now...I wouldn't be on him being O POY.

I had this same thought, but then I figured the media chose the safe guy for POY honors. The only other name on the list that deserves POY consideration in keeton, and he's about as healthy as that cat I ran over in my car last night... Maybe wick or Hill with a big breakout year while Higgins can't get a ball thrown his way and keeton tears his acl week 2??

Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:56 am

I still can't believe Jay Ajayi had the 5th best season of any RB in the history of college football and still lost to Grayson for OPOY lol. The Rams will miss that dude, more than they want to admit.

Quick detour: my gawd Ram fans are annoying. One solid season and now everyone is "disrespecting us" if you don't predict them to go 12-0. I hope a lot of teams, including Wyoming, shut this fan base the f-word up.