Mountain West media day: 5 Utes make preseason All-Mountain West team

by JazzyUte on Jul 22, 2008 5:30 PM MDT in Football

Yesterday the preseason All-Mountain West team was announced and the Utes had five players on it. OL Robert Conley was the only player selected on offense, while DL Paul Kruger, DB Brice McCain and DB Robert Johnson all made the defensive list. Louie Sakoda was selected as the preseason Special Teams Player of the Year.

Here's the whole list:

2008 Preseason All-Mountain West Football Team
Position	Student-Athlete	Class	School
OFFENSE
WR	Austin Collie**	Jr.	BYU
WR	Ryan Wolfe	Jr.	UNLV
OL	Nick Charles**	Jr.	Air Force
OL	Ray Feinga*	Sr.	BYU
OL	Dallas Reynolds*	Sr.	BYU
OL	Blake Schlueter**	Sr.	TCU
OL	Robert Conley**	Sr.	Utah
TE	Dennis Pitta*	Jr.	BYU
QB	Max Hall*	Jr.	BYU
RB	Harvey Unga**	So.	BYU
RB	Rodney Ferguson*	Sr.	New Mexico
DEFENSE
DL	Jan Jorgensen*	Jr.	BYU
DL	Paul Kruger	So.	Utah
DL	John Fletcher**	Jr.	Wyoming
DL/LB	Ryan Kemp	Sr.	Air Force
LB	Ward Dobbs**	Sr.	Wyoming
LB	Russell Allen	Sr.	San Diego State
LB	Jason Phillips**	Sr.	TCU
DB	Brice McCain**	Sr.	Utah
DB	DeAndre Wright*	Sr.	New Mexico
DB	Stephen Hodge**	Sr.	TCU
DB	Robert Johnson	Jr.	Utah
SPECIALISTS
P	Louie Sakoda*	Sr.	Utah
PK	Louie Sakoda**	Sr.	Utah
Ret.	Devin Moore	Sr.	Wyoming
* member of the 2007 All-Mountain West Conference first-team. ** member of the 2007 All-Mountain West Conference second-team.
Offensive Player of the Year: Max Hall, Jr., QB, BYU
Defensive Player of the Year: Jason Phillips, Sr., LB, TCU
Special Teams Player of the Year: Louie Sakoda, Sr., PK/P, Utah
Freshman of the Year: Braylon Broughton, DE, TCU

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Not a bad showing from Utah. Being that I’m from Oklahoma, I don’t get a lot of info on the Mountain West. However, I keep waiting for Utah to have a breakout year. I wonder if they’ll be this year’s Cinderella?

Brian – www.ncaafootballfreak.com

by beeneeb on Jul 24, 2008 1:34 AM MDT reply actions