Nine Utah State Aggies Given Mountain West All-Conference Honors
Nov 28, 2023, 4:00 PM
LOGAN, Utah – Four Utah State Aggies were named to the Mountain West All-Conference teams. Five others were deemed honorable mentions.
Broc Lane, Devin Dye, Anthony Switzer, Hale Motu’apuaka, and Micah Davis were the five Aggies who barely missed the cut.
๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐น๐น-๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
๐ค @BrocLane @Devin_Dye6 @Switzer1k @hale_676 @MicahDavis22_1 ๐ค#AggiesAllTheWay pic.twitter.com/DuBE7lV2hX
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Wide receiver and kick returner Terrell Vaughn made the second-team offense.
Vaughn caught 81 passes for 847 yards and ten touchdowns in 2023. He added seven kickoff returns for 166 yards.
Last year, Vaughn was an honorable mention.
๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐น๐น-๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ
๐ค@Terrell_Vaughn6 ๐ค#AggiesAllTheWay pic.twitter.com/WMdVHa6pEl
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Linebacker MJ Tafisi made the first-team defense.
Tafisi posted 131 total tackles (50 solo tackles), one pass defended, and two forced fumbles.
Tafisi was the only Aggie to break the 100-tackle mark in 2023.
Tafisi was also an honorable mention last season.
๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐น๐น-๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ
๐ค@tfs1luv ๐ค#AggiesAllTheWay pic.twitter.com/y8aHowbsXp
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Safety Ike Larsen joined Tafisi on the first-team defense.
Larsen recorded 91 total tackles (51 solo tackles), six passes defended, one forced fumble, and four interceptions.
Larsen returned one of his interceptions 62 yards for a pick-six against SDSU.
๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐น๐น-๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ
๐ค@IkeLarsen19๐ค#AggiesAllTheWay pic.twitter.com/nLNaSatxgQ
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Last but not least, wide receiver Jalen Royals was named to the first-team offense.
Royals caught 68 passes for 1,023 yards and 14 touchdowns.
Royals broke the 100-yard mark in four of Utah State’s 12 games. He had at least 50 yards receiving in nine games.
Royals also caught a touchdown pass in nine of the 12 games.
๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐น๐น-๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ
๐ค @RoyalsJalen ๐ค#AggiesAllTheWay pic.twitter.com/XrmVX3oYMc
โ USU Football (@USUFootball) November 28, 2023
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