2022 Mountain West Conference football season explained

The 2022 Mountain West Conference football season was the 24th season of College football for the Mountain West Conference. It was part of the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 12 teams competed in the conference during the season. The season began August 27 and concluded on December 3 with the Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game. The full schedule for the season was released on February 16, 2022^[1]

Previous season

See main article: 2021 Mountain West Conference football season. In the 2021 Mountain West Conference football season, Utah State won the Mountain division, while San Diego State won the West division. In the conference championship game, Utah State took victory by a score of 46–13.^[2]

Preseason

Mountain West Media

The Mountain West Media days was held at the Mandalay Bay Las Vegas on July 20 and 21.

Preseason Poll

The Preseason Media Poll was released July 20, 2022. Boise State was picked to win the Mountain division, while Fresno State was picked to win the West division.^[3]

Mountain
1	Boise State	151 (14)
2	Air Force	136 (10)
3	Utah State	122 (3)
4	Colorado State	90 (1)
5	Wyoming	60
6	New Mexico	29

West
1	Fresno State	160 (20)
2	San Diego State	148 (8)
3	San Jose State	105
4	Nevada	66
5	UNLV	58
6	Hawaii	51

Preseason All-Conference Team

The Preseason All-Conference Team was announced only July 21, 2022.^[4]

• Offensive Player of the Year: Jake Haener (Senior, Fresno State quarterback)
• Defensive Players of the Year: Cade Hall (Senior, San Jose State defensive lineman) & Patrick McMorris (Senior, San Diego State defensive back)
• Special Teams Player of the Year: Jordan Byrd (Senior, San Diego State punt and kick returner)

Position	Player	Team
Offense
QB	Jake Haener	Fresno State
WR	Jalen Cropper	Fresno State
WR	Jesse Matthews	San Diego State
RB	Brad Roberts	Air Force
RB	Jordan Mims	Fresno State
OL	Isaac Cochran	Air Force
OL	John Ojukwu	Boise State
OL	Dontae Bull	Fresno State
OL	Aaron Frost	Nevada
OL	Alama Uluave	San Diego State
TE	Tanner Arkin	Colorado State
Defense
DL	Scott Matlock	Boise State
DL	Keshawn Banks	San Diego State
DL	Jonah Tavai	San Diego State
DL	Viliami Fehoko	San Jose State
DL	Cade Hall	San Jose State
LB	Vince Sanford	Air Force
LB	Caden McDonald	San Diego State
LB	Kyle Harmon	San Jose State
DB	JL Skinner	Boise State
DB	Evan Williams	Fresno State
DB	Jerrick Reed II	New Mexico
DB	Patrick McMorris	San Diego State
Special Teams
P	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico
PK	Jonah Dalmas	Boise State
PR	Jordan Byrd	San Diego State
KR	Jordan Byrd	San Diego State

Preseason individual awards

The following list contains Mountain West players who were included on preseason watch lists for national awards.

Lott Trophy	none	[5]
Dodd Trophy	none	[6]
Maxwell Award	Brad Roberts	Air Force	RB	[7]
	George Holani	Boise State	RB
	Jake Haener	Fresno State	QB
	Logan Bonner	Utah State	QB
Davey O'Brien Award	Logan Bonner	Utah State	QB	[8]
	Jake Haener	Fresno State	QB
Doak Walker Award	George Holani	Boise State	RB	[9]
	Jordan Mims	Fresno State	RB
	Titus Swen	Wyoming	RB
	Calvin Tyler Jr.	Utah State	RB
Biletnikoff Award	Jalen Cropper	Fresno State	WR	[10]
John Mackey Award	Mark Redman	San Diego State	TE	[11]
	Sam Olson	San Jose State	TE
Rimington Trophy	Alama Uluave	San Diego State	C	[12]
Butkus Award	Kyle Harmon	San Jose State	LB	[13]
Jim Thorpe Award	JL Skinner	Boise State	S	[14]
	Evan Williams	Fresno State	S

	Viliami Fehoko	San Jose State	DE	[15]
	Kyle Harmon	San Jose State	LB
	Caden McDonald	San Diego State	LB
	Patrick McMorris	San Diego State	S
	Vince Sanford	Air Force	LB
	JL Skinner	Boise State	S
	Evan Williams	Fresno State	S
Outland Trophy	Alfred Edwards	Utah State	OT	[16]
	Aaron Frost		Nevada		OT
	Scott Matlock	Boise State	DT
	John Ojukwu	Boise State	OT
	Everett Smalley	Air Force	OT
	Alama Uluave	San Diego State	C
Lou Groza Award	Cayden Camper	Colorado State	K	[17]
	Jonah Dalmas	Boise State	K
	Daniel Gutierrez	UNLV	K
	Matthew Shipley	Hawaii	K
	Brandon Talton		Nevada		K
Ray Guy Award	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	P	[18]
	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	P
Paul Hornung Award	Jordan Byrd	San Diego State	RB	[19]
	Stefan Cobbs	Boise State	WR
	Nikko Remigio	Fresno State	WR
	Titus Swen	Wyoming	RB
	Luke Wysong	New Mexico	WR
Wuerffel Trophy	John Ojukwu	Boise State	OT	[20]
	A'Jon Vivens	Colorado State	RB
	Jalen Cropper	Fresno State	WR
	Jonah Kalahawai-Welch	Hawaii	DL
	Christian Swint		Nevada		CB
	Luke Wysong	New Mexico	WR
	Michael Shawcroft	San Diego State	LB
	Chevan Cordeiro	San Jose State	QB
	Andre Grayson	Utah State	CB

Coaches

Coaching changes

• On December 2, 2021 Colorado State announced that they had fired head coach Steve Addazio after two seasons.^[28] Jay Norvell, who had been at Nevada, was hired to take the position at Colorado State.^[29]
• On December 8, 2021, Fresno State announced that Jeff Tedford would rejoin the school as head coach to replace the departing Kalen DeBoer. Teford had previously been head coach at Fresno State from 2017–2019, but had left the school after 2019 due to health issues.^[30]
• On December 10, 2021, Nevada announced that Oregon defensive coordinator Ken Wilson would replace Jay Norvell as head coach. Wilson had been an assistant coach in various positions for Nevada from 1989–2012 prior to being hired as head coach.^[31]
• On January 14, Hawaii head coach Todd Graham resigned from his position amid controversy surrounding mistreatment of players.^[32] On January 22, Hawaii announced Nevada assistant coach Timmy Chang as the new head coach.^[33]

Head coaches

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	MW record
Air Force	Troy Calhoun	16	111–75	111–75	67–48
Boise State	Andy Avalos	2	7–5	7–5	5–3
Colorado State	Jay Norvell	1	33–26	0–0	23–17
Fresno State	Jeff Tedford	4	108–71	26–14	16–8
Hawaii	Timmy Chang	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Nevada	Ken Wilson	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
New Mexico	Danny Gonzales	3	5–14	5–14	3–12
San Diego State	Brady Hoke	5	94–78	29–18	18–12
San Jose State	Brent Brennan	6	20–37	20–37	14–25
UNLV	Marcus Arroyo	3	2–16	2–16	2–12
Utah State	Blake Anderson	2	62–40	11–3	6–2
Wyoming	Craig Bohl	9	149–82	45–50	27–35

Post-season changes

• On November 28, UNLV announced that they had fired head coach Marcus Arroyo. Arroyo posted a 7–23 record with the school over three years.^[34] UNLV announced on December 6 that former Missouri head coach Barry Odom would become the new head coach for the 2023 season.^[35]

Rankings

See main article: 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings.

	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
Air Force	AP	RV	RV	RV													RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV						RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Boise State	AP	RV									RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV								RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Colorado State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Fresno State	AP	RV	RV											RV	RV	RV	24
	C	RV	RV												RV	RV	24
	CFP	Not released
Hawaii	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Nevada	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
New Mexico	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
San Diego State	AP	RV
	C	RV
	CFP	Not released
San Jose State	AP							RV				RV
	C							RV
	CFP	Not released
UNLV	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Utah State	AP	RV
	C	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Wyoming	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Schedule

The schedule for the 2022 Mountain West football season was announced on February 16, 2022.

Index to colors and formatting
MW member won
MW member lost
MW teams in bold

All times Mountain time.

Week 14 – Mountain West Conference Championship Game

See main article: 2022 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game.

Postseason

Bowl Games

See main article: 2022–23 NCAA football bowl games.

Legend
	Mountain West win
	Mountain West loss

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (MST)	Mountain West team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
LA Bowl	December 17	SoFi Stadium • Inglewood, CA	ABC	1:30 p.m.	Fresno State	Washington State	W 29–6	32,405
Frisco Bowl	December 17	Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX	ESPN	7:15 p.m.	Boise State	North Texas	W 35–32	12,211
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	December 20	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN	1:30 p.m.	San Jose State	Eastern Michigan	L 27–41	10,122
Armed Forces Bowl	December 22	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	ESPN	6:30 p.m.	Air Force	Baylor	W 30–15
Hawaii Bowl	December 24	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	ESPN	6:00 p.m	San Diego State	Middle Tennessee	L 23–25	6,605
First Responder Bowl	December 27	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	ESPN	12:15 p.m.	Utah State	Memphis	L 10–38
Arizona Bowl	December 30	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	Barstool Sports	2:30 p.m.	Wyoming	Ohio	L 27–30 OT

Selection of teams

• Bowl eligible (7): Air Force, Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State, San Jose State, Utah State, Wyoming
• Bowl ineligible (5): Colorado State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, UNLV

Mountain West records vs. other conferences

2022–2023 records against non-conference foes:

Regular Season

Power Five Conferences	Record
ACC	0–0
Big 12	0–0
Big Ten	0–4
BYU/Notre Dame	0–4
Pac-12	1–7
SEC	0–4
Power 5 Total	1–19
Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	2–0
C–USA	2–3
Independents (Excluding BYU/Notre Dame)	3–3
MAC	2–0
Sun Belt	1–0
Other FBS Total	11–5
FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	9–3
Total Non-Conference Record	21–27

Postseason

Power Five Conferences	Record
ACC	0–0
Big 12	0–0
Big Ten	0–0
BYU/Notre Dame	0–0
Pac-12	0–0
SEC	0–0
Power 5 Total	0–0
Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	0–0
C–USA	0–0
Independents (Excluding BYU/Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0
Other FBS Total	0–0
Total Bowl Record	0–0

Mountain West vs Power 5 matchups

This is a list of games the Mountain West has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, BYU, Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 27	Big Ten	Wyoming	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	L 6–38
August 27	SEC	Vanderbilt	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	L 10–63
September 3	Pac-12	Boise State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	L 17–34
September 3	Big Ten	Colorado State	No. 8 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 7–51
September 3	SEC	Utah State	No. 1 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	L 0–55
September 3	Pac-12	Arizona	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	L 20–38
September 10	Pac-12	Colorado	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	W 41–10
September 10	Pac-12	Oregon State	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	L 32–35
September 10	Big Ten	Hawaii	No. 4 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 10–56
September 10	SEC	San Jose State	Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	L 16–24
September 10	Pac-12	UNLV	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 14–20
September 17	Pac-12	Colorado State	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	L 7–38
September 17	Pac-12	Fresno State	No. 7 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 17–45
September 17	Big Ten	Nevada	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 0–27
September 17	Pac-12	San Diego State	No. 14 Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	L 7–35
September 24	SEC	New Mexico	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–38
September 24	Independent	Wyoming	No. 19 BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	L 24–38
September 30	Independent	Utah State	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT (Beehive Boot, rivalry)	L 26-38
October 22	Independent	UNLV	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	L 21–44
November 5	Independent	BYU	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	L 28–31

Mountain West vs Group of Five matchups

The following games include Mountain West teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC or Sun Belt.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 3	American	Tulsa	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	W 40–37 2OT
September 3	C-USA	Western Kentucky	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	L 17–49
September 3	Sun Belt	Texas State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	W 38–14
September 10	C-USA	Middle Tennessee	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	L 19–34
September 17	C-USA	UTEP	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	W 27–10
September 17	C-USA	North Texas	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	W 58–27
September 24	C-USA	Boise State	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	L 10–27
September 24	MAC	Toledo	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	W 17–14
September 24	MAC	Western Michigan	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	W 34–6
October 1	American	Navy	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	W 13-10

Mountain West vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include Mountain West teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, UConn, or UMass.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 27	UConn	Utah State	Maverick Stadium • Logan, UT	W 31–20
August 27	Nevada	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	W 23–12
September 24	Hawaii	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	L 26–45
October 1	Fresno State	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	L 14-19
October 15	New Mexico	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)	L 9–21
October 22	San Jose State	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	Canceled
November 5	Air Force	Army	Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	W 13–7

Mountain West vs. FCS matchups

The following games include Mountain West teams competing against FCS schools.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 27	Idaho State	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	W 52–21
September 1	Cal Poly	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	W 35-7
September 1	Portland State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	W 21-17
September 3	No. 21 (FCS) Northern Iowa	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	W 48–17
September 3	Maine	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	W 41–0
September 10	No. 16 (FCS) Weber State	Utah State	Maverick Stadium • Logan, UT	L 7–35
September 10	Northern Colorado	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	W 33–10
September 10	No. 8 (FCS) Incarnate Word	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	L 41–55
September 10	Idaho State	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	W 38–7
September 17	No. 16 (FCS) UT Martin	Boise State	Alberstons Stadium • Boise, ID	W 30–7
September 17	Duquesne	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	W 24–14
September 24	No. 7 (FCS) Sacramento State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	L 10–41

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week		Offensive				Defensive				Special Teams				Freshman
		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position
Week 0 (August 29)[36]		Doug Brumfield	UNLV	QB		Isaiah Essissima	Nevada	CB		Brandon Talton	Nevada	K		Robert Briggs	Utah State	RB
Week 1 (September 5)[37]		Andrew Peasley	Wyoming	QB		Bentlee Sanders	Nevada	DB		John Hoyland	Wyoming	K		Isaac Larsen	Utah State	S
Week 2 (September 12)[38]		Brad Roberts	Air Force	RB		Shae Suiaunoa	Wyoming	LB		John Hoyland (2)	Wyoming	K		Christian Washington	New Mexico	RB
Week 3 (September 19)[39]		Aidan Robbins	UNLV	RB		Reco Hannah	New Mexico	LB		Jonah Dalmas	Boise State	K		A. J. Haulcy	New Mexico	S
Week 4 (September 26)[40]		Brad Roberts (2)	Air Force	RB		Austin Ajiake	UNLV	LB		Jack Browning	San Diego State	K/P		Jordan Pollard	San Jose State	LB
Week 5 (October 3)[41]		Chevan Cordeiro	San Jose State	QB		DJ Schramm	Boise State	LB		Daniel Gutierrez	UNLV	K		Taylen Green	Boise State	QB
Week 6 (October 10)[42]		Chevan Cordeiro (2)	San Jose State	QB		Ezekiel Noa	Boise State	LB		Jonah Dalmas (2)	Boise State	K		Ashton Jeanty	Boise State	RB
Week 7 (October 17)[43]		Brad Roberts (3)	Air Force	RB		David Perales	Fresno State	DE		Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	P		Bishop Davenport	Utah State	QB
Week 8 (October 24)[44]		Titus Swen	Wyoming	RB		Michael Shawcroft	San Diego State	LB		Jonah Dalmas (3)	Boise State	K		A. J. Haulcy (2)	New Mexico	S
Week 9 (October 31)[45]		Taylen Green	Boise State	QB		Viliami Fehoko	San Jose State	DE		John Hoyland (3)	Wyoming	K		Taylen Green (2)	Boise State	QB
Week 10 (November 7)[46]		Jake Haener	Fresno State	QB		Dallas Branch	San Diego State	CB		Connor Coles	Utah State	K		Max Alford	Utah State	LB
Week 11 (November 14)[47]		Jalen Mayden	San Diego State	QB		Isaac Larsen	Utah State	S		Daniel Gutierrez (2)	UNLV	K		Isaac Larsen (2)	Utah State	S
Week 12 (November 21)[48]		Jake Haener (2)	Fresno State	QB		JL Skinner	Boise State	S		Jack Browning (2)	San Diego State	K/P		Taylen Green (3)	Boise State	QB
Week 13 (November 28)[49]		Taylen Green (2)	Boise State	QB		Jonathan Baldwin	UNLV	S		Daniel Gutierrez (3)	UNLV	K		Taylen Green (4)	Boise State	QB

Mountain West Individual Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Mountain West Conference football coaches at the end of the season.^[50]

Award	Player	School
Offensive Player of the Year	Brad Roberts, Sr., RB	style=	Air Force
Defensive Player of the Year	Viliami Fehoko DL	style=	San Jose State
Special Teams Player of the Year	Jack Browning Sr K/P	style=	San Diego State
Freshman Player of the Year	Taylen Green, QB	style=	Boise State
Coach of the Year	Andy Avalos	style=	Boise State

All-conference teams

The following players were selected as part of the Mountain West's All-Conference Teams.

Position	Player	Team
First Team Offense
WR	Tory Horton	style=	Colorado State
WR	Jalen Moreno-Cropper	style=	Fresno State
WR	Elijah Cooks	style=	San Jose State
OL	Isaac Cochran	style=	Air Force
OL	John Ojukwu	style=	Boise State
OL	Ilm Manning	style=	Hawaii
OL	Alama Uluave	style=	San Diego State
OL	Alfred Edwards	style=	Utah State
TE	Caleb Phillips	style=	Hawaii
QB	Jake Haener	style=	Fresno State
RB	Brad Roberts	style=	Air Force
RB	Jordan Mims	style=	Fresno State
KR	Jordan Byrd	style=	San Diego State
PK	John Hoyland	style=	Wyoming
First Team Defense
DL	David Perales	style=	Fresno State
DL	Jonah Tavai	style=	San Diego State
DL	Viliami Fehoko	style=	San Jose State
DL	Cade Hall	style=	San Jose State
LB	Caden McDonald	style=	San Diego State
LB	Kyle Harmon	style=	San Jose State
LB	Austin Ajiake	style=	UNLV
LB	Easton Gibbs	style=	Wyoming
DB	JL Skinner	style=	Boise State
DB	Jack Howell	style=	Colorado State
DB	Bentlee Sanders	style=	Nevada
DB	Patrick McMorris	style=	San Diego State
PR	Jordan Byrd	style=	San Diego State
P	Jack Browning	style=	San Diego State

Position	Player	Team
Second Team Offense
WR	Nikko Remigio	style=	Fresno State
WR	Tyrell Shavers	style=	San Diego State
WR	Brian Cobbs	style=	Utah State
OL	Everett Smalley	style=	Air Force
OL	Cade Beresford	style=	Boise State
OL	Bula Schmidt	style=	Fresno State
OL	Micah Vanterpool	style=	Hawaii
OL	Cade Bennett	style=	San Diego State
TE	Mark Redman	style=	San Diego State
QB	Chevan Cordeiro	style=	San Jose State
RB	George Holani	style=	Boise State
RB	Calvin Tyler	style=	Utah State
KR	Christian Washington	style=	New Mexico
PK	Daniel Gutierrez	style=	UNLV
Second Team Defense
DL	Scott Matlock	style=	Boise State
DL	Mohamed Kamara	style=	Colorado State
DL	Dom Peterson	style=	Nevada
DL	Adam Plant	style=	UNLV
LB	Vince Sanford	style=	Air Force
LB	Ezekiel Noa	style=	Boise State
LB	DJ Schramm	style=	Boise State
LB	Michael Shawcroft	style=	San Diego State
DB	Trey Taylor	style=	Air Force
DB	Evan Williams	style=	Fresno State
DB	A. J. Haulcy	style=	New Mexico
DB	Isaac Larsen	style=	Utah State
PR	Nikko Remigio	style=	Fresno State
P	Aaron Rodriguez	style=	New Mexico

NFL draft

The following list includes all Mountain West players who were drafted in the 2023 NFL draft.

Player	Position	School	Draft Round	Round Pick	Overall Pick	Team
Jake Haener	QB	Fresno State	4	25	127	New Orleans Saints
Viliami Fehoko	DE	San Jose State	4	27	129	Dallas Cowboys
JL Skinner	S	Boise State	6	6	183	Denver Broncos
Jerrick Reed II	S	New Mexico	6	21	198	Seattle Seahawks
Scott Matlock	DT	Boise State	6	23	200	Los Angeles Chargers

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mountain West Announces 2022 Football Schedule. February 16, 2022. June 7, 2022. themw.com. Mountain West Conference.
2. Web site: Box Score: Mountain West Championship game 2021. June 7, 2022. espn.com. ESPN. December 4, 2021.
3. Web site: Boise State, Fresno State Picked to Win 2022 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles. July 20, 2022. July 22, 2022. themw.com. The Mountain West Conference.
4. Web site: 2022 MW Football Preseason All-Conference Team. July 21, 2022. July 22, 2022. themw.com. The Mountain West Conference.
5. Web site: Lott Impact® Trophy Announces 2022 Watch List. May 19, 2022. July 30, 2022.
6. Web site: Dodd Trophy Releases 2022 Preseason Watch List. July 12, 2022. July 30, 2022.
7. Web site: 2022 Maxwell Award Watch List Recipients – Maxwell Football Club. 30 July 2022.
8. Web site: Davey O’Brien Award Announces 2022 Preseason Watch List - 35 of nation’s top returning quarterbacks honored on initial list. July 19, 2022. July 30, 2022.
9. Web site: 2022 Doak Walker Award Candidates. July 21, 2022. July 30, 2022.
10. Web site: 2022 Biletnikoff Award Watch List. July 21, 2022. July 30, 2022.
11. Web site: 2022 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released. July 22, 2022. July 30, 2022.
12. Web site: Rimington Trophy Press Release. July 22, 2022. July 30, 2022.
13. Web site: Butkus Award 38th Season Watch List Announced. thebutkusaward.com. The Butkus Award. July 25, 2022. July 30, 2022.
14. Web site: 2022 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Watch List. July 25, 2022. July 30, 2022.
15. Web site: 2022 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List unveiled. sportswriters.net . FWWA . July 26, 2022. July 30, 2022.
16. Web site: 2022 Outland Trophy Watch List unveiled. sportswriters.net. FWWA. July 26, 2022. July 30, 2022.
17. Web site: Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Announces 2022 Preseason Watch List. July 27, 2022. July 30, 2022.
18. Web site: 2022 Watchlist. July 27, 2022. July 30, 2022.
19. Web site: 52 Players from 10 Conferences, Plus 3 Independents, Named to 2022 PaulL Hornung Award Watch List. July 28, 2022. July 30, 2022.
20. Web site: Wuerffel Trophy Unveils Watch List For 2022 . July 28, 2022. July 30, 2022.
21. Web site: Walter Camp 2022 Player of Year Preseason Watch List. waltercamp.org. Walter Camp Football Foundation. Al. Carbone. July 29, 2022. July 30, 2022.
22. Web site: 2022 Bednarik Award Watch List. August 1, 2022. August 5, 2022. Maxwell Football Club.
23. Web site: Rotary Lombardi Award®, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Houston, is pleased to announce the 77 players who will compete for this year’s coveted award.. August 1, 2022. August 5, 2022. Rotary Lombardi Award.
24. Web site: THE PATRICK MANNELLY AWARD 2022 WATCHLIST . 6 August 2022 . August 2, 2022.
25. Web site: Allstate Sugar Bowl Announces Manning Award Watch List, National Honor Recognizes Top Quarterback in Country After Bowls . August 22, 2022. August 22, 2022.
26. Web site: Polynesian College Football Player of the Year 2022 watch list. August 18, 2022. August 19, 2022. polynesianfootballhof.org. Polynesian Football Hall of Fame.
27. Web site: The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Unveils 2022 Watch List. August 24, 2022. August 24, 2022.
28. Web site: Colorado State fires coach Steve Addazio after going just 4-12 in two turbulent seasons. December 2, 2021. June 7, 2022. cbssports.com. CBS Sports. Cobb, David.
29. Web site: Jay Norvell to be named CSU Rams football coach, source says. The Denver Post. 6 December 2021. June 7, 2022. Schubert, Matt.
30. Web site: Fresno State hires former coach Jeff Tedford for second stint to replace Kalen DeBoer. December 8, 2021. June 7, 2022. cbssports.com. CBS Sports. Jeyarajah, Shehan.
31. Web site: December 10, 2021. Sources: Nevada set to hire Ducks co-DC Wilson. June 7, 2022. ESPN.com. en. Schlabach, Mark.
32. News: Tsai. Stephen. January 14, 2021. Todd Graham resigns as University of Hawaii football coach. Honolulu Star-Advertiser. June 7, 2022.
33. Web site: Former UH Legend Timmy Chang Named Head Coach . University of Hawaii Athletics . June 7, 2022.
34. News: Yamashita . Andy . November 28, 2022 . UNLV athletic director discusses Arroyo dismissal.... en . . November 28, 2022.
35. Web site: UNLV hires Arkansas defensive coordinator Barry Odom as coach. Adam. Rittenberg. Chris. Low. December 6, 2022. December 6, 2022. espn.com. ESPN.
36. Web site: MW Football Players of the Week - Aug. 29. August 29, 2022. August 29, 2022. themw.com. Mountain West Conference.
37. Web site: MW Football Players of the Week - Sept. 5. September 5, 2022. September 5, 2022. themw.com. Mountain West Conference.
38. Web site: MW Football Players of the Week - Sept. 12. September 12, 2022. September 12, 2022. themw.com. Mountain West Conference.
39. Web site: MW Football Players of the Week - Sept. 19. September 19, 2022. September 20, 2022. themw.com. Mountain West Conference.
40. Web site: MW Football Players of the Week - Sept. 26. September 26, 2022. September 26, 2022. themw.com. Mountain West Conference.
41. Web site: MW Football Players of the Week - Oct. 3. October 3, 2022. October 8, 2022. themw.com. Mountain West Conference.
42. Web site: MW Football Players of the Week - Oct. 10. October 10, 2022. October 11, 2022. themw.com. Mountain West Conference.
43. Web site: MW Football Players of the Week - Oct. 17. October 17, 2022. October 17, 2022. themw.com. Mountain West Conference.
44. Web site: MW Football Players of the Week - Oct. 24. October 24, 2022. October 25, 2022. themw.com. Mountain West Conference.
45. Web site: MW Football Players of the Week - Oct. 31. October 31, 2022. November 1, 2022. themw.com. Mountain West Conference.
46. Web site: MW Football Players of the Week - Nov. 7. November 7, 2022. November 8, 2022. themw.com. Mountain West Conference.
47. Web site: MW Football Players of the Week - Nov. 14. November 14, 2022. November 15, 2022. themw.com. Mountain West Conference.
48. Web site: MW Football Players of the Week - Nov. 21. November 21, 2022. November 21, 2022. themw.com. Mountain West Conference.
49. Web site: MW Football Players of the Week - Nov. 28. November 28, 2022. November 28, 2022. themw.com. Mountain West Conference.
50. Web site: Mountain West Announces 2022 Football All-Conference Teams and Individual Honors. November 29, 2022. November 29, 2022. themw.com. Mountain West Conference.