2020 Mountain West Conference football season

2020 Mountain West Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS
Sport	Football
Duration	October 24-December 19
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	CBS Sports Family (CBS, CBSSN, CBS All Access), Fox Sports Family (Fox, FS1, FS2), Stadium, ATTSN
2021 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	CB Darren Hall, San Diego State
Picked by	Atlanta Falcons, 108th overall
Regular season
Season champions	San Jose State
Runners-up	Boise State
Championship Game
Champions	San Jose State
Seasons
←  2019 2021  →

2020 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 24 San Jose State y$		7	–	0					7	–	1
Boise State y		5	–	0					5	–	2
Nevada		6	–	2					7	–	2
San Diego State		4	–	2					4	–	4
Hawaii		4	–	4					5	–	4
Fresno State		3	–	3					3	–	3
Air Force		2	–	2					3	–	3
Wyoming		2	–	4					2	–	4
New Mexico		2	–	5					2	–	5
Colorado State		1	–	3					1	–	3
Utah State		1	–	5					1	–	5
UNLV		0	–	6					0	–	6
Championship: San Jose State 34, Boise State 20
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant Note: Due to COVID-19, the Mountain West suspended the season, but later decided to begin play on October 24. [1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 2020 Mountain West Conference football season, part of that year's NCAA Division I FBS football season, is the 22nd season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). Since 2012, 12 teams have competed in the MW football conference.

On August 10, 2020, the conference suspended all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[2]

The season was scheduled to begin on September 3, 2020 and end on November 28, 2020. The Mountain West football Conference Championship Game was to be played on December 5, 2020. The entire schedule was released on February 27, 2020. ^[3]

On September 24, 2020, the conference resumed Football, ^[4] and is working on resuming other fall sports competitions. ^[5] The Conference's amended regular-season schedule will begin on Saturday, Oct. 24, with the intent to play eight games. The MW Football Championship Game is slated for Saturday, Dec. 19. The new Mountain West schedule was released October 1. ^[6]

Previous season

Main article: 2019 Mountain West Conference football season

In 2019 Boise State won the Mountain Division with perfect a 8–0 Conference record conference record while Hawaii won the West Division with a 5–3 Conference record. Boise State defeated Hawaii 31–10 in the 2019 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game which was held At Albertson's Stadium in Boise, Idaho

Preseason

Potential COVID-19 disruption

On May 12, 2020, California State University system chancellor Timothy White announced that all of its 23 campuses would hold essentially all classes in the 2020 fall term online. This in turn raised serious questions whether its member campuses—three of which (Fresno State, San Diego State, and San Jose State) are MW members—would be able to field teams in fall sports, including football, in light of statements by NCAA president Mark Emmert made on that organization's Twitter account on May 8: ^[7]

All of the [conference] commissioners and every [school] president that I've talked to is in clear agreement: If you don't have students on campus, you don't have student-athletes on campus. That doesn't mean [the school] has to be up and running in the full normal model, but you have to treat the health and well-being of the athletes at least as much as the regular students. ... If a school doesn't reopen, then they're not going to be playing sports. It's really that simple.

No decision on football at any of the CSU institutions has been made. However, on the same day that the CSU chancellor made his remarks, the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), an NCAA Division II non-football league whose members are all CSU campuses, publicly announced that it had canceled its 2020 fall sports season. ^{[7] [lower-alpha 1]}

Mountain West Media

The Mountain West Media days will be held at the Cosmopolitan July 28 and 29.

Preseason Poll

The Preseason Poll will be released in August 2020.

Rankings

Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

		Pre	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	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
Air Force	AP	RV	RV			RV	RV	RV
	C	RV		RV		RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Boise State	AP	RV							25	21	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV				RV	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Colorado State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Fresno State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Hawaii	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Nevada	AP										RV	RV	RV		RV
	C									RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
New Mexico	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
San Diego State	AP								RV	RV
	C									RV
	CFP	Not released
San Jose State	AP											RV	RV	RV	RV	25	19
	C										RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	20
	CFP	Not released														24	22
UNLV	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Utah State	AP
	C
	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

Coaches

Coaching changes

There were six coaching changes for Mountain West football programs for the 2020 season. New Mexico head coach Bob Davie resigned on November 25 and was replaced by Arizona State defensive coordinator Danny Gonzales on December 17. Later that same day UNLV head coach Tony Sanchez also resigned and he was replaced by Oregon offensive coordinator Marcus Arroyo On December 11. Colorado State's Mike Bobo resigned on December 4 and was replaced by former Boston College head coach Steve Addazio. Fresno State head coach Jeff Tedford resigned on December 5 and was replaced on December 17 by Indiana offensive coordinator and former Fresno State assistant Kalen DeBoer. On January 8, San Diego State head coach Rocky Long announced his retirement from coaching and was replaced that same day by Aztecs defensive line coach and former head coach Brady Hoke. The final coaching change took place on January 14, when Hawaii head coach Nick Rolovich resigned to accept the head coaching position at Washington State and was replaced by ex-Arizona State head coach Todd Graham On January 21.

Head coaches

Team	Head coach	Years At School	Overall record	Record at school	MW record
Air Force	Troy Calhoun	14	98–69	98–69	59–45
Boise State	Bryan Harsin	7	69–22	61–15	40–8
Colorado State	Steve Addazio	1	57–55	0–0	0–0
Fresno State	Kalen DeBoer	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Hawaii	Todd Graham	1	95–61	0–0	0–0
Nevada	Jay Norvell	4	15–21	15–21	12–12
New Mexico	Danny Gonzales	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
San Diego State	Brady Hoke	3	78–72	13–13	7–9
San Jose State	Brent Brennan	4	8–29	8–29	4–21
UNLV	Marcus Arroyo	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Utah State	Gary Andersen	6	63–67	38–31	41–25
Wyoming	Craig Bohl	7	140–72	36–39	23–25

Schedule

The season began on October 3, 2020 and will end on December 19, 2020.

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Mountain West Member won
Mountain West Member lost
Mountain West teams in bold

Week One

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 3	4:00 p.m.	Navy	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBSSN	W 40–7	5,000
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 24	5:00 p.m.	Utah State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FS1	BSU 42–13	0
October 24	5:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Revo, NV	CBSSN	NEV 37–34 OT	250
October 24	5:30 p.m.	Hawaii	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (rivalry)	KSEE/Spectrum OC16	HAW 34–19	0
October 24	7:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	FS2	cancelled	n/a
October 24	8:30 p.m.	UNLV	San Diego State	Dignity Health Sports Park • Carson, CA	CBSSN	SDSU 34–6	0
October 24	8:30 p.m.	Air Force	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	FS1	SJSU 17–6	0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 29	8:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	CBSSN	FRES 38–17	0
October 30	7:45 p.m.	Hawaii	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	FS1	WYO 31–7	6,232
October 31	4:00 p.m.	No. 25 Boise State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	BSU 49–30	500
October 31	5:00 p.m.	New Mexico	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	FS1	SJSU 38–21	0
October 31	7:30 p.m.	San Diego State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	CBSSN	SDSU 38–7	5,116
October 31	8:30 p.m.	Nevada	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Las Vegas, NV (Fremont Cannon)	FS1	NEV 37–19	2,000
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 5	5:00 p.m.	Utah State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	FS1	NEV 34–9	250
November 5	7:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Border War)	CBSSN	CSU 34–24	0
November 6	7:00 p.m.	San Jose State	San Diego State	Dignity Health Sports Park • Carson, CA	CBSSN	SJSU 28–17	0
November 6	7:45 p.m.	No. 9  BYU	No. 21 Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FS1	L 17–51	1,100
November 7	9:30 a.m.	Air Force	Army	Mitchie Stadium • West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS	postponed	n/a
November 7	1:30 p.m.	Fresno State	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Las Vegas, NV	CBSSN	FRES 40–27	2,000
November 7	9:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	Spectrum OC16	HAW 39–33	0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 12	6:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FS1	BSU 52–21	1,100
November 14	12:30 p.m.	Fresno State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	FS2	FRES 35–16	0
November 14	2:00 p.m.	Hawaii	San Diego State	Dignity Health Sports Park • Carson, CA	Spectrum OC16	SDSU 34–10	0
November 14	4:30 p.m.	Nevada	New Mexico	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	FS2	NEV 27–20	250
November 14	8:00 p.m.	Air Force	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN	cancelled	n/a
November 14	8:30 p.m.	UNLV	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	FS2	SJSU 34–17	0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 19	7:00 p.m.	Utah State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Bridger's Battle)	CBSSN	cancelled	n/a
November 20	7:30 p.m.	New Mexico	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	FS1	AF 28–0	100
November 21	1:30 p.m.	San Diego State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	CBS	NEV 26–21	50
November 21	3:30 p.m.	UNLV	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	FS2	cancelled	n/a
November 21	5:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (Valley Trophy)	CBSSN	cancelled	n/a
November 21	9:00 p.m.	Boise State	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	CBSSN	BSU 40–32	0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 26	12:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Ram-Falcon Trophy)	CBSSN	cancelled	n/a
November 26	5:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	FS1	USU 41–27	198
November 27	2:00 p.m.	Wyoming	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Las Vegas, NV	FS1	WYO 45–14	0
November 27	7:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (Battle for the Oil Can)	FS1	cancelled	n/a
November 28	2:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FOX	cancelled	n/a
November 28	3:37 p.m.	San Diego State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	PAC-12	L 10–20	0
November 28	9:00 p.m.	Nevada	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	Spectrum OC16	HAW 24–21	0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 3	7:30 p.m.	Air Force	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	CBSSN	AF 35–7	3,025
December 4	7:30 p.m.	Boise State	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Las Vegas, NV	CBSSN	cancelled	n/a
December 5	4:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	Spectrum OC16	SJSU 35–24	0
December 5	5:00 p.m.	Colorado State	San Diego State	Dignity Health Sports Park • Carson, CA	CBSSN	SDSU 29–17	0
December 5	8:30 p.m.	Fresno State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	FS1	NEV 37–26	0
December 5	8:30 p.m.	Wyoming	New Mexico	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	CBSSN	UNM 17–16	0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 11	8:00 p.m.	Nevada	San Jose State	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	CBSSN	SJSU 30–20	0
December 12	4:00 p.m.	Boise State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN	BSU 17–9	2,978
December 12	7:30 p.m.	Utah State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	cancelled	n/a
December 12	8:00 p.m.	San Diego State	No. 14  BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN2	L 14–28	1,099
December 12	8:30 p.m.	Fresno State	New Mexico	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	FS1	UNM 49–39	0
December 12	9:00 p.m.	UNLV	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	Spectrum OC16	HAW 38–21	0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 19	1:00 p.m.	Air Force	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBSSN	L 7–10
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Championship Game

See also: 2020 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 19	2:15 p.m.	Boise State	No. 25 San Jose State	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	FOX	SJSU 34–20	0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Canceled regular season games

The following non-conference games were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic:

Aug. 29

Idaho State at New Mexico Hawaii at Arizona

UC Davis at Nevada California at UNLV

Sep. 3

• Washington State at Utah State

Sept. 5

Duquesne at Air Force Georgia Southern at Boise State New Mexico at Mississippi State UCLA at Hawaii

Colorado at Colorado State Weber State at Wyoming Idaho State at Fresno State Nevada at Arkansas

Sacramento State at San Diego State San Jose State at Central Michigan Louisiana Tech at UNLV

Sept. 12

Arizona State at UNLV New Mexico at USC Fresno State at Colorado Southern Utah at Utah State

Wyoming at Louisiana Fordham at Hawaii UTEP at Nevada

Colorado State at Oregon State San Diego State at Toledo UC Davis at San Jose State

Sept. 19

Air Force at Purdue Florida State at Boise State Northern Colorado at Colorado State UCLA at San Diego State

New Mexico at New Mexico State Utah at Wyoming Hawaii at Oregon San Jose State at Penn State

Nevada at South Florida Utah State at Washington UNLV at Iowa State

Sep. 26

Boise State at Marshall

Colorado State at Vanderbilt

Wyoming at Ball State

Oct. 2

• Utah State at BYU

Oct. 3

• UMass at New Mexico

Oct. 10

Fresno State at Texas A&M

New Mexico State at Hawaii

Oct. 17

• New Mexico State at Fresno State

Nov. 14

• UConn at San Jose State

Postseason

Bowl Games

See also: 2020–21 NCAA football bowl games

Legend
	Mountain West win
	Mountain West loss

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (MST)	Mountain West team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	December 22	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN	1:30 p.m.	Nevada	Tulane	W 38–27	0
New Mexico Bowl	December 24	Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX	ESPN	1:30 p.m.	Hawaii	Houston	W 28–14	2,060
Arizona Bowl	December 31	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	CBS	12:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Ball State	L 13–34	0

Rankings are from AP rankings. All times Mountain Time Zone. Mountain West teams shown in bold.

Awards and honors

Player of the week Honors

Week		Offensive				Defensive				Special Teams
		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position
Week 1 (October 26)		Carson Strong	Nevada	QB		Caden McDonald	San Diego State	LB		John Hoyland	Wyoming	K
Week 2 (November 2)		Nick Starkel	San Jose State	QB		Charles Hicks	Wyoming	LB		Avery Williams	Boise State	KR
Week 3 (November 9)		Ronnie Rivers	Fresno State	RB		Tre Jenkins	San Jose State	S		Brandon Talton	Nevada	K
Week 4 (November 16)		Jalen Cropper	Fresno State	WR		Cade Hall	San Jose State	DL		Avery Williams	Boise State	KR
Week 5 (November 23)		Brad Roberts	Air Force	FB		Dom Peterson	Nevada	DT		Julian Diaz	Nevada	P
Week 6 (November 30)		Andrew Peasley	Utah State	QB		Nick Heninger	Utah State	LB		Connor Coles	Utah State	K
Week 7 (December 7)		Carson Strong	Nevada	QB		Brandon Shook	New Mexico	LB		Jordan Byrd	San Diego State	KR
Week 8 (December 14)		Isaiah Chavez	New Mexico	QB		Darius Muasau	Hawaii	LB		Shamar Garrett	San Jose State	KR

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

Award	Player	School
Offensive Player of the Year	Carson Strong, QB	Nevada
Defensive Player of the Year	Cade Hall Jr., DL	San Jose State
Special Teams Player of the Year	Avery Williams, Ret.	Boise State
Freshman of the Year	Kyle Williams, WR	UNLV
Coach of the Year	Brent Brennan	San Jose State

All-conference teams

Position Player Team First Team Offense WR Khalil Shakir Boise State WR Romeo Doubs Nevada WR Bailey Gaither San Jose State OL Parker Ferguson Air Force OL Nolan Laufenberg Air Force OL Kyle Spalding San Diego State OL Jack Snyder San Jose State OL Keegan Cryder Wyoming TE Cole Turner Nevada QB Carson Strong Nevada RB Ronnie Rivers Fresno State RB Xazavian Valladay Wyoming KR Avery Williams Boise State PK Brandon Talton Nevada First Team Defense DL Scott Patchan Colorado State DL Cameron Thomas San Diego State DL Cade Hall San Jose State DL Viliami Fehoko San Jose State LB Darius Muasau Hawaii LB Caden McDonald San Diego State LB Kyle Harmon San Jose State LB Chad Muma Wyoming DB Avery Williams Boise State DB Jerrick Reed New Mexico DB Darren Hall San Diego State DB Tariq Thompson San Diego State PR Avery Williams Boise State P Ryan Stonehouse Colorado State

Position Player Team Second Team Offense WR Dante Wright Colorado State WR Calvin Turner Hawaii WR Tre Walker San Jose State OL John Ojukwu Boise State OL Jake Stetz Boise State OL Syrus Tuitele Fresno State OL Aaron Frost Nevada OL Zachary Thomas San Diego State TE Trey McBride Colorado State QB Nick Starkel San Jose State RB Toa Taua Nevada RB Greg Bell San Diego State KR Jordan Byrd San Diego State PK John Hoyland Wyoming Second Team Defense DL Shane Irwin Boise State DL David Perales Fresno State DL Dom Peterson Nevada DL Sam Hammond Nevada LB Riley Whimpey Boise State LB Dequan Jackson Colorado State LB Lawson Hall Nevada LB Brandon Shook New Mexico DB Kekaula Kaniho Boise State DB Jalen Walker Boise State DB Cortez Davis Hawaii DB Tre Jenkins San Jose State PR Romeo Doubs Nevada P Tanner Kuljian San Diego State

Ref: ^[9]

All-Americans

For the complete All-America selections, see 2020 College Football All-America Team.

The 2020 College Football All-America Teams are composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), FOX Sports (FOX) College Football News (CFN), Bleacher Report (BR), Scout.com, Phil Steele (PS), SB Nation (SB), Athlon Sports, Pro Football Focus (PFF) and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo!).

Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. Football consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
First Team All-Americans
DL	Cade Hall	San Jose State	TSN
AP/RS	Avery Williams	Boise State	AFCA, FWAA, TSN, USAT		*

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
Second Team All-Americans
DL	Cade Hall	San Jose State	USAT
RS	Avery Williams	Boise State	CBS

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
Third Team All-Americans
AP	Avery Williams	Boise State	AP

Home game attendance

TBA

NFL Draft

The following list includes all Mountain West players who were drafted in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	School	Draft Round	Round Pick	Overall Pick	Team
Darren Hall	CB	San Diego State	4	3	108	Atlanta Falcons
John Bates	TE	Boise State	4	19	124	Washington Football Team
Avery Williams	CB	Boise State	5	39	183	Atlanta Falcons

Footnotes

1. While the cited story states that the CCAA has 13 schools, only 12 will be members in the 2020–21 school year. The only CCAA member in 2019–20 that was not a CSU campus, UC San Diego, joins the Division I Big West Conference on July 1, 2020. ^[8]

References

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2. "Mountain West Postpones 2020 Fall Sports". TheMW.com. August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
3. "Mountain West Conference Announces 2020 Football Schedule". TheMW.com. February 27, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
4. "2020 Mountain West Football Season to Begin on October 24". theMW.com. Mountain West Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
5. "Commissioner Thompson Statement on Fall Sports". theMW.com. Mountain West Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
6. "Mountain West Announces 2020 Football Schedule". theMW.com. Mountain West.
7. Bonagura, Kyle (May 12, 2020). "California State University system to stay online, leaving fall sports up in air". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
8. "CSU Bakersfield, UC San Diego to Join Big West Conference" (Press release). Big West Conference. November 27, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
9. "Mountain West Announces 2020 Football All-Conference Teams and Individual Honors". themw.com. Mountain West Conference. December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.