UTAH STATE FOOTBALL ® 12 Conference Championships • 14 Bowl Games • 13 NFL Draft Picks Since 2011 • 90 All-Mountain West Selections (2013-20)
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UTAH STATE FOOTBALL ® 12 Conference Championships • 14 Bowl Games • 13 NFL Draft Picks Since 2011 • 90 All-Mountain West Selections (2013-20) /// 2021 SIGNEES BY STATE /// Utah (8) Name Hometown Johnson Hansen (DL) .......................... Salt Lake City Maisen Knight (OL) .............................. Salt Lake City Ike Larsen (DB) .......................................... Smithfield Tupou Maile (DE) ................................. South Jordan Sione Moa (LB) .................................................Ogden Jackson Rigby (TE) ...................................... Kaysville Otto Tia (WR) ................................................... Layton Seni Tuiaki (DL) .................................... Salt Lake City UTAH STATE FOOTBALL ANNOUNCES 2021 SIGNING CLASS Texas (4) Name Hometown LOGAN, Utah (Wednesday, Feb. 3) – Utah State head football coach Blake Ander- son announced his first signing class on Wednesday, as part of the NCAA National Logan Bonner (QB) ........................................ Rowlett Signing Day. The class, which includes 19 total players, is comprised of 10 four-year Brandon Bowling (WR) .............................. McKinney transfers, eight high school signees and one junior college transfer. Byron Hobbs-Vaughns (DE) ..................... Fort Worth Calvin Tyler Jr. (RB) .................................. Beaumont Of the 19 players, five signed with Utah State in December and three are return mis- sionaries. Overall, 15 of the players are currently enrolled at Utah State for the 2021 California (2) spring semester. Name Hometown The state of Utah produced the most signees with eight, followed by four players from Aurion Peoples (DL) .................................... Lancaster Texas, two from California, and one player each from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Justin Rice (LB) ............................................ Modesto Oklahoma and Washington. Alabama (1) In all, Utah State’s 2021 class includes 11 recruits on defense and eight on offense. Of Name Hometown those 11 signees, seven are listed as defensive linemen, to go along with three wide Martavious ‘NyNy’ Davis (WR) ....................... Attalla receivers, two defensive backs, two linebackers, two offensive linemen, and one player Florida (1) each at quarterback, running back and tight end. Name Hometown The national letter-of-intent signing period for football began on Wednesday, Feb. 3, Patrick Joyner Jr. (DE) ............................. Homestead and has been extended to Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021. Louisiana (1) Name Hometown Jahaziel Lee (DL) .................................... Ponchatoula Oklahoma (1) Name Hometown ® Kyle Mayberry (DB) ........................................... Tulsa /// 2021 SIGNEES BY POSITION /// Washington (1) Defensive Line (7) ........................... Hometown Linebackers (2) ................................ Hometown Name Hometown Johnson Hansen ............... Salt Lake City, Utah Sione Moa ..................................... Ogden, Utah Quazzel White (OL) ....................................... Tacoma Byron Hobbs-Vaughns ........ Fort Worth, Texas Justin Rice ................................. Modesto, Calif. Patrick Joyner Jr. ..................... Homestead, Fla. Offensive Line (2) ............................ Hometown Jahaziel Lee ............................ Ponchatoula, La. Maisen Knight ................... Salt Lake City, Utah Tupou Maile ...................... South Jordan, Utah Quazzel White .......................... Tacoma, Wash. Aurion Peoples ........................ Lancaster, Calif. Quarterbacks (1) ............................. Hometown Seni Tuiaki ......................... Salt Lake City, Utah Logan Bonner ............................. Rowlett, Texas Wide Receivers (3) .......................... Hometown Brandon Bowling ................... McKinney, Texas Running Backs (1) ........................... Hometown Martaviouis ‘NyNy’ Davis .............. Attalla, Ala. Calvin Tyler Jr. ...................... Beaumont, Texas Otto Tia .......................................... Layton, Utah Tight Ends (1) .................................. Hometown Defensive Backs (2) ........................ Hometown Jackson Rigby ........................... Kaysville, Utah Ike Larsen ................................ Smithfield, Utah Kyle Mayberry ................................. Tulsa, Okla. @USUFOOTBALL /// @USUFOOTBALL /// @USUFOOTBALL /// UTAHSTATEAGGIES.COM UTAH STATE ANNOUNCES 2021 SIGNING CLASS ® /// 2021 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL SIGNEES ROSTER /// HIGH SCHOOL SIGNEES (5) Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) Martavious ‘NyNy’ Davis WR 5-10 160 Fr. HS Attalla, Ala. (Etowah HS) Ike Larsen+ DB 5-11 160 Fr. HS Smithfield, Utah (Sky View HS) Tupou Maile DE 6-3 230 Fr. HS South Jordan, Utah (Bingham HS) Jackson Rigby^ TE 6-4 200 Fr. HS Kaysville, Utah (Davis HS) Otto Tia^ WR 6-3 205 Fr. HS Layton, Utah (Northridge HS) RETURN MISSIONARIES (3) Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) Johnson Hansen+^ DL 6-3 270 Fr. HS Salt Lake City, Utah (East HS) Sione Moa+^ LB 6-1 210 Fr. HS Ogden, Utah (Weber HS) Seni Tuiaki+^ DL 6-2 250 Fr. HS Salt Lake City, Utah (East HS) JUNIOR COLLEGE SIGNEES (1) Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) Aurion Peoples+^ DL 6-3 290 Jr. JC Lancaster, Calif. (Quartz Hill HS/College of the Canyons) FOUR-YEAR TRANSFERS (10) Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) Logan Bonner^ QB 6-1 220 Jr. TR Rowlett, Texas (Rowlett HS/Arkansas State) Brandon Bowling^ WR 5-9 190 Sr. TR McKinney, Texas (Boyd HS/Arkansas State) Byron Hobbs-Vaughns^ DE 6-4 245 So. TR Fort Worth, Texas (Eastern Hills HS/Texas) Patrick Joyner Jr.^ DE 6-2 225 So. TR Homestead, Fla. (South Dade HS/Miami) Maisen Knight^ OL 6-4 300 Sr. TR Salt Lake City, Utah (Judge Memorial HS/Liberty) Jahaziel Lee^ DL 6-2 305 Sr. TR Ponchatoula, La. (Ponchatoula HS/Georgia Tech) Kyle Mayberry^ DB 5-11 180 Sr. TR Tulsa, Okla. (Booker T. Washington HS/Kansas) Justin Rice^ LB 6-2 225 Sr. TR Modesto, Calif. (Central Catholic HS/Arkansas State) Calvin Tyler Jr. RB 5-8 215 Jr. TR Beaumont, Texas (Silsbee HS/Oregon State) Quazzel White^ OL 6-3 315 Jr. TR Tacoma, Wash. (Lincoln HS/TCU) + Announced during December signing period. ^ Enrolled at Utah State for the 2021 spring semester. /// PRONUNCIATION GUIDE // Martavious Davis .............................................................................................................................../ ........................................... Mar-tah-vee-us Jahaziel Lee ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Juh-hay-zull Tupou Maile ................................................................................................................................................................................ Two-poe My-leh Sione Moa ............................................................................................................................................................................... See-oh-neh Mo-ah Aurion Peoples ......................................................................................................................................................................................... Are-e-on Otto Tia ........................................................................................................................................................................................... Ah-toe Tee-uh Seni Tuiaki ......................................................................................................................................................................... Sen-ee Too-ee-uh-kee Quazzel White ......................................................................................................................................................................................... Kwah-zel 2 UTAH STATE 2021 UTAH STATE SIGNING CLASS ® UTAH STATE ANNOUNCES 2021 SIGNING CLASS ® /// 2021 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL SIGNEES BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION /// LOGAN BONNER QB • 6-1 • 220 • JR • TR • Rowlett, Texas (Rowlett HS/Arkansas State) Previous School: Spent five seasons at Arkansas State (2016-20), as he played in 24 games with 15 starts, and completed 271-of-469 passes (.578) for 3,166 yards with 30 touchdowns and just nine interceptions... Had a career-high four touchdown passes in three dif- ferent games... Earned honorable mention all-Sun Belt Conference honors following the 2020 season as he started all 11 games and completed 156-of-262 passes (.595) for 1,863 yards and 18 touchdowns to rank as the 11th-most in school history for a single season.... Had multiple touchdown passes in six games this past season, including a career-high-tying four against South Alabama... Started the first four games of the 2019 season before missing the rest of the season due to injury... Was 91-of-154 (.591) passing for 1,052 yards with 10 touchdowns and just one interception... Also recorded one rushing touchdown... Made his first-career start against SMU in 2019, and threw a career-high four touchdowns, while also setting career-best marks for completions (32), attempts (50), passing yards (324) and total offense (340) . His 32 completions and four touchdowns both tied the seventh-most in school history... Was named both the Sun Belt’s Offensive Player of the Week and an Earl Campbell Award National Honorable Mention Player of the Week