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Athletic Media Relations Contact: Charlie Hurley C: 218-341-5113 New Mexico STATE FOOTBALL E: [email protected] Stan Fulton Center | 1815 Wells Street | Las Cruces, NM 88003 | @NMStateFootbalL | @NMStatefb | FB.com/NMStateFootball | www.NMStateSports.com 2021 SCHEDULE GAME vs. Tarleton State Feb. 21, 2021 • 3 p.m. 1 El Paso, Texas | Sun Bowl ALL-TIME RESULTS vs. Dixie State Saturday’s game is the first meeting March 7, 2021 • 3 p.m. Tarleton Texans between the Aggies and Texans. NM State Aggies El Paso, Texas | Sun Bowl Head Coach ...............................Todd Whitten Head Coach ...............................Doug Martin Career Record (Yrs) .................. 79-38 (11th) 2021 NUMBERS TO KNOW (RK) Career Record (Yrs) ................51-116 (17th) All Times Mountain Record at Tarleton (Yrs) ........104-66 (15th) 0-1 ..................Overall Record ..................0-0 Record at NM State (Yrs) ...........22-63 (8th) All Times Subject to Change 2021 STAT LEADERS (--) 37.0 ....... Scoring Offense ...........0.0 (--) 2019 STAT LEADERS GAMEDAY INFORMATION RUSHING | #8 Braelon Bridges (--) 40.0 .......Scoring Defense ..........0.0 (--) RUSHING | #1 Jason Huntley 15-112, 7.5 ypr, 2 TD, 112.0 ypg (--) 180.0 .....Rushing Offense ..........0.0 (--) 154-1,130, 7.1 ypr, 9 TD, 90.8 ypg Date .....................................................February 21, 2021 PASSING | #11 Steven Duncan (--) 230.0 .....Rushing Defense ..........0.0 (--) PASSING | #14 Josh Adkins Kickoff Time ..............................................3:00 p.m. (MT) 22-39-0, 217 yards, 1 TD, 217.0 ypg (--) 228.0 ......Passing Offense ...........0.0 (--) 275-437-15, 2,588 yards, 14 TD, 215.7 ypg Location ...................................................... El Paso, Texas RECEIVING | #1 Tariq Bitson RECEIVING | #13 Tony Nicholson (--) 170.0 .....Passing Defense ..........0.0 (--) 60-644, 10.7 ypc, 6 TD, 53.7 ypg Venue ................................................................... Sun Bowl 5-87, 17.4 ypc, 1 TD, 87.0 ypg DEFENSE | #11 ChadWick Thibodeaux (--) 408.0 ........ Total Offense..............0.0 (--) DEFENSE | #7 Javahn Fergurson Capacity ....................................................................51,500 14 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks (--) 400.0 ........Total Defense .............0.0 (--) 133 tackles, 6.0 TFL, 0.5 sacks, 6 PBU Surface ................................................................. FieldTurf Television ........................................ FOX Sports Arizona Play-by-Play ................................................ Adam Young AGGIE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Analyst ............................................................Danny Knee SPRING INTO ACTION center. Sideline Reporter ......................................................none NM State will be the nation’s lone FBS Jonah Johnson, a junior who last played Radio ...........................................Aggie Sports Network program to play games this spring as at Fresno City College in 2019, has been Play-by-Play .....................................................Jack Nixon Analyst .............................................................. Cory Lucas the Aggies start their two-game spring given the keys to the Aggies’ offense Flagship Station .....................99.5 FM KXPZ (TuneIn) season by taking on Tarleton State at out of the gates. The 6’3 quarterback is Affiliates ....................... Alamagordo 103.7 FM KNMZ the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, at 3:00 known as a dual threat after tossing for .......................................Albuquerque 1150 AM KNMM p.m. Sunday afternoon. No fans will be 28 scores and running for eight more in .................................................Carlsbad 1240 AM KAMQ allowed at Sunday’s game. his junior college career. .......................................................El Paso 1380 AM KHEY ......................................Gallup 1230 AM, 94.9 FM KYVA The Aggies and Texans are meeting on All of the Aggies’ rushing, passing, ................................................Las Vegas 107.1 FM KMDS the gridiron for the first time. receiving and tackling leaders from the Live Stats ........................................NMStateSports.com 2019 season have either graduated or HOME AWAY FROM HOME transferred, leaving the door wide open The Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, will serve for any number of new faces to take over. as the Aggies’ “home” field for their 2021 spring season. SAGE ADVICE One of the anchors for the Aggies’ Current COVID-19 restrictions in the offensive line in 2021 is resdhirt senior state of New Mexico allow the Aggies Sage Doxtater. The native of Welland, to practice in the state, but do not allow Ontario, Canada, was recently ranked them to play games anywhere in the eighth in the Canadian Football League state. (CFL) Scouting Bureau’s second edition of the top-20 prospects eligible for the NEW CREW 2021 CFL Draft. After a total of 450 days, the Aggies will be taking the field once again. NM State’s Doxtater, a three-year starter for the 2021 spring season opener will feature a Aggies, was limited to four games when bevy of new faces including one under NM State last took the field during the ON THE SIDELINE Doug Martin Oliver Soukup Frank Spaziani Cory Martin Matt Christian Chili Davis John Mumford Ronnie Pentz Head Coach / Assistant HC / Def. Coordinator Wide Receivers / Running Backs / Inside Receivers / Defensive Line Special Teams Off. Coordinator Linebackers Recruiting Coord. Co-Special Assistant Special Coordinator Teams Teams Coord. ON THE SIDELINE INSIDE THE BOOTH Cory White Daniel Carr Brian Bell Chase Holbrook Kelly Weese Brandon Perkins Aaron Laut Offensive Line Graduate Assistant Secondary Quarterbacks Graduate Assistant Graduate Assistant Graduate Assistant 1 NM STATE vs. TARLETON STATE - GAME 1 @NMStateFootball | NMStateSports.com TARLETON STATE GAME WEEK 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Practice Press Conference Practice Practice Walk-through Gameday 8:00-10:30 p.m. Noon | via Zoom 8:00-10:30 p.m. 3:00-5:30 p.m. NM State vs. Liberty Practice 8:00-10:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. (MT) FOX Sports Arizona Interviews Interviews Interviews No Interviews No Interviews Upon Request Upon Request Upon Request No Interviews 2019 campaign. Battling a nagging injury, #PROAGGIES SERIES CAPSULE he made three starts after missing the first Jason Huntley, Jaleel Scott and Winston half of the 2019 season due to the injury. Rose are the three former Aggies who are vs. Tarleton State on current NFL rosters. Overall: 0-0-0 | Home: 0-0-0 | Away: 0-0-0 The redshirt senior could become the first NM State football student-athlete selected Huntley spend his debut 2020-21 season Date Location Score W/L in the CFL Draft since former Aggie with the Philadelphia Eagles after getting -- -- -- -- offensive lineman Trevor Kine was taken by drafted by the Detroit Lions in the fourth the now-defunct Ottawa Renegades in the round of the 2020 NFL Draft. MEDIA INFORMATION second round (13th overall) of the 2003 draft. Rose split time between the Cincinnati Interviews with all NM State players and Bengals’ active roster and practice squad coaches must be arranged through the NM Former NM State offensive lineman George though 2020-21. State Media Relations Department. Contact Hudson (2000), defensive back Earl Knight Oliver Grigg, Assistant Director of Media (1991) and defensive back Jeff MacDonald Scott also split time between the active Relations, to arrange interviews. (1988) have also heard their names called roster and practice squad of the New York in the draft’s history. Jets. He registered one reception for 18 NM STATE CONTACTS yards during the 2020-21 season. FB Primary Contact ....................Charlie Hurley DAVIS UP FOR BURLSWORTH TROPHY [email protected] Senior linebacker Brennon Davis was SCOUTING TARLETON STATE Cell ................................................... 218-341-5113 New Mexico State’s nominee for the 2020 Making their debut season in the NCAA Burlsworth Trophy. Pitt’s Jimmy Morrissey Division I ranks, the FBS program is taking won the 2020 trophy it was announced in on the Aggies for the first time in program TARLETON STATE CONTACTS January of 2021. history Sunday afternoon. FB Primary Contact ........................... Nate Bural Email..................................... [email protected] The Burlsworth Trophy is given to the Tarleton is coming off of a heartbreaking Cell ................................................... 817-781-6827 most outstanding football student-athlete 40-37 double-overtime loss to Southland in America who began their career as Conference foe McNeese on Saturday, Feb. a walk-on and has shown outstanding 13. McNeese scored 14 points in the final performance on the field. Nominees 2:46 of regulation to force overtime and must have begun their first season sealed the deal with a touchdown in the of participation with an FBS program second OT period. without financial aid of any kind from their university’s athletic department. Braelon Bridges and Ryheem Skinner split time in the backfield for the Texans, Davis, who was awarded a scholarship accounting for 29 of the team’s 39 rushes. in the spring of 2020, made his Aggie Bridges racked up 112 yards and a pair debut in 2019 after beginning his career of touchdowns on the day while Skinner at Blinn College and Tyler JC in 2017 and scampered for 55 and a score of his own. 2018, respectively. He played in five games with two starts for NM