2025 MOUNTAIN WEST PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TEAM ANNOUNCED

LAS VEGAS – The 2025 Preseason All-Mountain West Football Team was announced today at the Old Trapper Mountain West Football Media Days, being held at Circa Resort & Casino. As selected by a media panel, the team features 11 student-athletes who were first or second-team All-MW selections in 2024. The 28-member squad is comprised of two graduate students, 17 seniors and nine juniors.

Boise State junior quarterback Maddux Madsen is the Preseason Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year, while San Diego State junior EDGE Trey White is the Preseason MW Defensive Player of the Year. Aztec senior placekicker Gabe Plascencia is the Preseason MW Special Teams Player of the Year.

Madsen led the Mountain West with 3,018 passing yards and 23 passing touchdowns last season and was second in the league with a 142.5 passing efficiency. As a sophomore in 2024, the American Fork, Utah, native quarterbacked the Broncos to the No. 3 seed in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff field, with Boise State making an appearance in the quarterfinals at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and finishing the year ranked inside the top 10 in the CFP, Associated Press and US LBM Coaches polls. Madsen helped BSU to a 12-2 overall mark, a 7-0 MW record and a win over UNLV in the Old Trapper Mountain West Football Championship. A member of the Davey O'Brien Award Quarterback Class of 2024, he earned national recognition in consecutive weeks, as he was named to the Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 after accounting for 267 yards of total offense and a pair of scores in a Week 9 win over UNLV and was tabbed a Manning Award Star of the Week after throwing for 307 yards and four touchdowns, both career highs, in Week 10. Madsen is Boise State’s fourth MW Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and second straight, following former teammate and current Las Vegas Raider Ashton Jeanty.

A first-team All-Mountain West selection as a sophomore in 2024, White was fourth nationally in both sacks per game (1.04) and tackles for loss per game (1.5). The EDGE from San Diego, California, totaled 18.5 tackles for loss, good for seventh in the FBS and 13th in program history, and 12.5 sacks, ranking fifth in FBS and tied for third in a season in SDSU history. A midseason All-American and addition to the Chuck Bednarik Award watch list, he helped San Diego State rank 28th in the FBS in team sacks at 2.67 per game. White, who finished the 2024 campaign with 60 total tackles, 10 quarterback hurries and a forced fumble in 12 starts for the Aztecs, was the MW Defensive Player of the Week for Week 6 after logging 4.0 TFLs, including 3.0 sacks for 26 yards, in a come-from-behind win over Hawai‘i. White is San Diego State’s fourth MW Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and first since Patrick McMorris in 2022.

A second-team All-Mountain West performer as a junior last season, Plascencia led the MW and ranked ninth in the FBS with a school-record 92.9 field-goal percentage. The Oakland, California, native went 13-for-14 on field-goal tries in his first season as the Aztecs’ primary kicker, converting his final 12 attempts, including a pair from 40-plus yards. Plascencia also converted his final 18 point-after tries after missing his first of the season and recorded 23 touchbacks on kickoffs in 11 games. Late in the 2024 season, Plascencia was named a nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy, which honors the most outstanding player in college football who began his career as a walk-on. Plascencia is San Diego State’s sixth MW Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year and first since Jack Browning in 2023.

2025 MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

Offense

QB         Maddux Madsen                      Jr.          Boise State

WR        Latrell Caples                           Gr.         Boise State

WR        Pofele Ashlock                         Jr.          Hawai‘i

WR        Nick Cenacle                            Sr.         Hawai‘i

RB         Scottre Humphrey                   Jr.          New Mexico

RB         Jai’Den Thomas**                    Jr.          UNLV

OL          Kage Casey*                             Jr.          Boise State

OL          Mason Randolph                     Sr.         Boise State

OL          Peseti Lapuaho                        Sr.         San José State

OL          Caden Barnett                         Sr.         Wyoming

OL          Jack Walsh**                            Sr.         Wyoming

TE          Matt Lauter*                             Sr.         Boise State

Defense

DL          Braxton Fely**                          Sr.         Boise State

DL          Jayden Virgin-Morgan*           Jr.          Boise State

DL          Trey White*                              Jr.          San Diego State

DL          Gafa Faga                                 Sr.         San José State

LB          Marco Notarainni*                   Sr.         Boise State

LB          Tano Letuli                               Jr.          San Diego State

LB          Jordan Pollard*                        Sr.         San José State

LB          Marsel McDuffie                      Sr.         UNLV

DB         Ty Benefield                             Jr.          Boise State

DB         A'Marion McCoy                      Gr.         Boise State

DB         Al'zillion Hamilton                   Sr.         Fresno State

DB         Ike Larsen                                 Sr.         Utah State

Specialists

P            Luke Freer**                             Sr.         Air Force

PK         Gabe Plascencia**                   Sr.         San Diego State

PR         Marcus Bellon                          Sr.         Nevada

KR         Abraham Williams                   Sr.         New Mexico

Offensive Player of the Year: Maddux Madsen, Jr., QB, Boise State

Defensive Player of the Year: Trey White, Jr., EDGE, San Diego State

Special Teams Player of the Year: Gabe Plascencia, Sr., PK, San Diego State

* - member of the 2024 All-Mountain West first team

** - member of the 2024 All-Mountain West second team

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