The Cache Valley Media Group’s Top 25 Aggies of 2024 football season continues with the reveal of the No. 21 player on the list, the 6-foot-3 senior tight end, Josh Sterzer. Sterzer is one of the more experienced players on the team, having begun his career with Utah State back in 2020, starting his first game against Air Force on Dec. 3, 2020. In his time at USU, Sterzer has appeared in 32 games and caught 17 passes for 161 yards and a touchdown. That lone touchdown was a 68-yard catch and run against Hawaii in 2022. Last year Sterzer missed more than half the 2023 season because of a preseason injury, hampering what was a potentially promising campaign (he was No. 16 on last year’s Top 25 Aggies). Sterzer did end up playing in the final five games of the season and starting in Utah State’s bowl game. This season, Sterzer will look to bounce back from 2023 and go out with a bang in his final year of eligibility. The Top 25 Aggies is based on a vote from members of Utah State media including Jason Walker, Eric Frandsen, Craig Hislop and Ajay Salvesen. A public fan poll

LOGAN – Two Utah State football players were named to preseason awards watch lists on Monday. Jalen Royals made the Maxwell Award list and Jacob Garcia earned a spot on the Patrick Mannelly watch list. The Maxwell Award is a player of the year honor that’s been awarded annually since 1937. This year’s preseason watch list features 80 players from FBS teams. Royals can add this honor to several other preseason accolades he’s collected, putting it alongside being named to Phil Steele’s Fourth Team All-American selection, along with being a First Team preseason All-Mountain West pick by Steele, Athlon Sports and the Mountain West media. Royals is also on the 2025 Shrine Bowl 1000 watch list alongside teammate Spencer Petras. The Patrick Mannelly Award, started in 2019, is given annually to the top long-snapper in FBS, with this year’s watch list containing 30 nominees. In addition to being on the Mannelly Award watch list, Garcia was named as a nominee for the Wuerffel Trophy and AFCA Good Works team, two awards the recognize community impact in alongside on-field accomplishments. Source link