LOGAN, Utah – Under the direction of first year head coach Bronco Mendenhall, Utah State football will begin spring practice on Tuesday, March 18.
All practices will be closed, and Utah State will not hold a Spring Game this year. Fans will have an opportunity to watch the team and interact with the players at its annual Football Family Fun Day in August as part of Fall Camp.
“After careful consideration, I have reluctantly decided to close our spring practices and not hold a spring game that is open to the public,” said Mendenhall. “My primary intent is both to protect and retain our current roster and to keep our schemes and strategies unknown from our opponents for as long as possible. I look forward to connecting with Aggie Nation this fall as we wrap up fall camp.”
Media availability for coaches and players are available upon request.
Inside The Roster
Utah State returns four starters (O-1, D-3) as part of 20 returning letter winners (O-9, D-11) from last year’s team. USU also welcomes back 15 redshirts (O-8, D-7) and 15 more players (O-8, D-7) that were members of the program in 2024.
Highlighting Utah State’s returners in 2025 are three players that have garnered previous All-Mountain West recognition in graduate TE Broc Lane, senior DE Gabriel Iniguez Jr. and senior S Ike Larsen. Iniguez earned honorable mention All-MW honors last season, while Lane was an honorable mention selection in 2023. Larsen garnered first-team All-MW accolades in 2023 and was named a College Football News Honorable Mention All-American. In 2022, he was named second-team All-MW and a College Football News Honorable Mention Freshman All-American.
Other starters returning for Utah State in 2025 include graduate TE Josh Sterzer and senior ILB John Miller.
Utah State returns seven more players who have made starts with the Aggies in junior OL Tavo Motu’apuaka (7), senior DE Enoka Migao (5), senior QB Bryson Barnes (3), senior OL Trey Andersen (2), graduate S Omari Okeke (2), senior DT Bo Maile (1) and junior OL George Maile (1).
Newcomers
Utah State welcomes 41 newcomers to the program, which includes 21 four-year transfers, 11 high school players and nine junior college transfers. Those 41 newcomers are made up of 21 defensive players, 14 offensive players and six specialists.
Collectively, the 21 four-year transfers joining the program have combined for 385 games played and 96 starts during their careers.
Highlighting this group are two players that garnered previous all-conference recognition in senior S Noah Avinger and sophomore LS Hyrum Hatch.
Avinger was an honorable mention All-MW selection last year at New Mexico, while Hatch earned College Football Network Honorable Mention Freshman All-American accolades with the Lobos.
Another player joining the program is sophomore S Titan Saxton, who was named a National Junior College Athletic Association Second-Team All-American this past season at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah.
Fall Schedule
Utah State opens the 2025 season on Saturday, Aug. 30, as it hosts UTEP and begins Mountain West play at home against Air Force on Saturday, Sept. 13.
