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Mountain West Connection 2023 Season Awards.

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Here at MWCConnection, we continue to reflect and analyze this past football season, both this week as well as over the months to come.

Yesterday, we released our postseason all-MW teams. Today, we are releasing our postseason awards. Like yesterday’s post, our team members submitted their picks, and the players and teams with the most votes won out. Take a look at what we said in the preseason here, and then view what we compiled below:

Awards

Offensive Player of the Year:

  • RB Ashton Jeanty (Boise State)

Defensive Player of the Year:

  • DE Mohamed Kamara (Colorado State)

Special Teams Player of the Year:

  • K Jose Pizano (UNLV)

Offensive Breakout Player of the Year:

  • Jalen Royals (Utah State)

Defensive Breakout Player of the Year:

  • LB Andrew Simpson (Boise State)

Offensive Freshman of the Year:

  • QB Jayden Maiava (UNLV)

Defensive Freshman of the Year:

  • Paul Fitzgerald (Utah State)

Coach of the Year:

  • Barry Odom (UNLV)

Team Breakdown:

UNLV: 3

Boise State: 2

Utah State: 2

Colorado State: 1

Notes:

  • Offensive Player and Coach of the Year were the only unanimous choices.