Welcome to Kickoff Week here at MWCConnection! Coinciding with Mountain West Media Days week, it is the unofficial start to the football season. It’s a great time to get hyped about your team and start getting nuggets of football news. Yesterday was our all-conference team, which can be found here.
Today, we are releasing our preseason awards as well as our predictions for the order of finish and champion for the conference. 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 compiled below:
Awards
Offensive Player of the Year:
- Taylen Green (Boise State)
Defensive Player of the Year:
- Easton Gibbs (Wyoming)
Special Teams Player of the Year:
- Jack Browning (San Diego State)
Offensive Breakout Player of the Year:
- Dawaiian McNeely (Wyoming)
Defensive Breakout Player of the Year:
- Andrew Simpson (Boise State)
Offensive Freshman of the Year:
- Damian Henderson (Colorado State)
Defensive Freshman of the Year:
- Jonah Lewis (Nevada)
Coach of the Year:
- Troy Calhoun (Air Force)
Predictions
The points for voting went as followed: 12 points for a first-place vote, 11 for second, 10 for third place, and so on.