CLEVELAND – Five NM State football players were named among the best in the country by Phil Steele, his publication company announced Wednesday. The group announced Steele's All-Independent Preseason Team and preseason All-America Teams on Wednesday morning,
NM State is one of seven football programs across the country without a conference affiliation for the 2022 season. The Aggies are joined by Notre Dame, Brigham Young, Liberty, Army West Point, UConn, and UMass.
Kicker Ethan Albertson was the lone First Team selection for NM State. Albertson, a redshirt junior, was 17 of 22 on field goal attempts in 2021 to go alongside a 93.