COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Seven Mountain West football players are among the 75 student-athletes on the 2024 Outland Trophy Watch List, as announced today by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA). The award honors the nation’s best interior lineman.
Boise State’s Kage Casey, Colorado State’s Jacob Gardner, Fresno State’s Mose Vavao, San José State’s Soane Toia, UNLV’s Tiger Shanks and Jalen St. John and Wyoming’s Jordan Bertagnole represent the MW on the list.
The MW’s seven selections are fifth-most in the FBS behind only the SEC, Big Ten, ACC and Big 12.
The recipient of the 2024 Outland Trophy will be announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards, live on ESPN on Dec. 12. The official presentation to the winner will be made at the Outland Trophy Awards Dinner sponsored by Werner Enterprises and produced by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee in Omaha, Nebraska, on Jan. 22, 2025.
Players may be added or removed from the watch list during the course of the season. For a second year now, the FWAA will announce an Outland Trophy National Player of the Week each Tuesday this season. If not already on the watch list, each week’s honored player will be added at that time.
Outland Trophy Watch List (MW representatives)
Kage Casey, So., OT, Boise State
Jacob Gardner, Gr., C, Colorado State
Mose Vavao, Sr., C, Fresno State
Soane Toia, Sr., DT, San José State
Tiger Shanks, Sr., UNLV
Jalen St. John, Sr., OG, UNLV
Jordan Bertagnole, Gr., DT, Wyoming
