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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Old Trapper Mountain West Football Players of the Week have been announced for Week 4. Boise State sophomore running back Dylan Riley has been tabbed the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week, while San Diego State junior safety Dalesean Staley was named MW Defensive Player of the Week.
UNLV sophomore placekicker Ramon Villela earned MW Special Teams Player of the Week honors and Wyoming running back Samuel Harris is the MW Freshman of the Week for the second week in a row.
The MW awards are the second each for Riley and Harris and the first each for Staley and Villela.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
DYLAN RILEY, BOISE STATE
Sophomore, Running Back, Moreno Valley, California/Rancho Verde HS
Led Boise State to a 49-37 win at Air Force with 255 all-purpose yards, five touchdowns and 21 touches, all career-highs.
Rushed 19 times for 171 yards and four touchdowns, all career-bests.
Scored on runs of 4, 34, 8 and 43 yards.
Had two catches for a career-best 84 yards, including a 75-yard score.
Became the first player in Boise State's FBS era (since 1996) to record four rushing touchdowns and one receiving touchdown in a game.
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DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
DALESEAN STALEY, SAN DIEGO STATE
Junior, Safety, Kansas City, Missouri/Northern Iowa
Had an all-around productive day with seven solo tackles, a forced fumble, an interception and a pass breakup in San Diego State’s 34-0 win over California.
His first career forced fumble came in the third quarter and was recovered by SDSU and returned for a touchdown.
Helped the Aztecs to their largest margin of victory over an Autonomous 4 opponent in their Division I history (since 1969).
Helped SDSU hand Cal, which came into the contest averaging 32 points per game this season, its first shutout loss since 2019 and its first shutout by an unranked team since 1994.
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
RAMON VILLELA, UNLV
Sophomore, Placekicker, Upland, California/Upland HS
Scored a career-best 11 points in UNLV’s 41-38 win at Miami (Ohio), including the game-winning 23-yard field goal with 15 seconds left in the contest.
Also connected on a 27-yard field goal in the second quarter and was good on all five of his point-after attempts.
Helped the Rebels rally from multiple 14-point deficits.
Helped UNLV win at a MAC school, win in the Eastern Time Zone and sweep all of its nonconference opponents, all for the first time in school history.
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FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
SAMUEL HARRIS, WYOMING
Freshman, Running Back, Cibolo, Texas/Byron P. Steele HS
Rushed 19 times for 126 yards, both career-highs, in Wyoming’s 37-20 setback at Colorado.
Averaged 6.6 yards per carry.
Recorded a career-long 50-yard rush.
His 126 all-purpose yards were also a career high.
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