CLEVELAND - Spartan defensive lineman Viliami Fehoko leads six San José State football players in Phil Steele's 2022 Postseason Mountain West All-Conference Teams. Fehoko, Kyle Harmon and Elijah Cooks were named to Phil Steele's Mountain West All-Conference first team and Chevan Cordeiro, Cade Hall and Nehemiah Shelton were named to his second team. Fehoko was also named to the Phil Steele All-American fourth team.
Viliami Fehoko, DL, Junior, East Palo Alto, Calif./St. Francis HS
- Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year Award (2022)
- Sporting News All-America Second Team (2022)
- All-Mountain West First Team Selection (2020, 21, 22)
- Ted Hendricks Award Finalist (top defensive end)
- PFF All-America Second Team (2022)
- Leads the MW and is fourth in the country with a career-high 18.5 tackles for loss and is second in the league and 10th in the country with a career-high nine sacks in 11 games played.
- Also has a career-high 65 tackles, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one pass deflection this season.
- Named Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week (10/31/22) and East-West Shrine Defensive Player of the Week (10/17/22).
Elijah Cooks, WR, Graduate Student, Atascadero, Calif./Nevada
- First All-Mountain First Team Selection
- Leads the MW and is 11th in the country with a career-high 10 touchdowns and is second in the league with a career-high 983 yards in 11 games played.
- Leads the Spartans in all receiving categories and is fifth in the MW with 63 receptions.
- Is 18th in the country averaging 89.4 receiving yards per game.
- Has touchdowns in four straight games and seven total during that stretch.
Kyle Harmon, LB, Graduate Student, Antioch, Calif./Freedom HS
- All-Mountain West First Team (2020, 21, 22)
- Leads the Spartans with 94 tackles which is good for sixth in the MW in 11 games played.
- Has a career-high three sacks with five tackles for loss and a career-high two pass deflections.
- Season high 14 tackles at Utah State (11/19/22)
- Led team with 10 tackles and a sack plus 2.0 tackles for loss at San Diego State (11/12/22)
Chevan Cordeiro, QB, Junior, Honolulu, Hawaii/Saint Louis HS
- First All-Mountain West Second Team Selection
- Thrown for a career-high 2,885 yards and a career-high 20 touchdowns this season which both lead the Mountain West and in 11 games played.
- Has thrown for a touchdown in nine straight games and has thrown for 13 touchdowns in the last five games.
- Has only four interceptions on 383 attempts which only Tennessee's Hendon Hooker, LSU's Jayden Daniels, TCU's Max Duggan and USC's Caleb Williams have over 300 passing attempts and less than four interceptions.
- Has run for a career-high eight touchdowns which is the most for an SJSU quarterback in the modern era.
Cade Hall, DL, Graduate Student, Morgan Hill, Calif./Bellarmine Prep
- All-Mountain West First Team (2020, 22)
- Is sixth in the MW with 7.5 sacks and eighth in the conference with a career-high 12 tackles for loss in 11 games played.
- Also has 32 tackles, an interception, a pass deflection and a forced fumble this season.
- Had career-high four sacks and tied career-high with 4.0 tackles for loss vs. Nevada (10/29/22)
- Had a sack, two tackles for loss, one forced fumble and four tackles at Utah State (11/19/22)
Nehemiah Shelton, CB, Graduate Student, Gardena, Calif./Serrra HS
- All-Mountain West Honorable Mention Selection (2021, 22)
- Leads team with eight pass deflections and tied for team lead in interceptions with two
- Had eight tackles with one for loss and a single game career-high four pass deflections vs. Hawai'i (11/26/22)
- Has 44 tackles with a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss in 11 games played.
- Had eight tackles and a pass deflection at Utah State (11/19/22)
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