SAN JOSE, Calif. - Soane Toia, Nick Nash, Jordan Pollard, Justin Lockhart, Floyd Chalk IV, Marist Talavou, Taniela Latu and Michael Dansby were named to the Athlon Sports 2024 Preseason All-Mountain West Team, announced by the organization on Thursday.
Toia was named first team, Nash and Pollard were named second team, Lockhart was named third team and Chalk IV, Talavou, Latu and Dansby were named to the fourth team.
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First-Team Mountain West Defense
Soane Toia, DL, Senior, Nuku'alosa, Tonga/Grace Brethren HS
- All-Mountain West Second Team (2023)
- Had career-highs with 37 tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss and five sacks in 2023
- Had career-high two sacks, 2.0 TFL's and four tackles against SDSU (11/18/23)
- Four tackles, 1.0 sacks and 1.5 TFL's against No. 25 Fresno St. (11/11)
- Career-high 1.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL's, plus three tackles at Hawai'i (10/28/23)
Second-Team Mountain West Offense
Nick Nash, WR, Redshirt Senior, Irvine, Calif./Woodbridge HS
- All-Mountain West Second Team (2023)
- Career-high's with 48 receptions, 728 yards, eight touchdowns and averaging 15.2 yards per reception in 2023
- Three catches for 98 yards including a 51 yard reception at UNLV (11/25/23)
- Two touchdowns with six catches and 86 yards at Hawai'i (10/28/23)
- Had a touchdown and 66 yards including a 41 yard reception against No. 25 Fresno St. (11/11/23)
Second-Team Mountain West Defense
Jordan Pollard, LB, Junior, Los Angeles, Calif./Faith Lutheran HS
- Finished 2023 with career-high 79 tackles, two interceptions, 4.0 tackles for loss, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble
- Had six tackles in EasyPost Hawai'i Bowl against Coastal Carolina (12/23/23)
- Seven tackles against No. 25 Fresno St. (11/11/23)
- Led team with 10 tackles and had an interception vs. Utah State (10/21/23)
- One forced fumble, one interception, 1.0 TFL's and seven tackles at Boise State (10/07/23)
Third-Team Mountain West Offense
Justin Lockhart, WR, Redshirt Senior, Los Angeles, Calif./Serra HS/Nevada
- Didn't play in 2023 due to injury
- Finished 2022 with 36 catches for 578 yards and one touchdown
- Caught two passes for 12 yards and a touchdown vs Eastern Michigan in Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (12/20/22)
- Caught six for 87 yards at Utah State (11/19/22)
- Caught six for 91 yards vs. Nevada (10/29/22)
Fourth-Team Mountain West Offense
Floyd Chalk IV, RB, Junior, Mission Hills, Calif./Bishop Alemany HS/Grambling State
- First season at SJSU in 2024
- Ran for 696 yards on 123 carries with a career-high nine touchdowns in 2023
- Also added seven receptions for 73 yards in 2023
- Had 22 carries for 172 yards and one touchdown vs. Southern (11/25/23)
- 62 carries for 380 yards and one touchdown in 2022
Marist Talavou, OL, Redshirt Senior, Norwalk, Calif./St. John Bosco HS/Utah
- Started 12 games, missed one game due to injury in 2023
- The Spartans had the 30th best rushing offense in the country averaging 184.1 rushing yards per game and the fifth best total offense in the conference in 2023
- SJSU had 11 games with 100 yards or more including the last seven with 150 yards or more and five of the last seven over 200 yards in 2023
- The six games over 200 yards ties the 2000 team for the most 200 yard plus games this century and in the SJSU modern era in 2023
Fourth-Team Mountain West Defense
Taniela Latu, LB, Senior, San Mateo, Calif./Serra HS/College of San Mateo
- Finished 2023 with 44 tackles and 5.0 tackles for loss
- Four tackles against SDSU (11/18/23)
- Six tackles, 0.5 TFL's against No. 25 Fresno St. (11/11/23)
- 1.5 TFL's and five tackles vs. Utah State (10/21/23)
- Five tackles at UNM (10/14/23)
Michael Dansby, CB, Junior, Oakland, Calif./McClymonds HS
- Finished2023 with 15 tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss, one interception and four pass breakups in only eight games
- Career-high 98 yard touchdown interception return against No. 25 Fresno St. (11/11/23)
- Four tackles and one PBU at UNLV (11/25/23)
- Four tackles at Boise State (10/07/23)
- Five tackles, one TFL and one pass deflection at Toledo (9/16/23)
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