SAN JOSE, Calif. - San José State football players Nick Nash and Soane Toia have been invited to all-star bowl games to finish their collegiate careers. Nash will be playing in the East-West Shrine Bowl on Jan. 30 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, at 5:00 p.m. (PT) on the NFL Network, while Toia will be playing in the Trillion Tropical Bowl at 8:00 a.m. (PT) on Jan. 19 from Orlando, Fla.
Washington Commanders defensive lineman Viliami Fehoko is the last Spartan invited to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl in 2023, and former Spartan Chase Williams played in the Trillion Tropical Bowl last year.
Nick Nash, WR, Irvine, Calif./Woodbridge HS
- First Team AP All-America Team (2024)
- First Team FWAA All-America Team (2024)
- First Team Walter Camp All-America Team (2024)
- First Team Sporting News All-America Team (2024)
- First Team AFCA All-America Team (2024)
- First Team CBS Sports/247 Sports All-America Team (2024)
- PFF All-America Team (2024)
- Biletnikoff Award Finalist (2024)
- Only the fourth player to earn the FBS college football receiving triple crown in the regular season by ending the regular season tops in the country in receptions (104), receiving yards (1,382), and receiving touchdowns (16).
- His 104 catches and 16 receiving touchdowns are both SJSU single-season records
- Had an SJSU single-season best of 10 straight games with a receiving touchdown
- Had more receiving touchdowns than 38 FBS schools in the regular season
Soane Toia, DL, Nuku'alosa, Tonga/Grace Brethren HS
- All-Mountain West First Team (2024)
- Preseason All-Mountain West (2024)
- Phil Steele Mountain West First-Team Defense (2024)
- Finished career with 153 tackles, 26.5 tackles for loss and 12 sacks
- Finished season with career-highs in tackles (59) and tackles for loss (9.5), plus added 4.5 sacks
- Had four tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss in The Hawai‘i Bowl vs. South Florida (12/24/24)
- Career-high nine tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss against No. 23 UNLV (11/22/24)
- Seven tackles, including a sack, a tackle for loss, and two QB hurries at Oregon State (11/09/24)
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