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MWC top 50: No. 42 is San Diego State QB Quinn Kaehler

We are counting down the top 50 players in the Mountain West this season and are currently at the No. 42 spot.

By Ben Phillips
Ethan Miller

This summer the Mountain West Connection crew is counting down the top 50 players heading into the 2014 Mountain West season. Because the criteria is objective regarding who should be considered "the best," opinions are different for each person. It naturally follows, then, that the results on this list will vary; out of the 94 players who received votes, only 17 were consensus top 50 players, receiving votes from every panel member.

The No. 42 player in our countdown is the last of three players in a row from Southern California: San Diego State quarterback Quinn Kaehler. As a junior, Kaehler threw for 3007 yards and 19 TDs through the air and added one score on the ground. He stepped in last year after then-starter Adam Dingwell went 27-63 (under 40% completion rate) with 0 TDs and 5 INTs in the first game plus the first five throws of the second. Kaehler was excellent through the air, but lacks the mobility to keep defenses honest with his feet, losing 109 yards on 49 attempts. Kaehler is a solid QB, and deserves to be on this list, but has a ways to go if he wants to vie for the honor of best QB in the conference.

Here is the updated list of our top 50 countdown with the current selection in bold:

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4. Jake Fely, LB, SDSU
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12. Quinn Kaehler, QB, SDSU
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14. Donnel Pumphrey, RB, SDSU
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16. Bryan Douglas, DB, Boise State
17. David Peterson, OL, San Jose St
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20. Quinn Kaehler, QB, SDSU
21. Brett Bowers, DE, New Mexico
22. Corey Bell, DB, Boise State
23. Joey Iosefa, RB, Hawaii Peni Vea, S, UNLV
24. Kyrie Wilson, LB, Fresno State
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26. Rykeem Yates, DT, Nevada
27. Aaron Davis, LB, Colorado State
 Kendall Brock, RB, Nevada Terry Poole, OL, San Diego State
28. Mark Nzeocha, LB, Wyoming
 Kenneth Penny, CB, UNLV Joey Iosefa, RB, Hawaii
29. Jared Roberts, K, Colorado State Donnel Pumphrey, RB, SDSU Charles Washington, S, Fresno State
30. Brett Bowers, DE, New Mexico Kivon Cartwright, TE, Colorado State Jonathan McNeal, LB, Nevada
31. Tanner Vallejo, LB, Boise State
 Bruce 'JoJo' Natson, WR,PR, Utah State Kyrie Wilson, LB, Fresno State
32. Jarrod Lawson, RB, SJSU
 Peni Vea, S, UNLV Tanner Vallejo, LB, Boise State Billy Freeman, TE, SJSU
 Kendall Brock, RB, Nevada Kivon Cartwright, TE, Colorado State
33. Nick Vigil, LB, Utah State Donnel Pumphrey, RB, SDSU

Jake Fely, LB, SDSU

 Joey Ioesefa, RB, Hawaii Karl Mickelsen. LB, Fresno State
34. Joe Hill, RB, Utah State Darian Thompson, S, Boise State Bruce 'JoJo' Natson, WR/PR, Utah State Aaron Davis, LB, Colorado State
35. Donavon Lewis, LB, Fresno State
36. Sonny Puletasi, DE, Wyoming
 Jamal Price, OL, New Mexico Rykeem Yates, DT, Nevada
37. Tajh Hasson, CB, UNLV
 Kendall Brock, RB, Nevada Brett Bowers, DE, New Mexico Quinn Kaehler, QB, SDSU Ben Weaver, LB, Boise State
38. Jonathan McNeal, LB, Nevada
 Don Jackson, RB, Nevada
 Jonathan McNeal, LB, Nevada
39. Jon Lee, RB, Air Force Kendall Brock, RB, Nevada
40. Kivon Cartwright, TE, Colorado State Kivon Cartwright, TE, Colorado State Broam Hart, RB, Air Force Joe Hill, RB, Utah State
 Mark Nzeocha, LB, Wyoming
41. Sonny Puletasi, DE, Wyoming Broam Hart, RB, Air Force
 Peni Vea, S, UNLV Kendall Brock, RB, Nevada
42. Quinn Kaehler, QB, San Diego State Tyler Horn, DT, Boise State Vince Buhagiar, LB, San Jose State Jake Fely, LB, SDSU Brandon Swindall, WR, Utah State
43. Donnel Pumphrey, RB, San Diego State Ben Weaver, LB, Boise State Joey Ioesefa, RB, Hawaii
44. Jake Fely, LB, San Diego State

Jake Fely, LB, SDSU

 Kivon Cartwright, TE, Colorado State Mark Nzeocha, LB, Wyoming Donnel Pumphrey, RB, SDSU
45. Kivon Cartwright, TE, Colorado State Brett Bowers, DE, New Mexico Marcus Sullivan, WR, UNLV
 Peni Vea, S, UNLV Brandon Connette, QB, Fresno State
46. Kendall Brock, RB, Nevada
 Quinn Kaehler, QB, SDSU Richy Turner, WR, Nevada Brian Douglas, DB, Boise State
 Cole Gautsche, QB, New Mexico Peni Vea, S, UNLV Dakota Cox. LB, New Mexico
47. Joey Iosefa, RB, Hawaii Jake Jones, OL, Wyoming Vince Buhagiar, LB, SJSU Brett Bowers, DE, New Mexico Sonny Puletasi, DE, Wyoming
Jarrod Lawson, RB, SJSU 
 Marteze Waller, RB, Fresno State
 Justin Northern, OL, Fresno State
48. Brett Bowers, DE, New Mexico Darian Thompson, S, Boise State Scott Harding, WR/KR, Hawaii
 Nick Vigil, LB, Utah State
 Ben Clarke, OL, Hawaii Kenneth Penny, DB, UNLV
49. Peni Vea, S, UNLV Jake Jones, OL, Wyoming Dasheon Frierson, CB, SJSU Shaquille Murray-Lawrence, RB, UNLV Kivon Cartwright, TE, Colorado State Christian Spears, S, Air Force
50. Bruce 'JoJo' Natson, WR/PR, Utah State Will Conant, K, Air Force
 Jared Roberts, K, Colorado State Vince Buhagiar, LB, SJSU Ben Weaver, LB, Boise State Jonathan McNeal, LB, Nevada Jared Roberts, K, Colorado State Darian Thompson, S, Boise State

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