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MWC Top 50: No. 29 is Wyoming RB Shaun Wick

We are counting down the top 50 players in the Mountain West this season and are currently at the No. 29 spot.

Brian Losness-USA TODAY Sports

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.

No. 29 is Wyoming running back Shaun Wick. As a sophomore, Wick led the team last year in rushing yards, rushing attempts, and TDs with 979 yards and 9 TDs on 166 attempts. He is heading into his junior year with a full head of steam and a large brunt of the workload, since the Pokes lost Brett Smith. He'll need to continue the momentum from last year in order to give Wyoming's new QB the support he'll need.

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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8. Ty Sambrailo, OL, Colorado State
9.
10. Jeremy Ioane, S, Boise State
11. Carlos Wiggins, KR/WR, New Mexico
12. Quinn Kaehler, QB, SDSU Christian Tago, LB, SJSU
13. Carlos Wiggins, KR/WR, New Mexico
14. Donnel Pumphrey, RB, SDSU LaMar Bratton, OL, New Mexico Shaun Wick, RB, Wyoming Ty Sambrailo, OL, Colorado State
15. Jeremy Ioane, S, Boise State
16. Bryan Douglas, DB, Boise State
17. Shaun Wick, RB, Wyoming Robert Waterman, C, UNLV David Peterson, OL, San Jose St
18. Shaun Wick, RB, Wyoming Cody Wichmann, OL, Fresno State
19. Kevin Whimpey, OL, Utah State
20. Quinn Kaehler, QB, SDSU
21. Brett Bowers, DE, New Mexico Kivon Cartwright, TE, Colorado State Jeremy Ioane, S, Boise State
22. Corey Bell, DB, Boise State
Trent Matthews, S, Colorado State Robert Waterman, C, UNLV
23. BJ Larsen, DE, Utah State BJ Larsen, DE, Utah State Joey Iosefa, RB, Hawaii Christian Tago, LB, SJSU Trent Matthews, S, Colorado State Peni Vea, S, UNLV
24. Kyrie Wilson, LB, Fresno State
LaMar Bratton, OL, New Mexico Robert Waterman, C, UNLV Rashard Higgins, WR, Colorado State Cody Wichmann, OL, Fresno State
25. Kevin Whimpey, OL, Utah State
26. Kevin Whimpey, OL, Utah State Rykeem Yates, DT, Nevada Rashard Higgins, WR, Colorado State LaMar Bratton, OL, New Mexico
27. Aaron Davis, LB, Colorado State
Kendall Brock, RB, Nevada Rashard Higgins, WR, Colorado State Terry Poole, OL, San Diego State
28. Mark Nzeocha, LB, Wyoming
Kenneth Penny, CB, UNLV Joey Iosefa, RB, Hawaii
29. Shaun Wick, RB, Wyoming Jared Roberts, K, Colorado State Donnel Pumphrey, RB, SDSU Rashard Higgins, WR, Colorado State Rashard Higgins, WR, Colorado State Charles Washington, S, Fresno State
30. Rashard Higgins, WR, Colorado State Brett Bowers, DE, New Mexico Beau Yap, DE, Hawaii Jonathan McNeal, LB, Nevada
31. Cody Wichmann, OL, Fresno State Tanner Vallejo, LB, Boise State
Beau Yap, DE, Hawaii Bruce 'JoJo' Natson, WR,PR, Utah State Cody Wichmann, OL, Fresno State Trent Matthews, S, Colorado State Kyrie Wilson, LB, Fresno State
32. Jeremy Ioane, S, Boise State 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. Kevin Whimpey, OL, Utah State Nick Vigil, LB, Utah State Donnel Pumphrey, RB, SDSU

Jake Fely, LB, SDSU

Joey Ioesefa, RB, Hawaii Karl Mickelsen. LB, Fresno State
34. Robert Waterman, C, UNLV Joe Hill, RB, Utah State Kevin Whimpey, OL, Utah State Darian Thompson, S, Boise State Ty Sambrailo, OL, Colorado State Bruce 'JoJo' Natson, WR/PR, Utah State Aaron Davis, LB, Colorado State
35. Ty Sambrailo, OL, Colorado State Rashard Higgins, WR, Colorado State Shaun Wick, RB, Wyoming Beau Yap, DE, Hawaii Jeremy Ioane, S, Boise State Cody Wichmann, OL, Fresno State Donavon Lewis, LB, Fresno State
36. Trent Matthews, S, Colorado State
Sonny Puletasi, DE, Wyoming
Jamal Price, OL, New Mexico BJ Larsen, DE, Utah State Rykeem Yates, DT, Nevada Beau Yap, DE, Hawaii BJ Larsen, DE, Utah State
37. Carlos Wiggins, KR/WR, New Mexico Tajh Hasson, CB, UNLV
Cody Wichmann, OL, Fresno State Kendall Brock, RB, Nevada BJ Larsen, DE, Utah State Brett Bowers, DE, New Mexico Quinn Kaehler, QB, SDSU Ben Weaver, LB, Boise State
38. BJ Larsen, DE, Utah State Christian Tago, LB, SJSU Jonathan McNeal, LB, Nevada
Don Jackson, RB, Nevada
Jonathan McNeal, LB, Nevada
39. Beau Yap, DE, Hawaii Robert Waterman, C, UNLV Beau Yap, DE, Hawaii Jon Lee, RB, Air Force Kendall Brock, RB, Nevada Kevin Whimpey, OL, Utah State
40. LaMar Bratton, OL, New Mexico Cody Wichmann, OL, Fresno State Kivon Cartwright, TE, Colorado State Kivon Cartwright, TE, Colorado State Broam Hart, RB, Air Force Robert Waterman, C, UNLV Joe Hill, RB, Utah State
Mark Nzeocha, LB, Wyoming
41. Christian Tago, LB, San Jose State Trent Matthews, S, Colorado State Sonny Puletasi, DE, Wyoming Broam Hart, RB, Air Force
Peni Vea, S, UNLV Shaun Wick, RB, Wyoming Kendall Brock, RB, Nevada
42. Quinn Kaehler, QB, San Diego State Beau Yap, DE, Hawaii Tyler Horn, DT, Boise State Carlos Wiggins, KR/WR, New Mexico 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 Ty Sambrailo, OL, Colorado State Shaun Wick, RB, Wyoming Christian Tago, LB, SJSU Christian Tago, LB, SJSU Carlos Wiggins, KR/WR, New Mexico
44. Jake Fely, LB, San Diego State Carlos Wiggins, KR/WR, New Mexico

Jake Fely, LB, SDSU

Kivon Cartwright, TE, Colorado State Mark Nzeocha, LB, Wyoming Cody Wichmann, OL, Fresno State Donnel Pumphrey, RB, SDSU Beau Yap, DE, Hawaii
45. Kivon Cartwright, TE, Colorado State Brett Bowers, DE, New Mexico Marcus Sullivan, WR, UNLV
Peni Vea, S, UNLV Brandon Connette, QB, Fresno State Trent Matthews, S, Colorado State LaMar Bratton, OL, New Mexico BJ Larsen, DE, Utah 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 Carlos Wiggins, KR/WR, New Mexico 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 Ty Sambrailo, OL, Colorado State 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 LaMar Bratton, OL, New Mexico Kenneth Penny, DB, UNLV
49. Peni Vea, S, UNLV Kevin Whimpey, OL, Utah State Jeremy Ioane, S, Boise State 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 Trent Matthews, S, 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