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No. 49 on our list of top Mountain West players for the upcoming season is Boise State linebacker Ben Weaver. Weaver is getting preseason publicity from various outlets, including being named to Phil Steele's third-team All-Mountain West defensive team.
Weaver is one of many returning defenders for this Boise State defense and last year he was third on the team in tackles with 51.5, plus he had three tackles for a loss and a pair of sacks. His stat line doesn't immediately stand out -- yet don't let that fool anyone for how good he is -- and that is because this defense overall is stout and very few are capable of standing out amongst such a talented group.
Our player countdown will be posted at 8 a.m. MT each and every day, and here is our StoryStream of our countdown. Feel free to agree or disagree, civilly of course, in the comments about the list. New players are in bold.
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| 18. | Uso Olive, DL, WYO | Uso Olive, DL, WYO | |||||||||
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| 20. | Lamar Jordan, QB UNM | Steven Walker, TE, CSU | |||||||||
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| 24. | Steven Walker, TE, CSU | Steven Walker, TE, CSU | |||||||||
| 25. | Nate Romine, QB, AFA | ||||||||||
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| 27. | Jarred Gipson, TE, NEV | ||||||||||
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| 29. | Teryion Gibson, RB, UNM | Ben Weaver, LB, BSU | |||||||||
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| 31. | Ben Weaver, LB, BSU | Travis Averill, OL, BSU | |||||||||
| 32. | Don Jackson, RB, NEV | Steven Walker, TE, CSU | |||||||||
| 33. | Don Jackson, RB, NEV | ||||||||||
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| 35. | Jeremy McNichols, WR/RB BSU | Ben Weaver, LB, BSU | Travis Averill, OL, BSU | ||||||||
| 36. | Ben Clarke, OL, UH | Ben Clarke, OL, UH | |||||||||
| 37. | Don Jackson, RB NE | Alex Fifita, OT, FSU | Cleveland Wallace III, CB, SJSU | Steven Walker, TE, CSU | |||||||
| 38. | Blake Decker, QB UNLV | Travis Averill, OL, BSU | Joe Gray, QB, SJSU | Jimmy Pruitt, CB, SJSU | Ben Weaver, LB, BSU | ||||||
| 39. | Cleveland Wallace III, CB, SJSU | Jarred Gipson, TE, NEV | Ben Clarke, OL, UH | ||||||||
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| 41. | Zack Greenlee, QB FSU | Joe Gray, QB, SJSU | Garrett Brown, WR, AFA | Lucas Wacha, LB, WYO | Tyler Gray, LB, BSU | ||||||
| 42. | Cleveland Wallace III, CB, SJSU | ||||||||||
| 43. | Lucas Wacha, LB, WYO | Cleveland Wallace III, CB, SJSU | Jonathan Moxey, CB, BSU | ||||||||
| 44. | Jeremy McNichols, WR/RB BSU | Lucas Wacha, LB, WYO | Uso Olive, DL, WYO | ||||||||
| 45. | Hasaan Henderson, WR, NEV | Lucas Wacha, LB, WYO | Hasaan Henderson, WR, NEV | Kevin Pierre-Louis, DB, CSU | |||||||
| 46. | Jake Roh, TE, BSU | Alex Fifita, OT, FSU | Hasaan Henderson, WR, NEV | Garrett Brown, WR, AFA | Nate Romine, QB, AFA | ||||||
| 47. | Hasaan Henderson, WR, NEV | Diocemy Saint-Juste, RB Hawaii | Kelsey Young, RB, BSU | Justin Northern, OG, FSU | Joe Gray, QB, SJSU | Steven Walker, TE, CSU | Lamar Jordan, QB UNM | Lamar Jordan, QB UNM | |||
| 48. | Lamar Jordan, QB, UNM | Bo Bonnheim, C, FSU | Hasaan Henderson, WR, NEV | Tau Lotulelei, LB, UNLV | |||||||
| 49.Ben Weaver, LB, BSU | Garrett Brown, WR, AFA | Joe Gray, QB, SJSU | Ben Clarke, OL, UH | Lucas Wacha, LB, WYO | |||||||
| 50. Steven Walker, TE, CSU | Zack Greenlee, QB, FSU | Garrett Brown, WR, AFA | Garrett Brown, WR, AFA | Rafe Kiely, OL, WYO |