2021 Boise State Broncos football team

The 2021 Boise State Broncos football team will represent Boise State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos will play their home games at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho, as members of the Mountain West Conference. They will be led by first-year head coach Andy Avalos.

2021 Boise State Broncos football
Conference	Mountain West
2021 record	0–0 (0–0 MW)
Head coach	Andy Avalos (1st as HC, 8th overall season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Plough (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Spencer Danielson (1st as DC, 5th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Kane Ioane (1st season)
Home stadium	Albertsons Stadium (Capacity: 36,387)

2021 Mountain West Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
Air Force		0	–	0					0	–	0
Boise State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Colorado State		0	–	0					0	–	0
New Mexico		0	–	0					0	–	0
Utah State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Wyoming		0	–	0					0	–	0
West Division
Fresno State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Hawaii		0	–	0					0	–	0
Nevada		0	–	0					0	–	0
San Diego State		0	–	0					0	–	0
San Jose State		0	–	0					0	–	0
UNLV		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 4, 2021
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of February 2, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Broncos finished the 2020 season 5–2 overall, and 5–0 in conference play, claiming a championship game berth in the Mountain West Championship Game, where they lost to San Jose State 34–20. The Broncos announced on December 20th that they would forego playing in a bowl game, ending a streak of 18 consecutive bowl games.[1]

Boise State head coach Bryan Harsin resigned on December 22nd to accept the head coaching position at Auburn, taking most of his assistant coaches.[2] The university named Oregon defensive coordinator and former Boise State linebacker and assistant coach Andy Avalos the program's next head coach on January 9, 2021.[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 4	at UCF*	Spectrum Stadium Orlando, FL
September 11	UTEP*	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID
September 18	Oklahoma State*	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID
October 9	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT
*Non-conference game

Source: [4]

Personnel

2021 Boise State Broncos football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Octavius Evans Sr WR 2 Khalil Shakir Jr TE 3 Riley Smith  So WR 6 CT Thomas Sr WR 7 Latrell Caples Fr QB 8 Cade Fennegan Fr QB 10 Chase Cord  Jr QB 14 Andy Peters Fr WR 15 Maclaine Griffin  So QB 16 Jack Sears  Jr WR 18 Billy Bowens  So QB 19 Hank Bachmeier So RB 21 Andrew Van Buren Jr WR 23 Khyheem Waleed  Fr RB 24 George Holani So RB 25 Taequan Tyler So WR 27 Shea Whiting  Fr RB 31 Obi Gee Fr WR 32 Trevor Cole  Fr RB 33 Tyler Crowe  Fr RB 37 Danny Smith  So TE 40 Russell Corrigan Fr OL 50 Riden Leong Fr OL 51 Dalton Lins  So OL 55 Kekaniokoa Holomalia–Gonzalez  So OL 57 Nathan Cardona Fr OL 62 Kyle Juergens Fr OL 66 Ben Dooley  Fr OL 68 Jake Stetz  Sr OL 69 Garrett Curran  So OL 70 John Ojukwu  Jr OL 71 Donte Harrington  Sr OL 72 Dallas Holliday  So OL 73 Nick Crabtree  Sr OL 74 Jacob Golden  Fr OL 75 Brandon Hernandez Fr OL 77 Uzo Osuji  Sr OL 78 Julian Simpson  Fr TE 80 Mason Sikes  Sr TE 81 Austin Bolt Fr WR 82 Stefan Cobbs  So WR 83 Cole Wright Fr WR 84 Matt Greenwald Fr TE 86 Tyler Eiguren  Fr TE 87 Kaden DeLuna  So TE 88 Tyneil Hooper  So WR 89 Connor Riddle  So	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 0 JL Skinner So CB 2 Jalen Walker  Sr LB 3 Brandon Hawkins  So S 4 Rodney Robinson Fr S 5 Evan Tyler GS LB 7 Ezekiel Noa  Jr CB 8 Markel Reed So LB 9 Brock Miller  Sr CB 13 Marques Evans  Jr CB 14 Kaonohi Kaniho Fr CB 16 Jonathan Earl Jr CB 17 Donovan Clark Fr DE 19 Aisa Kelemete  Jr S, NB 20 Roman Kafentzis  Jr S 21 Tyreque Jones  Jr CB 22 Tyric LeBeauf  So CB 24 Damon Cole  Jr LB 25 Benton Wickersham  Sr NB 28 Kekaula Kaniho Sr CB 29 Chris Mitchell  So DL 30 Isaiah Bagnah  Fr S 34 Alexander Teubner  Fr S 36 Semaj Verner Fr DL 38 Demitri Washington  So CB 41 Jaylen Clark Fr S 43 Tyler Visser  Jr LB 44 Riley Whimpey Sr LB 48 Bruno DeRose  Sr DL 49 Dylan Herberg  So LB 52 DJ Schramm  So DL 53 Sam Whitney GS DL 54 Gabe Hunter Fr DE 55 Shane Irwin  Jr DL 56 Casey Kline  Fr DT 58 Robert Cooper Fr DE 59 Jaydn Ewing  Fr DE 60 Amari Williams Fr DT 90 Scale Igiehon Jr DT 92 Michael Callahan  Fr DE 93 Andy Nwaoko Fr DT 94 Jackson Cravens  So DT 95 Divine Obichere Jr DT 97 Keeghan Freeborn  So DT 98 Herbert Gums, Jr. Fr DT 99 Scott Matlock  So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 35 Jonah Dalmas Fr LS 42 Daniel Cantrell  Jr K, P 43 Gavin Wale  Fr K, P 46 Joel Velazquez  Sr P 49 Keola Downing Fr LS 65 Koby Tryggestad Fr K 96 Ryan Meyer  So	Head coach Andy Avalos (Boise State) Coordinators/assistant coaches Frank Maile (Utah State) Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line Spencer Danielson (Azusa Pacific) Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers Tim Plough (UC Davis) Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Stacy Collins (Western Oregon) Special Teams Coordinator/Edge Kane Ioane (Montana State) Co-Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Jeron Johnson (Boise State) Cornerbacks Tim Keane (UC Davis) Offensive Line Matt Miller (Boise State) Wide Receivers Kent Riddle (Oregon State) Tight Ends Winston Venable (Boise State) Running Backs/Player Development Director Support staff Da'Vell Winters (Ashford) Chief of Staff Reid Kagy (Ohio State) Director of Sports Performance, Football Brandon Pietrzyk (Buena Vista) Assistant Director of Sports Performance, Football Lucas White (Southern Indiana) Assistant Director of Sports Performance, Football Joel Schneider (Boise State) Director of Football Operations Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: January 25, 2021

Game summaries

at UCF

Boise State Broncos at UCF Knights

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	0	0	0	0	0
Knights	0	0	0	0	0

at Spectrum Stadium, Orlando, FL

• Date: September 4, 2021

UTEP

UTEP Miners at Boise State Broncos

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	0	0	0	0
Broncos	0	0	0	0	0

at Albertsons Stadium, Boise, ID

• Date: September 11, 2021

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State Cowboys at Boise State Broncos

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	0	0	0	0
Broncos	0	0	0	0	0

at Albertsons Stadium, Boise, ID

• Date: September 18, 2021

at BYU

Boise State Broncos at BYU Cougars

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	0	0	0	0	0
Cougars	0	0	0	0	0

at LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT

• Date: October 9, 2021

References

1. "Boise State football team announces decision to forego bowl game this season". KTVB. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
2. "Auburn hires Boise State's Bryan Harsin as next head football coach". ESPN. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
3. "Avalos Returns to Boise State as Head Coach". Boise State University Athletics. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
4. "2021 Football Schedule". Boise State University Athletics. Retrieved 16 January 2021.