MWC Connection · Aug 9, 2023
2023 Utah State Aggies Football Preview
Utah State stunned a lot of people in 2021 behind the arm of Logan Bonner and new head coach Blake Anderson, going 11-3 (6-2). The Aggies won a season-defining game on the road against Washington State before dropping a game to Boise State to go 3-1 in September. After losing to BYU at home in a 34-20 game, the Aggies would win five straight before losing at home to Wyoming, 44-17. The regular season would close out with a 35-10 win at New Mexico and the season would close out with a win at San Diego State in the conference championship game (46-13) and a win in the Los Angeles bowl against Oregon State, where Logan Bonner would go down with a knee injury. Bonner would return with experience for the 2022 season but went down with a season-ending foot injury. Throughout the season Utah State lost Bonner, receiver Kyle Van Leeuwen, Philip Paea, and Seni Tuiaki in addition to quarterback Cooper Legas, Levi Williams and linebacker MJ Tafisi. John Ward, Ajani Carter, Michael Anyanwu, and Ike Larsen also missed multiple games due to injury and Utah State would finish the 2022 season at 6-7 with a bowl loss to Memphis.