Mountain West top 50: No. 19 is Utah State's Austin Stephens

We enter the top 20 with the 19th pick coming from a Utah State offensive lineman.

The 2016 version of the Mountain West Connection top 50 football players countdown is here and the 19th player comes from Utah State in offensive lineman Austin Stephens. Stephens has 27 career starts for himself at center and was named to the first-team all-conference from the media at Mountain West media days.

Here are the staff picks and composite rankings.

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11	Travis Seefeldt, USU, DT	Fred Zerblis, CSU, G
12	Nico Siragusa, SDSU, OL	Jacobi Owens, AFA, RB	Hasaan Henderson, NEV, WR
13	Teriyon Gipson, UNM, RB	Nico Siragusa, SDSU, OL	Nico Siragusa, SDSU, OL	Austin Stephens, USU, OL	Ben Weaver, BSU, LB	Teriyon Gipson, UNM, RB
14	Joe Martarano, BSU, LB	Paul Harris, Hawaii, RB	Tanner Gentry, WYO, WR	Joe Martarano, BSU, LB
15	Tau Lotulelei, UNLV, LB	Tanner Vallejo, BSU, LB	Kenny Potter, SJSU, QB	Austin Stephens, USU, OL	Nico Siragusa, SDSU, OL	Nico Siragusa, SDSU, OL	Tau Lotulelei, UNLV, LB
16	NIck Stevens, CSU, QB	Nik D'Avanso, UNM, DE	Fred Zerblis, CSU, G	Fred Zerblis, CSU, G	Austin Stephens, USU, OL
17	Rashaad Penny, SDSU, RB/KR/PR	Kenny Potter, SJSU, QB	DJ Dunn, Jr, AFA, LB	Rashaad Penny, SDSU, RB/KR/PR
18	Rashaad Penny, SDSU, RB/KR/PR	Fred Zerblis, CSU, G
19 Austin Stephens, USU, OL	Kenny Potter, SJSU, QB	Travis Seefeldt, USU, DT	Jalen Robinette, AFA, WR	Austin Stephens, USU, OL	NIck Stevens, CSU, QB
20 Joe Martarano, BSU, LB	Roland Ladipo, CB, AFA	Jake Roh, BSU, TE	Chase Roullier, WYO, OL	Nik D'Avanso, UNM, DE	Nico Siragusa, SDSU, OL	Tau Lotulelei, UNLV, LB	Joe Martarano, BSU, LB	Roland Ladipo, CB, AFA
21 Tau Lotulelei, UNLV, LB	Austin Stephens, USU, OL	Jacobi Owens, AFA, RB	NIck Stevens, CSU, QB	Tanner Vallejo, BSU, LB		Tau Lotulelei, UNLV, LB	Austin Stephens, USU, OL
22 Jacobi Owens, AFA, RB	Jake Roh, BSU, TE	Maurice McKnight, SJSU, DB	Joe Martarano, BSU, LB	Kenny Potter, SJSU, QB	Paul Harris, Hawaii, RB	Jacobi Owens, AFA, RB	Jake Roh, BSU, TE
23 Fred Zerblis, CSU, G	Jacobi Owens, AFA, RB	Tanner Vallejo, BSU, LB	Tau Lotulelei, UNLV, LB	Jake Roh, BSU, TE	Austin Stephens, USU, OL	Jacobi Owens, AFA, RB
24 Paul Harris, Hawaii, RB	Malik Smith, SDSU, DB	Jonathan Moxey, BSU, CB	Roland Ladipo, AFA, CB	NIck Stevens, CSU, QB	Roland Ladipo, CB, AFA
25 Tanner Vallejo, BSU, LB	Paul Harris, Hawaii, RB	Chase Roullier, WYO, OL	Andre Chachere, SJSU, CB	Austin Corbett, NEV, OL	Ricky Ali'ifua, USU, DT	Tanner Vallejo, BSU, LB	Paul Harris, Hawaii, RB
26 NIck Stevens, CSU, QB	Jalen Robinette, AFA, WR	Jacobi Owens, AFA, RB	Ben Weaver, BSU, LB	Roland Ladipo, CB, AFA	Jake Simonich, USU, T	Rashaad Penny, SDSU, RB/KR/PR
27 Rashaad Penny, SDSU, RB/KR/PR	Kendall Keys, UNLV, WR	Jalen Robinette, AFA, WR	Jake Simonich, USU, T	Fred Zerblis, CSU, G	Nico Siragusa, SDSU, OL	Jake Roh, BSU, TE	Kendall Keys, UNLV, WR
28 Travis Seefeldt, USU, DT	Jonathan Moxey, BSU, CB	Fred Zerblis, CSU, G	Timothy McVey, AFA, RB	Chase Roullier, WYO, OL	Chase Roullier, WYO, OL	Nik D'Avanzo, UNM, DE	Austin Corbett, NEV, OL	Paul Harris, Hawaii, RB	Jonathan Moxey, BSU, CB
29 Roland Ladipo, CB, AFA	Devante Mays, USU, RB	Joe Martarano, BSU, LB	Tanner Gentry, WYO, WR	Devin Centers, USU, FS	Devin Centers, USU, FS	Ricky Ali'ifua, USU, DT	Nik D'Avanzo, UNM, DE	Jalen Robinette, AFA, WR	Devante Mays, USU, RB
30 Nico Siragusa, SDSU, OL	Roland Ladipo, AFA, CB	Austin Corbett, NEV, OL	Jacobi Owens, AFA, RB	Salesa Faraimo, DT, NEV	Chase Roullier, WYO, OL
31 Jake Roh, BSU, TE	Fred Zerblis, CSU, G	Tau Lotulelei, UNLV, LB	Jake Roh, BSU, TE	Will Kreitler, C, UNLV	Tyler Winston, SJSU, WR	Rashaad Penny, SDSU, RB/KR/PR	Jonathan Moxey, BSU, CB	Fred Zerblis, CSU, G
32 Hasaan Henderson, NEV, WR	Jake Simonich, USU, T	Hasaan Henderson, NEV, WR	Paul Harris, Hawaii, RB		Hasaan Henderson, NEV, WR	Jake Simonich, USU, T
33 Nik D'Avanzo, UNM, DE	Travis Seefeldt, USU, DT	Kevin Davis Jr.