LOGAN, Utah-Utah State senior receiver/kick returner Savon Scarver was named the Mountain West Conference’s preseason special teams player of the year per a Thursday statement.
Former Aggies, quarterbacks Jordan Love and Chuckie Keeton, were named as the Mountain West preseason offensive players of the year in 2019 and 2014, respectively.
Linebacker Kyler Fackrell was named as the Mountain West Conference preseason defensive player of the year in 2015.
The Mountain West’s preseason offensive player of the year is Colorado State receiver Warren Jackson and the preseason defensive player of the year is Fresno State linebacker Justin Rice.
Scarver was a consensus All-American in 2018, only the third Aggie to ever earn this distinction.
Scarver earned first-team all-Mountain West Conference honors as a junior in 2019 after leading the Mountain West Conference and ranking second nationally in kickoff returns with two kicks returned for scores.
Scarver has five career kickoff returns for scores as a collegian.
This is the fifth honor of the preseason for the Las Vegas native. He has also been named to the 2020 College Football America Yearbook Group of 5 preseason starting lineup, the Mountain West preseason all-conference team, the Phil Steele Magazine Preseason All-Mountain West Conference first team and the Athlon Sports preseason all-Mountain West Conference first team.
