2017 Colorado State Rams football team

2017 Colorado State Rams football
2017 Colorado State Rams football
New Mexico Bowl, L 28–31 vs. Marshall
Conference	Mountain West Conference
	Mountain Division
Record	7–6 (5–3 MW)
Head coach	Mike Bobo (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Will Friend (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Marty English (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Colorado State Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rams were led by third-year head coach Mike Bobo and played their home games at the newly built Sonny Lubick Field at Colorado State Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference.^[1] They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Marshall.

2017 Mountain West Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Mountain Division
No. 22 Boise State xy$	7	–	1	11	–	3
Colorado State	5	–	3	7	–	6
Wyoming	5	–	3	8	–	5
Utah State	4	–	4	6	–	7
Air Force	4	–	4	5	–	7
New Mexico	1	–	7	3	–	9
West Division
Fresno State xy	7	–	1	10	–	4
San Diego State	6	–	2	10	–	3
UNLV	4	–	4	5	–	7
Nevada	3	–	5	3	–	9
Hawaii	1	–	7	3	–	9
San Jose State	1	–	7	2	–	11
Championship: Boise State 17, Fresno State 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

In the preseason media poll that was revealed at the Mountain West Media Summit on July 25, 2017, the Rams were picked to finish second in the Mountain Division behind Boise State.^[2] WR Michael Gallup and OL Jake Bennett Mountain West Football Preseason All-Conference Team.^[3]

Schedule

Colorado State announced their 2017 football schedule on March 2, 2017.^[4]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 26	1:00 p.m.	Oregon State*	Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	W 58–27	37,583
September 1	6:00 p.m.	vs. Colorado*	Sports Authority Field at Mile High Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	P12N	L 3–17	73,932
September 9	1:30 p.m.	Abilene Christian*	Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO	Stadium	W 38–10	27,038
September 16	5:00 p.m.	at No. 1 Alabama*	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN2	L 23–41	101,821
September 30	10:00 p.m.	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	Spectrum OC16/Stadium	W 51–21	25,687
October 7	2:30 p.m.	at Utah State	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT	ATTSNRM	W 27–14	18,004
October 14	8:15 p.m.	Nevada	Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO	ESPN2	W 44–42	36,765
October 20	8:15 p.m.	at New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM	ESPN2	W 27–24	17,358
October 28	1:00 p.m.	Air Force	Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)	CBSSN	L 28–45	33,074
November 4	5:00 p.m.	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY (Bronze Boot)	CBSSN	L 13–16	22,840
November 11	8:30 p.m.	Boise State	Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	L 52–59 ^OT	32,166
November 18	1:30 p.m.	San Jose State	Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	W 42–14	25,743
December 16	2:30 p.m.	vs. Marshall*	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM (New Mexico Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–31	26,087
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Source:^[5]

Game summaries

Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	10	10	0	7	27
Rams	7	17	10	24	58

vs Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	10	7	0	0	17
Rams	0	3	0	0	3

Abilene Christian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	10	0	10
Rams	10	7	14	7	38

At Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	10	0	13	23
No. 1 Crimson Tide	17	7	14	3	41

At Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	14	17	13	7	51
Rainbow Warriors	0	7	7	7	21

At Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	17	7	0	3	27
Aggies	0	7	0	7	14

Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolf Pack	14	7	21	0	42
Rams	14	14	10	6	44

At New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	21	0	6	27
Lobos	7	3	7	7	24

Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	21	3	14	45
Rams	14	7	7	0	28

At Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	3	7	0	3	13
Cowboys	0	6	3	7	16

Boise State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Broncos	3	14	21	14	7	59
Rams	21	14	7	10	0	52

San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	0	0	7	14
Rams	14	14	7	7	42

vs Marshall

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	0	21	10	0	31
Rams	0	14	0	14	28

Roster

2017 Colorado State Rams football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`1`	Dalyn Dawkins	Sr
WR	`2`	Robert Awunganyi	So
QB	`2`	Justice McCoy	Fr
WR	`3`	EJ Scott	Fr
WR	`4`	Michael Gallup	Sr
RB	`5`	Marvin Kinsey Jr.	So
RB	`6`	Darius May	Fr
QB	`7`	Nick Stevens	Sr
WR	`8`	Detrich Clark	Sr
WR	`9`	Warren Jackson	Fr
QB	`10`	J.C. Robles	So
WR	`11`	Preston Williams	Jr
QB	`12`	Judd Erickson	Fr
QB	`15`	Collin Hill	So
TE	`16`	Cameron Butler	Fr
WR	`18`	Darius Wise	Fr
WR	`19`	Tyler Smith	Fr
WR	`23`	Marcus Wilson	Jr
RB	`24`	Izzy Matthews	Jr
WR	`26`	Alex Tennant	So
WR	`27`	Trey Smith	Jr
RB	`28`	Rashaad Boddie	Fr
TE	`30`	Dalton Fackrell	Sr
RB	`32`	Marcus McElroy	Fr
WR	`38`	Brenden Fulton	So
RB	`40`	Justin Falls	Jr
FB	`42`	Charles Dunkelman	Fr
FB	`45`	Nate Ryken	Jr
FB	`46`	Adam Prentice	So
RB	`49`	Drue Harris	So
OL	`51`	Colby Meeks	Jr
OL	`60`	Trae Moxley	Sr
OL	`61`	Zack Golditch	Sr
OL	`62`	Alonso Archuleta	Fr
OL	`63`	Nathon Putallaz	So
OL	`64`	Scott Brooks	Fr
OL	`65`	Luis Lebron	Fr
OL	`66`	Kieran Firment	Fr
OL	`68`	Jackson McCullough	Fr
OL	`69`	Barry Wesley	Fr
OL	`70`	Joctavis Phillips	Fr
OL	`71`	Jeff Taylor	So
OL	`72`	Nicho Garcia	Jr
OL	`73`	Tyler Bjorklünd	Jr
OL	`74`	Salofi Gaoa	So
OL	`76`	John Blasco Jr.	Fr
OL	`77`	Jake Bennett	Sr
OL	`78`	Ben Knox	Jr
TE	`80`	John Freismuth	Jr
WR	`81`	Bisi Johnson	Jr
TE	`82`	Isiah Pannunzio	Fr
WR	`86`	Chandler Birrell	So
TE	`88`	Griffin Hammer	Fr
WR	`89`	Chandler Draschlin	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL	`4`	Christian Colon	Fr
S	`7`	Jamal Hicks	So
S	`8`	Jake Schlager	Sr
S	`9`	Jadon Walker	Fr
CB	`10`	Kevin Nutt Jr.	Sr
S	`11`	Jordan Fogal	Sr
LB	`12`	Deonte Clyburn	Sr
LB	`13`	Trey Sutton	Fr
CB	`14`	Anthony Hawkins	So
LB	`15`	Kiel Robinson	Sr
CB	`17`	Shun Johnson	Sr
S	`18`	Braylin Scott	Jr
CB	`20`	Christian Cumber	Fr
LB	`22`	Houston Haynes	Sr
CB	`25`	Darius Campbell	Fr
S	`26`	Kavapele Maka	Jr
S	`29`	Justin Sweet	Sr
LB	`31`	Max McDonald	So
LB	`33`	Emmanuel Jones	Fr
LB	`34`	Anthony Giusti	Jr
LB	`42`	Patrick Elsenbast	Sr
LB	`43`	Evan Colorito	Sr
CB	`45`	Dante Carnessale	Fr
S	`47`	Levi Osborn	Sr
DL	`47`	Anthony Smith	Fr
S	`49`	Connor Donohue	Fr
LB	`50`	Corte Tapia	Fr
LB	`51`	Patrick Moody	Fr
LB	`52`	Tre Thomas	Jr
LB	`53`	Caleb Smith	Jr
DL	`54`	Arjay Jean	So
LB	`55`	Josh Watson	Jr
LB	`57`	Emmanuel Walker	Fr
LB	`58`	Tanner Clem	Fr
DL	`79`	Lassine Kone	Fr
DL	`90`	Jamori Fox	So
DL	`91`	Jakob Buys	Sr
DL	`92`	Livingston Paogofie	Fr
LB	`93`	Conrad Harker	So
DL	`94`	Darnell Thompson	Sr
DL	`95`	Richard King	So
DL	`97`	Toby McBride	So
DL	`98`	Ellison Hubbard	Fr
DL	`99`	Colton Foster	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`35`	Josh Kerin	Fr
K	`37`	Tavis Guerra	Sr
P	`41`	Ryan Stonehouse	Fr
LS	`58`	Trent Sieg	Sr
K	`67`	Joe Deline	Fr
K	`83`	Braxton Davis	Jr
LS	`85`	Nathan Lucas	Jr
K	`96`	Wyatt Bryan	Jr

Head coach

Mike Bobo

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Will Friend (Offensive Coordinator / Offensive Line)
Marty English (Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers)
Jamie Bryant (Special Teams Coordinator / Safeties)
Bryan Applewhite (Running Backs)
Joe Cox (Tight Ends)
Terry Fair (Cornerbacks)
Ronnie Letson (Quarterbacks)
Ricky Logo (Defensive Line)
Alvis Whitted (Wide Receivers)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 26, 2017

Source:^[6]

Players in the 2018 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Michael Gallup	WR	3	81	Dallas Cowboys

References

^ Frei, Terry (April 20, 2017). "Countdown to kickoff at Colorado State's new on-campus stadium continues in Fort Collins". The Denver Post. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
^ TEGNA. "Boise State and San Diego State picked to meet in 2017 MW Championship Game". KTVB. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
^ "2017 Mountain West Football Preseason All-Conference Team - Mountain West Conference". themw.com. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
^ "Colorado State's 2017 football schedule is set". MileHighSports.com. March 2, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
^ 2017 Colorado State Rams football schedule. FBSchedules.com. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
^ 2017 Coaching Staff Archived 2017-04-29 at the Wayback Machine. CSURams.com. Retrieved May 4, 2017.

[1] Frei, Terry (April 20, 2017). "Countdown to kickoff at Colorado State's new on-campus stadium continues in Fort Collins". The Denver Post. Retrieved May 4, 2017.

[2] TEGNA. "Boise State and San Diego State picked to meet in 2017 MW Championship Game". KTVB. Retrieved August 31, 2017.

[3] "2017 Mountain West Football Preseason All-Conference Team - Mountain West Conference". themw.com. Retrieved August 31, 2017.

[4] "Colorado State's 2017 football schedule is set". MileHighSports.com. March 2, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.

[5] 2017 Colorado State Rams football schedule. FBSchedules.com. Retrieved May 4, 2017.

[6] 2017 Coaching Staff Archived 2017-04-29 at the Wayback Machine. CSURams.com. Retrieved May 4, 2017.

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