Jackson once again led the Aggies with nine tackles against Minnesota, totaling 17 stops on the season.
Leading all players with eight tackles, Jackson made a massive impact in his first game as an Aggie.
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The Kansas native joins Zach Kittley (OC - Western Kentucky) as the only 31-year old coordinators.īryce Jackson earned Pro Football Focus Team of the Week honors after a big game against Nevada. Armstrong (DC - Southern Miss.) and Tommy Rees (OC - Notre Dame) are the lone coordinators who are younger than Dreiling. Only Austin Armstrong of Southern Mississippi (29) will be younger than Dreiling (31) at the beginning of the season.ĭreiling is tied for the third youngest coordinator in FBS, regardless of offensive or defensive. The linebacker recently joined the NM State roster as a walk-on.Īs Nate Dreiling prepares to take over as the NM State Defensive Coordinator, he also becomes the second youngest DC among the FBS ranks. With the addition of Nikhil Webb Walker, NM State now has the only player in FBS football with a hometown located in Jamaica. When Coach Kill accepted the head coaching role with the Aggies, he did not inherit a single incoming player from the previous staff. With Nevada and Minnesota completed, the Aggies will wrap the tough test against the Miners and Wisconsin.Ĭoach Kill and company have added 45 new players to the NM State roster for the 2022 season. Week Two's contest against UTEP marks the third of four straight games to open the season against teams making bowl appearances in 2021. The Aggies will also face off with six opponents who participated in a bowl game last season - Nevada (Quick Lane), Minnesota (Guaranteed Rate), UTEP (New Mexico), Wisconsin (Las Vegas), Missouri (Armed Forces), and Liberty (LendingTree). In the season opener, Diego Pavia and Trevor Brohard found themselves calling the toss under the lights of Aggie Memorial Stadium. The last true road win for the Aggies? A 27-20 win over the Miners in El Paso.Īgainst Minnesota, Chris Ojoh and Lazarus Williams represented the Aggies at the coin toss. NM State has the longest active losing streak away from home in FBS football, sitting at 19 games. After the road tilts with Minnesota and UTEP, the Aggies will once again hit the road to battle Wisconsin. Saturday's game in El Paso marks the second of three straight weeks on the road for NM State. Kill trails just Nick Saban (Alabama), Mack Brown (North Carolina), Brian Kelly (LSU), Willie Fritz (Tulane), Chris Crieghton (Eastern Michigan), and Terry Bowden (Louisiana - Monroe). Kill enters the 2022 season as the eighth winningest active coach in FBS football. After opening the season with eight tackles against Nevada, Jackson once again led the Aggies with nine stops in the Thursday night showdown with Minnesota.įollowing the conclusion of the 2021 season, Director of Athletics Mario Moccia quickly made a coaching change, hiring Jerry Kill to lead the Aggies football program. Both Diego Pavia and Gavin Frakes have seen plenty of significant action and lead the Aggies in statistical categories.ġ7 - Through the first two weeks of the season, UNLV transfer Bryce Jackson ranks seventh among FBS players with 17 total tackles. NM State went a perfect 4-0 at home ('80, '78, '76, and '74) during the stretch and 4-1 in El Paso-based contests.Ģ - In both games this season, NM State has played a pair of Aggies at quarterback. With final scores of 44-35, 27-20, and 41-14, the Aggies had a 2-0 record at home and 1-0 in the Sun Bowl.Ĩ - Between 19, the Aggies went on a tear in the series, taking eight of nine contests from UTEP. 9 Oklahoma while the Aggies were tripped up by Nevada and RV Minnesota.ģ - Before the UTEP win in 2021, NM State had won three straight contests against the Miners. Two of the few teams to have taken the field twice, both teams have yet to secure a win.
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UTEP leads the series 38-58-2Ġ-2 - Both UTEP and NM State enter the contest with a winless record. A 2021 victory by UTEP snapped a three-game winning streak for the Aggies.ĩ9 - The 2022 edition of the Battle of I-10 will mark the 99th all-time meeting between the Aggies and Miners on the gridiron. The Miners lead the all-time series 58-38-2 over NM State. Radio: Aggie Radio Network from LEARFIELD MT and can be streamed on ESPN+, both domestically and internationally. Saturday night's showdown will kick off at 7:00 p.m.
While it may be Coach Jerry Kill's first Battle of I-10, the head ball coach is no stranger to heated rivalry contests. The two teams will clash once again on Saturday night at the Sun Bowl in El Paso. EL PASO, Texas – There's been 98 previous meetings between the NM State Aggies and UTEP Miners on the gridiron.
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