
THE SCHEDULE
Week 1 at Memphis
Week 2 vs #15 TCU
Week 3 at #13 Auburn
Week 4 vs FIU
Week 5 "Bye"
Week 6 vs Stanford "Pac-12 Opener"
Week 7 "Bye"
Week 8 @ #19 Arizona State
Week 9 @ Colorado
Week 10 vs #12 Oregon
Week 11 vs Washington State
Week 12 vs Utah "Senior Night"
Week 13 @ Oregon State
Week 14 @ Washington "Rivalry Week vs Coach D"
BSU and TCU will rematch.. Last season the Horn Frogs beat BSU in Forth Worth handing the Broncos their only loss of the season. BSU gains a tough road matchup @ #19 Arizona State in Week 8 but at least they play Oregon at home this season in back to back years as the schedules go mixed with the departure of San Diego State and BYU.
THE STAFF
Head Coach Matt Miller returns for his 4th year at the helm sporting a new 5 year deal after guiding the Broncos to 3 straight Pac-12 titles and 2 National titles. Miller is 68-7 lifetime at Boise State (25-4 as OC and 43-3 as HC)
Offensive Coordinator Marcus Arroyo returns for his 3rd season.. The former Oregon Duck/Arizona State OC and UNLV HC, Arroyo has helped transform the Broncos offense into the #1 Offense in the nation the past 2 seasons including last year when the team averaged over 60 PPG.
Defensive Coordinator Erik Chinander returns for his 7th season.. The former Nebraska DC has been amazing since coming to Boise State in 2023 and well the Defense has never ranked in the Top-10 nationally the Broncos Defensive success is a huge reason why the Offense is so succesfull
THE ROSTER (Overall)
QB
#9 RS JR Tua Draft (89)
#10 RS SR D'Andre Webb (86)
#7 RS FR Tyrone Waddle (76)
#5 RS FR Rashard Rattay (75)
Draft is coming off a record setting season throwing for 6825 yds with 70 TD and 10 INT after coming from Ohio State as a Transfer. Can he repeat that performance and will he stay for a 3rd year and try and beat Kellen Moore's All-time passing record?
Webb joins the team this season via the portal having played the past 2 seasons at Iowa State before starting his career at Delaware. In 2027 he threw for 2900 yds with 19 TD and 11 IN for the Blue Hens, before throwing for over 3000 yds in each of his 2 season with the the Cyclones. For his career he has 9,860 yds with 64 TD's and 30 INT's. He also has 699 yds rushing with 14 TD's.
Waddle is a former 3* recruit who redshirt last season. Waddle had a great spring game and appears to have been out Rattay for the #3 job. Rattay was on the roster at James Madison last year but redshirted
RB/FB
#26 RS FR Jason Whitted (85)
#20 RS FR Jermarcus Boykins (84)
#21 RS FR Randall Amerson (84)
#33 FR Brian Crum (81)
#23 RS FR Leati Faalele (78)
#28 (R) FR Jabari Neighbors (78)
#29 RS SO Tyler Fry (78)
#44 RS SO Tobias Teague (74)
Whitted and Amerson both had great spring games and appear ready to push True Freshman Brian Crum for carries as RB1.. Boykins will return to his 3rd down role and continue to help as a WR and return specialist after racking up over 1000 All-purpose yards last season.
With Amerson and Faalele both as depth pieces behind Crum and Whitted as well as Boykins, 4* Recruit Jabari Neighbors will redshirt this season well Redshirt Sophomore Tyler Fry moves from RB to FB.. Fry has 40 career carries for 188 yds and 6 TD's. with he bulk of those coming last season. Teague is a converted TE who did see action last year at FB for the Broncos splitting time with Chris Boswell who has since graduated.
WR
#13 RS SO Keshaun Buckner (94)
#1 RS SR Keilan Bettis (92)
#84 RS SR Tyler Crook (92)
#88 RS SO Conner Friesz (90)
#8 RS SR Dennis Moses (88)
#81 RS JR Evan Qualls (88)
#10 RS SR Arthur Wing (85)
#2 RS SO Kyle Harmon (78)
#14 (R) FR Frank Ogbonna (73)
Bettis returns after back to back Biletnikoff Award winning seasons as well as the Camp/Maxwell and Heisman last season, however this year he plays a new role as the team's true #1.. Already a multiple record holder for Boise State and the Pac-12 as well as Nationally, Bettis doesn't really have much left to prove other then going out as maybe the greatest WR ever to have played at the college level.
BSU got a boost in replacing Fogg and Riggins as Transfer Tyler Crook reverses his decision and signs late (originally it said he signed with USC) The Washington Husky transfer follows Rocky Riggins to "The Blue" Crook has just 13 lifetime receptions and 147 yds with 1 TD he past 3 years in Seattle.
Buckner appears ready to be the next great WR recording 21 rec for 318 yds and 4 TD last season late in the year. BSU typically starts 3 WR's so the rest of the guy's are depth pieces with Friesz and Qualls most likely seeing he bulk of the #4/#5 sets as they prepare for starting roles next year, next to Buckner.
TE
#82 RS SO Josh Flaherty (95)
#89 RS JR Roy Carney (81)
#83 FR Larry Ika (74)
#86 (R) FR Max Davis (69)
#80 (R) FR TJ Lanier (61)
Flaherty is a transfer from Oregon who recorded 43 rec for 410 yds and 4 TD last season for the Ducks. With the TE position playing a huge role in the Offense look for Flaherty to push 1000 yds this season and double digit TD's. Carney caught 6 balls for 67 yds last year as the #3. He will see plenty of action as BSU runs multiple sets with 2 TE's. 4* Recruit Larry Ika beat out his classmates for the chance to be active and the #3 well Davis another 4* and Lanier (3*) both will redshirt.
0-LINE
#76 RS JR Vince Westbrook (88)
#70 RS FR Marvin Bulaga (81)
#69 RS SR Shaydon Luck (78)
#78 RS SR Tiquan Coxie (88)
#75 RS SO Quinn Winston (84)
#74 RS JR Brock Devoe (81)
#56 RS SR Branden Chancey (93)
#52 RS SR Keegan Gofen (81)
#54 RS FR Moses Eagles (80)
#68 (R) FR Reggie Uzomah (78)
#51 RS JR Tyler Koppen (93)
#59 RS FR Kevin Goodley (80)
#62 RS FR Dashawn Moffett (79)
#73 RS FR Johnathan Daniels (87)
#67 RS SR Jamie Ahlers (85)
#71 (R) FR David Battles (76)
Wesbrook, Coxie, Chancey, Koppen and Ahlers all have experience starting, well Daniels had a huge spring and will push for the RT job The line saw plenty of injuries last season as Coxie and Chancey both struggle to stay on the field so Eagles and Winston both should be see plenty of action as the main backups.
D-LINE
#94 RS SR Jason Sweet (85)
#90 RS SR Matthias Pack (79)
#99 RS SO Rashawn Dimke (71)
#93 RS SR Vince Devries (85)
#77 RS JR Ed Laborn (83)
#96 RS JR Jimmy Komar (76)
#98 RS SR Matt Littlejohn (87)
#95 RS SO Callum Johnson (86)
#97 RS JR Manu Angel (78)
#73 RS FR George Bradford (71)
#92 RS FR Buck Boyett (70)
Littlejohn and Sweet return as starters and will be joined by Devries who transfers in from Arizona State where he appeared in 34 games the past 4 years, coming off his best season with 38 Tackles including 11 TFL. Johnson and Labron are the key backups and Johnson will see the field when BSU uses a 4 man front.
LB
RS SR TJ Bryant (88)
RS SO R. Capps (80)
RS JR Lorenzo Tiffin (88)
RS SO Elias Incognito (88)
RS SR Joseph Keenoy (89)
RS SO Reshard Braham (78)
Keenoy returns for his 3rd season as a starter after talking to several teams trying to get him to join the portal. Bryant has been a key backup the past 3 years playing in 43 games recording 75 Tackles with 18 TFL and 8.5 sacks including 6 sacks last year. Incognito was a transfer from Utah last season and led the team in sacks with 11.5 well also recording 15 TFL on 53 Tackles.
**BSU has been playing a 4-2-5 Defense the past 5 years but will mix in some 3-4 this season as Tiffin looks to join the starting lineup at times well Braham and Capps are the future.
CB/FS/SS
#19 SR Larry Halapio (85)
#1 RS JR Kyrie Darnold (81)
#5 RS FR Tremaine Simms (73)
#6 RS FR Mike Dishman (70)
#25 (R) FR Marquise Darnold (68)
#15 (R) FR Montrell Cheatham (66)
#10 RS SR Joey Wayne (82)
#0 RS JR Tremaine Crick (80)
#7 RS JR Evan Cookus (77)
#11 RS SR Isaiah Meadows (84)
#24 RS JR Deontae Clayborn (83)
#16 RS SO Nate Kohou (77)
All 5 starters and the Top-3 reserves are graduated from last season. Wayne a Texas Tech transfer appeared in 5 games before getting hurt.. He had 66 tackles for TTU in 2028. Meadows recorded 52 tackles in 2028 but regressed last year recording 26 tackles with Clayborn jumping him on the depth chart recording 33 tackles
Halapio takes over as CB1.. Halapio started his career playing 2 seasons at James Madison before playing at Texas Tech last year.. He has 154 career tackles but just 4 career INT's. Darnold a former 4* was buried on the depth chart last year but now gets a chance to start. Crick and Cookus are both listed as backup FS but will likely also fill the roles as #3/#4 CB's well Clayborn will be the main backup at Safety and play when BSU runs 5 DB's.