RENO, Nev. – The Nevada football team landed a pair of standouts on the 2020 Preseason All-Mountain West team, which was announced Wednesday by the league.

Junior defensive end Dom Peterson and sophomore kicker Brandon Talton were named to the 28-member team. The team is voted on by a selected group of media members covering the league's member institutions.

Peterson, from Harbor City, Calif., was named first team All-MW in 2019 for the first time in his career after proving to be the Wolf Pack's most dominant defensive lineman last season. The then-sophomore ranked second in the conference and led Nevada with 15.0 tackles for loss, 14 of them being solo. Peterson also led the team and ranked second in the MW with nine sacks. He recorded at least one tackle for loss in all but one game in 2019 and had his best performance of the year in a 21-10 win over New Mexico, where he recorded four solo tackles, three for loss and two sacks. He was also named to the preseason All-MW first team by Athlon Sports and Phil Steele Magazine last month and he earned a spot on the watch lists for the Outland Trophy and Nagurski Award earlier this week.

Talton, from Vacaville, Calif., burst onto the scene in 2019 as he walked on to the Wolf Pack program as a true freshman and made his collegiate debut in historic fashion, drilling a 56-yard field goal to complete a comeback win over Purdue at Mackay Stadium. He began his rookie season making the first 13 field goal attempts of his career and finished the year hitting 21-of-25. He was named to the preseason All-MW first team by Athlon Sports and All-MW second team by Phil Steele Magazine. He was also named to the watch list for the Lou Groza Award earlier on Wednesday.
 
Nevada has had at least one honoree on the Preseason All-Mountain West team each year since joining the conference in 2012. This marks the fourth season in a row that Nevada has had two or more honorees. Offense
QB    Hank Bachmeier, Boise State
WR    Khalil Shakir, Boise State
WR    Warren Jackson, Colorado State
WR    Tre Walker, San José State
RB    Charles Williams, UNLV
RB    Xazavian Valladay, Wyoming
OL    Parker Ferguson, Air Force
OL    Nolan Laufenberg, Air Force
OL    John Ojukwu, Boise State
OL    Ilm Manning, Hawai'i
OL    Keegan Cryder, Wyoming
TE    Trey McBride, Colorado State
Defense
DL    Scale Igiehon, Boise State
DL    Dom Peterson, Nevada
DL    Cameron Thomas, San Diego State
DL    Keshawn Banks, San Diego State
LB    Demonte Meeks, Air Force
LB    Riley Whimpey,  Boise State
LB    Dequan Jackson, Colorado State
LB    Justin Rice, Fresno State
DB    Kekaula Kaniho, Boise State
DB    Avery Williams,  Boise State
DB    Darren Hall, San Diego State
DB    Tariq Thompson, San Diego State
Specialists
P    Ryan Stonehouse, Colorado State
PK    Brandon Talton, Nevada
KR    Savon Scarver, Utah State
PR    Avery Williams, Boise State Year    Honorees
2012    Chris Barker, OL; Jeff Nady, OL; Jack Reynoso, DL; Duke Williams, DB.
2013    Brock Hekking, DL.
2014    Brock Hekking, DL.
2015    Ian Seau, DL; Alex Boy, P.
2016    Dameon Baber, DB.
2017    Austin Corbett, OL; Malik Reed, DL.
2018    McLane Mannix, WR; Malik Reed, DL; Dameon Baber, DB.
2019    Jake Nelson, OL; Toa Taua, RB.
2020    Dom Peterson, DL; Brandon Talton, PK.