LAS VEGAS – Nevada placed four players on the 2021 preseason All-Mountain West team, led by junior quarterback Carson Strong earning preseason Offensive Player of the Year honors, the conference announced Thursday.
 
Joining Strong on the All-Mountain West preseason first team were senior wide receiver Romeo Doubs, senior tight end Cole Turner and junior place kicker Brandon Talton.
 
Strong, the conference's top offensive player and the quarterback of the All-Mountain West First Team in 2020, paced the Mountain West in passing yards (2,858), passing touchdowns (27), completion percentage (70.1), and ranked in the FBS top 10 in completions per game (27.7, second), passing yards per game (317.6, seventh), completion percentage (seventh), and touchdown passes (ninth), while coming in 11th in passing yards. He also finished the year with an interception rate of just 1.13, throwing just four picks over 355 attempts. During the 2020 season, Strong became the first sophomore to ever win the league's top offensive honor and second Wolf Pack player to take home one of the Mountain West's top "Of The Year" awards in school history, joining Toa Taua, who was the league's Freshman of the Year in 2018.
 
Doubs and Turner shared the Mountain West lead with nine touchdown catches apiece, with Doubs' conference-best 1,002 receiving yards making him the loop's only 1,000-yard receiver, earning All-Mountain West First Team. Doubs also claimed the punt-returner spot on the All-Mountain West Second Team, averaging 9.1 yards per return.

Turner, tabbed to the 2020 All-Mountain West First Team, finished second on the team in receptions (49) and receiving yards (605), ranking 10th among all Mountain West receivers with 67.2 receiving yards per game.
 
Last year, Talton earned his second all-conference nod, leading the Mountain West in field goals made (15, in 18 attempts), ranking second with an 88.2 success rate, and going 28-for-31 on PATs.
 
The Pack opens the 2021 season on Sept. 4 at Cal.
 
2021 MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Offense
QB       Carson Strong*           Jr.        Nevada
WR       Romeo Doubs*           Sr.       Nevada
WR       Khalil Shakir*               Sr.        Boise State
RB       Xazavian Valladay*       Jr.        Wyoming
RB       Ronnie Rivers*              Sr.       Fresno State
OL       Keegan Cryder*            Jr.        Wyoming
OL       John Ojukwu**              Sr.        Boise State
OL       Jack Snyder*                Sr.        San José State
OL       Zachary Thomas**       Sr.        San Diego State
OL       Jake Stetz**                 Sr.        Boise State
TE        Cole Turner*              Sr.        Nevada
 
Defense
DL        Cade Hall*                   Sr.        San José State
DL        Cameron Thomas*      Jr.        San Diego State
DL        Scott Patchan*            Sr.        Colorado State
DL        Viliami Fehoko*           Jr.         San José State
LB        Chad Muma*               Jr.         Wyoming
LB        Caden McDonald*       Sr.        San Diego State
LB        Darius Muasau*           So.       Hawai'i
DB       Kekaula Kaniho**         Sr.        Boise State
DB       Jerrick Reed II*             Sr.        New Mexico
DB       Cortez Davis**              Sr.        Hawai'i
DB       Tre Jenkins**                Jr.         San José State
 
Specialists
P          Ryan Stonehouse*       Sr.        Colorado State
PK       Brandon Talton*          Jr.        Nevada
PR       Calvin Turner                Sr.        Hawai'i
KR       Savon Scarver              Sr.        Utah State
 
Offensive Player of the Year: Carson Strong, Jr., QB, Nevada
Defensive Player of the Year: Cade Hall, Sr., DL, San José State
Special Teams Player of the Year: Savon Scarver, Sr., KR, Utah State