SAN JOSE, Calif. – San Jos\u00e9 State football (3\u20138, 2\u20135 Mountain West) welcomes Fresno State (7\u20134, 4\u20133 Mountain West) in the Battle for the Valley on senior day, presented by Donor Network West, this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Catch all the action live from CEFCU Stadium, on FS1 and KTRB 860 AM.<\/p>\n
The Spartans look for their second home win in a row in the Battle for the Valley. SENIORS:<\/p>\n \u2022 Jalen Apalit-Williams<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Jalen Bainer<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 AJ Campos<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Jackson Canaan<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Walker Eget<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Gafa Faga<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Matthew Fadelli<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Noah McNeal-Franklin<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Hudson Mesa<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Sione Nomani<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Mata Hola<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Peseti Lapuaho<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Taniela Latu<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Nate Lewis<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Quincy Likio<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Denis Lynch<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Noah McNeal-Franklin<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Adrian Melesio<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Grant Norberg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Jordan Pollard<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Isiah Revis<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 David Tuihalangingie<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Tangata Tuitupou<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSJSU hasn’t won consecutive home games over the Bulldogs since the 2015 & 2013 seasons.
\nDuring a seven-game stretch from 09\/20 vs. Idaho to 11\/08 vs. Air Force,\u00a0Walker Eget<\/a> went 172-for-277 (62%) for 2,449 yards (349.9 passing yards per game), 15 touchdowns and a QB rating of 154.23.
\nEget\u00a0is first in the MW with 3,047 total passing yards, plus is fourth in the Mountain West with 17 touchdown passes.
\nEget went 275 passing attempts (09-06 to 11-08) without an interception, which is the third-longest in Mountain West history.
\nThe Spartans are averaging 6.2 yards per play this season and 7.2 yards per play during a seven-game stretch from 09\/20 vs. Idaho to 11\/08 vs. Air Force.
\nIn the Spartans’ three wins, SJSU has averaged 174.3 rushing yards and 335.7 passing yards and a +4 turnover margin.
\nThe Spartans have only allowed 13 sacks on the season, the fewest in the Mountain West and 16th fewest in the country.
\nDanny Scudero<\/a>, a San Jose native, leads the country in receiving yards per game (112.2) and is second in the country with 1,234 receiving yards. He is sixth in the country with 10 receiving touchdowns (four 50 yards or more, six 40 yards or more). He is also fourth in the country and first in the MW, with 84 receptions and averaging 7.64 receptions per game.
\nScudero\u00a0was named a Biletnikoff Award Semifinalist this season. This is the second consecutive season a Spartan (Nick Nash<\/a>) has been named a Biletnikoff Award Semifinalist. Nash was the first SJSU Biletnikoff Award Finalist last season.
\nScudero\u00a0has gone over 100 receiving yards in six out of 11 games at SJSU, and his 215 receiving yards vs. Hawai\u2018i (11\/01), 189 receiving yards against CMU (8\/29) and 180 receiving yards at Wyoming (10\/11) are the sixth, 14th and 21st most single-game receiving yards in the NCAA this season.
\nScudero’s 215 receiving yards vs. Hawai\u2018i (11\/01) are the most in a single game this season in the Mountain West and Scudero owns three of the top five receiving performances in the MW this season.
\nAccording to Stats Perform,\u00a0Scudero has six receiving touchdowns over 40 yards this season and is one behind Jalen Royals of Utah State, who had seven in 2023 for the most in the Mountain West since 1996.
\nIf a freshman quarterback starts for the Spartans on Saturday, it will be the first time a freshman QB has started for the Spartans since Montel Aaron<\/a> (he was a redshirt freshman) in 2017.
\nTrue freshman\u00a0Steve Chavez-Soto<\/a> had three rushing touchdowns against Hawai\u2018i (11\/01) to earn Old Trapper Mountain West Freshman of the Week honors. Chavez-Soto has 398 rushing yards, seven touchdowns and is averaging 5.1 yards a carry in only seven games.
\nChavez-Soto\u00a0is sixth in the country with his seven rushing touchdowns among freshman running backs.<\/p>\n