Three Mountain West quarterbacks went out together on Tuesday night on the Las Vegas Strip. Boise State’s Brett Rypien did especially well.
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Wyoming junior quarterback Josh Allen could be the first pick in next year’s NFL draft, but he’s not letting such talk go to his head.
Devonte Boyd has a chance to leave UNLV as one of its all-time leading wide receivers. He was named to the All-Mountain West preseason football team.
In its season preview, Athlon Sports wrote Rogers was the closest thing to Cam Newton in college football, that it was tough not to get over-excited about the UNLV redshirt freshman.
UNLV was picked by the Mountain West media to finish third in the West Division, the highest spot since the conference went to a division format in 2013.
Mountain West football media days are Tuesday and Wednesday at The Cosmopolitan. Here are the top five questions entering the season.
UNLV’s football program has made recruiting in Arizona a priority and experienced success in plucking players from that state.
UNLV’s football team will play a home-and-home series against Vanderbilt. The Rebels play at Vanderbilt in 2019, and the Commodores visits Las Vegas in 2023.
Jarick Caldwell, a hybrid wide receiver/tight end from Chander, Arizona, committed to play football at UNLV. Caldwell (6 feet 3 inches, 200 pounds), a three-star prospect according to Scout.com, tweeted his commitment.
A free instructional session started by former UNLV football coach Mike Sanford is in its ninth season and more popular than ever.
Ben Redding, a tight end from Friendswood (Texas) High school, switched his commitment from Texas State to UNLV. Redding (6 feet 4 inches, 215 pounds) is the sixth member of the Rebels’ 2017-18 recruiting class.
Scores of people jammed the Clark County Government Center on Thursday looking for jobs and a way to sign up for them.
UNLV’s football team will play at Northwestern in 2019 and receive a $1.2 million payday. That will be the third road game against a Big Ten Conference opponent in five years.
Negotiations are expected to continue this month on a Las Vegas stadium joint-use agreement between the Oakland Raiders and UNLV.
There’s been plenty of rebellious reaction since UNLV introduced its new-look Rebels logo on Wednesday.