SAN DIEGO -- San Diego State football has named seniors Ryan Agnew, Parker Houston and Kyahva Tezino as its captains for the 2019 campaign.
Agnew went 6-1 as the starting quarterback last season, passing for 1,651 yards and 10 touchdowns. Agnew, who played in 12 of the team's 13 games, was chosen as the team's Byron H. Chase Memorial Trophy winner for the team's offensive player of the year. Agnew's .857 winning percentage is the sixth highest among active FBS quarterbacks entering the 2019 campaign (min. 7 games started). Agnew led the MW and ranked 10th in FBS last year in passing yards per completion (14.36).
Houston is coming off a junior season in 2018 when he started all 13 games at tight end, recording 16 passes for 178 yards (11.1 avg.), two touchdowns and a 2-point conversion. Houston, who last month was named to the Mackey Award Watch List (outstanding collegiate tight end) and the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List (community service, athletic and academic achievement), has played in 36 straight games (second-longest streak on the team) and has started 24 for his career.
Teizino is coming off a fantastic 2018 season when he had 127 tackles (70 solo), including 14.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks and 17 quarterback hurries, en route to earning first-team all-Mountain West honors. Tezino, who won the John Simcox Memorial Trophy Most Valuable Player, the Byron H. Chase Memorial Trophy Defensive Player of the Year and the Dr. R. Hardy/C.E. Peterson Memorial Trophy Captain Award at the team's postseason banquet, led the Mountain West and ranked 29th in FBS play in solo tackles per game, and was third in the league (35th in FBS) in sacks per game (0.65) and fourth (26th in FBS) in tackles per game (9.77). He is on three preseason watch lists in 2019, including the Bednarik Award (college defensive player of the year), Nagurski Award (defensive player of the year) and the Butkus Award (nation's best linebacker).
The Aztecs finished 2018 with a 7-6 record, including wins over No. 23/25 Arizona State and rv/No. 24 Boise State. SDSU is one of 14 teams to make a bowl game in nine consecutive seasons. San Diego State returns its leading passer (Agnew), rusher (Juwan Washington) and tackler (Tezino) from a year ago.
SDSU's Mountain West home schedule features the two teams that finished atop the West Division standings last year (Fresno State and Nevada), and two cross-division opponents with the best league record (Utah State) and the third-best mark on the Mountain Division (Wyoming). Overall, San Diego State's four Mountain West home games come against teams that went a combined 23-9 in league competition, while its four conference road contests are against teams that went 10-22 in league play.
The Aztecs kick off their 2019 season at home on Saturday, Aug. 31 against Weber State at 6 p.m. PT, followed by the KGB SkyShow.
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