SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego State football team has named senior Marquez Cooper (Gaithersburg, Md.), and sophomore San Diego natives Tano Letuli (Cathedral Catholic High) and Trey White (Eastlake High) as its captains for the 2024 campaign.
The trio was chosen in a team vote on Friday, Cooper as the offensive representative, Letuli at defense and White earning the special teams nod.
Cooper, who earlier this month was named to both the Maxwell Award Watch List (college football player of the year) and the Doak Walker Award Watch List (best running back), enters his final campaign as the active leading FBS leader in rushing yards (3,856), all-purpose yards (4,466) and rushing touchdowns by a running back (33). Cooper has three consecutive 1,000-yard rushing seasons, including 1,080 and 1,331 while at Kent State in 2021 and 2022, respectively, and 1,043 last year at Ball State.
Letuli, meanwhile, comes to The Mesa after one season at Army West Point. Letuli logged 12 tackles in 11 games for the Black Knights as a true freshman in 2023, one of just a few freshmen defensive players to make Army’s opening-day travel squad. A three-year letter winner at powerhouse Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego, Letuli played running back and safety for the Dons from 2019-21 before moving onto Army Prep in 2022.
White enters his third season at San Diego State, having moved to defensive edge from linebacker. Last season, White had 15 tackles, two tackles for loss, a fumble recovery and an interception in 12 games, including one start. White, the team’s 2022 special teams scout player of the year, played in three games as a true freshman that year before utilizing his redshirt campaign. White was a three-time first-team all-league selection at nearby Eastlake High School and was named the Mesa League Defensive Player of the Year for the spring 2021 season.
Tickets are on sale for all six Aztec home games in the first season under Sean Lewis, including season tickets, two or three-game mini-plans and single-game tickets.
The Aug. 31 opener against Texas A&M - Commerce is set for 5 p.m. PT.
Aztec Football Names Captains
Marquez Cooper, Tano Letuli and Trey White have been elected team captains for the 2024 season.
