The 2017 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Spartans were led by first-year head coach Brent Brennan and played their home games at CEFCU Stadium. SJSU was a member of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division. They finished the season 2–11, 1–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division.

Coaching staff

Brent Brennan Head coach 1st UCLA (1996) Ben Thienes Director of football operations 1st Boise State (2008) Derrick Odum Defensive coordinator 1st Utah (1993) Andrew Sowder Offensive coordinator & tight ends coach 1st Baylor (2011) Joe Bernardi Offensive line coach 1st Fresno State (2010) Alonzo Carter Running backs coach 1st CSU East Bay (2016) Kevin Cummings Wide receivers coach 1st Oregon State (2014) Bojay Filimoeatu Linebackers coach 1st Utah State (2012) Ryan Gunderson Quarterbacks coach 1st Oregon State (2007) Will Harris Defensive backs coach 2nd USC (2010) Joe Seumalo Defensive line coach 1st Hawai'i (1995) Fred Guidici Quality control coach 1st San José State (1989) Matt Adkins Graduate assistant – offense 1st Southern Oregon (2012) Josh Irvin Graduate assistant – defense 1st Chapman (2014) Jamar Johnson Graduate assistant – offense 1st La Verne (2014) Korey Geist Coordinator of player personnel 2nd San Francisco State (2015) Cameron Radford Director of football digital communications 1st Oregon State (2010) Gary Uribe Head athletic performance coach 5th La Verne (1996) Melanie Hein Learning specialist 3rd San José State (1996) Levi Moore Football equipment manager 1st San José State (in progress)

Personnel

Position key BackBCenterCCornerbackCBDefensive backDBDefensive endDEDefensive linemanDLDefensive tackleDTEndEFullbackFBGuardGHalfbackHBKickerKKickoff returnerKROffensive tackleOTOffensive linemanOLLinebackerLBLong snapperLSPunterPPunt returnerPRQuarterbackQBRunning backRBSafetySTight endTEWide receiverWR

Recruiting class

The Spartans signed a total of 23 recruits.

Roster

2017 San Jose State Spartans FootballQuarterback  2 Terrell Carter – freshman (6'2, 185)  7 Montel Aaron – freshman (6'5, 210) 12 Josh Love – sophomore (6'2, 205) 13 Sam Allen – sophomore (6'2, 210) 14 Michael Carrillo – junior (5'11, 195) 16 Ryan Johnson – freshman (6'4, 190)

Running back 20 Malike Roberson – junior (5'8, 189) 23 Tyler Nevens – freshman (6'0, 218) 24 Jerrell Alberty – freshman (6'0, 205) 32 Brandon Monroe – senior (6'1, 243) 33 Jamar Williams – freshman (6'2, 225) 34 Zamore Zigler – sophomore (6'0, 171) 35 DeJon Packer – junior (5'11, 220) 39 Francoise Sims, II – freshman (6'0, 240) 40 Sage Ritchie – junior (5'10, 195) 46 Sean Pinson – junior (5'10, 190) 48 Brendan Manigo – freshman (5'10, 185)

Wide receiver  1 Jeremy Kelly – junior (6'2, 185)  4 Antwaun Ayers – freshman (6'0, 180)  8 Rahshead Johnson – junior (5'10, 178)  9 Justin Holmes – junior (6'2, 211) 10 Tre Walker – freshman (5'11, 160) 11 JaQuan Blackwell – freshman (6'0, 198) 15 Tre Hartley – junior (6'0, 196) 18 Austin Liles – freshman (6'3, 190) 22 Thai Cottrell – junior (5'7, 175) 37 David Martinez – junior (6'0, 180) 41 Steven Houston – freshman (6'4, 176) 80 Ray Surry – sophomore (6'2, 195) 82 Brandon Mitchell – senior (6'5, 210) 84 Bailey Gaither – sophomore (6'1, 183)

Tight end

81 Billy Humphreys – freshman (6'5, 241) 88 Jackson Parks – freshman (6'3, 235) 89 Josh Oliver – junior (6'5, 253) 

Offensive lineman

54 Charles Nelson – junior – (6'4, 306) 55 Jack Snyder – freshman – (6'5, 292) 56 Kyle Hoppe – freshman – (6'1, 296) 57 Trevor Robbins – freshman – (6'4, 296) 60 Chris Galleta – freshman – (6'0, 290) 62 Jeremiah Kolone – senior – (6'3, 308) 64 Chris Bradberry – freshman – (6'6, 290) 65 Robert Crandall – freshman – (6'3, 300) 66 Dominic Fredrickson – sophomore – (6'4, 297) 68 Keoni Taylor – senior – (6'3, 303) 70 Tyler Stevens – freshman – (6'4, 285) 72 Jake Colman – junior – (6'3, 290) 74 Chris Gonzalez – senior – (6'3, 310) 75 Nate Velichko – senior – (6'7, 305) 78 Jesse Chamberlain – freshman – (6'3, 280) 79 Troy Kowalski – sophomore – (6'5, 295)

Defensive lineman

 8 Owen Roberts – junior – (6'2, 290)  9 Bryson Bridges – junior – (6'2, 291) 46 Cameron Woodard – freshman – (6'4, 275) 48 Gurdeep Chopra – freshman – (6'4, 255) 55 Brett Foley – sophomore – (6'3, 234) 67 Nico Aimonetti – senior – (6'5, 278) 77 Jamaar Hardy – freshman – (6'3, 260) 78 Deano Motes – sophomore – (6'5, 290) 90 Je'Von Taylor – freshman – (6'1, 231) 91 Ricky Leung-Wai – freshman – (6'2, 255) 93 Sinjun Astani – freshman – (6'4, 255) 95 Cameron Alexander – freshman – (6'4, 280) 96 Sailosi Latu – junior – (6'3, 310) 97 Christian Johnson – freshman – (6'6, 260) 98 Terrell Townsend – sophomore – (6'4, 270)

Long snappers

50 Harrison Hoffman – junior – (6'4, 225) Linebacker

 5 Frank Ginda – junior – (6'0, 245) 11 William Ossai – senior – (6'2, 235) 16 Rico Tolefree – freshman – (6'1, 223) 28 Tysyn Parker – freshman – (6'1, 215) 30 Jackson Burrill – freshman – (6'2, 230) 33 Jesse Osuna – sophomore – (6'0, 225) 36 Malik Hayes – sophomore – (6'4, 232) 41 Hadari Darden – junior – (6'3, 213) 42 Jamal Scott – junior – (6'2, 237) 44 Justin Parcells – sophomore – (5'11, 226) 45 Noah Failuaga – sophomore – (6'1, 232) 51 Devon Calloway – freshman – (6'0, 220) 53 Alii Matau – freshman – (6'1, 214)

Defensive back

 2 John Toussaint – junior – (6'0, 190)  3 Jermaine Kelly – senior – (6'1, 195)  6 Johnny Balderas – freshman (6'1, 175)  7 David Williams – junior – (6'0, 207) 10 Maurice McKnight – senior – (6'0, 200) 12 Brandon Ezell – junior – (6'0, 190) 15 Chad Miller – junior – (6'0, 190) 19 Dakari Monroe – junior – (5'11, 190) 20 Tre White – freshman – (6'0, 175) 21 Andre Chachere – senior – (6'0, 200) 22 Ryan Jenkins – freshman – (5'10, 174) 23 Trevon Bierria – sophomore – (6'0, 193) 25 Chandler Hawkins – junior – (5'11, 203) 26 Tre Webb – freshman – (6'0, 189) 27 Jonathan Lenard, Jr. – freshman – (6'1, 192) 29 Cameron Smith – freshman – (6'0, 182) 31 Ethan Aguayo – sophomore – (6'2, 220) 34 Jalend Dinwiddie – freshman – (5'11, 175) 38 Mato Pacheco – freshman (6'0, 176)

Placekicker

35 Jake Lanski – junior – (5'10, 195) 38 Bryce Crawford – junior – (6'3, 223)

Punter

17 Michael Carrizosa – senior – (5'10, 225) 49 Brian Papazian – freshman – (6'1, 190)

Schedule and results

Schedule Source: 2017 San Jose State Spartans football schedule

Game summaries South Florida

Cal Poly

at Texas

at Utah

Utah State

at UNLV

Fresno State

at Hawaii

at BYU

San Diego State

at Nevada

at Colorado State

Wyoming

Nominations and awards

Nominations

Bronko Nagurski Trophy – Sr. DB Andre Chachere Jim Thorpe Award – Sr. DB Andre Chachere Lou Groza Award – Jr. K Bryce Crawford Rimington Trophy – Sr. C Keoni Taylor Wuerffel Trophy – Sr. OT Nate Velichko

Awards

2017 Mountain West Football Preseason All-Conference Team – Sr. DB Andre Chachere, Jr. LB Frank Ginda, & Sr. P Michael Carrizosa

Players in the 2018 NFL draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL club Jermaine Kelly CB 7 222 Houston Texans

References