The 2018 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aztecs were led by eighth-year head coach Rocky Long and played their home games at SDCCU Stadium. San Diego State was a member of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They were invited to the Frisco Bowl where they lost to Ohio.
Recruiting
Position key BackBCenterCCornerbackCBDefensive backDBDefensive endDEDefensive linemanDLDefensive tackleDTEndEFullbackFBGuardGHalfbackHBKickerKKickoff returnerKROffensive tackleOTOffensive linemanOLLinebackerLBLong snapperLSPunterPPunt returnerPRQuarterbackQBRunning backRBSafetySTight endTEWide receiverWR
Recruits
The Aztecs signed a total of 24 recruits.
Preseason
Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released Maxwell AwardJuwan WashingtonRBJRJohn Mackey AwardKahale WarringTEJRLou Groza AwardJohn Baron IIKSRPaul Hornung AwardJuwan WashingtonRB/KRJRJohnny Unitas Golden Arm AwardChristian ChapmanQBSR
Mountain West media days During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip, the Aztecs were predicted to finish in second place in the West Division.
Preseason All-Mountain West Team The Aztecs had three players selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.
Offense
Keith Ismael – OL
Tyler Roemer – OL
Defense
Tariq Thompson – DB
Schedule
Game summaries
At Stanford
Sacramento State
Arizona State
Eastern Michigan
At Boise State
Air Force
San Jose State
At Nevada
At New Mexico
UNLV
At Fresno State
Hawaii
Vs. Ohio (Frisco Bowl)
Honors
Mountain West
FirstKeith IsmaelOLSOFirstKyahva TezinoLBJRSecondRyan PopeOLSRSecondJohn BaronPKSRSecondTariq ThompsonDBSOHonorableParker BaldwinDBSRHonorableNoble HallDLSRHonorableBrandon HeicklenPJRHonorableKahale WarringTEJRHonorableJuwan WashingtonRBJR
Players drafted into the NFL
3 86 Kahale Warring TE Houston Texans
References