Fresno State Recruiting Outlook

Fresno State:

• Chason Virgil, West Mesquite (Mesquite, TX), PRO QB, 6-2/170  
• Bryson Oglesby, Fort Bend Austin (Sugar Land, TX), RB, 5-11/189  
• A.J. Greeley, Edison (Fresno, CA), CB, 5-10/170  
• Isaiah Trevino, Kingsburg (Kingsburg, CA), OT, 6-5/320  
• Jared Rice, Central Catholic (Modesto, CA),TE, 6-5/210  
• Donnie Greene, Upland (Upland, CA), OT, 6-4/265  
• James Bailey, Lake Travis (Austin, TX), S, 6-0/192  
• Clyde McCauley, Bowie (Arlington, TX), OT, 6-4/275  
• Jalen Smith, St. Pius X (Houston, TX), S, 5-10/175  
• Alan Wright, Blinn College (Brenham, TX), S, 6-1/190  
• Zachary Kinninger, Cypress Ranch (Cypress, TX), OT, 6-5/305  

According to 247, Fresno State has the 96th overall rated recruiting class, ranking the Bulldogs 4th in the Mountain West Conference. The class is currently small at 11 total players and comes from only two states, California and Texas. While many would expect the class to be dominated by California players, 7 of the 11 commits are from the state of Texas.

The Bulldogs are coming off of a 6-8 season that saw them lose to Boise State in the MWC Championship game followed by a loss to Rice in the Hawaii Bowl. Fresno State had a hard time replacing Derek Carr at quarterback and lost a bit of their high-scoring ability but hung in close and easily could have won 2-3 more games in 2014. The bowl game loss was Fresno State's 6th straight bowl loss.

Returning Starters (6 or more starts in 2014):
Offense (8):
Brian Burrell (13 starts, 360 rushing, 3 TD, 2,620 passing, 22 TD, QB), Delvon Hardaway (7 starts, 23 catches, 279 yards, 2 TD, WR), Aaron Peck (10 starts, 32 catches, 419 yards, 3 TD, WR), Marteze Waller (14 starts, 2nd team All-MWC, 1,368 rushing, 11 TD, 27 catches, 120 yards, RB), Justin Northern (14 starts, OL), Bo Bonnheim (14 starts, OL), Alex Fifita (14 starts, Honorable mention All-MWC, OL), *Chad Olsen (5 starts, Honorable mention All-MWC, 13 catches, 150 yards, 4 TD, TE)

Defense (6):
Ejiro Ederaine (14 starts, 64 tkl, 12.5 tfl, 2 sacks, 1 ff, OLB), Kyrie Wilson (14 starts, 90 tkl, 6.5 tfl, 1 sack, 2 INT, 2 ff, ILB), Malcolm Washington (7 starts, 37 tkl, 1 tfl, 3 pbu, 3 pd, DB), Charles Washington (14 starts, 78 tkl, 5 tfl, 0.5 sacks, 2 INT< 7 pbu, 9 pd, 1 fr, SS), Maurice Poyadue (8 starts, 23 tkl, 1 tfl, DL), Todd Hunt (14 starts, 54 tkl, 5 tfl, 2.5 sacks, DE)

*Only 5 starts but Honorable mention All-MWC