Utah State’s Elliott Nimrod Takes Home Mountain West Honor
Sep 3, 2024, 11:21 AM | Updated: Sep 4, 2024, 1:12 pm
LOGAN, Utah – Utah State Aggie placekicker Elliott Nimrod earned Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week in a win over Robert Morris.
Nimrod made a career-high three field goals, including a career-long 50-yard attempt to help the Aggies beat the Colonials 36-14.
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Elliott Nimrod has been named Special Teams Player of the Week after delivering a standout performance that included a career-high three field goals, highlighted by a career-long 50-yard kick.#MWFB #AggiesAllTheWay pic.twitter.com/V2lgDtFSpZ
— Mountain West (@MountainWest) September 2, 2024
The graduate senior added kicks from 36 and 42 yards and made three of four extra-point attempts to finish with 12 of USU’s 36 points. All eight of Nimrod’s kickoff’s resulted in touchbacks, also a career-high in his 47th college game and 40th at Utah State.
Nimrod began his USU career in 2021, serving as the team’s kickoff specialist for two seasons before earning the placekicker job entering 2023. Thirty-seven percent of his kickoffs in 2021-22 resulted in touchbacks.
The Bentonville, Arkansas native went 41-of-43 on extra points and 11-of-14 on field goal attempts last season. He enters his final year eighth in Utah State PATs made. His 78.6 percent success rate on field goals last season was the ninth-best mark in school history.
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