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USU Kicker Tanner Rinker Earns MW Special Teams Player Of The Week

Sep 1, 2025, 10:54 AM

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Utah State football junior kicker Tanner Rinker earned Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week in the Aggies 28-16 win over UTEP. (Photo courtesy Utah State football)

(Photo courtesy Utah State football)

LOGAN, Utah – Utah State kicker Tanner Rinker earned Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week honors after helping the Aggies to a 28-16 win over the UTEP Miners.

Rinker made two field goals against UTEP, including a career-long 49-yard boot for the season’s first points. He finished the day unblemished, also nailing two extra-point attempts.

RELATED: USU Opens Mendenhall Era With Win Over UTEP

About Tanner Rinker

Rinker played his prep football at Douglas County High School in Castle Rock, Colorado. He finished his high school career 7-of-11 (.636) on field goal attempts and had a career-long of 54 yards.

A two-sport star, Rinker earned all-conference recognition as a junior and senior on the soccer pitch.

Rinker attended Grambling State as a freshman. He went 7-of-13 (.538) on field goals and 29-of-31 on extra points in 11 games with the Tigers.

Rinker transferred to Garden City Community College for his sophomore season.

The 6’2, 190-pound kicker earned first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference honors after making 10-of-13 (.769) field goals and 46 extra points. Rinker kicked a season-long 51-yard field goal in a game against Dodge City CC.

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