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San Diego State continues to roll on in the 2026 recruiting cycle and now has its latest piece to the class as two-way Fresno-Central East athlete Brandon Smith announced his pledge to the Aztecs following a recent junior day visit. The 6-foot, 190-pound running back/defensive back has been a big priority for Sean Lewis and his staff. The SDSU head coach stopped by last week to meet with him along with safeties coach C.J. McGorisk while running backs coach Darian Hagan stopped by the school earlier this week for a visit with Smith ahead of his commitment.

Utah hosted Smith on an unofficial visit over the weekend before he made his decision to pick the Aztecs on Thursday. Arizona, Boise State, Washington State, Nevada, Fresno State and Colorado State are some of the schools that have also been in pursuit of Smith.

He took several trips to SDSU over the course of his recruitment including stopping by again recently for a junior day visit. Smith is being recruited as an athlete so we'll see where he ends up but he shows just as much promise on offense as he does on the defensive side. He had 2,225 total yards as a junior including 1,871 yards rushing and 25 rushing scores. As a defensive back, he had 71 tackles to go along with 12.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 2 interceptions and a forced fumble.

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Big Ventura High School junior quarterback Derek Garcia pulled the trigger on his commitment to the Aztecs on Friday giving Sean Lewis and Matt Johnson an important early piece to the 2026 class. The 6-foot-3 signal caller had made multiple visits to SDSU throughout the process, and his ability to see the bond between the coaching staff pushed him to make an early choice. Several schools have been involved in pursuing Garcia up to this point including teams such as Utah, Arkansas, Kansas, Cal, Syracuse and Minnesota.

The chance to potentially play early for the Aztecs played a big role as did the promotion of Johnson to offensive coordinator on Friday. I caught up with Garcia to discuss his decision and detail what went into making the call for San Diego State.

"It felt like a great fit," he said. "It's far enough away from home, but it's also not too far where I can't come home for a weekend, you know, spend a day at my house so it's great. They're really doing a great job of making it a steady home for guys for their college careers. They're wanting to build up the program, stay there for some years and build it up, so definitely looking forward to it."

Read the full update below:


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Newport Beach-Newport Harbor (by way of Long Beach) receiver Jordan Anderson visited San Diego State over the weekend, and the Aztecs are in play for his commitment as he continues to move through the process. His plan is to sign this week, and Oregon State is the other top competition as it stands now. Anderson had been committed to the Ducks for nearly a year before backing away from that pledge earlier this month.

Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney spoke with Anderson about his visit to The Mesa and where thing stand heading into Signing Day.

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Late last night/early Tuesday morning, San Diego State landed a commitment from one of its top remaining 2024 targets in four-star cornerback Jason Mitchell II. The versatile defensive back from St. John Bosco in Bellflower held offers from many of the top programs across the country but took an official visit to SDSU over the weekend.

Now, he's the highest-rated high school commitment for the Aztecs since 2021 and just the second four-star addition since 2015 when the program landed Kyahva Tezino and Desean Holmes. He's the highest-rated cornerback commitment since 2002.
Just a huge addition for the program and new head coach Sean Lewis.

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A look at the 11 uncommitted prospects in the Rivals250 ahead of signing day:

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Sean Lewis landed his top target Wednesday as high three-star quarterback and former Colorado commit Danny O'Neil announced his pledge to the Aztecs after visiting SDSU over the weekend. The 6-foot-1 prospect from Indianapolis-Cathedral was an Elite 11 finalist this summer and has accounted for over 9,100 yards and 125 touchdowns in his career. He's the highest-rated member of the team's 2024 class now and is the highest-rated high school quarterback to commit to the Aztecs since 2011.

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San Diego State head coach Brady Hoke is out after announcing his retirement Monday. He will coach the Aztecs in their final two games this season before calling it a career. Hoke currently holds a 39-31 record as SDSU's head coach but the team has struggled this season in a variety of ways on both sides of the ball. The Aztecs currently are 1-5 in MWC play and have just three wins this year.

San Diego State quarterback Jalen Mayden had a career day becoming the new Aztecs quarterback rushing leader in a game with 132 yards on the ground Saturday against Idaho State. Here's a look back at win No. 2 for Brady Hoke's squad.

Here's a recap of today's 20-13 win for SDSU over Ohio. It was a big day for tight end Mark Redman, who had a pair of touchdown catches, and the defense that ended the day with three interceptions against the Bobcats.

Read about it at the link plus see highlights from Saturday's Week 0 victory.

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CBS!

Big Time!

2:30 CST(aka the lord's time)

12:30 PST(aka Godless Heathen Californian Time aka Fuhrer Newsome Time)

LOL @ Eastern Time Zone kweers.

The Greg Bell Heisman march continues!!!!!!!! Prepare thine anus, Nevada! We got this new thing called "the forward pass" we're gonna try out. Word is, it's a game changer for football.

Who you got, gents?

We all know what the j/o "analysts" who cover shirtless high school males like to say about this matchup. Here is what you're in for between plays:



















Overall: Not good, Not terrible. 7.2/10

The Carson Baker era begins Saturday! Prepare your anus, College Football.

Aztecs have to play in freakin' LA!? What kinda shit is that? Still gonna have more fans there than the Chargers did HAHAHAHA

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I'M HARDER THAN A CHINESE DIAMOND IN AN ARITHMETIC STORM!

WTF is going on over here?

Riveting back-and-forth on this board. Good stuff. You guys think we'll have a season?

Annnnnnnnnd go!

And by “worst” i mean gayest

This is a tough one. Tony was surprisingly athletic in his day. You know he's making contact every time he takes a swing at the YorkiePit's too, so you'd have to factor that in.

McGwire, IYAM. Sad that such an adonis of an athlete wasn't given a proper chance.

Or are we gonna be team Jazmin? Gimme Williams, personally.

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