Preston McDaniel

TE · Utah State · FR · 6'4" · 225 · Idaho Falls, ID

First season · TE depth chart, 2nd

Recruiting

2026 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2026 board

#1914 Bryce Fulda EDGE · Cardinal Mooney WKU

#1914 O'Shea Jackson-Webb CB · Clovis East USU

#1914 Preston McDaniel TE · Thunder Ridge USU

#1914 Za'qwaun Nunn DL · North Shore LT

#1914 Gunnar Goodwin IOL · Kossuth ULL

TEs in the class

#103 Jude Cascone Walton ALA

#104 Aidan Woods Abingdon WVU

#105 Preston McDaniel Thunder Ridge USU

#106 Owen Pollock Big Walnut FAU

#107 Ryan Rocheleau Lake Orion Community WMU

Around Preston

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production

QB

McCae Hillstead QB · 33 pass yds · 5g · at BYU

RB

Javen Jacobs RB · 429 rush yds · 13g

FB Collin Remenowksy TE · no college stats

WR-X

Anthony Garcia WR · 348 rec yds · 13g

WR-Z

Demick Starling WR · no college stats

WR-SL

Javon Robinson WR · 595 rec yds · 12g · at GAST

TE

Kache Kaio TE · 10 rec yds · 12g

The situation

Utah State 2025 offense ›

Explosive play rate 13.3% 82

Red zone TD rate 74.6% 76

Line yards per carry 2.1 21

Sack rate allowed 9.9% 4