Utah State Aggies quarterback Logan Bonner (1) appears to move throughout an NCAA soccer recreation on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022 in Logan. It’s been a troublesome begin to the 2022 season for Bonner and the Aggies. Tyler Tate, Related Press
Logan Bonner remains to be Utah State’s beginning quarterback.
No less than for now.
Utah State head coach Blake Anderson reaffirmed Bonner’s standing Monday, regardless of the veteran quarterback’s struggles by way of the opening weeks of the season.
By means of three video games, Bonner has thrown for less than 440 whole yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions, and holds a dismal quarterback ranking of 21.2 (tied for 118th amongst FBS quarterbacks).
Bonner was notably among the many Aggies gamers and coaches subjected to fan disapproval — boos and different types of heckling — throughout Utah State’s historic loss to Weber State.
Anderson caught by Bonner after the sport and is sticking with him nonetheless, although Bonner’s leash is probably as quick because it has ever been.
“He has earned the precise to indicate what he can do,” Anderson stated. “He has been very open and clear with the employees and the workforce, saying ‘Guys, that is one thing I wish to do, I'll do and you may belief me to do it.’
“I count on he's going to exit (in opposition to UNLV) and play just like the man he's able to being. If he doesn’t, we are going to transfer on at quarterback in a short time to (Cooper Legas), however we simply haven’t been at that time but. We needed to give him a possibility to play into the man everyone knows he's.”
Bonner suffered a major knee damage on the finish of final season and had offseason surgical procedure to right it.
9 months faraway from that surgical procedure, Bonner is wholesome and in one of the best form of his Aggie profession.
Mentally, although, self-professed by Bonner to his coaches and teammates, he's struggling.
“He has been open,” Anderson stated. “He was extraordinarily clear and really crucial of himself. He has been struggling just a little bit anxiety-wise with actually trusting his physique. He deserves the chance to show that he can do it this week, however he's on a really quick lease and he is aware of that.
“We will’t proceed to play with him second-guessing what the knee will and gained’t do. He has to maneuver the chains along with his toes and he had alternatives to try this final week and the week earlier than (in opposition to Alabama) and didn’t and he is aware of that.”
Anderson and firm stay optimistic that Bonner can rediscover the file breaking kind that he placed on show final season whereas main the Aggies to the Mountain West Convention championship.
“He's already one of many greatest leaders on our workforce, however this final week he actually stepped up and took some possession and actually stated ‘Hey guys, I’ve been struggling these previous couple of weeks and I’m claiming that and shall be higher going ahead,’” offensive lineman Jacob South stated. “I've plenty of confidence in Logan and I at all times will.”
For his half, Anderson expects Bonner to have his finest efficiency of the season this weekend within the Utah State’s convention opener in opposition to UNLV.
“I count on him to play his finest recreation,” Anderson stated. “He has at all times performed his finest along with his again in opposition to the wall and he’s performed by way of accidents earlier than. Bodily he's in higher form proper now than he was at factors final yr.
“It's simply popping out of the damage and surgical procedure in his thoughts to have the ability to go right into a reside state of affairs and do the issues he must do with confidence. I'm hoping this week proves that he can get there.”