2021 Portland State Vikings football team

2021 Big Sky Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – FCS playoff participant; As of December 26, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll

2021 Portland State Vikings football
2021 Portland State Vikings football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2021 record	5–6 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bruce Barnum (7th season);
Offensive coordinator	Matt Leunen (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Payam Saadat (4th season)
Home stadium	Hillsboro Stadium; (capacity: 7,600)
	Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Bruce Barnum, they played their home games at Hillsboro Stadium in Portland, Oregon.

Previous season[]

The Vikings played only one game, opting out of their conference schedule, losing to Montana, 48–7.^[1]^[2]

On July 26, 2021, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Vikings were predicted to finish tenth in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.^[3]

The Vikings had one player selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.^[4]

Defense

Anthony Adams – S

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	9:00 p.m.	at Hawaii*	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex Honolulu, HI	SPEC PPV	L 35–49	0
September 11	3:00 p.m.	at Washington State*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	L 24–44	22,651
September 18	2:05 p.m.	Western Oregon*	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	W 21–7	3,124
September 25	2:05 p.m.	No. 13 Montana State	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	L 17–30	4,095
October 2	5:00 p.m.	at Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	ESPN+	W 20–13	4,013
October 9	2:00 p.m.	at Idaho	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN+	L 35–42	7,034
October 16	2:05 p.m.	Idaho State	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	W 31–10	1,809
October 30	2:05 p.m.	Cal Poly	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	W 42–31	3,245
November 6	12:00 p.m.	at No. 24 Weber State	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	ESPN+	W 30–18	4,433
November 13	6:00 p.m.	at No. 12 Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	ESPN+	L 20–49	5,848
November 20	2:05 p.m.	No. 5 Eastern Washington	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR (The Dam Cup)	ESPN+	L 28-42	3,971
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

2021 Portland State Vikings football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`3`	Job Dockery	Jr
WR	`4`	Deion Malone	Jr
QB	`6`	Davis Alexander	Sr
WR	`8`	George McCorley	Jr
QB	`9`	Nathan West	Jr
WR	`13`	Beau Kelly	Jr
WR	`14`	Jerad Toman	So
QB	`15`	Dante Chachere	Fr
QB	`16`	DeMontre Thomas	Fr
QB	`17`	Jalen Chatman	So
WR	`19`	Darien Chase	Fr
RB	`21`	Jarmar Julian	So
RB	`22`	Bishop Mitchell	Jr
RB	`25`	JoJo Siofele	Fr
RB	`27`	Malik Walker	Sr
RB	`28`	Jobi Malary	Fr
RB	`29`	Jalynnee McGee	Fr
RB	`36`	Ahmir McGee	So
OL	`60`	Brady Brick	Jr
OL	`61`	Shiloh Taʻase	So
OL	`62`	Bubba Waʻa	So
OL	`66`	Hayden Engel	Fr
OL	`67`	Ethan Wallis	Fr
OL	`71`	John Krahn	Sr
OL	`73`	D'Angalo Titialii	Fr
OL	`74`	Tyson Pauling	Jr
OL	`75`	Alex Rockwell	Jr
OL	`76`	Tommy Laverde	Sr
OL	`77`	Carlton Lorenz	GS
OL	`78`	Richard Estrella	Fr
OL	`79`	Carlos Barraza	Sr
WR	`80`	Emmanuel Daigbe	Sr
WR	`81`	Mataio Talalemotu	Jr
WR	`82`	Malcolm Tatum	Fr
TE	`83`	Daniel Giannosa	Sr
TE	`84`	Elias Spence	Fr
TE	`85`	Anthony Rodriguez	Jr
TE	`86`	John Schulte	So
WR	`87`	Nate Bennett	Fr
TE	`88`	Malik Thirdgill	Jr
WR		Tre Anderson	Fr
RB		Treyvon Westerling	Fr
QB		Caden Filer	Fr
ATH		Mason Packer	Fr
TE		Brad Young	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`1`	Broderick Harrell	Sr
S	`2`	Xavier Bell	Jr
DT	`5`	Semise Kofe	Sr
S	`7`	Ryan Lesch	Sr
S	`10`	De'Jon Fort	Jr
CB	`12`	Semaj Bolin	Fr
S	`14`	Anthony Adams	Jr
S	`15`	Robert Holt	Jr
S	`16`	KJ Walker	Sr
S	`20`	Greg Oliver	So
DB	`23`	Daluan Bright	Fr
DB	`24`	Davion Gaines	Fr
LB	`26`	Nicolas Ah Sam	Sr
CB	`28`	Arin Mannery	Sr
CB	`30`	Travis West	Fr
S	`31`	Karsonne Winters	Fr
LB	`32`	Isaiah Henry	So
S	`33`	David Joseph	So
S	`34`	Ty Apana-Purcell	Sr
DB	`35`	Michael Jackson	Fr
LB	`37`	Monquel Glasgow	Jr
CB	`38`	Evan Camarena	Jr
DB	`39`	Tyreese Shakir	Fr
CB	`40`	Benton Hoge	So
LB	`41`	Justice Pagan	Fr
LB	`42`	Steffen Jacobsen	Sr
DT	`43`	VJ Malo	Jr
LB	`44`	Zack Mandera	So
LB	`45`	Moses Finau	Jr
DL	`46`	Kennedy Freeman	Fr
LB	`47`	Tevita Tuitavake	Jr
LB	`49`	Parker McKenna	Fr
DE	`50`	Cody Brown	Sr
LB	`51`	Levi O'Connell	So
DE	`53`	Noah Yunker	Sr
DE	`54`	Jake Porter	Jr
DT	`55`	Boogie Davis	Jr
DT	`90`	Serge Rusnak	So
DE	`91`	Jayson Pace	So
DE	`92`	Zane Maningo	Fr
DL	`93`	Martin Salazar	Fr
DT	`94`	Ethan Tela-Porter	Fr
DE	`95`	Spencer Delacruz	Fr
DT	`97`	Tiano Tialavea	GS
DT	`98`	Holden Williams	Jr
DB		Jayden Brannan	Fr
DT		Jessie Brown	Fr
DB		Jermaine Flentroy	Fr
DB		Ronan Gay	Fr
DB		Stetler Harms	Fr
DB		Jake Urena	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
PK	`57`	Cody Williams	Jr
LS	`59`	Ryan Alvidrez	Fr
PK	`97`	Gianni Smith	Fr
P	`99`	Seth Vernon	Sr

Payam Saadat (Washington State)
Associate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
Matt Leunen (Portland State)
Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
John Ely (Western Washington)
Linebackers
Evan Mozzochi (Western Oregon)
Quarterbacks/Tight Ends/co-Recruiting
Colin Fry (Nevada)
Defensive Backs/co-Recruiting
Skyler Fulton (Arizona State)
Wide Receivers
Jason Diffee (Portland State)
Special Teams

Roster
Last update: May 28, 2021

^ "Football Adjusts To Modified Spring Schedule". Portland State University Athletics. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "Vikings Lose At Montana In First Football Game Since 2019". Portland State University Athletics. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "Adams Named Preseason All-Big Sky, League Releases Preseason Polls". July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
^ "Adams Named Preseason All-Big Sky, League Releases Preseason Polls". Portland State University Athletics. 26 July 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
^ "2021 Football Schedule". Portland State University Athletics. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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Bowls & rivalries	The Dam Cup (Eastern Washington)
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2021 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 8 Sacramento State $^		8	–	0		9	–	3
No. 7 Montana State ^		7	–	1		11	–	2
No. 4 Eastern Washington ^		6	–	2		10	–	3
No. 5 Montana ^		6	–	2		10	–	3
No. 14 UC Davis ^		5	–	3		8	–	4
Weber State		5	–	3		6	–	5
Northern Arizona		4	–	4		5	–	6
Portland State		4	–	4		5	–	6
Idaho		3	–	5		4	–	7
Northern Colorado		2	–	6		3	–	8
Cal Poly		1	–	7		2	–	9
Idaho State		1	–	7		1	–	10
Southern Utah		0	–	8		1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant As of December 26, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll