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Boen Phelps Celebrates Against New Mexico
Photo by: Kenna Harbison
Boen Phelps returns an interception for a touchdown on The Blue
Boen Phelps headshot 2025 football
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Boen Phelps

  • Position:
    Linebacker
  • Hometown:
    Spokane, Wash.
  • Height:
    6-1
  • High School:
    Freeman HS
  • Weight:
    215
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • NIL Exchange:
    Boen Phelps
  • Major:
    Business
CAREER HONORS
  • Burlsworth Trophy Nominee (2025)
  • Old Trapper Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 29, 2025)
  • 2x Academic All-Mountain West (Fall 2024, 2025)
  • Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2023-24)

RS SOPHOMORE (2025)
Honors:
Old Trapper Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 29)...Academic All-Mountain West.
Top Highlights: Played in all 14 games, starting nine…totaled 66 tackles on the season, including four for loss…also played a team-high 233 special teams snaps…totaled seven tackles in his first-career start at Air Force (Sept. 20)...made six tackles and returned his first-career interception 33 yards for a touchdown against App State (Sept. 27)...registered five tackles, sharing a TFL at No. 21 Notre Dame (Oct. 4)...notched five solo tackles against UNLV (Oct. 18)...tallied four tackles and recovered a fumble at Nevada (Oct. 24)...recorded a career-high eight tackles at San Diego State (Nov. 15)...made seven tackles at Utah State, including a solo TFL (Nov. 28)...recorded seven tackles, a solo TFL and a forced fumble in the MW Championship win over UNLV (Dec. 5)...registered five solo tackles against Washington in the LA Bowl, including a solo sack (Dec. 13).

RS FRESHMAN (2024)
Honors:
Academic All-Mountain West.
Top Highlights: Saw action in all 14 games…recorded a tackle at Georgia Southern (Aug. 31)...made one tackle against Portland State (Sept. 21)...tallied four tackles in a win over Utah State, including three solo (Oct. 5).

FRESHMAN (2023)
Honors: 
Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
Top Highlights: Appeared in one game, making collegiate debut at Fresno State (Nov. 4).

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Played on both sides of the ball in high school as a LB/S/QB/WR…in seven games as a senior, Phelps registered 91 tackles (averaging 13 tackles/game), including five for-loss…forced two fumbles, recovered a fumble and had an interception…on the offensive side of the ball, completed 103 passes for 957 yards and 11 touchdowns…added 426 yards rushing and six touchdowns on 39 carries.
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