{"id":150119,"date":"2025-08-16T09:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T09:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/150119\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T09:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T09:15:11","slug":"utah-state-football-player-ike-larsen-suspended-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/150119\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah State football player Ike Larsen suspended | Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOGAN &#8211; Senior safety Ike Larsen has been suspended by the Utah State football team. News of the suspension was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrianPhillipsa1\/status\/1956468368598548895\" target=\"_blank\">first reported<\/a> by Brian Phillips and later confirmed by a Utah State spokesman.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Per a source, Utah State senior safety Ike Larsen received a 6 week suspension today.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BrianPhillips@aggies22 (@BrianPhillipsa1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianPhillipsa1\/status\/1956468368598548895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The university issued a short statement confirming the suspension.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ike Larsen has been placed on a short-term suspension from the USU Football team for a violation of team rules, effective today, Aug. 15, 2025.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The statement does not mention how long Larsen will be suspended. Phillips first reported that Larsen will be suspended for six weeks which, if true, would mean Larsen would miss at least Utah State&#8217;s first five games: Aug. 30 vs UTEP, Sept. 6 at Texas A&amp;M, Sept. 13 vs Air Force, and Sept. 20 vs McNeese. Utah State plays at Vanderbilt on Saturday, Sept. 27 which would be one day beyond the six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"10192024-9920.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1250\" height=\"1658\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/67152c4ccc952.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"265\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Utah State safety Ike Larsen during the Aggies&#8217; loss to New Mexico on Oct. 21, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Larsen has been a fixture for the Utah State football program since he first arrived, following an illustrious high school career at Logan and Sky View high schools. Larsen was recognized as\u00a0College Sports Communicators Comeback Player of the Year for 2024 and was recognized on the pre-season All Mountain West Team for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Larsen is among the most experienced players on Utah State&#8217;s roster, having played in\u00a037 games with 28 starts. Larsen has 217 career tackles\u00a0including 2.0 sacks and 9.0 tackles for loss, nine interceptions for 169 return yards, 17 pass breakups, two touchdowns, five blocked kicks (which is a school record), three quarterback hurries and one forced fumble.<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOGAN &#8211; Senior safety Ike Larsen has been suspended by the Utah State football team. 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