UNLV redshirt rookie wide receiver Kayden McGee has been named the Old Trapper Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week as well as the Freshman of the Week as the league announced its honors Monday.

The native of Muskogee, Oklahoma, turned in a total of four special teams highlights in the first half of Saturday's 31-17 win at Wyoming. With the score at 7-3 in favor of the Rebels, he picked up a punt blocked by teammate Jaden Bradley and raced into the end zone to give UNLV an 11-point lead. In the second quarter, McGee and Bradley swapped circumstances as McGee blocked a Cowboy punt attempt that Bradley picked up and scored on from 13 yards out. McGee also pushed a Cam Brown punt towards the field of play where it was downed at the seven-yard line instead of going for a touchback and also downed another Brown boot that went 71 yards before resting on the Wyoming two-yard line.

McGee is the second special teams winner and first freshman winner for UNLV this season, bumping the program's total at six overall after just five games in 2025.

UNLV, which is off to a 5-0 start for the first time since 1974, returns to Allegiant Stadium this Saturday to host Air Force for Homecoming at 12:30 p.m.