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Before the SEC gets ready to kick off its 2020 season and after only two weeks of college football, UTEP ranks 12th in the FBS among the national average attendance leaders.

Picking up a $1.4 million check and staying healthy. Those are the top two priorities for the UTEP football team going into Saturday's matchup against Texas.

As redshirt freshman running back Deion Hankins finished with quite a debut on Saturday in UTEP's 24-14 win against Stephen F. Austin, the Miner fan base erupted in support of the local product.

UTEP gets ready to kick off their 2020 season on Saturday, Sept. 5 against Stephen F. Austin (FCS), as the Miners prepare to maneuver through a quite peculiar college football season.

The latest college football casualty is New Mexico State, which announced early Thursday morning that the program will postpone the fall season to spring due to "COVID player health & safety concerns as well as 14-day quarantine requirement when traveling back into (New Mexico)."

Earlier this week, the Mountain West released the league model for the upcoming season, featuring an eight conference schedule plus two non-conference opponents and a start date set for Sept. 26. This complicates things for the college football season in the area.

Another year, another offseason battle for the starting quarterback job at UTEP. Head coach Dana Dimel will get a fresh look at a newcomer stepping in as the starter for this year.

As important as the quarterback position is to the offense, the defensive line might be the most significant part of the defense this year for the UTEP football team.

Losing three players to graduation doesn't mean that the coaching staff feels less about the safeties this year. In fact, Dana Dimel is extremely optimistic about the trio of starters he has for the upcoming season.

As part of the offseason preview series, the UTEP football special teams unit returns their top kicker from last year and brought in a promising punter over the offseason.