- February 5, 2025
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Matanzas High defensive lineman Jackson Saterfield said when he took his official visit to Utah State, he fell in love with the school and the surrounding city of Logan, Utah.
On Early Signing Day, Dec. 4, Saterfield signed a letter of intent to play football for the Aggies.
Matanzas football coach Matt Forrest said Saterfield signed for the right reasons.
“He fell in love with the school and the community, and that’s more important than the coaching staff,” Forrest said.
One day after Saterfield signed, the Aggies hired Bronco Mendenhall as their new head coach.
“That’s part of the business,” Forrest said. “They completed their fall recruiting class. It was good for him to go ahead and sign and get in there and have a home.”
Saterfield was part of the Aggies' 22-member early recruiting class.
Saterfield’s father, Tyrone Saterfield, is a defensive recruiting analyst on Utah State’s support staff. When a new head coach comes in, there are no guarantees that current assistant coaches and staff members will be retained. But with an interim coach running the program all season, Jackson Saterfield knew a new head coach would be hired for next season.
“It’s been my dream since I was little to play Division I football,” Jackson said. “I got calls from the D-line coach (Ced Douglas) and he informed me that they have me on their board and they were looking at me and they liked my film a lot. When I took my official visit, I fell in love with the school and the city of Logan. I would have still signed there even if my father wasn’t there.”
Tyrone Saterfield has been with Utah State for two seasons. Before that he was the defensive line coach at Stevenson University (Maryland), McDaniel College (Maryland) and Southwest Minnesota State. He played defensive tackle at the University of Louisville from 2000 to 2003.
There was no doubt that Jackson would follow in his footsteps.
“I love playing on the defensive side. I love hitting people,” said Jackson, a 6-foot-2, 305-pound nose tackle.
“My dad’s been coaching me through my years of playing football,” he said. “He was telling me that Utah State is a good spot, a good program that helps athletes develop.”
Saterfield had 42 tackles, four sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss for the Pirates this season.
