SAN MARCOS, Texas – ESPN announced Tuesday morning Texas State senior kick returner Jeremiah Haydel is on the network's 2020 All-America team as a return specialist.

"Haydel turned in one highlight-reel play after another this season," wrote ESPN senior writer Chris Lo. "His one-handed touchdown catch against SMU was one for the ages, but he saved some of his best stuff for special teams.  He had a tackle-breaking, 91-yard punt return for a touchdown to send the UTSA game into overtime, and he returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown against Georgia Southern."

Haydel ranked third nationally in combined kick return yards with 674 and was one of only two NCAA Division I FBS players to return a kickoff and punt for a touchdown.
 
His 91-yard punt return against UTSA was the nation's longest punt return this season and came in the first game of his career in which he returned punts.
 
The Houston native's 164 kickoff return yards against Georgia Southern were the nation's seventh-highest total and included a 97-yard return for a touchdown.
 
Haydel ranked eighth nationally in punt returns with a 13.0 average after returning 16 punts for 208 yards and 23rd nationally in kickoff returns after averaged 25.2 yards per return. He had 19 kickoff returns for 479 yards.
 
Haydel was chosen an All-Sun Belt Conference Second-Team selection as a return specialist and all-purpose player after he finished the season as the only Sun Belt Conference player to have single 100-yard games in receiving, kickoff returns, and punt returns.
 
The senior wide receiver tied for the team lead with 40 receptions and had career-bests of 408 receiving yards and four touchdown receptions.