SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State senior wide receiver and return specialist Jeremiah Haydel has been named a Second-Team All-America selection as a punt returner by Phil Steele Tuesday afternoon.
 
Haydel's selection is the third All-America award that he received this season. ESPN named Haydel an All-America return specialist, and the Football Writers of America named him a Second-Team All-American punt returner.
 
Haydel ranked third nationally and led the Sun Belt Conference in combined kick return yards with 687 yards. He 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.
 
Haydel ranked seventh nationally and led the Sun Belt in punt return average with 13.0 yards per game after returning 16 punts for 208 yards.
 
Phil Steele chose Haydel as a First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection as a punt returner and a Second-Team kickoff returner on Tuesday. The Sun Belt Conference coaches and selected media named him an All-Sun Belt Conference Second-Team selection as a return specialist and all-purpose player.
 
He finished the season as the only Sun Belt Conference player to have single 100-yard games in receiving, kickoff returns, and punt returns.
 
Haydel tied for the team lead with 40 receptions and had career-bests of 408 receiving yards and four touchdown receptions.