SAN MARCOS, Texas – In one of the more thrilling weeks in January in recent Texas State football history, the Bobcats added nine new players through the transfer portal, including quarterback Malik Hornsby, four offensive linemen, and four players on the defensive side of the ball.
 
Hornsby was the first to be announced on January 9, kicking off the wave of new additions to the Texas State roster under newly-named head coach GJ Kinne. Hornsby is a former four-star recruit out of Missouri City, Texas and Fort Bend Marshall High School. The dual-threat quarterback spent the last three seasons at Arkansas and played in 15 career games.
 
Following Hornsby was the rollout of four offensive line transfers from Incarnate Word. All-American Caleb Johnson was joined by former Cardinal teammates Jimeto Obigbo, Emeka Obigbo, and Dorion Strawn. The Bobcats offensive line will now feature five new players from UIW, as this week's four join All-American Nash Jones who transferred to Texas State in December.
 
Defensively, the Bobcats added defensive backs Joshua Eaton (Oklahoma) and Darius Jackson (Missouri) as well as defensive lineman Bryce Cage (Southeastern Louisiana) and linebacker Dan Foster, Jr. (Marshall). Both Eaton and Jackson were high-level recruits out of high school, with Eaton being a four-star out of Aldine MacArthur High School in Houston and Jackson being a three-star Red Oak High School in Red Oak, Texas. Cage and Foster, meanwhile, are originally from Louisiana and Florida, respectively.
 
Texas State Football Additions – Week of January 9, 2023

Name	Pos.	Class	Hometown	High School	Last School
Bryce Cage	DL	JR	Baton Rouge, La.	Scotlandville HS	Southeastern Louisiana
Dan Foster, Jr.	ILB	JR (RS)	Riviera Beach, Fla.	Dwyer HS	Marshall
Joshua Eaton	DB	SO (RS)	Houston, Texas	Aldine MacArthur HS	Oklahoma
Darius Jackson	DB	JR	Red Oak, Texas	Red Oak HS	Missouri
Jimeto Obigbo	OL	JR	Arlington, Texas	Mansfield Timberview HS	UIW
Emeka Obigbo	OL	SO (RS)	Arlington, Texas	Mansfield Timberview HS	UIW
Dorion Strawn	OL	JR	Ennis, Texas	Ennis HS	UIW
Caleb Johnson	OL	SR (RS)	Mount Pleasant, Texas	Mount Pleasant HS	Trinity Valley CC/UIW
Malik Hornsby	QB	JR (RS)	Missouri City, Texas	Fort Bend Marshall HS	Arkansas

 
This group of additions adds to the class announced in December. After the initial early signing day, the Bobcats also added defensive backs Kaleb Ford-Dement and Michael Boudoin III as well as wide receiver Kole Wilson. All three were transfers.
 
While transfers from four-year institutions can be announced at any point, college football signing day is February 1. Athletes from high school and junior colleges can sign their National Letter of Intent through April 1.