NEW YORK – Texas State running back Lincoln Pare was named by College Sports Communicators, in association with The Associated Press (AP) and the Fiesta Bowl Organization, as a 2024 Comeback Player of the Year.
 
After missing the entire 2023 season, Pare has put together a solid 2024 campaign highlighted by a 109-yard, two-touchdown performance against rival UTSA on Sept. 7. Pare has 29 attempts for 165 yards and three touchdowns this season to help support the Bobcat run game.
 
During the 2022 season at TXST, Pare was the team's leading rusher with 772 yards on 172 carries with five TDs. The Germantown, Tennessee, native added 29 catches for 209 yards and a TD.
 
Since 2018, the Comeback Player of the Year Award has recognized college football student-athletes for overcoming injury, illness or other circumstances.  At the conclusion of each season, in a vote by a panel of college football writers, editors, and sports information directors, three college football student-athletes are honored as Comeback Player of the Year Award winners at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl.  

Pare and the Bobcats take on Arkansas State Saturday at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN+.