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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- Texas State's Jaylen Jenkins was today named to The Sporting News 2025 All-America Second Team as a kick returner.

Jenkins was the Bobcats' leading returner during the 2025 season, registering 23 kickoff returns for 622 yards and a touchdown. The redshirt-junior finished the regular season ranked fifth nationally in both kickoff return touchdowns and kickoff returns and was seventh in combined kick returns. His 100-yard kickoff return against South Alabama was the longest of the season in the Sun Belt. His total yards rank sixth in single-season program history.

For his efforts, Jenkins was also named a second-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection.

The Bobcats are bowl bound and headed to the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl to face Rice out of the American Athletic Conference on Friday, January 2. The game is scheduled to kick off at 12:00 p.m. CT from TCU's Amon G. Carter Stadium.

Texas State went on an impressive run to close out the 2025 regular season, winning its final three games to keep its postseason hopes alive, and finished the campaign 6-6 overall. The Bobcats closed out the regular season ranked among the top teams in the FBS, and one of the most explosive in the nation, at eighth in total offense (475.8), 12th in rushing offense (220.5) and 16th in scoring offense (36.1).

The game will air on ESPN and fans can listen on KTSW 89.9 and the Varsity Network app. Tickets are now available here.