NEW ORLEANS – Offensive selections Dorion Strawn and Beau Sparks led the Texas State football team to 13 overall honors for 12 players as All-Sun Belt Conference teams were announced Thursday.

Both Strawn and Sparks garnered first-team accolades, with Sparks also named to the second team on special teams.

Dorion Strawn | OL | Ennis, Texas | First Team Offense
Graded out at 74.5 (top 5 in the Sun Belt) overall and at 70.0 on run blocking and at 79.7 for pass blocking… Helped the Bobcats to a national ranking of 8th in total offense, 12th in rushing offense and 17th in scoring offense… TXST was also in the top 25 nationally for red zone offense, first downs and 3rd down conversion %. 

Beau Sparks | WR | El Paso, Texas | First Team Offense / Second Team All-Purpose
80 receptions | 1,113 yards | 9 TDs / 5 carries | 68 yards | 1 TD / 12 punt returns | 68 yards
Leads the Sun Belt and ranks in the top 10 nationally for receiving yards (6th NCAA) and receptions/game (8th)… Also ranks 15th nationally in receiving TDs… Posted the top receiving performance in the SBC in 2025 with 186 receiving yards against Louisiana… Tied for most points scored in a game this season (24) and TDs (4), 4 receiving TDs were most in a game for the SBC… Had 3 100-yard games (T6 SBC)… Ranked 4th in the league in all-purpose yards, serving as the Bobcats' primary punt returner… Became only the 2nd Bobcat in history to record 1,000+ yards in a season and ranks 5th for single-season receiving TDs.

Lincoln Pare | RB | Germantown, Tennessee | Second Team Offense
199 carries | 1,022 yards | 11 TDs / 36 receptions | 306 yards | 2 TDs
Ranks 3rd in rushing (85.2, 33rd NCAA) in the Sun Belt and 2nd for all-purpose yards (110.67, 25th NCAA)… 11 rushing TDs rank 5th in the league… Tied for a Sun Belt-best 4 100-yard rushing games in 2025… Scored a rushing TD in 8 of 12 games… Added a pair of receiving TDs to score in 10 of 12 games… 11th Bobcat in program history to reach 1,000 rushing yards.

Treylin Payne | LB | San Antonio, Texas | Second Team Defense
102 tackles / 6.5 TFLs | 14 yards / 2.0 sacks | 9 yards / 2 PBU / 1 QBH
Registered the 5th most tackles in the SBC in 2025 including a career-high 24 against Marshall, good for the TXST single-game record and 2nd overall in Sun Belt history… Led the team, registering over 100 tackles and was 3rd on the team for TFLs and tied for 4th for sacks.

Tyler Robles | K | Encinias, California | Second Team Special Teams
19-21 FG | 3 of 50+ / 48-49 PAT
Leads the Sun Belt and ranks in the top 20 nationally for field goal % (11th NCAA), scoring (14th) and total points (12th)… Holds the TXST single-season record for field goals made (19) and is second in program history for points (105) and field goals attempted (21)… Registered 6 games of going 5-5+ on PATs… Has 3 50+ yard FGs in 2025.

Jaylen Jenkins | RS | Dallas, Texas | Second Team Special Teams
23 KO returns | 622 yards | TD
Leads the Sun Belt and ranks 7th nationally in combined kick returns… 2nd in the SBC and top 10 nationally for kickoff return TDs (5th NCAA) and kickoff returns (8th)… 1 of 7 players in the conference with a kickoff return TD… Longest SBC kick return in 2025 at 100 yards… Ranks 6th in program history for single-season yards.

Brad Jackson | QB | San Antonio, Texas | Third Team Offense
234-328 passing | 3,050 yards | 18 TDs / 160 carries | 692 yards | 16 TDs
Leads the Sun Belt Conference and ranks in the top 10 nationally for rushing TDs (4th NCAA), total offense (5th), total TDs (5th), completion percentage (7th) and points responsible for (7th)… Also in the nation's top 10 for passing yards and passing efficiency… Holds the league's top performance of the year for total offense (492 yds) and passing yards (444)… Third in the Sun Belt in scoring… Currently tied for the program single-season rushing TD mark (16)… One of only 3 QBs nationally to pass for 3,000 yards and rush for 600… 10 of 12 games in 2025 with a rushing TD… 8 games with a pass and rush TD… 5 games with multiple rushing TDs… 2 100-yard rushing games… Only the 5th Bobcat in program history to pass for 3,000+ yards… Helped lead the Bobcats to national rankings of 8th in total offense (475.8), 12th in rushing offense (220.5) and 17th in scoring offense (36.1).

Chris Dawn, Jr. | WR | Dallas, Texas | Third Team Offense
54 receptions | 931 yards | 2 TDs
Tied for an SBC-best 5 100-yard receiving games in 2025… Posted the 2nd best single-game receiving total in the league at 180 yards… Ranks 4th in the SBC for receiving yards, 3rd for receiving yards/game and 7th for yards/reception.

Additionally, four student-athletes were named all-conference honorable mention selections.

Kalil Alexander | DE | Charlotte, North Carolina
44 tackles / 10.5 TFLs | 46 yards / 4.0 sacks | 36 yards / 5 QBH
Led the Bobcats in TFLs (10.5-46 yds) and sacks (4.0-36 yds)… Ranks in the top 20 in the SBC for sacks… Helped the Bobcats to 83.0 TFLs on the season, the 3rd most in the FBS era for TXST… Registered 5 games of 5+ tackles.

Titus Lyons | TE | Pottsboro, Texas
12 receptions | 94 yards | 3 TDs
Was 2nd on the team and led Bobcat tight ends with 3 receiving TDs in 2025… Registered a career-best 94 yards off 12 receptions in 2025… 3 receiving TDs were first of his career.

Emeka Obigbo | OL | Arlington, Texas
Helped the Bobcats to a national ranking of 8th in total offense, 12th in rushing offense and 17th in scoring offense… TXST was also in the top 25 nationally for red zone offense, first downs and 3rd down conversion %. 

Jaden Rios | CB | Frisco, Texas
23 tackles / 3.5 TFLs | 21 yards / 1.0 sacks | 18 yards / 3 INT / 4 PBU
Tied for 5th in the Sun Belt and leads the Bobcats with three INTs and ranks 12th for passes defended.