IRVING, Texas – Four members of the Texas State football team were named to this year's Hampshire Honor Society presented by the National Football Foundation. The 2026 list celebrates 20 years of honoring football student-athletes for their academic accomplishments and performance on the field.

The Hampshire Honor Society is comprised of college football players from all divisions of the NCAA, NAIA and sprint football who each maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college careers. Players must have been a starter or significant contributor throughout the 2025 season and must be a senior play, who will graduate this spring/summer, and just completed his final year of playing eligibility in 2025; or a graduate player/grad transfer, who has already earned a bachelor's degree and competed in the 2025 season (even if the player has remaining eligibility and may return to play next season).

The four total honorees is the second highest total for the Bobcats in the 20-year history behind last year's record eight.

Sully Burns | OL | Plano, Texas | Integrated Studies
Titus Lyons | TE | Pottsboro, Texas | Integrated Students
David Nunez | P | Houston, Texas | Advertising
Lincoln Pare | RB | Germantown, Tenn. | Integrated Studies

Previous Texas State Honorees
2007 Walter Musgrove
2008 Nick Clark
2010 Travis Houston
2011 Darius Bolden
2012 Alvaro Garcia, Josh Minde
2014 Blake McColloch
2015 Colby Targun
2018 Elijah King, Gabe Loyd, Gabe Schrade
2020 Jacob Rowland, Anthony J. Taylor, Hutch White
2023 Tory Spears
2025 Drew Donley, Darius Jackson, Nash Jones, Titus Lyons, Alex Merritt, James Neal, David Nunez, John Oehrlein
 
About the Hampshire Foundation
The Hampshire Foundation is the charitable arm of The Hampshire Companies, a privately-held, fully-integrated real estate firm that has more than 60 years of hands-on, cycle-tested experience in acquiring, developing, leasing, repositioning, managing, financing and disposing of real estate. Founded by Jon F. Hanson, who served as NFF Chairman from 1994-2006, Hampshire is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey. Learn more at www.hampshirere.com.

About the National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame
Founded in 1947 with early leadership from General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army coach Earl "Red" Blaik, and journalist Grantland Rice, the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) is a nonprofit organization that leverages the power of amateur football to build leaders. With 120 chapters in 47 states, the NFF oversees initiatives such as the NFF College Football Hall of Fame, the William V. Campbell Trophy®, the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards Presented by Fidelity Investments, Future For Football, and I Played. Learn more at footballfoundation.org and follow @NFFNetwork on X, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.