Texas State Athletics

Career Accolades

• 2024 All-Sun Belt First Team (Offense)
• 2024 All-Sun Belt Second Team (All-Purpose)
• 2024 Maxwell Award Watch List
• 2024 Paul Hornung Awaward Watch List
• 2024 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List
• 2023 First Team All-American (All-purpose player; CBS Sports/247Sports)
• 2023 Second Team All-American (All-purpose player; FWAA, The Athletic, ESPN, Phil Steele)
• 2023 Third Team All-American (All-purpose player; Athlon Sports)
• 2023 All-Sun Belt First Team (All-purpose player)
• 2023 All-Sun Belt Second Team (Return specialist)
• 2023 All-Texas Second Team (Dave Campbell's Texas Football)
• Paul Hornung Award National Player of the Week (Sept. 30, 2023)

2024 (Junior)
All-Sun Belt First Team (Offense), Second Team (All-Purpose)... Maxwell Award Watch List... Paul Hornung Award Watch List... Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List... DCTF All-Texas College First Team... DCTF Midseason All-Texas College Second Team... Played and started all 12 games before entering the transfer portal ahead of the First Responder Bowl... Lead the team with 183 carries for 991 yards (3rd SBC)... Tied for 3rd on the team with 4 rushing TDs... Registered 5.42 yards/carry (8th SBC) and 82.6 yards/game (3rd SBC)... Added 24 catches for 195 yards and 2 TDs... Had 197 kickoff return yards... Led the Bobcats with 1,383 all-purpose yards (27th FBS, 3rd SBC)... Preseason: All-Sun Belt First Team... DCTF All-Sun Belt (1st).

2023 (Sophomore)
First Team All-American as an all-purpose player by CBS Sports/247Sports ... Second Team All-American as an all-purpose player by FWAA, ESPN, The Athletic, and Phil Steele ... All-Sun Belt First Team as an all-purpose player ... All-Sun Belt Second Team as a return specialist ... Led the nation in all-purpose yards (2,169) … Played in all 13 games, including 10 starts … 1,331 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns on 223 attempts in 13 games … Also had 275 receiving yards on 20 receptions and 563 kick return yards on 22 attempts … 12 total touchdowns (10 rushing, 1 receiving, 1 kick return) … 12th in the country in rushing yards and 13th in rushing yards per game … 14th in the country in kick returns (25.6 yards/return) … 29th in the nation and 1st in the Sun Belt in yards per carry (5.97) … Phil Steele All-Sun Belt Second Team as a running back and All-Sun Belt Third Team as a kick returner ... Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award semifinalist ... All-Texas Second Team by Dave Campbell's Texas Football ... Paul Hornung Award National Player of the Week in Week 5 after totaling 316 all-purpose yards and scoring 4 total touchdowns at Southern Miss ... The 316 all-purpose yards were the most in a game by a Bobcat since Claude Mathis in 1997 ... Two-time honorable Mention for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award National Player of the Week (Week 4 & 5) ... Set 5 different FBS program single-season records: rushing yards (1,331), rush attempts (223), rushing yards per game (102.4), all-purpose yards (2,169), and all-purpose yards per game (166.85) … 4 100-yard rushing games, including a season-high 216-yard effort against Nevada on Sept. 23 … 8 games of 150+ all-purpose yards, including the season-high 316 at Southern Miss … Had 100+ all-purpose yards in 12 of the 13 games … Averaged 20.4 touches per game, including 24.1 touches over the final 10 games … 188 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown on 34 carries – despite leaving the game with an injury at one point but returning – on Oct. 7 at Louisiana … Returned the opening kickoff of the game for a touchdown on Sept. 30 at Southern Miss, making him the first Bobcat to do that in 64 years to do that … 128 rushing yards and 32 receiving yards vs. Troy on Oct. 28 … 90+ rushing yards in 5 of the last 6 games, including 122 rushing yards against Rice in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl on Dec. 26 ... Enrolled at Texas State in January 2023 … Was a part of head coach GJ Kinne’s initial signing class in December 2022 during the early signing period.

TXST Career
Fifth best in TXST history for most yards/rush in a career (5.97)… Sits third in program history for most rushing yards per game (92.9)… Recorded 3553 all-purpose yards and sits sixth in TXST history… Had 142.1 all-purpose yards per game and is fourth in TXST history… Recorded a 25.59 kick return average and sits third in program history… Had 760 kick return yards and is ranked seventh in TXST history.

PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE
HCU (2022)
Jerry Rice Award finalist … FCS STATS Perform National Freshman of the Week (Sept. 5, 2022) … Southland Conference Player of the Week (Sept. 5, 2022) … 112 rushes for 568 yards and 2 TDs in 8 games … Averaged 5.1 yards per rush … Also had 32 receptions for 333 yards and 3 TDs … 901 all-purpose yards and 5 total TDs in 8 games as a true freshman … Had 267 all-purpose yards and 2 total TDs in his collegiate debut on Sept. 3 at Northern Colorado, including 184 rushing yards on 25 attempts and 83 yards on 2 receptions … Had a 78-yard rush and a 74-yard reception against Northern Colorado … Had 79 rushing yards and 66 receiving yards (145 all-purpose yards) in his second career game against Lindenwood on Sept. 10 … Did not play in the game against Texas State on Sept. 24 … Rushed for 87 yards on 13 carries at UIW on Nov. 5 … 78 rushing yards on 16 carries against McNeese on Nov. 12.
 
High School
Two-year letterwinner at Plano East High School … In 2021 as a senior, he rushed for 1,332 yards on 178 carries and scored 14 TDs … Unanimous All-District 6A-6 running back as a senior … Landry Award Watch List in 2021, which is awarded to the top high school football player in North Texas … Ran the 100 meter dash in track, recording a personal-best 10.60 at the 6A Area 5-6 meet in April 2022 … Also ran in the 400, 4x100 Relay and 4x400 Relay.
 
Personal
Born in Kenya … Fourth-oldest of eight children … 5 brothers and 2 sisters.