2024 Football Roster

1 Joshua Eaton

  • Position Cornerback
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 190
  • Class R-Jr.
  • Experience 1L
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • Highschool Aldine MacArthur
  • Prev School Oklahoma
  • Major Applied Arts & Sciences

Biography

2024 (Redshirt junior)
Started 12 games before entering the transfer portal... Registered 27 tackles, including 1.5 for loss and a sack... Added 5 PBUs and a QBH.

2023 (Redshirt sophomore)
Played in all 13 games, including 8 starts … 22 tackles (18 solo), 8 pass breakups and 1.0 TFL … Led the team in pass breakups … T-10th in the Sun Belt in pass breakups … T-3rd among Sun Belt cornerbacks with 13 forced incompletions, according to PFF … T-7th among “Group of 5” cornerbacks with 13 forced incompletions, according to PFF … 1st among Sun Belt cornerbacks in forced incompletion percentage (27 percent; 13 out of 48 targets), according to PFF … 3 tackles (2 solo) and a pass breakup in week one at Baylor, helping the Bobcats beat the Bears for the program’s first win over a “Power 5” program … 4 tackles (3 solo) and a pass breakup in week 2 at UTSA on Sept. 9 … Season-high 5 tackles (4 solo) and a pass breakup vs. Nevada on Sept. 23 … 4 tackles (all solo), 1.0 TFL and a pass breakup vs. Georgia Southern on Nov. 4, which was a win that helped Texas State become bowl eligible for the first time in 9 years … A pass breakup in Texas State’s 45-21 win over Rice in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl on Dec. 26 … Enrolled at Texas State in January 2023 … Announced his transfer to Texas State in early January 2023 as he was a part of head coach GJ Kinne’s initial signing class.
 
PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE
Oklahoma (2020-22)

Played 3 seasons for the Sooners, totaling 19 games played and 7 tackles … 2022 (Sophomore): 4 games played, mostly on special teams … Redshirt … No tackles … Logged his only time at corner in the season opener, playing in 20 snaps, against UTEP on Sept. 3 … 1 target in the game with no catches allowed … 49 snaps during the season, including 20 on defense and 29 on special teams … Saw time on kick coverage, punt return and field goal/extra-point block. 2021 (Freshman): 10 games played, split among corner and special teams … 3 tackles, all solo … Season-high 24 snaps logged at corner in game against Western Carolina … 98 snaps, including 64 on defense and 34 on special teams … Saw time on kick coverage, punt return and field goal/extra-point block. 2020 (Freshman): 5 games played, split among corner and special teams … 4 tackles (2 solo) … Made his collegiate debut against Missouri State on Sept. 12.
 
High School
Played at Aldine MacArthur … Consensus 4-star recruit … No. 334 overall recruit, according to On3 consensus … ESPN ranked him as the No. 25 cornerback in the 2020 class … Rivals ranked him as the No. 31 cornerback … 247 Sports ranked him as the No. 33 cornerback … No. 44 overall recruit out of Texas by Rivals, No. 53 by ESPN, and No. 57 by 247 Sports … Had offers out of high school from Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Florida, Texas A&M, Texas and others … Verbally committed to Texas in the summer of 2019 but decommitted in October 2019 … Signed with Oklahoma on Signing Day in February 2020 … VYPE Houston Top Football Prospect to Watch in 2019 … Helped MacArthur snap a 12-year drought and make the playoffs in 2019 … Two-time first team all-district (2018, 2019) … Originally was a wide receiver when he joined varsity as a sophomore in 2017 … Also played basketball and ran track in high school, competing in the 4x400 relay.

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    Cornerback
    6'1" 180 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2024Redshirt Junior

    Cornerback
    6'2" 190 lbs
    1