2023 Football Roster

1 Ashtyn Hawkins

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 170
  • Class Jr.
  • Experience 2L
  • Hometown DeSoto, Texas
  • Highschool DeSoto
  • Prev School Cisco College
  • Major Applied Sociology

Biography

  • Two-time All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention (2022, 2023)
  • 2022 PFF All-Sun Belt Third Team
Career
141 catches for 1,745 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns in 34 career games at Texas State … Ended the 2023 season with the FBS program record for career receptions and receiving yards … 12.4 yards per catch in his career … 8 100-yard games in his career ... Also held the Texas State overall record for most catches in a single game (13 at Baylor, 2022).
 
2023 (Junior)
All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention ... Phil Steele All-Sun Belt Third Team ... Started all 13 games … 55 receptions, 874 yards and 3 touchdowns … Career-high in receiving yards … 9th in the Sun Belt and 51st in the country in receiving yards … 8th in the Sun Belt and 59th in the nation in receiving yards per game (67.2) … 10th in the Sun Belt in yards per reception (15.9) … 3 100-yard games … Had at least one catch in all 13 games … 5 receptions for 58 yards in Texas State’s 42-31 win over Baylor in week one on Sept. 2, which helped the Bobcats earn their first ever victory against a “Power 5” team … 5 catches for 101 yards on Sept. 30 at Southern Miss … 8 catches for 93 yards on Oct. 7 at Louisiana … Back-to-back 100-yard games in the final 2 regular season games … 8 catches for a career-high 165 yards at Arkansas State on Nov. 18 … 5 receptions for 131 yards and a touchdown in the regular season finale on Nov. 25 vs. South Alabama … 3 catches for 55 yards in the 45-21 win over Rice in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl on Dec. 26 … PFF Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team as a wide receiver ... Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team as a punt returner ... Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team as a wide receiver ... Phil Steele Preseason All-Sun Belt Fourth Team as a wide receiver ... Phil Steele Preseason All-Sun Belt Fourth Team as a punt returner ... 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl 1,000 List ... Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List.

2022 (Sophomore)
All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention ... PFF All-Sun Belt Third Team ... Team’s leading receiver with 56 catches for 587 yards and 7 touchdowns in 9 games as an inside receiver … Averaged 10.5 yards per catch … Played the first 9 games of the season before suffering an injury on a punt return in the game at ULM on Nov. 5 … Finished 12th in the Sun Belt in receptions despite missing the last 3 games of the season … 19th in the country in receptions per game (6.2) … His 7 TD catches were T-8th in school history for most in a single season and 2nd-most in the program’s FBS era … The 56 catches were T-10th in school history and 3rd-most in the program’s FBS era … 4 games of 100+ receiving yards … 2 games of 10+ receptions … Had a TD catch in 6 of his 9 games … Split punt returning duties, totaling 7 returns for 99 yards (14.1 average) … 11 catches for 101 yards and 2 TDs in season opener at Nevada on Sept. 3 … Set the school record for receptions in a single game with 13 at Baylor on Sept. 17 … Finished 13 catches, 114 yards and 1 TD against the Bears … The 13 receptions against Baylor broke a 24-year-old school record … 6 catches for 105 yards in 36-24 win over App State on Oct. 8 … 5 receptions, 102 yards and a TD vs. Southern Miss on Oct. 22 … Had a 74-yard TD catch against the Golden Eagles with 1:21 remaining in the game to help them take a late lead.

2021 (Freshman)
Played in 11 of the 12 games, including 2 starts … Both starts were in the final two games of the season … 30 rec, 284 yards and a TD ... 100-yard receiving game against Georgia State on Oct. 23, catching 6 passes for 108 yards … Season-high 9 receptions against Georgia Southern on Nov. 13 totaling 53 yards … 26 of his 30 catches came in the final six games of the season ... 152 yards after the catch, which was second-most on the team ... 

PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE
Cisco College (2020-21)

Played in 7 games at Cisco College during the spring 2021 season (no fall 2020 season that year for Cisco) ... 25 receptions for 482 yards and 7 TDs ... caught 8 passes for 105 yards and 2 TDs against Blinn ... 5 receptions for 172 yards and 3 TDs against Tyler ... also returned 5 punts for 38 yards

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned All-District 7-6A honors in both football and basketball with DeSoto ... caught 36 passes for 605 yards and 5 TDs as a senior ... 7 catches for 126 yards and two TDs against Dallas Jesuit ... 6 receptions for 109 yards and 2 TDs versus Cedar Hill. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2021Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 168 lbs
    16
  • 2

    2022Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 170 lbs
    2
  • 1

    2023Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 170 lbs
    1