2026 Spring Football Roster

Beau Sparks

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 177
  • Class Sr.
  • Hometown El Paso, Texas
  • Highschool Franklin
  • Prev School Utah Tech
  • Major Exercise & Sports Science

Biography

Holds the NCAA record for highest average gain/punt return in a game (min. 3 rets.) at 66.7 with 3 for 200 (following 2024 season)

Career Top 10 Rankings (Following 2025 season)
Receiving Touchdowns | T10th | 12
Receptions/Game | 6th | 4.20
Punt Return TDs | T2nd | 1


2025: All-Sun Belt Conference First Team (WR) / Second Team (AP)... Biletnikoff Award Watch List... Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List... CSC Academic All-District... DCTF All-Texas College First Team... Phil Steele All-SBC First Team... PFSN All-SBC First Team... HERO Sports Group of 5 Second Team All-American... Started all 13 games... Led the Bobcats 1200 yards (6th NCAA, 1st SBC) off 84 receptions and 10 TDs (12th NCAA, 2nd SBC)... Receiving yards rank 2nd at TXST (1 of only 3 players with 1,000)... 84 catches is a TXST single-season record... TDs rank T4 at TXST... 92.3 yards/game (5th NCAA, 1st SBC)... 6.46 receptions/game (10th NCAA, 1st SBC) ranks 3rd in a TXST season... Had 3 100 yard receiving games... Added 6 carries for 74 yards and a TD... Added 13 punt returns for 72 yards... Was 4th in scoring with 66 points... Finished 2nd with 1346 all purpose yards (4th SBC)... His 4 receiving TDs against EMU tied the TXST record (24 points ranks T2)... Had 186 receiving yards at Louisiana (6th TXST)... Added 168 yards at Marshall (10th TXST)... Preseason: Phil Steele First Team All-Sun Belt Special Teams, Second Team Offense... Athlon Sports SBC First Team Punt Return, Third Team Offense... CFN Second Team (ST) All-SBC.

2024: CSC Academic All-District... Played in all 13 games, making 1 start... Registered 25 catches for 271 yards and 2 TDs... Had a team-best 202 punt return yards and a TD off four attempts... Combined kick return yards (202) ranked 16th in the NCAA and punt return TD ranked him 4th... Amassed 471 all-purpose yards... Tied the TXST record for most punt return touchdowns in a game (1) and sits T-2nd in program history for most punt returns in a season (1)… Set record for most punt return yards in a game (200) and highest yards per punt return average (66.7)... Enrolled at Texas State in January 2024.

PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE

Utah Tech
2023: Freshman All-American (FCS Stats Perform, FCS Football Central) … All-United Athletic Conference (UAC) Second Team … UAC Freshman of the Year … Phil Steele All-UAC Second Team … Phil Steele Freshman of the Year … Finalist for the Jerry Rice Award (top freshman in FCS) … Finished 9th in the balloting for the Jerry Rice Award … Two-time UAC Freshman of the Week (Sept. 18 and Oct. 23) … 74 catches for 723 yards and 7 touchdowns in 11 games as a true freshman … Led the team in receptions … Averaged 8.5 yards per catch … Also had 2 kick returns for 29 yards (long: 16) … 7+ catches in 7 games … 7 catches for 144 yards and a touchdown in his collegiate debut on Sept. 2 at Montana State … The 144 receiving yards broke the school’s freshman record for most in a single game … 4 catches for 20 yards vs. eventual national runner-up Montana on Sept. 9 … 7 catches for 67 yards and 2 touchdowns at Colorado State on Sept. 30 … 9 catches for 68 yards and a touchdown vs. Stephen F. Austin on Oct. 7 … 8 catches for 92 yards and 2 touchdowns at North Alabama on Oct. 21 … 9 catches for 53 yards and a touchdown vs. Eastern Kentucky on Oct. 28 … Season-high 12 catches for 90 yards at Abilene Christian on Nov. 4.
 
High School: Lettered at Franklin High School (UT) … Two-year, two-way starter … two-time All-City selection at wide receiver and two-time All-District at safety … 159 catches for 2,738 yards and 38 touchdowns in his high school career … Also had 128 career tackles with 6 interceptions and 3 forced fumbles … Ran 10.4 in the 100 meter dash in track in his senior year in 2022.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023-2024Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 180 lbs
  • 11

    2024Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 175 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2025Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 177 lbs
    11
  • 2026Senior

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 177 lbs