2025 Football Roster

1 Chris Dawn, Jr.

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 170
  • Class Jr.
  • Experience 1L
  • Hometown Dallas, Texas
  • Highschool Mesquite Horn
  • Major Exploratory

Biography

Accolades
  • 2025 Earn Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List
2025 (Junior)
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List ... Preseason: Phil Steele Second Team All-Sun Belt... Athlon Sports Second Team Offense.

2024 (Sophomore)
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award (HM, Sept. 10)... Played in all 13 games, making 6 starts... Registered 37 catches for 418 yards and 6 TDs (7th SBC)... Caught 3 TD passes Nov. 23 vs Georgia State (T-2nd at TXST).

2023 (Freshman)
Played in 9 games as a true freshman at slot wide receiver and return specialist … 9 catches for 86 yards … Averaged 9.6 yards per catch … 3 kick returns for 45 yards … 1 punt return for 4 yards … 135 all-purpose yards … Played in the season-opening win at Baylor but did not log a reception … First career catch was in Texas State’s 77-34 win over Jackson State on Sept. 16 … 1 reception for 13 yards and 22 return yards (18 kick return, 4 punt return) vs. Jackson State … Season-highs in receptions (5) and receiving yards (46) on Nov. 18 at Arkansas State … 3 catches for 27 yards in the regular season finale vs. South Alabama on Nov. 25 … Played in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl vs. Rice on Dec. 26 but did not record a catch … 145 snaps played, including 119 on offense and 26 on special teams … 48 yards after catch on his 86 yards receiving … Averaged 4.8 yards after catch … 1.67 yards per route run ... Enrolled at Texas State in summer of 2023 … Was one of GJ Kinne’s first signees during the early signing period in December 2022.
 
High School
Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, Rivals, ON3, and Dave Campbell’s … Was the 8th-best rated recruit in Texas State history, according to 247Sports, at the time of his signing in December 2022 … Three-year letterwinner at Mesquite Horn (TX) … 2,663 career all-purpose yards and 18 career TDs in 27 games … 102 career catches for 1,606 yards and 15 TDs … 2022 Third Team All-State as a kick returner … 2022 District 10-6A Utility Player of the Year … 2022 District 10-6A all-district first team as a return specialist … In his senior season in 2022, he had 10 total TDs in 11 games: 8 receiving, 1 punt return, 1 kick return … 1,319 all-purpose yards, including 706 receiving, 88 rushing, 468 kickoff return, and 57 punt return … Averaged 119.9 all-purpose yards per game … 53 catches, 706 yards, 8 TDs … Career-long reception of 90 yards in 2022 … As a junior in 2021, he 662 all-purpose yards in 8 games … He also returned his first career kickoff for a touchdown as a junior … 22 receptions, 377 yards and 4 TDs … As a sophomore in 2020, he had 27 catches, 523 yards and 3 TDs … Averaged 19.4 yards per catch as a sophomore … Also competed in track and field … Ran a 10.82 in the 100 meter dash (March 2023) … Also ran a wind-aided 10.70 in the 100 meter dash during his junior year ... Competed on the same 4x100 relay team in his senior year as Texas State teammate Amarion Atwood ... Originally committed to Arkansas State in June 2022 before decommitting and signing his NLI with Texas State in December 2022 … Was first offered by Texas State in April 2022.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2023Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'7" 160 lbs
    16
  • 1

    2024Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'7" 170 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2025Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'8" 170 lbs
    1