2026 Spring Football Roster

Michael James

  • Position Kicker
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 204
  • Class R-Sr.
  • Hometown Rockwall, Texas
  • Highschool Rockwall
  • Prev School Tarleton State / Texas State
  • Major Marketing

Biography

2025: Appeared in all 13 games... Registered 86 kickoffs for 5,407 yards... Had 49 touchbacks. 

PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE

Tarleton State
2024: 
Played in five games, going 2-for-5 on field goals, 2-for-3 on extra points and 20 kickoffs cover 1,114 yards (55.7 per) with nine touchbacks… Made 2-of-4 field goals in the season opener against McNeese on Aug. 24, including a 53-yard make in the first quarter, which was Tarleton State’s first 50+ yard field goal make in 15 years (previous was from 64 yards out on Nov. 14, 2009, by Garrett Lindholm at Texas A&M-Kingsville).

TXST
2023: 
Played in 8 games as a kickoff specialist … 7 touchbacks on 39 kickoffs … Averaged 58.0 yards per kick.

2022: Played in one game as a kickoff specialist … Made his collegiate debut at South Alabama on Nov. 12 … 2 kickoffs for an average of 57.0 yards ... Redshirt.

High School: Three-year letterwinner at Rockwall High School (TX) ... District 10-6A Special Teams MVP in 2021 ... 7-for-10 in field goals as a senior in 2021 and 68-of-68 on PATs ... Career-long field goal of 52 yards (2021) ... Also served as the kickoff specialist as a senior ... 22 kickoffs with 6 touchbacks ... 1-for-1 in field goals as a junior in 2020 ... Originally committed to UCLA as a preferred walk-on in February 2022 before signing with Texas State in the summer of 2022.

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Historical Player Information

  • 43

    2022Freshman

    Kicker
    6'1" 180 lbs
    43
  • 43

    2023Redshirt Freshman

    Kicker
    6'1" 195 lbs
    43
  • 43

    2025Redshirt Junior

    Kicker
    6'4" 207 lbs
    43
  • 2026Redshirt Senior

    Kicker
    6'4" 204 lbs