LEWISVILLE, Texas — UTSA redshirt junior tight end Houston Thomas has been named to the Preseason All-Texas College Team, Dave Campbell’s Texas football announced on Monday.
Thomas was selected to the second team at tight end, marking his second preseason honor this summer. The College Station native also landed on the Phil Steele Preseason All-American Athletic Conference First Team.
Last season, Thomas played in all 13 games and earned nine starts at tight end. He caught 34 passes for 470 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 13.8 yards per reception. He recorded his first career 100-yard receiving game with 132 yards on six catches at Tulsa, and he found the end zone twice in the 44-36 win over No. 25 Memphis, hauling in six passes for 44 yards.
UTSA will kick off its 15th season of football and sixth year under head coach Jeff Traylor against Texas A&M at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30, in what will be a national televised matchup on ESPN live from Kyle Field in College Station.
The Roadrunners then will return home to host back-to-back games at the Alamodome. UTSA will face Texas State in the Battle for I-35 at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 6, before they match up with crosstown foe UIW at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13.
UTSA has four league games on the home slate with Rice (Oct. 11), Tulane (Oct. 30), East Carolina (Nov. 22) and Army (Nov. 28 or 29) scheduled to visit the Alamodome.
Fans can purchase season tickets and mini plans online or by calling the UTSA Ticket Office at 210-458-UTSA (8872) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday excluding holidays. Current UTSA football season-ticket holders may renew their tickets by logging into their UTSA Account Manager.
Single-game tickets are on sale for the home opener versus Texas State as the Roadrunners will aim to break the program’s home attendance record of 56,743. Click here to purchase tickets online or contact the UTSA Ticket Office at 210-458-UTSA (8872).
UTSA students will receive free admission to all home games by downloading tickets via their Account Manager.
Merchandise commemorating UTSA Football’s 15th season and featuring the official logo of the milestone campaign is available for purchase.
The official themes for home games, as well as single-game tickets for the remainder of the home slate, will be available later this summer.
The Roadrunners, who boast a 29-3 home record in the Jeff Traylor era, are coming off a seven-win campaign that saw them come out on top in four of their last five games. UTSA started that stretch with the program’s first-ever win over a top-25 opponent in the 44-36 home triumph over No. 25 Memphis and then closed with a second straight bowl win in the 44-15 victory over Coastal Carolina in the Myrtle Beach Bowl.
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