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2024
Finished his final season with a share of the FBS lead in kickoff returns touchdowns with two … return five kickoffs for 261 yards, an average of 52.2 per return … helped UTSA lead the nation in kickoff return average (32.8 ypr) … had a 97-yard kick return TD in the 51-27 victory over Temple … brought back a kickoff 93 yards for a score in the 44-15 win against Coastal Carolina in the Myrtle Beach Bowl … also had 19 punt returns for 88 yards (4.6 avg) … played in 12 games and earned 10 starts at wide receiver … caught 39 passes for 479 yards and a touchdown … averaged 12.3 yards per reception … posted back-to-back 100-yard games … piled up a season-high 115 yards and a TD on seven catches at Tulsa … followed that with 108 yards on only four grabs in the 44-36 home triumph over No. 25 Memphis … made six catches for 61 yards at East Carolina … also had six receptions for 58 yards in the 38-24 win against Florida Atlantic.

2023
Appeared in 12 games and made a pair of starts … caught seven passes for 52 yards … UTSA’s primary return specialist … had 16 punt returns for 109 yards including a 50-yard touchdown in the 34-14 home win over Rice … logged a 22-yard punt return in the 41-20 victory versus UAB … returned a punt 21 yards in the 36-10 road triumph over Florida Atlantic … also had nine kickoff returns for 113 yards … made three receptions for 17 yards and had a 25-yard kickoff return in the 20-13 win against Texas State … caught a pair of passes for 13 yards in the 35-17 victory over Marshall in the Frisco Bowl, the program’s first-ever bowl win … had a 16-yard grab in the season opener at Houston. 

2022
Honorable mention All-Conference USA selection at kick returner … became the first Roadrunner to return a kickoff for a touchdown when he went 97 yards to paydirt in the 52-24 win over Texas Southern … totaled 316 kick return yards on 11 returns for a 28.7-yard average … played in 12 contests and drew one start … caught nine passes for 74 yards … also had three rushing attempts for 18 yards … had seven receptions for 59 yards with a long of 22 yards in his first career start versus No. 23 Troy in the Cure Bowl … made a 10-yard grab in the 34-31 comeback win over UTEP … had a 5-yard reception and a 37-yard kickoff return in the 41-7 road triumph over Rice.

Prior to UTSA
Transfer wide receiver from Colorado who will have three years of eligibility remaining … caught seven passes for 45 yards in 2021 … had a 19-yard reception in a win over Arizona and a 15-yard catch against Washington … posted two receptions against both Oregon and Oregon State … appeared in two games in his true freshman season in 2020 … four-year letterman at Jacksonville High School under head coach Wayne Coleman … caught 97 passes for 1,448 yards and nine touchdowns, ran the ball 43 times for 323 yards and three touchdowns and completed his only pass attempt, which went 29 yards for a touchdown, during his prep career … also recorded a pair of interceptions, 12 kick returns for 275 yards and a touchdown and five punt returns for 63 yards … caught 47 passes for 657 yards and six touchdowns and rushed 12 times for 33 yards in eight games as a senior … also registered 10 tackles and an interception in 2019 … caught 13 passes for 275 yards and two TDs in a 49-48 win over Palestine … named first-team All-District 16-5A as a junior after catching 31 passes for 501 yards and two TDs while rushing 24 times for 255 yards and three scores … carried six times for 153 yards and three touchdowns and logged two catches for 41 yards in a 43-27 win over Mt. Pleasant … added two kick returns for 112 yards and a touchdown in 2018 … had 19 receptions for 290 yards and a TD as a sophomore … registered seven catches for 101 yards versus Lindale … consensus three-star prospect coming out of high school … also competed in soccer, basketball and track & field in high school … prep personal bests included 21.0 seconds in the 200 meters, 6-0 in the high jump and 44-4.75 in the triple jump. 

Personal
Born on Sept. 19, 2001, in Jacksonville, Texas … son of Delanna Hollis … has one younger brother … earned his bachelor’s degree in multidisciplinary studies in December 2024.

 

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Sophomore
2022

Wide Receiver
5-11 / 155 lbs
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Junior
2023

Wide Receiver
5-11 / 155 lbs