SAN MARCOS, Texas — The Sun Belt Conference announced Monday that Texas State senior wide receiver Jeremiah Haydel has been named the Sun Belt Conference Special Teams Player of the Week after returning four kickoffs for 164 yards at Georgia Southern.
His first kickoff return was 97 yards for a touchdown to tie the score at 7-7 against the Eagles. It also is the second-longest return in the Sun Belt and eighth longest return in the nation this season.
His 164 kickoff return yards are the sixth-highest single-game total in the nation and most by a Sun Belt Conference player in a single game this season.