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Scouting & College Football Analyst @CFN365 . Host @WinNowOrGetBent . Previous Correspondent: @Statesman , @ExpressNews , @Rivals , @AthlonSports . #TXST grad 2012.

San Marcos, TX

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Joined June 2013

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Keff Ciardello

3 months

Update: I have signed on to be a scouting & college football analyst for @CFN365 . I’m fired up to work with some awesome people and expand my coverage to all 134 FBS teams. Thank you to @CamMellor , @ojhodgkinson and @DavidBearmanPFN for believing in me. Can’t wait to get started.

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6 years

A @Whataburger billboard over the In-N-Out Burger in San Marcos beause Texas forever.

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River jump after bowl eligibility for #TXST .

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“We’re not scared of anything. We’re from Texas. Not as fancy as California. Especially Palo Alto. We’re ready for anything.” -Jose Gonzalez on ESPN post game when asked about how chippy it was.

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2 years

Staring contest in the background. It’s chippy out there, folks.

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5 years

Jake Spavital turned down a pay raise as an #NFL OC to remain the head coach of #TXST . I’m still in disbelief this morning.

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4 months

G.J. Kinne is getting a raise. New deal with #TXST pays $1 million a year for five years with incentives for eight-plus wins and Sun Belt titles. One of the highest paid coaches in the conference now.

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Sources: Texas State and coach GJ Kinne have agreed to a new five-year contract through 2028. Kinne, 35, led Texas State to the school’s first-ever bowl game during his first season in 2023. Texas State went 7-5, upset Baylor and scored more than 50 points three times.

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Seeing the #TXST side of Ford Stadium is already out of beer. Not even halftime yet. Light work for the Bobcat faithful. Well done.

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They should have never let #TXST go bowling.

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8 years

#TXST band forming a Bobcat, Texas and a star.

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5 years

Replacing Big Neechi with Brian Cooper was the best move in Texas State Twitter history.

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1 year

Just because he passed away, doesn’t mean Texas Tech is off the hook for the money it owes Mike Leach.

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4 years

A&M basically bought bowl eligibility by scheduling Texas State and UTSA this season.

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I’m hearing no #TXST seniors opted out of the First Responders Bowl today. No injuries either with a month between games. Haven’t seen the Bobcats like this since before the Baylor game.

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8 months

#TXST fans rn.

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#TXST QB TJ Finley announcing he’s coming back to the Bobcats this season. Set the single-season passing record for the program his first season. Back for an encore in 2024.

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5 years

4.76 40 on first attempt for Keenen Brown. #TXST #NFLCombine

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2 years

From 90 FEET.

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8 years

"That's one of the best throws in Pro Bowl history." - Jon Gruden. Too bad it didn't count. #Raiders

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5 months

TJ Finley jogging off the field. #TXST ’s new single season passing leader.

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4 months

#TXST RB Ismail Mahdi announces he’ll be back with the Bobcats next season.

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Dear Texas State…..

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5 years

Former #TTU co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Zac Spavital will join his brother’s staff at #TXST as defensive coordinator.

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4 years

BREAKING: #TXST guard Nijal Pearson will be named Sun Belt player of the year this afternoon. Pearson became the all-time leading scorer at Texas State this year and finished the regular season as the conference scoring leader with 19.3 PPG.

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4 months

“When I took this job, they always talked about the sleeping giant. The sleeping giant is awake.” - #TXST coach G.J. Kinne

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4 months

#TXST coach G.J. Kinne post bowl win presser:

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2 years

Season opening week is like a holiday in Texas.

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5 months

Season 15 was the best one and it’s not even done yet. My eavesdropping skills revealed that Frisco and New Orleans are the two likeliest destinations for #TXST ’s first bowl. I’m cool with either.

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4 months

First Responders Bowl attendance: 26,542 First Responders Bowl record and the highest this season at Ford Stadium.

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1 year

#TXST COMMIT: Auburn QB TJ Finley. First season at LSU before the last two at Auburn. 18 games with 11 starts in the SEC. Has two years left. Listed at 6’7”, 250 pounds.

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5 years

Just can’t get over this #TXST crowd. 6,000 plus. A new record.

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2 years

I wasn’t at the #TXST press conference today, but I have a valid excuse.

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7 years

The whole state of #Iowa is out on the field.

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4 years

Breaking: Brady McBride will start at quarterback for #TXST against #SMU this Saturday. Set to start the first game he is eligible to play for the Bobcats.

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8 months

FINAL #TXST 42 #Baylor 31

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6 years

@kazjohnson @Peter_Nicholls @philiplarkin Did you type this from a book?

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2 years

Boko with the psych.

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4 months

Back in San Marcos and just recorded #WNOGB No. 150. Didn’t need any prep for this one. Look out for that tonight. No thumbnail yet, but here’s a pic of me and G.J. fresh off his Gatorade bath.

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4 years

Breaking: #TXST and #SMU have agreed to move up the season opener in San Marcos from Sept. 5 to Aug. 29. Sun Belt keeping nonconference and eight-game conference schedule. Official announcement coming later today. #TXST will begin fall camp this morning.

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8 months

#TXST QB1 TJ Finley fresh off of beating #Baylor . Joe Dirt Hobert next to him.

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26 days

Late night news dump: Madden Michael Ciardello has arrived. 10:53 pm, 2/4/24

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2 years

Staring contest in the background. It’s chippy out there, folks.

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4 years

This jacket is incredible. He said it’s 30 years old. #TXST

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5 months

Breaking: #TXST will play #Rice in the SERVPRO First Responders Bowl in Dallas on Dec. 26, sources tell @WinNowOrGetBent .

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8 months

Reports from the #TXST sideline say TJ Finley has declared he is “built for this shit.”

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8 months

#TXST victory presser.

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1 year

Hearing it’s a two-man race for the #TXST job: #SHSU HC KC Keeler and #WSU OC Eric Morris. Zoom interviews yesterday, second round of in-person later this week. #UIW HC GJ Kinne was considered, but consensus is he’s going to #Tulsa . Decision should be made by this weekend.

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5 years

Multiple sources saying #WVU OC Jake Spavital has signed with #TXST to be head coach. More details to come.

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2 months

Update: Jordan McCloud is already on #TXST campus and will participate in spring practice. Didn’t have to wait for the transfer portal window (April 16-30) because he enrolled in eight-week sessions that start next week.

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College Football Network

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BREAKING: Former James Madison QB and 2023 Sun Belt Player of the Year, Jordan McCloud, commits to the Texas State Bobcats. @Keff_C with more on this developing story:

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5 years

K. Dot is very fast.

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7 months

FINAL #TXST 21 #ULM 20 Bobcats have a 5th win for the first time since 2014.

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6 months

FINAL #TXST 45 #GASO 24 The Bobcats are bowl eligible.

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6 months

Cats on the field. Bowl eligible. What a night.

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3 years

Breaking: #TXST AD Larry Teis is stepping down effective August 31, 2021 according to an email sent out to employees. Don Coryell will be the interim AD.

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4 years

Touchdown #TXST 99 yards for Agent Zero. Jarron Morris puts it away for the Bobcats. 38-17, Bobcats up with under a minute left.

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5 years

Just confirmed with former #TXST TE Keenen Brown that he has signed as a UDFA with the Los Angeles #Rams .

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4 years

Doris Burke: “I like to be right. Just ask my ex husband” Mark Jones: “That’s why it’s ex, right?” Me:

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3 years

DBs bringing out Kham Winters jersey. #TXST

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4 years

What a grab by Marcell Barbee. #TXST

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3 years

This is the best one. Or at least my favorite.

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3 years

Rain on the last #TXST game day of the season.

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2 years

Texas (State) is back.

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7 months

Them: “You can’t take back Texas if you never had it!” #TXST fans:

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4 years

Me thinking about #TXST vs #UTSA next week:

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7 months

TJ Finley here to promote First Lockhart National Bank. Largest NIL deal for #TXST .

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4 years

#TXST volleyball coach Karen Chisum is retiring after 40 years as head coach of the Bobcats. She finishes her career with a 919-559-3 record and 11 conference championships, including back-to-back regular season and tournament championships her last two seasons.

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2 years

Confirmed: girl. Jade Marie Ciardello coming this October.

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3 years

Jake Spavital said #TXST has 15 available scholarships. They have until August 1 to finish the 2021 class.

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5 years

There have been a number of severe injuries to #TXST players over the last four years. 2015 had over a dozen season-ending injuries to players. Since 2016, a handful of players’ careers have ended due mainly to concussions. I have sources telling me this is not a coincidence:

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2 months

Hearing from multiple sources that former #JMU QB Jordan McCloud committed to #TXST over the weekend. Should be announced soon. The 2023 Sun Belt Player of the Year will be in San Marcos next season. Massive recruiting coup for G.J. Kinne and the Bobcats.

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7 months

#TXST is 7-2 at home dating back to last year. 3-0 this year with solid crowds at all three. That matters for bowl consideration.

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San Marvelous 📍📍

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1 year

Eagles OL Lane Johnson at #TXST practice this morning. Former teammate in Philly with head coach GJ Kinne.

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4 years

#TXST and #UTSA fans today realizing they could both still make a bowl game:

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3 years

Special shoutout to this social distance warrior. #TXST

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2 months

#TXST on NCAA College Football 25. At the 28-second mark.

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2 months

They’re in the game. College Football 25 will feature all 134 FBS schools #CFB25

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4 years

#TXST officially announces #UTSA game will be on ESPN 2 with a 2:30 pm kickoff. First two games for the Bobcats will be nationally televised.

@TxStateBobcats

Texas State Bobcats

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4 years

. @TxStateFootball 's game vs UTSA on Sept. 12th has been moved to ESPN 2! 😤 #EatEmUp #ComebackStrong Full story -->

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7 months

#TXST coach G.J. Kinne credited the crowd for motivating the team on that game winning drive. Also said they wanted that 5th win bad. “It was our Super Bowl.”

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4 months

The mindset change for #TXST athletics admins over the last few years has been remarkable to watch. Wasn’t too long this place let a Powerade bill lapse leaving the FB team without anything to drink. Now they are prepping for a bowl with the highest paid coach in the conference .

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6 months

So proud of #TXST . Hard to remain impartial tonight.

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6 months

@Keff_C made the jump

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2 years

#TXST President Dr. Kelly Damphousse rode in on a motorcycle before the Bobcats home opener.

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2 years

Harrowing footage of former #TXST safety Justin Iwuji being kidnapped by his roommate at gunpoint. Thankfully he escaped with minor injuries. The roommate, former Midwestern State WR Josh DeLoach, still at large.

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WANTED: Joshua N. DeLoach, 29, seen below, is charged with aggravated robbery & aggravated kidnapping in an incident at 322 Eado Park Circle on May 8. Call HPD Homicide at 713-308-3600 or @CrimeStopHOU 713-222-TIPS with info. Details at #HouNews 1/2

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7 years

I now understand the "full tailgate, empty stadium" issue at TXST.

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5 months

I can confirm this. Barrick Nealy is back with the Bobcats as the new #TXST RB coach. Top target acquired.

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Nate Ryan

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5 months

Texas State FB news: Confirmed per source, Barrick Nealy will be the Bobcats’ running backs coach. Nealy spent the last 6 seasons at UTEP, most recently as RB/Asst. HC. Nealy played QB for #TXST from 2003-05, leaving as the school’s all-time leading passer. A legend goes home.

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4 months

I’d say about 10 to 1 #TXST fans to #Rice fans.

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7 months

TJ Finley with a message to #TXST fans on his Instagram.

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4 months

“Until the whole world knows our name…”

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4 months

On Tuesday, Texas State: • Played in their first-ever bowl game • Drank the stadium's beer by the 3rd quarter • Won their first-ever bowl game • Stormed the field • Drew 26,542 fans — a larger crowd than any SMU home game there this year

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2 years

#TXST should be proud. Three outs away from hosting a Super Regional. Gut-wrenching ending to an incredible season. Had the No. 2 team on the ropes. But we’ve seen what’s possible now. Time for Trout and Co. to build on that foundation.

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#TXST QB TJ Finley said he is waiting to make decision on his future until after bowl game. Choosing between staying, transferring or going pro.

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7 years

Former #TXST QB James Duncan ('68-'72) goes to every football practice, spring & fall. "When I die, throw my ashes in the San Marcos river."

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Watching the #TXST - #Nevada broadcast. Here’s G.J. Kinne celebrating a 77-yard touchdown by Kole Wilson that made it a three-point game. Don’t think anyone was more irritated by that first half than him.

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1 month

Congrats to #TXST Baseball on winning two Super Bowls in a three-week span. Truly unprecedented.

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3 years

Fully committed. No interviews. Respect my decision.

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5 years

This is the year #TXST football goes bowling.

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4 years

The intersection on CM Allen/Hopkins and CM Allen/ University next to campus are finally open. Had been closed for construction for over a year.

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3 months

#TXST replaced its QB for one with tons of baggage based somewhat on the character evaluation of one its coaches. That coach then left for another job a week later. What the hell is going on with the Bobcats?

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8 months

#TXST is in victory formation so I’m comfortable sharing that I wrote this lead-in earlier this week for my recap. Just in case.

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2 months

I knew G.J. would have an ace up his sleeve. The reigning Sun Belt Player of the Year is one helluva draw. #TXST back to being Sun Belt favs in my book.

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College Football Network

2 months

BREAKING: Former James Madison QB and 2023 Sun Belt Player of the Year, Jordan McCloud, commits to the Texas State Bobcats. @Keff_C with more on this developing story:

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5 years

Lots of #TXST folks coming forward. Can’t put all out there yet but here’s some: When Withers signed in Jan. 2016, Teis said TXST would cover his $350k buyout from JMU. They didn’t, forcing Withers to negotiate to $250k and pay out of pocket.

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2 years

Good news: I’ve confirmed that #TXST DB Chris Mills has been released from the hospital and is back with the team. Not sure the extent of his injuries but it’s at least not as serious as feared.

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2 years

While #TXST team off the sideline for Mills.

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4 months

#TXST officially announces Barrick Nealy as the running backs coach. Former quarterback for the Bobcats, Nealy is third in career passing yards at Texas State.

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Texas State Football

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4 months

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 Barrick Nealy, a Bobcat great, has been named the new RB coach #EatEmUp #TakeBackTexas

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5 years

Pressbox at Bobcat Stadium now has #TXST national and conference championships painted on it.

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