DALLAS — UTSA running back Kevorian Barnes has been named to the Doak Walker Award candidate list as announced on Tuesday by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum.

Barnes is one of 87 players named to the list for the award presented annually to the nation’s most outstanding college running back.

A redshirt junior from San Augustine, Texas, Barnes rushed for a team-high 715 yards and six touchdowns on 147 attempts and also caught 14 passes for 61 yards in 2023. He logged a trio of 100-yard rushing games, opening the year with 103 yards and a TD on 16 carries at Houston. He also went for 103 on 26 totes in the 20-13 home victory over Texas State and gashed North Texas for a season-high 129 yards and two scores on 16 rushes in the 37-29 road triumph.

Barnes enjoyed a breakout campaign in 2022 as a redshirt freshman, as he collected Conference USA Freshman of the Year, C-USA All-Freshman Team and honorable mention all-conference honors. He rushed for 845 yards and six touchdowns on 135 carries, averaging 6.3 yards per rush. Barnes topped the 100-yard mark on the ground in five games and piled up 825 of his rushing yards over the final eight contests. He will enter the 2024 season with 1,576 yards and 12 TDs on the ground in 27 career games as a Roadrunner.

The PwC SMU Athletic Forum Board of Directors will name 10 semifinalists in November. Three finalists, as voted on by the Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee, will be announced later in November. The committee will cast a second vote in December to determine the recipient. The National Selection Committee consists of past recipients, former NFL All-Pro and college All-America running backs, media members and selected special representatives. The recipient of the 2024 Doak Walker Award will be announced live on The Home Depot College Football Awards on Dec. 12.

The award is named for SMU’s three-time All-America running back Doak Walker. Each Tuesday of this season, The PwC SMU Athletic Forum will once again announce a Doak Walker National Running Back of the Week.

Sixteen National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA) members are unveiling preseason watch lists over a 12-day period as the association spearheads a coordinated effort to promote each award’s preseason candidates. For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit NCFAA.org or follow on Twitter at @NCFAA.

The Roadrunners will kick off the 2024 season on Saturday, Aug. 31, when they host Kennesaw State at 2:30 p.m. at the Alamodome.

Fans can purchase tickets 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.

Season tickets start as low as $90 per seat. Payment plans for all season ticket packages are available.

Current UTSA students receive free admission to all home games by downloading tickets via their Account Manager.

we are under 4 weeks away from kickoff, last week was bold hot fire this week I want to see what the expectations for the 2024 season?

I’m also gonna ask some questions about the upcoming season.

1. With Frank gone, who do you expect to start and do you think Traylor will qb it by committee to open the season?

2. Who will pick up the Trey Moore production? You can say committee but who in that committee will be the leader?

3. What if Denver Harris plays every game?

4. Can Calie Hogan be the next great Aussie?

5. Outside of qb who or what position are you looking at coming out of camp?

Feel free to add other questions to start the dialogue.

SAN ANTONIO — UTSA Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Lisa Campos on Monday announced that Jim Campbell has been hired as Senior Associate Athletics Director for Compliance.

Campbell comes to San Antonio from the University of San Francisco, where he served as the Dons’ Senior Associate Athletics Director for Internal Operations for the past two years. He was responsible for the overall leadership and oversight of Compliance, Student Services and Academic Success, and he also served as the department’s liaison to the West Coast Conference for student-athlete support matters.

“We’re excited to welcome Jim Campbell to UTSA to lead our Athletics Compliance Department,” Campos said. “He will continue to build upon our strong foundation and culture of compliance to put our student-athletes, coaches and staff in the best possible position for success.”

Campbell was a member of San Francisco’s department for a total of six years. Prior to his tenure as Senior Associate AD, he was the Associate AD for Compliance and Student Services from 2018 to 2022 after joining the Dons as Compliance & Student Services Coordinator in May 2018.

“I am incredibly excited to join the athletic department at UTSA,” Campbell said. “This is a remarkable opportunity and I look forward to collaborating with such a talented group of student-athletes, coaches and staff members. I’m eager to bring my experience and skills to help drive the vision and goals of the university and athletic department forward.”

Before moving to San Francisco, Campbell served as Coppin State’s Compliance Coordinator and Academic Advisor for 16 months.

Campbell got his start working in intercollegiate athletics in 2015 as graduate assistant in the Alabama Athletics Compliance Office. He then was a group sales manager for the Columbus Cottonmouths of the Southern Professional Hockey League in 2016 before his stint at Coppin State.

A native of Prattville, Alabama, Campbell earned his bachelor’s degree in human performance and exercise physiology in 2014 and his master’s degree in sports management in 2015, both from Alabama.

He and his wife, Makenzie, a San Antonio native, have a daughter, Carter.

Each summer since 2020 I have done a story series to pass the time before fall camp starts. In honor of this being the lead-up to Jeff Traylor's fifth season at UTSA, the summer series will be the 10 best games under Jeff Traylor.

The series will start Memorial Day Weekend with the honorable mention games. The top 10 countdown will begin on June 1.

What are your top games of the Traylor era?


Here is what the series has been each year:

5 weeks until the first set of owls come to the dome, and even before camp begins, I want your boldest most hottest take prediction for 2024.

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DALLAS — UTSA senior defensive lineman Joe Evans has been named to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List, which was unveiled on Tuesday by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).

Evans is one of 75 defensive standouts, including one of five from the American Athletic Conference and one of 28 defensive linemen, selected for the list. The FWAA announcement and complete list can be found at sportswriters.net.

Evans, a senior defensive lineman from Haynesville, Louisiana, has collected all-conference honors in each of his first two seasons with the Roadrunners. He earned third-team all-league recognition last fall after posting 18 total tackles, 11 unassisted stops, 2.5 tackles for loss, two sacks and a safety. He posted a season-high six tackles, including four unassisted, against Army, and he made a pair of stops, including 1.5 TFL and a sack that went for a safety, in the 36-10 win at Florida Atlantic.

After transferring to UTSA from LSU prior to the 2022 season, Evans has played in 24 games and earned 17 starts on the defensive line. He enters the 2024 campaign with 36 total tackles, 19 unassisted stops, six TFLs and 3.5 sacks as a Roadrunner.

The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the association’s full membership, selects a 26-man All-America Team and eventually the Nagurski Trophy finalists. Committee members, by individual ballot, select the winner they regard as the best defensive player in college football.

The FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club will announce finalists for the 2024 trophy on Nov. 20 and the winner will be unveiled Dec. 9 at the Bronko Nagurski Awards Banquet in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The FWAA has chosen a National Defensive Player of the Year since 1993. In 1995, the FWAA named the award in honor of the legendary two-way player from the University of Minnesota. Nagurski dominated college football, then became a star for professional football’s Chicago Bears in the 1930s. Bronislaw "Bronko" Nagurski is a charter member of both the College Football and Pro Football Halls of Fame.

The Bronko Nagurski Trophy is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football’s most prestigious awards and its 24 awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935. This season, 12 NCFAA awards will honor national players of the week each Tuesday.

Sixteen NCFAA members are unveiling preseason watch lists over a 12-day period as the association spearheads a coordinated effort to promote each award’s preseason candidates.

For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit NCFAA.org or follow on Twitter at @NCFAA.

The Roadrunners will kick off the 2024 season on Saturday, Aug. 31, when they host Kennesaw State at 2:30 p.m. at the Alamodome.

Fans can purchase tickets 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.

Season tickets start as low as $90 per seat. Payment plans for all season ticket packages are available.

Current UTSA students receive free admission to all home games by downloading tickets via their Account Manager.

DALLAS — UTSA senior defensive lineman Brandon Brown has been named to the Outland Trophy Preseason Watch List, which was unveiled on Tuesday by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).

Brown is one of 75 returning standout interior linemen, including one of five from the American Athletic Conference and one of 19 defensive tackles, chosen for this year’s list. The FWAA announcement and complete list can be found at sportswriters.net.

Brown is a three-time all-conference honoree and three-year starter on the defensive line for the Roadrunners. A junior out of Katy Morton Ranch High School, he earned third-team all-league accolades last season after registering 20 total tackles, nine solo stops, 4.5 tackles for loss, one sack, two quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery. He had a pair of solo stops, including one behind the line of scrimmage, in the 20-13 home win over Texas State and also made two unassisted tackles with one TFL to along with a forced fumble in the 37-29 win at North Texas.

After transferring to UTSA from Tulane prior to the 2021 season, Brown has played in 41 consecutive games and earned starts in each of the past 34 contests. He has racked up 64 total tackles, 31 solo stops, 14 TFLs, 2.5 sacks and three forced fumbles as a Roadrunner.

The FWAA will announce the Outland Trophy semifinalists on Nov. 20, and those players will then be paired down to three finalists announced on Nov. 26. The Outland Trophy winner is chosen from those finalists who will be part of the annual FWAA All-America Team. The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the entire membership, selects a 26-man first team and eventually the three Outland finalists. Committee members, then by individual ballot, select the winner. Only interior linemen on offense or defense are eligible for the award; ends are not eligible.

The recipient of the 2024 Outland Trophy will be announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards, live on ESPN on Dec. 12. The official presentation to the winner will be made at the Outland Trophy Awards Dinner sponsored by Werner Enterprises and produced by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee in Omaha, Nebraska, on Jan. 22, 2025.

Players may be added or removed from the watch list during the course of the season. For a second year now, the FWAA will announce an Outland Trophy National Player of the Week each Tuesday this season. If not already on the watch list, each week’s honored player will be added at that time.

The Outland Trophy, celebrating 79 years since its founding, is the third-oldest major college football award. Created in 1946 when Dr. John Outland presented the FWAA with a financial contribution to initiate the award, the Outland Trophy has been given to the best interior lineman in college football ever since Dr. Outland, an All-American at the University of Pennsylvania in the late 1890s, eventually took up practice in Kansas City, Mo. An avid outdoorsman, Dr. Outland believed linemen did not get the credit they deserved and wanted an award to recognize them.

The Outland Trophy is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football’s most prestigious awards and its 24 awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935. This season, 12 NCFAA awards will honor national players of the week each Tuesday.

For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit NCFAA.org or follow on Twitter at @NCFAA.

The Roadrunners will kick off the 2024 season on Saturday, Aug. 31, when they host Kennesaw State at 2:30 p.m. at the Alamodome.

Fans can purchase tickets 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.

Season tickets start as low as $90 per seat. Payment plans for all season ticket packages are available.

Current UTSA students receive free admission to all home games by downloading tickets via their Account Manager.

SAN ANTONIO — UTSA Athletics officials on Friday announced that the football program will host UIW on Sept. 13, 2025, at the Alamodome.

This will mark the second time the Roadrunners and Cardinals will meet on the gridiron. UTSA registered a 35-7 victory in the previous meeting with UIW on Aug. 31, 2019, at the Alamodome.

With Friday’s announcement, UTSA now has all four non-conference games scheduled for 2025. The Roadrunners will host Texas State on Sept. 6, 2025, after opening the campaign at Texas A&M on Aug. 30 in College Station, giving the Roadrunners three in-state opponents for next year’s non-league slate. UTSA also will travel to Fort Collins to face Colorado State on Sept. 20 in the first game of a home-and-home series with the Rams in 2025 and 2026.

The Roadrunners will kick off the 2024 season on Saturday, Aug. 31, when they host Kennesaw State at 2:30 p.m. at the Alamodome.

Fans can purchase tickets 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.

Season tickets start as low as $90 per seat. Payment plans for all season ticket packages are available.

Current UTSA students receive free admission to all home games by downloading tickets via their Account Manager.

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“Nick Booker-Brown and Corey Lucius Jr. are no longer members of the UTSA football program. We have high expectations of conduct for all of our student-athletes, coaches and staff, and we will never compromise on those expectations. We are looking forward to the start of preseason practice on July 31with an excellent group of young men in our football program.”

— UTSA Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Lisa Campos & UTSA head football coach Jeff Traylor

ARLINGTON, Texas — UTSA has been picked to finish second in the American Athletic Conference Preseason Media Poll, announced by the league office on Tuesday as part of The American Football Kickoff at Loews Arlington.

The Roadrunners received 368 points and four first-place votes to check in at second behind Memphis, which had 409 points and 23 first-place votes.

Tulane was projected to finish third after collecting 362 points and a pair of first-place votes, while South Florida and Army, which had one first-place vote) round out the top five.

Florida Atlantic was picked sixth ahead of a tie for seventh between East Carolina and Rice. North Texas was ninth, followed by UAB, Navy, Tulsa, Charlotte and Temple in the 14-team league.

Head coach Jeff Traylor and senior student-athletes Oscar Cardenas and Jamal Ligon are representing UTSA at the American Kickoff, which will wrap up today at Loews Arlington.

Live coverage of The American Kickoff will begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, as Morgan Uber, Rene Ingoglia, Taylor McHargue and Brooke Kirchhofer interview coaches and student-athletes from all 14 teams.

American Football Kickoff Live Stream — https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=ccca8b54-e1fc-4dc1-bbde-cfafe722b169

American Football Kickoff Podium Feed — https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=8c681581-3fb4-44bd-927d-c0b72bf7cf3d

The Roadrunners will kick off the 2024 season on Saturday, Aug. 31, when they host Kennesaw State at 2:30 p.m. at the Alamodome.

Fans can purchase tickets 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.

Season tickets start as low as $90 per seat. Payment plans for all season ticket packages are available.

Current UTSA students receive free admission to all home games by downloading tickets via their Account Manager.

2024 American Athletic Conference Preseason Media Poll

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UTSA Men's Basketball announced the 12 newcomers to the roster today. These 12 join Nazar Mahmoud, the lone Roadrunner from last season to stick around.

Media in the form of me and Jerry Briggs met with UTSA Men's Basketball Head Coach Austin Claunch this afternoon. The exclusivity was likely due to the speed with which the media availability was put together and the fact that a Spurs media event was also happening at the same time.

Here is the video interview with Claunch:
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UTSA, Colorado State announce future home-and-home series

SAN ANTONIO — UTSA and Colorado State have announced a future home-and-home series for their football programs for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.

The Roadrunners and Rams will meet on Sept. 20, 2025, in Fort Collins and again on Sept. 26, 2026, in San Antonio.

UTSA has played Colorado State twice previously. The Roadrunners dropped a heartbreaking 33-31 decision on Sept. 26, 2015, at the Alamodome, while the Rams scored a 23-14 home victory on Sept. 10, 2016, in the second meeting between the two teams on the gridiron.

The Roadrunners will kick off the 2024 season on Saturday, Aug. 31, when they host Kennesaw State at 2:30 p.m. at the Alamodome.

Fans can purchase season tickets 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.

Season tickets start as low as $90 per seat. Payment plans for all season ticket packages are available.

Current UTSA students receive free admission to all home games by downloading tickets via their Account Manager.

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Tim Pernetti, the new commissioner of the American Athletic Conference made his first campus visit of any member school since beginning his tenure on Friday at UTSA. Pernetti met with the coaches at UTSA and some of the football players. Pernetti also toured the RACE and then visited with the local media for a few minutes.

The video of that session with the local media is below.

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Here's the official visit list for the weekend:

QB - Max Gerlich - Anderson HS
WR - Kaleb Mitchell - First Baptist Academy
DL - Ronnie Mageo - Mississippi Gulf Coast CC
OL - Abel Ho'opi'i - Farrington HS [HI]

UTSA DL Nick Booker-Brown was arrested last night and charged with two counts of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony. He was released on bond.

Will be reaching out to UTSA for a comment.

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UTSA is hosting a group of recruits for offical visits this weekend:

TE - Arvis Battle - 2025 Red Oak HS

DB - Keshawn Davila - NW Mississippi CC

OL - Alan Grimme - Jones CC

DL - Kelten Mickell - Jones CC

OL - MJ Senegal - Feather River CC

DB - Cameron Upshaw - Garden City CC

DL - Corey Walls - 2025 Sachse HS

Updates throughout the baseball season will be posted here.

Today was Media Day for the baseball team.

Roadrunners open the season Friday night with the first of a four-game series against UT-Arlington. I plan to be out there Sunday for the series finale.

UTSA basketball has picked up a commit. Details shortly.

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UTSA will be hosting 190+ plus recruits for tomorrow's Spring Game: