Saturday, July 29, 2006

Come Monday, Texas State football coaches will close the books on a summer of recruiting, landing at least two players transferring from Division I-A programs.

In the past two weeks, the Bobcats added Chris MacDonald, a 2004 freshman All-America punter from Arizona State, and James Aston, a running back from Ohio State.

Aston was the all-time leading rusher at Katy High School outside of Houston (4,634 yards in two seasons) and a three-time state wrestling champion. At Ohio State, his wrestling coach asked him to choose wrestling over football. He chose to return to Texas instead.

Aston (5-8, 215) enters a deep running back corps, where the Bobcats currently list eight players, led by Daniel Jolly. Bailiff said the numbers will change, with some backs converting to receiver or defensive back. Jamal Williams has already moved to receiver.

:hurray: