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2025 Football Roster

83 Heston Kelly

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 180
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Rusk, Texas
  • Highschool Rusk

Biography

2025 (Redshirt Junior):
Played in all 14 games at wide receiver, punt returner and kick returner... Totaled 26 receptions for 223 yards... Averaged 8.58 yards per catch and 15.93 receiving yards per game... Had at least one catch in eight games, and had three or more receptions in six games... Was UTPB's primary punt returner, returning 19 punts for 103 yards (5.42 avg.)... Ranked No. 41 in NCAA Division II in punt return yards per game... Also had a team-leading six kickoff returns for 78 yards (13.00 avg.)... Caught three passes for 39 yards in UTPB's season-opening win over No. 5 Central Oklahoma (Aug. 30)... Had four punt returns for 41 yards, a career-high in both categories, in the game at Adams State (Sept. 6)... Had three catches for 28 yards in UTPB's big win at Texas A&M-Kingsville (Sept. 20)... Caught six passes for 54 yards, a career-high in both categories, in UTPB's upset win at No. 5 Angelo State (Oct. 4)... In the very next game he had five catches for 27 yards and returned three punts for 16 yards against No. 13 Central Washington (Oct. 11)... Had three catches for 18 yards in the big win over West Texas A&M (Oct. 25)... Caught three passes for 37 yards and added a career-high three kickoff returns for 18 yards in the win vs. Eastern New Mexico (Nov. 8)... Had a career-long 31-yard kickoff return in the regular-season finale vs. Sul Ross State (Nov. 15)... Combined for three punt returns and one kickoff return during UTPB's three-game playoff run.

2024 (Redshirt Sophomore):
Appeared in five games... Named to the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll... Earned 2025 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

Personal:
Brother, Hayden, played football at UTPB (2019-23) and was an All-American linebacker while his sister, Hadley, came to UTPB as a freshman to play women's soccer during his first year at UTPB in 2024.

Statistics

Season:
2025

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Historical Player Information

  • 83

    2024Redshirt Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 185 lbs
    83
  • 83

    2025Redshirt Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 180 lbs
    83