Alabama State University Athletics

2025 All-SWAC (2nd-Team) Return Specialist

2025 (Alabama State): Ranked among the league's most dangerous returners with 488 kick return yards, including a 99-yard touchdown against Texas Southern...ranked 4th in the SWAC in all kick return yards with 501...SWAC Specialist of the Week one time... 30.5 yards per kick return ranked second in the SWAC and fifth in the FCS stats...returned three kickoffs for 125 yards against Texas Southern...caught five passes for 24 yards, including a season-high three for 15 yards against Alabama A&M...the Hornets had one of nation’s most explosive offenses in 2025 as Alabama State ranked among the top programs in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The Hornets led the SWAC in total offense (460.5 yards per game), scoring offense (42.4 points per game), passing offense (268.8 yards per game), completion percentage (.696), fewest interceptions thrown (3), pass efficiency rating (194.1), red zone offense (91.4 percent), red zone touchdowns (43), fewest turnovers lost (10), and third-down conversion percentage (51.8 percent). Nationally, Alabama State ranked second in scoring offense, fourth in total offense, fourth in completion percentage, fourth in third-down conversions, seventh in red zone offense, and first in both pass efficiency and fewest interceptions thrown...also played the 2026 SWAC Baseball Championship Team.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Spanish Fort High in Spanish Fort, Ala., under Head Coach Chase Smith...2025 Athlete of the Year...2025 Team Captain...2025 Ultimate Toro Award Football...2024 Second-Team All-State (football)...2022-2024 All County Football team...2024 All Coastal Player (football)...2024 AHSAA North-South All-Star Game...2024 Lagniappe All-Area Honorable Mention (football)...2023 First-Team All-County Offense (football)..Reece Bowl High School Leadership Team 2024-2025...Weight room warrior recognition...10 times player of the week 2022-2024...2025 Most Athletic Senior Superlative...Sonic Super 77 player football player list 2024...2023 Lagniappe First-Team All-Area (baseball and football)...Southeastern Underclassmen Shootout Team Representing Alabama 2024...2025 Baseball Defense Award 2025...2022-2025 All County Baseball...2023 Second-Team All-State (Baseball)...graduate top of his class

PERSONAL: Son of Curtis Hixon and Ivie Gonzalez...majoring in education