By Sanderson “Snuffy” Smith

The Bobcats will play in a bowl for the first time in program history

SAN MARCOS, Texas – For the first time in program history, Texas State is officially heading to a bowl game as it was announced on Sunday that the Bobcats will face in-state foe Rice in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas on Tuesday, Dec. 26.

The Bobcats and Owls will meet for the first time since 1987 with the postseason matchup in Dallas. The game kicks off at 4:30 pm CT and can be watched on ESPN and heard on the Varsity Network and KTSW 89.9 FM.

Texas State’s roster features 28 players from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including All-Sun Belt honorees Ismail Mahdi (Murphy, Texas), Ashtyn Hawkins (DeSoto, Texas), and Shawn Holton (Fort Worth, Texas).

Head coach GJ Kinne, from Mesquite, Texas, has led the Bobcats to an FBS program record-tying seven wins in his first season at the helm. Texas State started the season with a statement win at Baylor and followed up by finishing tied for second in the Sun Belt’s West Division.

Kinne played in a bowl game in Gerald J. Ford Stadium – the 2011 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl against BYU – in his final game as quarterback at Tulsa.

The Bobcats are one of 12 Sun Belt teams playing in a bowl game this season.

Texas State and Rice each have two wins apiece in the four all-time meetings between the two schools. While Rice won the last meeting in 1987, Texas State had wins in 1923 and 1986. The first meeting was in 1920.

MORE COMPLETE GAME NOTES

GAME NOTES

https://txst.com/documents/2023/12/22/122623_Texas_State_First_Responder_Bowl_Notes_002.pdf

The Bobcats are bowling for the first time in their 12-year FBS history

2023 Texas State Football
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl

Texas State (7-5, 4-4 Sun Belt) vs. Rice (6-6, 4-4 AAC)
Tuesday, Dec. 26
Gerald J. Ford Stadium | Dallas, Texas
Kickoff: 4:30 PM
TV:
ESPN
Dave Neal (Play-by-play)
Aaron Murray (Analyst)
Morgan Uber (Reporter)
Radio:
KTSW 89.9 & Varsity Network (free app)
Clint Shields (Play-by-play)
Geff Gandy (Analyst)
Bowl Season Radio (Sirius XM 84, TuneIn and Audacy)
Brian Estridge
Justin Fuente
Chris Mycoskie
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SETTING THE TABLE
For the first time in its FBS history, Texas State is bowling – and is doing so in the state of Texas against an in-state foe.

The Bobcats, who have already clinched their first winning season since 2014, will face Rice in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas on Tuesday, Dec. 26. It will be the first time Texas State has played in a bowl since joining the FBS ranks in 2012.

Texas State reached the bowl season by tying its FBS program record for wins in a season with seven this year, including five at home and six in games held in Texas. The Bobcats started their campaign with a road win at Baylor – the program’s first win over a “Power 5” program – and ended it with a tied-for-second-place finish in the Sun Belt West Division standings.

Texas State is led by first-year head coach GJ Kinne, who inherited the program in early December 2022 and flipped it to a bowl-team in less than a year’s time.

The Bobcats have the nation’s 10th-best offense and 17th-highest scoring offense while the defense leads the country in tackles for loss and is top-10 in sacks. The special teams unit is fourth in the nation in kick returns.

This meeting between Texas State and Rice is the fifth all-time meeting between the two schools but first since 1987.

VICTORY STAR

• While it is playing in its first bowl game, Texas State is also aiming for something in the postseason contest: the school’s FBS wins record.
• With a win against Rice, the Bobcats would set a new FBS program record for wins in a season with 8.
• The 7 wins are currently tied with the 2014 season for the most in the program’s FBS history (since 2012).
• The 2014 team, although it was bowl eligible, was not among the 78 FBS teams selected for a bowl that year.
• The last time Texas State had 8 wins in a season was in 2008 when the Bobcats were 8-4 in the regular season and finished the year with a first-round loss at Montana in the Division I-AA (FCS) Playoffs first round.
• Texas State has 13 seasons in its program history with 8 or more wins.

THE KINNE EFFECT

• In his first year, Texas State head coach GJ Kinne has taken the Bobcats to a place they have never gone — a bowl game — and he could do something that has not been done in 40 years.
• Kinne is the first Texas State head coach to have a winning season in his first campaign at the helm of the Bobcats since Dennis Franchione in 1990 (6-5).
• If Texas State wins the bowl game, Kinne would become the first first-year head coach at Texas State to win 8 or more games since John O’Hara in 1983. O’Hara took over the Bobcats after they won back-to-back DII national championships under Jim Wacker in 1981 and 1982.
• Only 2 Texas State head coaches in the program’s history have won 8 or more games in their first season: O’Hara (1983) and Bill Miller (8-2 in 1965).
• Kinne was named the 21st head coach in Texas State’s history on Dec. 2, 2022 (one day after his 34th birthday).

EXCITING BRAND OF FOOTBALL

• One thing that GJ Kinne and the rest of the Texas State coaching staff have installed in their first year is an offense that has produced at its highest level in the Bobcats’ FBS history.
• Texas State enters the bowl season ranked 10th in the country in total offense with 470.8 yards per game.
• Texas State is 22nd in the country in both passing offense (280.8 yards/game) and rushing offense (189.9 yards/game).
• The Bobcats are also 17th in the nation in scoring offense with 36.0 points per game.
• Entering this year, as an FBS team, Texas State had never ranked higher than 24th in the nation in total offense. In 2014, the Bobcats finished the season 24th in total offense, which was the only time they had been in the nation’s top-50 in that category.
• Also entering this season, Texas State’s highest finish as an FBS team in rushing offense was 18th (2014) and passing offense was 56th (2020).
• Its best finish in scoring offense at the FBS level was 31st in 2014.
• The Texas State offense is averaging 145.3 more yards per game this year compared to last season.

TEXAS STATE OFFENSE, 2022 vs. 2023
Comparing averages and national rank
                                    2022                            2023
Category                     Total        Rank           Total             Rank
Total Offense              325.2        112th          470.8            10th
Scoring Offense          21.1          110th          36.0              17th
Passing Offense          221.1        79th            280.8            22nd
Rushing Offense          104.1        119th          189.9            22nd

MUCH IMPROVED

• While Texas State’s offense is 17th in the country in scoring offense, it has become the nation’s most improved scoring offense entering the bowl season.
• Texas State improved its scoring output from 21.1 points per game in 2022 to 36.0 points this year. The 14.9-point improvement year-to-year is the best among FBS teams.
• The Bobcats’ 36.0 points per game this season marks the first time they have averaged more than 28 points per game since 2014 when they averaged 33.8.

BEST IMPROVEMENT IN SCORING OFFENSE IN THE NATION, 2023 vs. 2022
                                       2023          2022            Net
Rk   School                     Pts/G         Pts/G          Change
1.     Texas State             36.0           21.1            14.9
2.     New Mexico           27.3           13.1             14.2
3.     Georgia Tech          31.2           17.2             14.0
4.     Liberty                    40.8           27.5             13.3
5.     Colorado State       26.1           13.2             12.9

PLAY FAST, GO BIG

• Part of Texas State’s unprecedented scoring output is its ability to play fast and hit big plays.
• The Bobcats are tied for 12th in the nation with 207 plays from scrimmage of 10+ yards.
• Texas State is 20th in the country with a chunk play rate (10+ yard plays/total plays) of 24.4 percent. Georgia leads the country with a rate of 28.9 percent.
• Texas State also has 71 plays of 20+ yards, which is tied for 17th in the country.
• Texas State is 30th in the country in pace of offense with a play every 24.40 seconds. ODU leads the country in offensive pace with a play every 20.32 seconds.
• Across college football, the average seconds per play in 2023 was 27.14 seconds. In 2022, the average seconds per play was one second faster at 26.18 seconds.
• On average, there were also more than 2 plays per team (4.2 plays total) more in 2022 games (68.6) vs. 2023 games (66.5).

GOING FOR A DRIVE

• Texas State’s offense scores on 46 percent of its drives (53 TD, 14 FG on 145 drives).
• Texas State is 7-1 this season when it scores on 40 percent or higher of its offensive drives in a game, with wins against Baylor (50%), Jackson State (85%), Nevada (42%), Southern Miss (43%), ULM (42%), Georgia Southern (64%), and South Alabama (50%). Its lone loss was against Louisiana (60%).
• The Bobcats average 1.58 points per drive in non-garbage time drives against FBS opponents, according to BCFToys.com. That is 30th-best in the country.
• Texas State averages 10+ yards per play on 23 percent of its drives, which is 8th-best in the nation according to BCFToys.com (non-garbage time drives against FBS opponents only).
• On all plays from line of scrimmage, the Bobcats are averaging 6.37 yards, which is 29th-best in the country and best among Sun Belt teams.
• Texas State has also run the 16th-most offensive plays this season in the nation (887) but is 85th in the country in time of possession (29:06).

PCT. OF OFFENSIVE DRIVES AVERAGING 10+ YARDS
According to BCFToys.com
Rk     School               Pct.
1.      LSU                    37.9
2.      Georgia             29.6
3.      Oregon              26.7
4.      Washington      25.8
5.      USC                   25.4
6.      Liberty              25.0
7.      SMU                  23.6
8.      Texas State       23.1
9.      Oklahoma         22.8
10.    Missouri            22.7

TALKING POINTS

• While Texas State’s offense is one of the highest scoring in the country this year, it is already its highest scoring in the school’s FBS history.
• Texas State set a new FBS school record with 432 points scored this season, besting the previous mark of 406 set in 2014.
• It is only the second time in the school’s FBS history that the Bobcats have scored 400+ points in a single season (406 in 2014).
• This year’s 432 points are the most points scored by Texas State in any season since it scored 470 in 13 games in 2008 as an FCS program. That year, Texas State scored 457 points in 12 regular season games.
• Texas State has scored 40+ points in 5 games this season — and twice in the last 4 games — which matches the overall program record set 3 other times (1967, 1981, 1983).
• The Bobcats scored 265 points in conference-play this season (8 games). Last year, Texas State scored 253 points all season (12 games).

SCORING OFFENSE, TXST’S FBS HISTORY
Top seasons since 2012
Rk     Year      Points     Games
1.      2023      432         12
2.      2014      406         12
3.      2012      343         12
4.      2020      332         12
5.      2015      323         12

TOTAL OFFENSE

• Texas State’s offense has also set the FBS program record for most yards in a season.
• Texas State’s 5,661 total yards of offense this year bested the program’s previous FBS record of 5,573 set in 2014.
• The overall program record for most yards of total offense in a season is 6,147 set in 2005 (14 games). The Bobcats need 486 yards in the bowl game to match this record.
• The Bobcats have 486+ yards of offense in 6 games this year. They had 479 yards of offense against South Alabama in their last time out.
• The last Sun Belt team to have more than 6,000 yards in a season was Georgia Southern in 2022 (6,067 in 13 games).

TOTAL OFFENSE, TXST’S FBS HISTORY
Top seasons since 2012
Rk     Year      Total Yards    Games
1.      2023      5,661             12
2.      2014      5,573             12
3.      2015      5,000             12
4.      2012      4,557             12

AIR ATTACK

• Texas State’s passing offense has set the FBS program record for most yards in a season and is close to setting the overall program record.
• Texas State has 3,370 passing yards this season, which marks the first time since 2008 that the Bobcats totaled more than 3,000 yards in the air.
• The overall program record for passing yards in a season is 3,499 set in 2008 (13 games), which means Texas State needs 130 passing yards in the bowl game to set a new record.
• Texas State has 200+ passing yards in all but one game this season.
• The Bobcats have only thrown for 3,000+ yards in a season 4 times in program history: 2003, 2008, 2009, 2023.
• Texas State has 5 300-yard passing games this year, which is an FBS program record.
• The Bobcats have also set the overall program record for most completions in a season with 272. The previous record was 264 in 2009.

MOST PASSING YARDS, TXST HISTORY
Most passing yards in a season, overall history
Rk     Year       Passing Yds     Games
1.      2008       3,499               13
2.      2023       3,370               12
3.      2009       3,178               11
4.      2003       3,129               12

GROUND GAME

• Despite throwing for more than 3,300 yards this season — and ranking 27th in the country with that total — the Bobcat offense is also one of the best in the country and in the program’s FBS history in rushing
• Texas State has rushed for 2,291 yards this season, which is the second-most in the program’s FBS history (most: 2,862 in 2014).
• Texas State has rushed for more than 2,000 yards in a season 5 times in the program’s 12 years at the FBS level. The first 4 instances, though, were in the first 4 years in FBS.
• The Bobcats are one of 19 FBS teams entering the bowl season with 3,000+ passing yards and 2,000+ rushing yards.

MOST TEAM RUSHING YARDS IN A SEASON
Texas State’s FBS history
Rk      Year        Rushing Yds      Attempts
1.        2014       2,862                538
2.        2023       2,291                487
3.        2015       2,248                470
4.        2012       2,152                413
5.        2013       2,058                471

TALKING THAT ISH

• Texas State’s leading rusher Ismail Mahdi, who was named an All-American by four different organizations, has 1,209 rushing yards on 199 carries this season.
• Mahdi is the program’s FBS record holder for rushing yards in a season, a feat he accomplished in his first season as a Bobcat after transferring from HCU.
• In addition to being the program’s FBS record holder, Mahdi is the first 1,200-yard rusher in Texas State history since Claude Mathis set the school’s overall record with 1,595 yards in 1997.
• Mahdi is 5th in the program’s overall history for most rushing yards in a season. He needs 80 more rushing yards to tie Mathis for 4th on the program’s all-time list.
• There have been only 2 Bobcats who have rushed for 1,300 yards in a season. Claude Mathis (twice) and Donald Wilkerson (1994) accomplished the feat, which means Mahdi is looking to become the first Bobcat to do it this century.
• Mahdi enter the bowl season ranked 14th in the country in rushing yards and 15th in rushing yards per game (100.8).
• Mahdi has 90+ yards in 4 of the last 5 games.

MOST RUSHING YARDS IN A SEASON
Texas State Overall History
Rk.  Player                        Rush Yds     Year
1.     Claude Mathis           1,595           1997
2.     Claude Mathis           1,593           1996
3.     Donald Wilkerson      1,569           1994
4.     Claude Mathis           1,289           1995
5.     Ismail Mahdi             1,209          2023
6.     Roy Jackson               1,187           1986

ALL-PURPOSE PLAYER

• While Ismail Mahdi is the team’s leading rusher, he is the nation’s leader in all-purpose yards entering the bowl season — a feat that helped him become an All-American.
• Mahdi enters the bowl season as the only player in the country with 2,000 or more all-purpose yards this year. He had 2,014 all-purpose yards in the regular season.
• He also led the country in all-purpose yards per game with 167.83.
• Mahdi was named a first team All-American as an all-purpose player by CBS Sports/247Sports and a second team All-American as an all-purpose player by the FWAA, ESPN and The Athletic.
• Mahdi became the third Bobcat in the program’s FBS history to earn first team All-American honors from a publication, joining Keenen Brown (PFF, 2018 as a tight end) and Jeremiah Haydel (ESPN, 2020 as a return specialist).
• Mahdi is the 48th different Bobcat in school history to be named an All-American.
• Mahdi added 12 total touchdowns to go with his 2,000+ all-purpose yards this year.
• Mahdi enters the bowl game ranked 4th in the program’s overall history for most all-purpose yards in a season.
• He needs 35 all-purpose yards to move into sole possession of 3rd place on the program’s all-time list. He is 316 all-purpose yards away from the all-time record, which is held by Karrington Bush in 2008.
• Mahdi’s season-high for all-purpose yards in a game this season is 316 yards, which he had at Southern Miss on Sept. 30 (138 kick return yards, 89 rushing yards, 89 receiving yards).
• Entering the bowl season, Mahdi is 1st in the nation in all-purpose yards, 14th in rushing yards, and 12th in kick return average.

MOST ALL-PURPOSE YARDS IN A SEASON
Texas State program history
Rk      Yards      Player                          Year
1.        2,330      Karrington Bush          2008
2.        2,264      Claude Mathis             1995
3.        2,048      Donald Wilkerson       1994
4.        2,014      Ismail Mahdi               2023
5.        1,851      Claude Mathis             1996
6.        1,750      Karrington Bush          2010

TJ AT QB

• While Ismail Mahdi has rewritten the Texas State running backs as a running back, TJ Finley has done the same for Bobcat quarterbacks.
• Finley, in his first season as a Bobcat after transferring from Auburn, has thrown for 3,287 yards in 12 starts this year.
• The 3,287 passing yards are the most ever by a Bobcat, breaking the previous record of 3,129 by Barrick Nealy in 2003.
• Finley is only the 3rd quarterback in Texas State history to throw for 3,000 yards in a season.
• Finley entered the bowl season ranked 18th in the country in passing yards and 19th in passing yards per game (273.9).
• Among other Texas State overall records, Finley is in position to set new marks for most completions in a season (needs 12 to break) and touchdowns in a season (needs 3 to break).
• His 68.57 completion percentage (264-of-385) is currently the best in Texas State’s overall history. The record for best completion percentage in a season entering this year was 65.4 percent by Tyler Jones in 2014 (246-of-376).
• Finley has taken 821 of the 887 offensive snaps this season at quarterback for the Bobcats.

MOST PASSING YARDS IN A SINGLE-SEASON
Texas State’s program history
Rk     Total       Player                       Year
1.      3,287      TJ Finley                   2023
2.      3,129      Barrick Nealy            2003
3.      3,121      Bradley George        2009

GOOD RECEPTION

• TJ Finley’s top-2 targets this season have been Joey Hobert and Ashtyn Hawkins.
• Hobert, a first-year transfer out of Utah Tech (FCS), leads the team with 71 receptions for 847 yards and 8 receiving touchdowns. The 8 receiving touchdowns are tied with Kole Wilson for the most on the team.
• Hobert’s 71 receptions and 847 receiving yards are both FBS program records.
• Hobert, who missed 2 of the last 3 games of the season, needs 9 catches to tie the program’s overall record for most in a season (record: 80 by Da’Marcus Griggs, 2009). He is currently 3rd in program history for most receptions in a season.
• He needs 53 receiving yards to become the first Bobcat with 900+ receiving yards in a season since Da’Marcus Griggs had 920 in 2010.
• Hobert — as well as Wilson — are tied for 5th in the program’s history for most receiving touchdowns in a season with the 8.
• Hawkins, meanwhile, is second on the team with 819 receiving yards on 52 catches.
• Hawkins is averaging 148.0 receiving yards in his last 2 games after having a career-high 165 against Arkansas State on Nov. 18 and 131 against South Alabama on Nov. 25.
• Hawkins, in 33 career games as a Bobcat since 2021, is among the program’s career leaders in several receiving categories.
• Hawkins is 4th in Texas State’s overall history with 138 career receptions. He needs 4 more receptions to tie Cameron Luke (2006-08) for 3rd on the all-time career list.
• Hawkins has 1,690 career receiving yards, which is 5th-most in Texas State’s overall history and most in its FBS history.
• Hawkins is tied for 9th in career touchdowns (11).

GETTING TO THE BACKFIELD

• In addition to Texas State having one of the best offenses in the country, its defense leads the nation in TFLs and is tied for 10th in sacks entering bowl season.
• The Bobcats have 102.0 TFLs this year, which lead the nation, are an FBS program record, and 9.0 shy of matching the overall program record.
• The 102.0 TFLs are the most in a season for the Bobcats since 1982 when they set the program record with 111.0.
• Texas State’s 36.0 sacks this season are an FBS program record and most in any season for Texas State since it had 41.0 in 1997.
• The overall program record for sacks in a season is 58.5 set in 1982.
• The Bobcats are 9th in the country with an average of 3.00 sacks per game this year.
• Texas State has 5 games this season of 10+ TFLs and 7 games of 3.0+ sacks (last: 11.0 TFLs, 6.0 sacks vs. South Alabama on Nov. 25).
• The Bobcats have 26 different players credited with a TFL this year and 19 with a sack.
• Texas State had never ranked higher than 36th in the country in TFLs in a season (last year ranked 36th with 77.0).

RECORD CHASERS

• The two biggest pieces to Texas State’s TFL and sack production this year have been defensive end Ben Bell and linebacker Brian Holloway.
• Holloway leads the team with 16.0 TFLs, which are an FBS program record and 3 shy of tying the overall school record.
• The previous FBS program record was held by Ben’s brother, Levi Bell, who set it last season with 13.5.
• Holloway is 16th in the country entering bowl season in TFLs/game with 1.3 and tied for 14th in total TFLs.
• Ben Bell has 13.0 TFLs, second-best on the team, while he also has 8.0 sacks.
• The 8.0 sacks by Bell are one away from tying the program’s FBS single-season record of 9.0 set by Michael Odiari in 2014.
• The overall program record for sacks in a season is 12.0 set by Rod Clark in 1982.

MOST TFLs IN TXST’S OVERALL HISTORY
Rk     Total       Player                        Year
1.      19.0        Greg Pitts                   2002
2.      18.0        Fred Evans                 2005
3.      17.5        Fred Evans                 2004
4.      16.0        Brian Holloway         2023
16.0        Clenton Ballard          2000
16.0        Sterling Rogers          2000

MOST SACKS IN A SEASON
Texas State FBS History (Since 2012)
Rk      Total     Player                        Year
1.        9.0        Michael Odiari           2014
2.        8.0        Ben Bell                     2023
3.        6.0        Nelson Mbanasor      2022

RUSH AND COVER

• Texas State’s “rush and cover” approach on defense has led to it being one of the best in the nation in “havoc” stats.
• The Bobcats are 11th in the nation in total havoc plays on defense with 160. JMU entered the bowl season leading the nation with 201 havoc plays.
• The Bobcats have a havoc play on 18.8 percent of its defensive snaps this year, which is the 18th-best rate in the country.
• Havoc plays include TFLs, interceptions, pass breakups, and forced fumbles.
• The Bobcats lead the nation in forced fumbles with 19 entering the bowl games.
• Texas State has 102.0 TFLs, 6 interceptions, 33 pass breakups and 19 forced fumbles this year.

THROUGH THE UPRIGHTS

• Mason Shipley, a Lou Groza Award semifinalist, is 14-of-14 in field goals this season and 15-of-15 in his career.
• Shipley has tied his former teammate Seth Keller (2021, 2022) and 2 others for the overall program record for most field goals made in a season with the 14.
• Shipley made his lone field goal of the season with a career-long of 54 yards to help him go 15-of-15 so far in his Texas State career. The 54-yarder was tied for the longest in program history.
• Shipley is one of 2 kickers in FBS who have not missed a field goal this season entering the bowl games (other: Alex McPherson, Auburn).
• Over the last 2 seasons, Texas State kickers (Shipley & Keller) are 29-of-31 on field goals (93.5 percent).
• Shipley enters the bowl season ranked 5th in the Sun Belt and 45th in the country with 94 points scored this season. His 7.8 points scored per game is 42nd-best in the nation.

RETURN POLICY

• Texas State has 2 kick returns for touchdowns this year, including one by Ismail Mahdi (Sept. 30 at Southern Miss) and the other by Kole Wilson (Nov. 25 vs. South Alabama).
• It is only the second time in program history that the Bobcats have had 2 or more kick return touchdowns in a season (other: 2 in 2013).
• Texas State ended the regular season as one of 7 teams in the country with multiple kick return touchdowns this year.
• The Bobcats enter the bowl season ranked 5th in the nation in kick return average with 26.57 yards per return.
• Texas State is 2nd in the nation in total kick return yards with 983.
• Among qualifiers, Mahdi is 12th in the nation in kick return average (26.4 yards per return).
• Mahdi’s 529 kick return yards are the 4th-most by a Bobcat in a season in Texas State’s FBS history.
• Wilson, meanwhile, is averaging 36.70 yards on his 10 returns this season.

BAILIFF BOWL

• Texas State has an interesting connection to Rice: a former conference-champion head coach for both programs.
• David Bailiff, who is currently a special assistant to head coach GJ Kinne, was the head coach at Texas State from 2004-06 before taking over Rice from 2007-2017.
• Bailiff, who also played for the Bobcats when they won a conference championship in 1980, led Texas State to a share of the Southland Conference championship in 2005 and a trip to the semifinals of the FCS Playoffs that season.
• Bailiff was a two-time C-USA Coach of the Year at Rice (2008, 2013) and led the Owls to a conference championship (2013) and to 4 bowl games (3-1 record in bowl games).
• In addition to Coach Bailiff, Texas State has two other connections to Rice: Assistant AD – Strength and Conditioning for Football Bret Huth (Rice in 2017) and Executive Sr. Associate AD, Business Operations Bryan Dean (Rice 2011-15).

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