STEPHENVILLE — Tarleton State running back Tylan Hines had a special performance to help lead the Texans in their win over Abilene Christian, and he earned a weekly award from the United Athletic Conference on Monday.
The conference announced that Hines has been named the Co-UAC Offensive Player of the Week. This marks the third offensive player of the week award for Hines this season. Tarleton State Football has now earned 14 conference player of the week honors across 10 games this year.
Hines rushed for three touchdowns and 145 yards on 14 carries, averaging 10.4 yards per carry, in Tarleton State’s 40-27 home win over No. 23 Abilene Christian. Hines opened The Hundred-Mile Showdown with a 75-yard touchdown run on the first play of the game. He had the most rush yards across the UAC last week at 145, plus had the most touchdowns scored across the UAC this. Hines’ three rushing touchdowns are a new career-high, and his 145 rush yards are his most in a game since Sept. 5 at Bowling Green when he raced for 250. He earned fifth 100+ yard game in his eighth game played this season, his seventh 100+ rush yard game at Tarleton State. Hines now leads the team in rush yards (996) and rush touchdowns (seven).
Across the FCS, Hines is now second in rush yards per carry at 7.66, eighth in rush yards per game at 124.5, 11th in rush yards, and tied-51st in rush touchdowns. Across the UAC, Hines is first in rush yards and tied-third in rush touchdowns.
Tarleton State is now the only FCS team still undefeated on the year. Across all of D1 football (FBS and FCS), Tarleton State is one of three undefeated teams remaining (UCLA and Utah at FBS level). Tarleton State has the most wins among all D1 teams with 10. The Texans have started 10-0 for the fourth time in program history (2019, 2018, 1990). Since the beginning of 2025, the Texans are 21-1 in the regular season.
The other UAC awards announced on Monday were Abilene Christian’s Tucker Parks named UAC Offensive Player of the Week, Abilene Christian’s Jacoby Davis named UAC Defensive Player of the Week, and North Alabama’s Xavier Johnson named UAC Freshman of the Week.
2026 Tarleton State FB UAC Player of the Week Awards:
Week 0, Special Teams – DeAndre Buchannon
Week 1, Offense and Defense – Tylan Hines and Jadan Aubert
Week 2, Offense and Special Teams – Tylan Hines and Alejandro De La Poza
Week 3, Offense – Kaden Anderson
Week 6, Offense and Defense – Kaden Anderson and Kaleb Brown
Week 7, Offense, Defense and Freshman – Kaden Anderson, Avian Rice and Bryce Green
Week 8, Offense – Kaden Anderson
Week 9, Special Teams – Charlie Mullen
Week 10, Co-Offense – Tylan Hines
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