Jackson State University

Bryson Abraham was named wide receivers coach at Jackson State in 2023.

Abraham spent the previous three seasons at Texas State. Last season, Ashytn Hawkins posted four 100-yard receiving games in only nine contests while setting a school record for receptions in a game with 13 at Baylor in earning second-team All-Sun Belt honors.

In 2022, Marcell Barbee was named a Third-Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection.  Barbee ranked second in the Sun Belt with 10 touchdown catches, and he led the Bobcats with 40 catches and 584 receiving yards.

First-Team All-America return specialist Jeremiah Haydel caught 40 passes for 408 yards and four touchdowns. Haydel ranked third nationally and led the Sun Belt Conference in combined kick return yards with 687 yards and was one of only two NCAA Division I FBS players to return a kickoff and punt for a touchdown.

Javen Banks had 16 catches for 299 yards and four touchdowns, while Trevis Graham, Jr. caught 24 passes for 271 yards and two TDs.

Abraham came to Texas State after serving two seasons as the wide receivers coach at Presbyterian. He produced a pair of All-Big South wide receivers who set a school record and ranked among the top two receivers in the Big South each season.

Keith Pearson earned Second-Team All-Big South honors after leading the Big South with 71 receptions for 777 yards and three touchdowns. His 71 receptions set a Presbyterian single-season record, and his 777 receiving yards were the second-highest Division I total at the school. Pearson also became the school’s eighth Division I player to record 100 career receptions and the seventh DI player to eclipse 1,000 career receiving yards.

In his first season, Abraham had two receivers tie for second among Big South leaders with 52 receptions. DaShawn Davis recorded 557 receiving yards and led the Blue Hose with seven touchdown receptions. Pearson had 565 receiving yards and two TD receptions.

Abraham went to Presbyterian after coaching cornerbacks at Louisiana’s Ruston High School in 2017.  He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant defensive coach at Louisiana Tech after taking part in a 2016 minicamp with the Detroit Lions.
 
As a student-athlete, Abraham was a Second-Team All-Conference USA and Second-Team All-Louisiana selection as a defensive back at Louisiana Tech in 2015. He led the nation with four defensive touchdowns and three interceptions returned for touchdowns.

Abraham collected 156 tackles, including 113 solo, eight interceptions, 22 pass breakups, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, and a blocked kick throughout his career.  He played on two Bulldog teams that won the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl in 2014 and the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl in 2015. He also played in the 2011 Poinsettia Bowl.

A native of Jennings, La., Abraham graduated from Louisiana Tech in 2014 with a degree in Psychology. He has a son, Kayson.