Texas State's GJ Kinne Compares Recruiting in FBS and FCS

At 3-1, GJ Kinne's Texas State Bobcats are off to their best start in a decade. One of the challenges of being a head coach is while you have stay present in

At 3-1, GJ Kinne's Texas State Bobcats are off to their best start in a decade. One of the challenges of being a head coach is while you have stay present in order to win, you also have to be looking forward in order to recruit well. 

Kinne's 2024 recruiting class in currently ranked #5 in the Sun Belt, per 247Sports. 

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Prior to Texas State, Kinne was the head coach at FCS Incarnate Word, where he led them to the FCS semifinals in his lone year at the helm.  After that run, he made the jump to his first FBS head coaching job as the leader of the Bobcats.

During this week's Sun Belt media call, Kinne was asked what he perceived as the biggest differences in recruiting at these two levels. 

"Probably just doing a little bit more media," Kinne answered. "I think when you're an FCS head coach, I always tried to wait until December to do all my recruiting at Incarnate Word because I wanted the guys that got dropped and all that, where as now I'm able to lock in a couple more guys earlier on. So I would say that's the biggest difference in recruiting. But besides that, probably not a lot of difference."

Kinne's aforementioned 2024 class is comprised of 15 commits, 14 of which are from the state of Texas. 

The Bobcats continue their season this Saturday when they make a trip to Hattiesburg to face Sun Belt foe Southern Miss. In their program history, Texas State have won four of their first fi e games 31 times, but only twice in the last 40 years.