The 5-11, 185-pound redshirt sophomore from Layton, Utah, returned the first punt of the second half 90-yards for a touchdown to give BYU a 31-6 lead over K-State. Kingston’s touchdown was featured as a Top 10 play on ESPN SportsCenter Saturday night.

Kingston’s touchdown tied for the third longest punt return for a touchdown in BYU history and was the first since JD Falslev’s 71-yard score versus Middle Tennessee in 2013.

Through four games in 2024, Kingston has returned six punts for 121 yards for an average of 20.2 yards per return. Both statistics are curently sixth best in the FBS. Kingston also has three receptions for 66 yards and one carry for four yards.

In April, Kingston was named to the Paul Hornung Award Watch List for the 2024 football season. The award is presented annually to the most versatile player in college football at the Division 1 FBS level.

Kingston played in all 12 games as a redshirt freshman for the Cougars in 2023. He finished the year with 19 receptions for 207 yards and a touchdown. He also threw two touchdown passes, had six kickoff returns for 164 yards and 11 punt returns for 51 yards.

Kingston is the first Cougar to received Big 12 Player of the Week honors during the 2024 season.

New agreement adds more Big 12 basketball games to CBS Sports

CBS Sports and the Big 12 Conference have expanded their partnership by significantly increasing the number of Big 12 men’s college basketball games across the Network’s platforms.

The multi-year deal, which runs through the 2026-27 season, is through a sublicense agreement with ESPN. As part of its extensive regular-season schedule, CBS Sports already broadcasts a minimum of six Big 12 men’s college basketball games annually on CBS, with those games streaming live on Paramount+. This new agreement adds 20 games per year to air on CBS Sports Network to bring the total number of Big 12 men’s basketball games to at least 26 per season across CBS Sports platforms.

“CBS Sports continues to be the home for big-time college basketball and we are excited to expand our long-standing relationship with the Big 12,” said Dan Weinberg, Executive Vice President, Programming of CBS Sports. “The Big 12 is one of the nation’s signature basketball conferences with marquee schools, student-athletes and coaches along with a rich history in the sport. This is a tremendous opportunity to add 20 high-quality games from a premier conference to our schedule and we are thrilled to increase the number of Big 12 basketball games across our CBS Sports platforms.”

“Growing our presence on CBS Sports will deliver Big 12 basketball to even more fans across the country,” Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark said. “The additional nationally televised games will continue to grow our brand as the best conference in college basketball and showcase the elite student-athletes and programs from our 16 institutions.”

CBS Sports will begin its 44th consecutive season presenting college basketball this fall with approximately 300 regular-season games across CBS and Paramount+, as well as CBS Sports Network, including 15 automatic bids to the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tournaments. CBS Sports has been the broadcast home of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament since 1982, including a partnership with TNT Sports since 2012.