There are players who can play football. Then there are players who are football.

Jermaine Bishop Jr. , Dave Campbell’s 2025 Mr. Football winner, is the latter.

In the Texas 6A-II playoffs, the Willis Wildkats' five-star wide receiver caught 15 passes for 329 yards and three touchdowns, ran four times for 15 yards and another score, completed two passes for 40 yards, delivered 9 tackles, two pass break ups and an interception. He also converted a fake punt on 4th-and-35 for a first down. Oh, he also punted.

Now he's in Austin.

Dave Campbell's 2025 Mr. Football

Jermaine Bishop Jr. was the 2025 Mr Football winner for Dave Campbell | Sports Illustrated

The five-star out of Willis, Texas — rated No. 13 nationally by 247Sports and the nation's No. 2 athlete in the 2026 class — enrolled early at Texas this spring, and the buzz surrounding him inside the Longhorns' facility has been hard to ignore

His numbers were almost cartoonish in his senior season.…