Junior college transfer receiver Kaylon Geiger, who caught 77 passes for 873 yards for Troy, was named the Sun Belt Conference’s Newcomer of the Year on Wednesday.

Geiger, a 5-10, 170-pounder from Fort Worth, Texas, was one of 15 Trojan players recognized on the Sun Belt’s all-conference teams.

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Geiger, who transferred to Troy from Navarro College, is Troy’s first Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year winner since Omar Haugabook, Chris Bradwell and Levi Brown took the honors in consecutive years from 2006-08.

Barker, a senior, led the Sun Belt with 30 touchdown passes (which led the league by seven), 460 completions (71 more than second) and with 3,628 passing yards (which led by 689 yards).