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POSITION: OL
HOMETOWN: AURORA, COLORADO
HEIGHT: 6'7"
WEIGHT: 350
SCHOOL: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
PROFILE:
Colorado Ice: 2008: Played all 14 games for the Ice on the offensive line…recorded a tackle against Sioux City on May 24. 2007: Played ten games on the offensive line for the Ice…selected as a UIF All-Star…credited with one solo tackle, three assisted for 2.5 total tackles, all against Sioux Falls on June 30.
University of Colorado: 2005: Played in all 13 games, including the Champs Sports Bowl…started the final ten regular season contests and the bowl for 11 total…graded out to a 2.52 average on a 0-4 point per play scale, fifth on the team…in 589 snaps from scrimmage, he had 12 knockdown blocks and six "Perfect 4" plays, while allowing just one quarterback sack…tie for the team low in allowing 17 pressures…two touchdown blocks, tying two others for the team lead…CU's Offensive Lineman of the Week for the Oklahoma State game, when he posted his best single-game grade of the season (2.72)…played every snap on the field goal/PAT unit on special teams (61), as he was in for every play by the unit from his sophomore through senior years (164 total). 2004: Saw action in all 13 games including the Houston Bowl…played 12 on offense, including the bowl game and in all on the field goal/PAT unit on special teams for a total of 53 snaps on the unit…graded out to 74.0 percent for the season on 100 gradable snaps from scrimmage, with two knockdown blocks…allowed just one quarterback pressure and did not allow a sack or get called for any penalties…top game grade with ten or more plays came against North Texas (75.0)…saw action at both guard and tackle. 2003: Saw action in all 12 games, including nine of offense and all on special teams (one start, the first of his career coming at Texas Tech)…on offense, played 277 snaps, grading out to 67.1 percent for the season…had six knockdown blocks and two touchdown blocks while allowing nine pressures, four quarterback sacks…top game grade of 81.0 came against Kansas (61 snaps, 51 plus-plays), while grading out to 71.7 percent (61-43) in his start against Texas Tech…also played all 50 snaps on the field goal/PAT unit on special teams. 2002: Was the backup at tight-side tackle the entire season, seeing action in five regular season games as well as the Alamo Bowl against Wisconsin…was in for 27 plays from scrimmage, grading out to 77.8 percent (21 plus plays) during the 13-game regular season, and played almost two dozen more in the bowl game…had three knockdown blocks and one downfield block on the year. 2001: Redshirted…practiced the entire season on the offensive line.
High School: Earned PrepStar All-American and All-Midlands honors as a senior as the No. 7 defensive lineman in the region and the No. 29 player overall…named All-Midlands by the Prep Football Report and SuperPrep, who respectively named him as the No. 5 and No. 10 offensive linemen in the region…named All-State by the Rocky Mountain News and honorable mention by the Denver Post…selected to the Colorado blue chip list by both newspapers…made the Las Vegas Sun's Super 11 honorable mention team (showcasing the best 33 players in the west)…two-time, first-team All-Centennial Conference selection as a junior and senior…played offensive guard, but did see occasional action on defense in short yardage situations, registering four tackles…tore his MCL late in October of his senior year (against Boulder) and missed the remainder of the season…lettered three times in basketball, averaging 8.2 points and 6.0 rebounds per game as a junior on the varsity team and lettered twice in track, throwing the discus and shot put.
Personal: Graduated in 2006 with a degree in Economics…born November 14, 1982, in Denver, Colo.
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