D2football.com Elite 100 List

GOLDEN, Colo. - Colorado School of Mines punter Lucas LeSieur appears on the D2football.com Preseason Elite 100 Second Team list announced this week. 

LeSieur, who earned all-America honors from three organizations after his superlative 2025 season, was the only punter honored on the list, which selects the 100 top returning players ahead of the start of the NCAA Division II football season. LeSieur was also named a Preseason All-RMAC selection in July.

As a redshirt freshman in 2025, LeSieur led NCAA Division II punters with a 44.8-yard average, punting 40 times and putting 13 inside the 20 with 10 over 50 yards. LeSieur was the RMAC and D2football.com Specialist of the Week after his debut at West Texas A&M that included a season-long 65-yard punt; he averaged 50+ yards in two games, against Chadron State and Black Hills State. 

LeSieur's honor is the latest for Mines specialists this offseason as all three members of the battery - LeSieur, kicker Preston Kyle, and long snapper Josh Hildebrand - were named Preseason All-RMAC, and Kyle appeared on the Fred Mitchell Award watchlist last week as the top small-college kicker in the nation. 

The Orediggers are currently in the midst of fall camp and begin the season Aug. 29 at home against Western Oregon.