2016 Football Roster

69 Stephen Candelaria

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 300
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Cortez, Colo.
  • Highschool Montezuma-Cortez
  • Major Mining Engineering

Biography

2016: Honorable Mention All-RMAC ...Allstate Good Works Team nominee ... Earned Mines' Tom Mead Spirit Award … Started all 13 games at right tackle … Key component of one of the nation’s best offensive lines … Helped Mines produce NCAA D-II’s #1 total offense and #2 passing offense protecting Harlon Hill winner Justin Dvorak and 1,000-yard rusher Sam Seeton … Mines allowed only 18 sacks in 525 passing downs and was fourth in NCAA D-II in fewest tackles for loss allowed … Mines averaged 5.2 yards per rushing attempt and 207 yards per game, including two of the three highest-yardage games in program history (446 at Black Hills State and 405 at Southwest Baptist).

2015: Honorable Mention All-RMAC … Allstate Good Works Team nominee … NFFCC Academic All-Colorado Honorable Mention ... Started all 11 games at right guard … Helped produce the nation’s #1 passing offense allowing only 1.27 sacks per game … Blocked for a 1,000-yard rusher … Mines ranked fourth in the nation in fewest TFL allowed (3.73/gm) … President of the Mines SAAC board.

2014: Appeared in seven games at center.

2013: Did not play in any contests.

2012: Was a Mines football redshirt.

High School: Candelaria earned first team all-conference honors as a junior and senior… Named rookie of the year as a freshman.

Statistics

Season:
2016

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 61

    2012Freshman

    DT
    6'2" 245 lbs
    61
  • 69

    2013Redshirt Freshman

    OL
    6'3" 265 lbs
    69
  • 69

    2014Sophomore

    OL
    6'3" 300 lbs
    69
  • 69

    2015Redshirt Sophomore

    OL
    6'3" 300 lbs
    69
  • 69

    2016Redshirt Junior

    RG
    6'3" 300 lbs
    69