2015: First-Team All-NFFCC … Second-Team All-RMAC … NFFCC Academic All-Colorado First Team ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic … Preseason All-RMAC … Started all 11 games at left tackle … Led an offensive line that produced 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).
2014: CoSIDA/Capital One Second-Team Academic All-America … CoSIDA/Capital One First-Team All-District … Second-Team All-NFFCC … Second-Team All-RMAC … RMAC First-Team Football All-Academic … Preseason All-RMAC … Started all 12 games at left tackle.
2013: Named to the Academic All-RMAC Honor Roll… Played in and started all 11 games at right tackle on the offensive line… Helped Mines to a program-record 727 yards of offense on 108 plays in the squad’s 72-6 win over South Dakota Mines… Mines tied a 40-year-old NCAA Division II record with 42 first downs, set by Delaware in 1973 against SDSMT… Helped squad again set a school record for total offense with 749 yards in the squad’s 62-22 win over Black Hills State… The offense finished inside the top-25 of several NCAA statistical categories, including: first downs (7th, 319), passing offense (10th, 319.0), total offense (11th, 494.1), time of possession (13th, 32:52) and fourth down conversion percent (22nd, 0.596)… Mines led the RMAC in first downs (29.0) and 4th down conversions (59.6 percent), finished second in scoring offense (36.2), total offense (494.1), passing offense (319.0) and third-down conversions (44.0 percent), third in passing efficiency (130.3) and fourth in rushing offense (175.1)… The Mines offense posted more than 400 yards of total offense in eight contests, including three games with 600 or more yards.
2012: Appeared in four games with no starts… Mines' offense was featured on the front page of the USA Today Sports section during the 2012 season (Full Article). The Orediggers averaged 84 plays and 455.7 yards per game, the latter placing the squad 23rd nationally for the category. The offense averaged 366.09 passing yards per game (fifth nationally) and 39.27 points per game (15th nationally). QB Matt Brown finished fifth in the nation in total offense per game (364.82) and fifth in passing yards per game (352.1).
2011: Did not appear in a game… Named to the CSM Honor Roll both semesters… Named a CSM Bronze Scholar both semesters.
2010: Redshirted in his first season at CSM.
High School: Earned two letters in football...Recipient of the Nastiest Lineman and Top Lineman awards...Served as a team captain and named Prep Pigskin Report Lineman of the Week his senior season...Led WHS to a pair of playoff appearances (JR & SR)...Garnered Scholar-Athlete recognition as a junior.
