2024 Football Roster

Steve Oathout
Parker Hewett

8 Blake Doud

  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Position P
  • Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 215
  • Hometown Parker, Colo.
  • Highschool Legend
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2024: Received a B.S. in mechanical engineering in May 2025 … Consensus all-American, earning recognition on all six national teams ... Named First-Team All-America by the Associated Press, AFCA, D2CCA, D2football.com, and Walter Camp ... Named Second-Team All-America by Don Hansen ... NFFCC Colorado Special Teams Player of the Year ... RMAC Special Teams Player of the Year ... D2CCA First-Team All-Super Region 4 ... 2024 First-Team All-RMAC ... CSC First-Team Academic All-America … D2Football.com preseason Elite 100 preseason watchlist member ... Lindy’s Preseason All-America ... CSC Academic All-District ... First-Team Academic All-RMAC … NFFCC First-Team Academic All-Colorado … RMAC Specialist of the Week (Week 1, Week 6, and Week 8) … NCAA Division II's leading punter averaging 46.6 yards per punt ... Mines leads D-II in net punting at 42.8 yards per punt for a second straight season ... Had 13 50+ yard punts and 19 inside the 20 ... Opponents returned only 13 of 41 punts ... Had a career-long 80 yard punt that was downed at the 1 against West Texas A&M ... Had only three touchbacks in 41 punts ... Made one tackle.

2023: Associated Press First-Team All-America, D2CCA First-Team All-America, and D2football.com First-Team All-America … First-Team Academic All-America ... RMAC Special Teams Player of the Year … NFFCC Colorado Special Teams Player of the Year … D2CCA First-Team All-Super Region 4 … First-Team All-RMAC … NFFCC Academic All-Colorado First Team ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … First-Team Academic All-RMAC …  D2football.com National Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 1, Week 2) … RMAC Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 1, Week 2, Week 8) … Team's Special Teams Player of the Year ... Took every punt of the season for the Orediggers, appearing in 14 of 15 games (was available but Mines did not punt vs. Adams State) … Booted 43 punts for an average 45.7 yards … Put 19 punts inside the 20, 15 over 50 yards, and had a long of 77 at Angelo State … Had nine punts fair caught as opponents attempted only nine returns for an average of 3.89 yards … Would have led NCAA Division II in punt average but Mines did not punt enough for him to be ranked … Mines did lead the nation in net punting at 41.1 yards per punt … Also served as the team’s holder during the postseason.

2022: RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Did not appear in a game.

2021: NFFCC First-Team Academic All-Colorado ... Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Receiver and punter at Legend HS ... Two-time all-Southern Conference selection, including 2019 honors at both wide receiver and punter ... In his Legend career had 77 catches for 977 yards and 10 touchdowns ... As a punter, averaged 35.2 yards with a long of 61 on 87 punts ... Also had 19 tackles and an interception at free safety ... Three-year letterwinner ... Also a member of the basketball and track teams ... Two-time First-Team Academic All-Colorado ... Two-year academic letterwinner ... Interested in majoring in mechanical engineering.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    WR/P
    6'5" 200 lbs
  • 37

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    WR/P
    6'5" 200 lbs
    37
  • 38

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    P
    6'5" 205 lbs
    38
  • 8

    2024Redshirt Junior

    P
    6'5" 215 lbs
    8