2016 Football Roster

71 Justin Traxinger

  • Height 6-7
  • Weight 310
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Longmont, Colo.
  • Highschool Longmont
  • Major Petroleum Engineering

Biography

2016: NFFCC First-Team All-Colorado ... Don Hansen Third-Team All-Super Region 4 ... First-Team All-RMAC … Started 11 times at left 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 … Started all 11 games at right tackle … 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).

2014: Started seven times at right tackle.

2013: Appeared in three games with no starts 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: Did not appear in any games.

2011: A 2011 Mines Football redshirt.

High School: A three-time letterwinner in football...Garnered All-Conference, All-Area, All-Region and Honorable Mention All-State recognition...Led LHS to a runner-up finish in the State playoffs his junior year...A three-time letterwinner on the track & field squad...Named All-Conference (thrower) his final season...Led the track team to a State title as a junior...Earned a pair of letters in basketball...Earned All-Conference and Honorable Mention All-State recognition in hoops as a senior...Helped guide LHS to the Final Four in 2010...Earned "Great 8" recognition his senior year...An Academic letterman (2009-11).

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Historical Player Information

  • 71

    2011Freshman

    OL
    285 lbs
    71
  • 71

    2012Redshirt Freshman

    OL
    6'7" 285 lbs
    71
  • 71

    2013Sophomore

    OL
    6'7" 300 lbs
    71
  • 71

    2014Junior

    OL
    6'7" 310 lbs
    71
  • 71

    2015Redshirt Junior

    OL
    6'7" 310 lbs
    71
  • 71

    2016Redshirt Senior

    LT
    6'7" 310 lbs
    71