One of the Big 12’s top returning tackles... Expected to be the anchor of an inexperienced unit in 2005 at right tackle... Has made 26 consecutive starts heading into the 2005 season... Should push for first team All-Big 12 consideration... A preseason All-Big 12 first teamer and honorable mention All-American selection by Street & Smiths... Picked first team All-Big 12 by Athlon and Lindy’s and second team by The Sporting News... TSN’s No. 9 offensive tackle nationally... A two-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree.... One of K-State’s three captains for 2005.

2004 (Junior): Started all 11 games at right tackle... Selected second team All-Big 12 by the coaches and the Kansas City Star... An honorable mention All-Big 12 pick by The Associated Press... Also picked up first team Academic All-Big 12 honors... Blocked for an offensive unit that averaged nearly 30 points per game and 364 yards of total offense, including 186 yards per game on the ground... Helped Darren Sproles set a Kansas State 11-game rushing record with 1,318 yards... Listed by Athlon as a preseason All-Big 12 second teamer... Earned K-State’s Outstanding Offensive Lineman award.

2003 (Sophomore): A first team Academic All-Big 12 pick... Started all 15 games at right tackle... Blocked for the ninth-ranked scoring offense (36.6 points) and rushing offense (228.6 yards/game) in the country... K-State's offensive line also ranked first in the Big 12 in sack allowed per game (1.27)... Helped Darren Sproles become the nation’s leading rusher with 1,986 yards... Also helped Sproles set then single-season and single game (273 yards vs. Missouri) K-State records.

2002 (Freshman): Played in six games on the offensive line... The only true freshman to see action during 2002... Blocked for a running game that broke school records for single-season rushing yards (3,433), rushing yards per game (264.1) and per carry (5.24)... Also helped surpass the school record for rushing touchdowns with a nation-leading 53... K-State ranked second nationally in scoring offense with 44.8 points per game and fifth in rushing... Helped RB Darren Sproles set the then-K-State single-season rushing yards mark with 1,465.

Mansfield HS: All-Midlands Region honoree by PrepStar magazine... Listed by Fort Worth Star Telegram among top 100 prospects in Texas and top 75 in area... Ranked 41st among offensive-tackle prospects by Rivals.com web site... Honorable mention academic all-state... Carried a GPA above a 3.50... First team all-area and All-District 7-5A pick as senior... Second team all-district as a junior... Named offensive MVP for the Tigers as a senior... Played in Coca-Cola All-Star Game... Lettered for two seasons... High school coach was Jim Burkholder.

Personal: Born Nov. 5, 1983, in Lincoln, Neb... Parents are Jerome and Debra Clary... A psychology major.