Jalen Travis

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Position:
Offensive Line
Height:
6-7
Weight:
340
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Minneapolis, Minn.
High School:
DeLaSalle
Prev School:
Princeton

Awards & Honors
Honorable Mention All-Big 12 OL - Coaches (2024)
NFF Hampshire Honor Society (2025)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F24)
Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup (2024)
Second Team All-Ivy League (2022, 2023)

NFL Draft
Drafted by the Indianapolis Colts with pick No. 127 in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft.

2024
Played in final 12 games of the season, making 11 starts at left tackle ... missed first two games of season due to injury ... earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors ... one of the anchors on an offensive line that helped the Cyclones rush for 27 touchdowns, tied for the fourth-most in program history ... offense also broke the school record for points scored (435) ... allowed just one sack in 475 pass snaps per PFF.

2023 (At Princeton)
Started six games at left tackle, missing time due to injury.

2022 (At Princeton)
Starter on Princeton offensive line that posted the Ivy League's No. 1 passing offense and No. 2 scoring offense.

2021 (At Princeton)
Played in nine games with offensive unit leading the Ivy League in scoring, while ranking second in passing offense and third in total offense.

2020 (At Princeton)
Season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

High School
Prepped at DeLaSalle High School ... First Team All-State and Minnesota All-Star as a senior ... District Red Lineman of the Year as a junior ... also played basketball and as a sophomore was a teammate of former Iowa State men's basketball player Gabe Kalscheur ... named DeLaSalle's male athlete, football and basketball player of the year as a senior ... student body Co-President.

Personal
Graduated from Princeton with a degree in anthropology, with a concentration in law, politics and economics ... also received a certificate in African American studies ... is pursuing a graduate certificate in social justice at Iowa State ... founded the nonprofit The Just Action Coalition, which aimed at promoting substantive youth engagement in policy-level advocacy on the local and state levels in Minnesota ... was the male collegiate recipient of the prestigious 2024 Athletes For A Better World Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup, presented annually to six distinguished athletes for any sport ... one of 62 athletes from around the country awarded a Truman Scholarship, which provides funding for graduate school along with professional development opportunities to prepare for careers in public service ... 2022 recipient of the Leonard D. Schaeffer Fellowship in Government Service ... brother, Reid played basketball at Stanford and Kentucky ... brother, Jonah, played basketball at Harvard ... sister, Olivia, is an assistant women's basketball coach at Western Illinois ... sister, Grace, plays beach volleyball at Saint Mary's (Calif.).