2016 Football Roster
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
Travis Talianko
- Position:
- Outside Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sierra Madre, Calif.
- High School:
- St. Francis/San Jose State/College of the Canyons
AT COLORADO: 2016 (Sr.)—He saw action in the first three games of the year before sitting two out with an injury. He was in for 14 snaps on defense against Idaho State and in all three on special teams (recording one knockdown block on return unit duty). He missed spring practice completing rehabilitation from knee surgery; he was 100 percent for August camp.
2015 (Jr.)— He will miss the entire year after suffering a fracture of his patella (knee) and tearing ligaments in summer workouts and had surgery on July 28. He ended spring drills listed second at the “will” inside linebacker position. He had eight tackles (six solo) in the four main spring scrimmages.
2014 (Soph.)—He appeared in 10 games, all on special teams; he had 11 special teams points on the season, recording five tackles (one solo), four knockdown blocks and two “snuffed punt fakes.” He started out in the defensive backfield at safety but eventually was moved to inside linebacker at midseason. He joined the team in July after meeting all the requirements of a “4-2-4” transfer, enrolling at Colorado after spending the 2013-14 school year at the College of the Canyons (Valencia, Calif.), where he did not play football.
AT SAN JOSE STATE (2012/Fr.)—He signed with San Jose State out of high school in what turned out to be Mike MacIntyre’s final recruiting class there. He earned a letter as he played in 11 games for the Spartans, mainly on special teams, though on defense he recorded an assisted tackle against New Mexico State and a solo stop versus Bowling Green in the Military Bowl.
HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, on defense he was a first-team All-Mission League, first-team All-Area (Los Angeles Daily News) and a first-team All-CIF Southern Section Division IV performer; he also played in the 2012 Daily News’ All-Star Game. As a junior, he garnered first-team All-League, first-team All-CIF and second-team All-State honors by Cal-Hi Sports at wide receiver (he was also first-team All-League and second-team All-CIF as a sophomore). As a senior, he caught 44 passes for 687 yards (15.6 per) and three touchdowns; that followed a prolific junior year when he had 59 receptions for 946 yards and 17 touchdowns (averaging 16.0 per catch). Including 52 catches for 859 yards (16.5 per) and seven TDs as a sophomore, he had career numbers of 155 receptions, 2,492 yards and 27 scores (16.1 per catch), and had seven career 100-yard receiving games. On defense, he was in on 56 tackles as a senior playing safety, 42 of the solo variety (one for a loss), with six pass deflections, two fumble recoveries an interception. He made 25 tackles as a junior (18 solo) and was in on eight as a sophomore (five unassisted). Top games: in a 28-22 win over St. Paul as a senior, he had 11 tackles (nine solo), with a fumble recovery and a pass broken up, while catching four passes for 86 yards; in a 28-25 loss to Dominquez in the CIF first round playoffs as a junior, he caught eight passes for 169 yards and three touchdowns. Under coach Jim Bonds, St. Francis was 9-3 his senior year, 6-5 his junior season and 9-3 his sophomore campaign. He also lettered twice in basketball, playing his freshman and sophomore years, and once in track (long jump).
ACADEMICS—He graduated in December 2017 with a degree in Economics at Colorado. As a sophomore, he garnered honorable mention Academic All-Colorado honors from the state’s chapter of the National Football Foundation. He earned Mission League All-Academic team honors as a senior in high school.
PERSONAL—He was born February 8, 1994 in Sierra Madre, Calif. His hobbies include reading, running, swimming and spending time at the beach. He belonged to the Life, Learning & Safe Experience Club at St. Francis.
