BRYCE GIVENS
6-6, 250, OT
Castle Rock, Colo. (Denver Mullen) |
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HIGH SCHOOL?As a senior, he earned All-America honors from PrepStar and SuperPrep; PrepStar named him to its prestigious Dream Team, ranking him as the No. 126 player in the nation (the 19th-ranked offensive lineman). SuperPrep ranked him s the No. 9 player in the Midlands region, and as the second offensive lineman. The Tacoma News-Tribune named him to its Western 100 team (one of 20 offensive linemen), and was named on five of seven ballots in making the prestigious Long Beach Press-Telegram’s Best-In-West Team. Rivals.com tabbed him as the No. 2 player in Colorado and the No. 12 offensive lineman nationally, while Scout.com ranked him as the No. 3 performer in the state and the 12th-ranked O-lineman in the nation. Locally, he was named All-Colorado (Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News), along with garnering first-team All-State and All-Centennial League honors. Following the season, he played in the U.S. Army All-American Game in San Antonio. A three-year letterman, he was a team captain as a senior when he was named the school’s offensive most valuable player. Playing offensive tackle, he recorded 70 pancake blocks and allowed zero sacks on the season, while grading out to 96 percent overall (94 percent for run plays, 98 percent for pass plays). As a junior, he was named honorable mention All-State, first-team All-Conference and second-team All-Combine for the U.S. Army All-American Game. On the season, he had 80 pancake blocks and allowed zero sacks, while grading out to a 95 percent overall (93 run, 98 pass). He did not play as a sophomore (health reasons) but still lettered. His top game as a senior came in a 28-14 win over Cherry Creek in which he recorded three touchdown blocks and seven pancakes. As a junior, he had three touchdown blocks and two pancakes in a 41-38 win over Douglas County in the state semifinal game; against Overland, he had two touchdown blocks and 15 pancakes in a 49-7 win. Under coach and former Buff Dave Logan, Mullen went a combined 36-5 in Givens’ three years: 12-1 in his senior season, advancing to the state semifinals; 13-1 his junior year, losing in the state championship game; and 11-3 in his sophomore year, losing in the state championship game. He also lettered in track and field in throws (discus, shot put).
ACADEMICS?He will be an open option major at Colorado, but is interested in Business. He has maintained a 3.6 grade point average in high school.
PERSONAL?Born August 2, 1989 in Denver, Colo. Hobbies include going to concerts, fishing, weightlifting, building model airplanes, skiing and golfing. He has logged over 240 hours of community service: he has done work for churches, traveled to Mexico to build a church and houses and helped with a bike race raising money for cancer research. His father (Brian), played college baseball at Trinidad State (Colo.) Junior College and was drafted in 1984; he got the major leagues as a starting pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers from 1995-96. Over his two-year career, he went 6-10 with a 5.86 ERA, and 83 strikeouts in 121.1 innings pitched. An uncle (Bruce Givens) played football for Idaho State in the late 1980s.
