Player of the Week: Travis Bodenstein

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• By Jennifer Godwin
• 12:18AM on October 30th, 2009

Each week Richard will pick a player to feature and ask the typical (and some atypical) questions.

Name: Travis Bodenstein

Nickname: Bodey

School: Shiloh Christian High School

Height: 6’5″

Weight: 300

Position: Left Tackle

Class: 2011

Bench max: 330

Squat max: n/a

40-yard dash: 5.3

Vertical:25

Sophomore stats: n/a, get with coach

Number of years playing football:10

Schools that have offered: Tulsa

Other schools showing interest: Arkansas, Auburn, Oklahoma, Alabama, LSU, North Carolina, Oregon, Miami, Kansas State, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Cal, UCLA, Duke, Northwestern, Georgia, Ole Miss, Notre Dame, TCU, SMU, Vanderbuilt, Stanford, Syracuse, Boise State, Tennessee

I like Arkansas because: Close to home and grew up being a fan of the Razorbacks. Great coaches and great facilities. They are one of the up and coming teams of the SEC.

Schools I?ve visited: Arkansas, Auburn, Alabama, Oklahoma. Going to visit: LSU, Kansas State, Oklahoma State and trying to go to more.

In college, I plan to major in: Undecided

I like playing on the offensive line: I like playing offensive line because you get to hit someone every play and it takes real men to play o-line. The o-line takes skill, physical and mental toughness. You are one of five working as a single unit to accomplish moving the ball to the end zone.

Best football moment: Playing in two state championship games, winning one. Beating Evangel week one of the 2009 season.

My favorite play: Running a screen pass

Best player I?ve played against: Jermauria Rasco from Evangel

Favorite high school team to play against: Fayetteville

Describe what football means to you in 20 words or fewer: Football to me means working hard, pushing your body past the limits, discipline, mental and physical toughness, teamwork, and teaching you life lessons.

My ringtone on my cell is: n/a

Favorite NFL player: Adrian Peterson

Favorite NFL team: Green Bay Packers

Favorite music: Classic Rock

Favorite song: Renegade by STYX

Favorite book: The Bible

Favorite movie: The Sandlot

Favorite TV show: CSI New York

Favorite actor: Sylvester Stallone

Favorite actress: Jennifer Aniston

Favorite food: Fools Gold Pizza From Tims

Favorite class: History

Dream Date: Dinner on the beach

Hobbies: Drawing, Fishing, Ping-Pong

The one thing I could not live without is: My relationship with Jesus Christ

Role model: My Dad

Three words to describe me: Big, Loving, Funny

People would be surprised that I: am a really good artist

Ten years from now I?ll be: NFL or teaching and coaching