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Jersey Number 56
Archer Trafford
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Shreveport, La.
- High School/Previous School:
- CE Byrd HS (Air Force Prep / Air Force)
Bio
2022 (Senior Season)
Appeared in 10 games ... Finished with 16 punts for an average of 42.4 yards and a long of 60 yards ... Memphis (9/3): Punted once for 52 yards ... at Arizona (9/10): Launched a career-long 60 yard punt that landed inside the 20 for his only punt of the game ... at LSU(9/17): Totaled three punts for an average of 44.3 yards with two being pinned inside the 20 yard line ... Bowling Green (9/24): Punted once for 43 yards ... Texas A&M (10/1): Had his only punt go 34 yards and land inside the 20 ... Arkansas (10/8): Punted twice for an average of 43.5 yards ... Pinned one punt on the one-yard line ... at Kentucky (10/15): Had two punts for a total of 101 yards with a long of 56 ... at Alabama (10/22): Booted a pair of punts for 76 yards including a career long 60-yard punt ... at Ole Miss (11/24): Punted once for 39 yards.
2021 (Junior Season)
Served as MSU’s primary punter during the 2021 season … Took over the starting job in the third game of the season and appeared in eight games total … Punted 26 times for 1,103 yards (42.4 avg.) and a long of 57 yards … Pinned 11 punts inside the red zone and only had one touchback … Three of Trafford’s punts traveled over 50 yards … At Memphis (9/18): Punted five times for a 42.2 yard average and a season-long 57-yarder … LSU (9/25): Punted three times for a 43.7 yard average … At No. 15 Texas A&M (10/2): Punted three times for a 40.7 yard average … No. 5 Alabama: Punted five times for a 40.6 yard average … at Arkansas (11/6): Punted twice for a 44 yard average … at No. 17 Auburn: Punted once for 46 yards … No. 9 Ole Miss (11/25): Punted twice for a season-best 46.5 yard average … vs. Texas Tech (12/28): Punted five times for 42.4 yards … Pinned the Red Raiders at the 5-yard line during the third quarter.
2019-20 (Air Force)
Walked on at the Air Force Academy ... honored during Air Force's Olympic Appreciation Day in 2015 for his family’s U.S. national and world archery titles ... resigned his sophomore year to pursue NFL aspirations and entered the transfer portal ... won every 2021 Kohls Kicking Finals competition he entered including Kohls national championship in Dallas where his winning kick was 60 yards with a 5.38 hang time.
2018 (Air Force Prep)
Received nine congressional nominations to the Air Force Academy and elected to attend Air Force Prep at age 17 ... was the primary punter, kicker and holder the entire year during which he had seven punts travel 65 yards or more including a 100-yard punt against Snow College from the goal line that rolled through the opponent's end zone ... booted six punts inside the 5-yard line including two inside the 1-yard line ... averaged 50.1 yards per punt ... earned a spot on the Dean's List academically ... voted by his peers and coaches to wear the coveted spiritual counselor shoulder braid.
High School
Lettered three years CE Byrd High School ... earned first team all-state academic and first team all-division and all-city honors as a punter ... was the team’s primary punter, kicker, holder and backup quarterback ... punted 35 times with 10 inside the 20 and five inside the 5-yard line with a long of 64 yards as a senior ... was 57-of-59 on extra points in his junior year ... team was state runners up his freshman year and state quarterfinalist his junior season ... competed on the U.S. National Team at the World Archery Championships in Ireland during senior season and returned night before a football game to kick the next day ... was a member of the National Honor Society and first chair cello in the orchestra.
Personal
Born Charles A. "Hardy" Trafford V in Budapest, Hungary ... parents are retired Col. Charles “Skip” Trafford IV and Charlene Trafford ... has three sisters who graduated from the Air Force and Naval Academies ... third-generation Eagle Scout ... received the nickname “Archer” from his Air Force teammates based on the two world archery championships, 11 U.S. national teams and numerous national championships he has made while training for the Olympics ... has visited over 80 countries and competed in archery on four continents ... selected by the U.S. Olympic Team coach and trained on the elite Junior Olympic Team at the Olympic Training centers in San Diego and Colorado Springs for eight years ... family of six has won 25 world archery titles on four continents and still hold world field archery records. ... father was a collegiate national champion and first team All-American at Arizona in archery and five-time U.S. Olympic Trials finalist while also throwing the javelin with the track team ... mother was a former Miss Taiwan, four-time archery world champion and ran track in college before playing semi-pro basketball in Taiwan ... sister, Rachael, was named Mrs. Colorado in 2019 ... received congressional appointment to the Air Force Academy in 2018 and attended his freshman and sophomore years ... resigned from Air Force Academy in spring 2020 to pursue his SEC and NFL goals ... grew up with NFL goal posts, a batting cage and Olympic archery range in his backyard to hone his hand to eye skills ... enjoys surfing, skate boarding, catamaran sailing, kayaking, power lifting and chess.
Appeared in 10 games ... Finished with 16 punts for an average of 42.4 yards and a long of 60 yards ... Memphis (9/3): Punted once for 52 yards ... at Arizona (9/10): Launched a career-long 60 yard punt that landed inside the 20 for his only punt of the game ... at LSU(9/17): Totaled three punts for an average of 44.3 yards with two being pinned inside the 20 yard line ... Bowling Green (9/24): Punted once for 43 yards ... Texas A&M (10/1): Had his only punt go 34 yards and land inside the 20 ... Arkansas (10/8): Punted twice for an average of 43.5 yards ... Pinned one punt on the one-yard line ... at Kentucky (10/15): Had two punts for a total of 101 yards with a long of 56 ... at Alabama (10/22): Booted a pair of punts for 76 yards including a career long 60-yard punt ... at Ole Miss (11/24): Punted once for 39 yards.
2021 (Junior Season)
Served as MSU’s primary punter during the 2021 season … Took over the starting job in the third game of the season and appeared in eight games total … Punted 26 times for 1,103 yards (42.4 avg.) and a long of 57 yards … Pinned 11 punts inside the red zone and only had one touchback … Three of Trafford’s punts traveled over 50 yards … At Memphis (9/18): Punted five times for a 42.2 yard average and a season-long 57-yarder … LSU (9/25): Punted three times for a 43.7 yard average … At No. 15 Texas A&M (10/2): Punted three times for a 40.7 yard average … No. 5 Alabama: Punted five times for a 40.6 yard average … at Arkansas (11/6): Punted twice for a 44 yard average … at No. 17 Auburn: Punted once for 46 yards … No. 9 Ole Miss (11/25): Punted twice for a season-best 46.5 yard average … vs. Texas Tech (12/28): Punted five times for 42.4 yards … Pinned the Red Raiders at the 5-yard line during the third quarter.
2019-20 (Air Force)
Walked on at the Air Force Academy ... honored during Air Force's Olympic Appreciation Day in 2015 for his family’s U.S. national and world archery titles ... resigned his sophomore year to pursue NFL aspirations and entered the transfer portal ... won every 2021 Kohls Kicking Finals competition he entered including Kohls national championship in Dallas where his winning kick was 60 yards with a 5.38 hang time.
2018 (Air Force Prep)
Received nine congressional nominations to the Air Force Academy and elected to attend Air Force Prep at age 17 ... was the primary punter, kicker and holder the entire year during which he had seven punts travel 65 yards or more including a 100-yard punt against Snow College from the goal line that rolled through the opponent's end zone ... booted six punts inside the 5-yard line including two inside the 1-yard line ... averaged 50.1 yards per punt ... earned a spot on the Dean's List academically ... voted by his peers and coaches to wear the coveted spiritual counselor shoulder braid.
High School
Lettered three years CE Byrd High School ... earned first team all-state academic and first team all-division and all-city honors as a punter ... was the team’s primary punter, kicker, holder and backup quarterback ... punted 35 times with 10 inside the 20 and five inside the 5-yard line with a long of 64 yards as a senior ... was 57-of-59 on extra points in his junior year ... team was state runners up his freshman year and state quarterfinalist his junior season ... competed on the U.S. National Team at the World Archery Championships in Ireland during senior season and returned night before a football game to kick the next day ... was a member of the National Honor Society and first chair cello in the orchestra.
Personal
Born Charles A. "Hardy" Trafford V in Budapest, Hungary ... parents are retired Col. Charles “Skip” Trafford IV and Charlene Trafford ... has three sisters who graduated from the Air Force and Naval Academies ... third-generation Eagle Scout ... received the nickname “Archer” from his Air Force teammates based on the two world archery championships, 11 U.S. national teams and numerous national championships he has made while training for the Olympics ... has visited over 80 countries and competed in archery on four continents ... selected by the U.S. Olympic Team coach and trained on the elite Junior Olympic Team at the Olympic Training centers in San Diego and Colorado Springs for eight years ... family of six has won 25 world archery titles on four continents and still hold world field archery records. ... father was a collegiate national champion and first team All-American at Arizona in archery and five-time U.S. Olympic Trials finalist while also throwing the javelin with the track team ... mother was a former Miss Taiwan, four-time archery world champion and ran track in college before playing semi-pro basketball in Taiwan ... sister, Rachael, was named Mrs. Colorado in 2019 ... received congressional appointment to the Air Force Academy in 2018 and attended his freshman and sophomore years ... resigned from Air Force Academy in spring 2020 to pursue his SEC and NFL goals ... grew up with NFL goal posts, a batting cage and Olympic archery range in his backyard to hone his hand to eye skills ... enjoys surfing, skate boarding, catamaran sailing, kayaking, power lifting and chess.
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