2019 AFCA DIVISION II COACHES' FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: OL Grant Stewart, R-Sr., Colorado School of Mines,...A two-year captain, Stewart started all 13 games for RMAC champion Mines (12-1), with 11 starts at left tackle and two at right tackle. Stewart w as a 2019 College Football Yearbook America and Lindy's Preseason All-American, and was named First-Team All-RMAC last month. He leads an offensive line that at the end of the regular season ranked in the NCAA D-II top-10 in first downs (2nd), total offe nse (8th), and rushing offense (6th). Mines had top team rushing games of 440, 400, and 395 yards this year, including six games of 275+ yards as they've produced a 1,000-yard rusher in Michael Zeman. In pass protection, the line helped true freshman Joh n Matocha pass for 2,825 yards and 29 touchdowns with a 73.7 percent completion rating.The versatile Stewart started every game of his career and will graduate as the Mines co-career leader in starts (49), playing two seasons at center, one at rig ht tackle, and primarily at left tackle in 2019. He has three RMAC championship rings (2016, 2018, 2019) has been captain for two of those, and in both 2016 and 2018, Mines had NCAA D-II's #1 total offense. Impressively, Mines has produced a 1,000-yard r usher in each of Stewart's four seasons, and the team has produced four of its top five all-time rushing yardage games during Stewart's career. - Colorado School of Mines Football
Sr/2020  OG Grant Stewart, Colorado Mines
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