Jalen Travis

CAREER TRANSACTIONS:

• Selected by the Colts in the fourth round (127th overall) of the 2025 NFL Draft.

COLLEGE:

• Appeared in 34 career games (26 starts) at Iowa State (2024) and Princeton (2020-23). Registered starts at left tackle (18) and right tackle (eight).
• In 2024, he played in 12 games with 11 starts at left tackle and garnered Honorable Mention All-Big 12 recognition.
• Started all six games he appeared in at left tackle in 2023 and was named Second Team All-Ivy.
• In 2022, he earned Second Team All-Ivy honors after started all nine games he played in (eight at right tackle, one at left tackle).
• Appeared in seven games in 2021.
• The 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Honorable Mention All-Big 12 OL - Coaches (2024)
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F24)
• Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup (2024)
• Second Team All-Ivy League (2022, 2023)
• Played in final 12 games of the season, making 11 starts at left tackle
• Missed first two games of season due to injury
• Earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors
• One of the anchors on an offensive line that helped the Cyclones rush for 27 touchdowns, tied for the fourth-most in program history
• Offense also broke the school record for points scored (435)
• Allowed just one sack in 475 pass snaps per PFF.
• Started six games for Princeton at left tackle, missing time due to injury
• Starter on Princeton offensive line that posted the Ivy League's No. 1 passing offense and No. 2 scoring offense.
• Played in nine games with offensive unit leading the Ivy League in scoring, while ranking second in passing offense and third in total offense.

PERSONAL:

• Attended DeLaSalle High School in Minneapolis, where he served as a team captain as a senior and junior.
• As a senior, was a first team all-state selection and a Minnesota All-Star.
• Named DeLaSalle's male athlete, football and basketball player of the year as a senior.
• Was District Red Lineman of the Year as a junior.
• Also lettered in basketball and helped the team to the 2018-19 state championship as a junior.
• Was an honor roll recipient and student body Co-President.
• Graduated from Princeton with a degree in anthropology, with a concentration in law, politics and economics. Also received a certificate in African American studies.
• Received a graduate certificate in social justice at Iowa State.
• Founded the nonprofit "The Just Action Coalition," which aimed at promoting substantive youth engagement in policy-level advocacy on the local and state levels in Minnesota.
• Was the male collegiate recipient of the prestigious 2024 Athletes For A Better World Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup, presented annually to six distinguished athletes for any sport.
• One of 62 athletes from around the country awarded a Truman Scholarship, which provides funding for graduate school along with professional development opportunities to prepare for careers in public service.
• 2022 recipient of the Leonard D. Schaeffer Fellowship in Government Service
• Son of Nate and Jackie Travis. One of five children. Brother, Reid, played basketball at Stanford and Kentucky and currently plays professionally in Japan. Brother, Jonah, played basketball at Harvard. Sister, Olivia, played college basketball at Trevecca Nazarene and Illinois-Springfield and is currently an assistant women's basketball coach at Western Illinois. Sister, Grace, plays beach volleyball at Saint Mary's (Calif.) College.
• Cousin, Ross Travis, played seven seasons (2015-21) in the NFL and spent time with the Colts from 2017-19.
• A native of Minneapolis, Minn.