2025 D2Football.com Elite 100 Watch List - First-Team Offense
2025 Preseason First-Team All-RMAC Team
2024-25 CSU Pueblo Athletics Eddie DeRose Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year
2024 D2Football.com Second-Team Elite 100 Team
2024 First-Team Don Hansen Football Gazette Division II All-American
2024 Harlon Hill Trophy Finalist
2024 First-Team All-NFF Colorado Chapter All-Colorado Team (Offense)
2024 First-Team AP Division II All-American
2024 First-Team AFCA Division II All-American
2024 Second-Team D2CCA All-American
2024 D2CCA Super Region Four Offensive Player of the Year
2024 D2CCA First-Team All-Super Region Four
2024 RMAC Offensive Player of the Year
2024 First-Team All-RMAC
RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (11/11/24, 9/9/24)
NFF Colorado Chapter Player of the Week (9/10/24)
2023 First-Team NFF Colorado Chapter All-Colorado Team
2023 Second-Team All-RMAC
2024 (Sr.): Played in and started 11 games at receiver for the Pack ... Had perhaps the greatest season ever for a Pack receiver as he set new single season school records for receptions (67), receiving yards (1,228) and receiving touchdowns (12) ... Averaged 18.3 yards per catch and 111.6 receiving yards per game ... Was named the RMAC Offensive Player of the Year, the D2CCA Super Region Four Offensive Player of the Year and was a finalist for the 2024 Harlon Hill Trophy ... Led the RMAC in receiving yards (1,228), receiving yards per game (111.6) and receiving touchdowns (12) and was second in the league in receptions per game (6.1) and all-purpose yards per game (112.5) ... Ranked in the Top 10 in Division II in receiving yards per game, total receiving yards and receiving touchdowns and was 16th in Division II in receptions per game ... On the season, caught at least seven passes in six games, tallied 100 or more receiving yards in a game six times, including a single-game school record 241 yards in the season opener at South Dakota Mines (8/29) ... Hauled in two or more touchdown catches in a game four times ... He led all Colorado football receivers (all levels) in receiving yards ... He is one of just two players in school history to record 1,000 or more receiving yards in a season (the other is Paul Browning) ... Recorded 20 plays of 20 or more yards on the season, including a 76-yard touchdown reception at Western Colorado, which was the Pack's longest offensive play of the season ... Eight of his 12 touchdown receptions went for 20 or more yards and sits third among active Division II players in career yards per catch (17.7) ... Earned two RMAC Offensive Player of the Week honors and was also named an NFF Colorado Chapter Player of the Week ... His 24 career touchdown receptions are tied for first on the school's all-time chart, while his 2,033 career receiving yards is third on the school's all-time list and his 115 receptions are sixth on the school's all-time list.
2023 (Jr.): Played in and started all 11 games at receiver for the Pack ... Had quite a first season with the Pack as he caught 48 passes for a team-high 805 yards and tied a single season school record with 12 touchdown receptions ... Averaged 16.8 yards per catch and 73.2 receiving yards per game ... His 48 receptions were tied for fifth-most in a single season in school history, while his 12 touchdown receptions tied a single season school mark ... Recorded three 100-plus yard receiving games, including a high a 172 yards on five receptions at South Dakota Mines (11/4) ... Tallied four games with two or more touchdown receptions, including a three touchdown receiving games on just three pass receptions at Fort Lewis (9/30) ... The 34.4 yards per reception at South Dakota Mines set a single game school record and his 12 touchdown receptions were third-best in the RMAC and eighth nationally in Division II ... Led the team in touchdown and was second in points with 72 and was tied for second on the team in 20-yard plays with 10 and had the longest reception on the season as he caught an 82 yard pass against Chadron State (10/21) ... Earned Second-Team All-RMAC honors.
Riverside City College (2019-22): Played three seasons at Riverside City College for Coach Tom Craft … Earned All-State, All-Conference and All-American honors in 2022 … Holds the school’s single-season touchdown receiving record … Helped lead the Tigers to two straight SCFA Central Conference titles and a State and National Championship in 2019.
Centennial HS: Lettered in football for Coach Matt Logan at Centennial High School ... Caught 36 passes for 892 yards and had 10 receiving touchdowns … Also scored two rushing touchdowns and had two passing touchdowns for the Huskies … Earned First-Team All-CIF Southern Section Division I All-League honors … In the classroom, carried a 3.3 cumulative GPA.
Personal: Born March 12 ... Son of Maxanne and Steve Retzlaff … Has two brothers, Jake (21) and Danny (19) … Exercise Science major … His brother, Jake, is a quarterback in 2025 at Tulane University, while his brother, Danny, is a sophomore pitcher on the Pack baseball team … Lists cooking, swimming, watching movies and watching sports as his hobbies … Wants to be a fireman after graduation.
Career Highs:
Receptions: 11 at South Dakota Mines, 8/29/24
Receiving Yards: 241 at South Dakota Mines, 8/29/24 (School Record)
Touchdown Receptions: 3 (3x) last at Western Colorado, 11/2/24
Longest Reception: 82 yards at Chadron State, 10/21/23
School Records:
Singe-season pass receptions: 67 (2024)
Single-season pass receiving yards: 1,228 (2024)
Single-season touchdown receptions: 12 (2023 & 2024)
Career touchdown receptions: 24 (Tied 1st)
Single-game yards per reception: 34.4 yards at South Dakota Mines (2023)
