3  Travis Burkhalter
	Class: Senior Hometown: Eufaula, Okla. High School: Eufaula Height / Weight: 6-1 / 191 Position: Wide Receiver

UW This Season: Travis Burkhalter is one of three senior receivers who will provide leadership for the Cowboys in 2010. He had the best season of his career in `09, ranking third on the team in receptions and receiving yards. He started three games as a junior and appeared in all 13 for the Pokes.

2009: Burkhalter became a valuable contributor to the Wyoming offense his junior season. His 21 receptions and 213 receiving yards both ranked third on the team, and his two receiving touchdowns tied him for second on the team. He had a season best five receptions at Florida Atlantic for 29 yards, and caught four passes for 34 yards against No. 2 ranked Texas. His season high in receiving yards came against New Mexico, with 46. His two TD receptions came against UNLV and New Mexico. His touchdown reception against UNLV was a spectacular catch in the back corner of the end zone that was upheld after review and tied the game at 27-27. Wyoming went on to win 30-27. His longest catch of the season was a 31-yard TD reception versus New Mexico in a 37-13 Wyoming win.

2008: Burkhalter played in nine games as a sophomore, catching five passes for 46 yards. He caught two passes for 12 yards at BYU, and had one reception in three other games. He was among a group of talented young receivers for the Cowboys in 2008. Burkhalter earned the No. 1 spot at "Z" receiver for the Pokes in the spring of 2008.

2007: Burkhalter played in six games for UW his true freshman season, and caught three passes for 12 yards. He was one of the pleasant surprises for the Wyoming coaching staff during 2007 spring drills. Burkhalter went through his first spring as a Cowboy after originally signing with UW as a grayshirt in February of 2006, meaning he didn't enroll at Wyoming nor go on scholarship until January of 2007. Despite being out of football for a year, Burkhalter impressed the Cowboy coaches with his work ethic, talent and ability to pick up the offense quickly during his first spring on campus.

2006: Burkhalter sat out the 2006 fall semester as a grayshirt signee.

High School: He earned First Team All-State honors from the Tulsa World and the Oklahoma Coaches Association. He led his Eufaula High School team in Eufaula, Okla., to a 10-3 record his senior season of 2005 and the semifinals of the state playoffs, playing quarterback. He was a team captain his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. In his four years of high school, Eufaula High posted a 41-8 (.837) record. He also played basketball all four years of high school, and ran track his sophomore and junior years. Burkhalter played for head coach Kerry Roberts at Eufaula High School.

Personal: Born Nov. 3, 1987, Burkhalter is the son of Pam Jackson and Trenton Burkhalter, he was also recruited by Colorado State, SMU and Tulsa. Burkhalter is related to some notable individuals that played college football at the University of Oklahoma. Former Oklahoma quarterback J.C. Watts and the Selmon brothers (Lee Roy, Lucious and Dewey) are all part of Burkhalter's family. He is studying communications at UW.