69  Jason Karcher
	Class: Senior Hometown: Tempe, Ariz. High School: McClintock Height / Weight: 6-3 / 291 Position: Center/Offensive Guard

UW This Season: Jason Karcher is not only an outstanding offensive lineman, but he is a great team player. A top All-Conference candidate in 2006, he made a move to an unfamiliar position in the spring of `06 in order to help his team. Karcher will be the Cowboys' starting center in 2006, after starting each game at right guard the past two seasons. He earned Honorable Mention All-Conference honors at guard in 2005. Like his fellow senior lineman Chase Johnson, Karcher has started the last 35 consecutive games for Wyoming. That dates back to the first game of his redshirt freshman season when he started the first two games at right guard, before starting the last 10 games of the 2003 season at right tackle.

2005: Karcher achieved Honorable Mention All-Conference honors for the first time as a junior in 2005. He started all 11 games at right guard for the Cowboys. He led an offensive line that helped Wyoming rank 34th in the nation in passing offense. He also helped pave the way for freshman running back Wynel Seldon, who set a new UW freshman rushing record with 871 yards.

2004: Karcher started all 12 games at right guard for the Cowboys in 2004. He bulked up -- going from 294 as a redshirt freshman to 304 his sophomore campaign.

2003: Karcher started the first two games of the season at right guard before being moved outside to right tackle where he started the remaining 10 games. He impressed coaches enough in fall drills that he went from a projected backup at left tackle when camp began to the starter in the season opener at right guard.

2002: Redshirted.

High School: Karcher was named to The Arizona Republic All Arizona team as a senior. He was also named to the Coaches 4A All-State team and the All-City team. A two-year starter at McClintock High School, he was named All-East Valley both his junior and senior seasons. Karcher helped lead McClintock to the quarterfinals of the state playoffs his senior season. He was selected as his team's top offensive lineman, and also won his team's "Shovel Award" for the player who planted opponents on their backs the highest number of times. His high school coach Dick Baniszewski described Karcher as, "the most tenacious offensive lineman I've ever coached." Karcher was also recruited by Colorado State, Idaho State and Weber State.

Personal: Born March 4, 1984, in Tempe, Ariz., he is one of two children of Carol and Kevin Karcher. Karcher is studying history.