31  Jeff Tatnall
	Class: Senior Hometown: Newark, Del. High School: Christiana Height / Weight: 5-11 / 230 Position: Linebacker

UW This Season: Jeff Tatnall enters his senior season as the projected starter at weakside linebacker for the Wyoming Cowboys. He will take over for the graduated Guy Tuell, who was a four-year starter. Tatnall is a young man who proves hard work and dedication to a dream pays off. He came to Wyoming all the way from Newark, Del., four years ago with the dream of playing Division I football. He earned a scholarship and now, for the third straight season, he has earned a spot on the Wyoming depth chart. He has been one of the leaders on special teams throughout his career, and was named Wyoming's special teams captain for the season opener against Appalachian State last season.

2004: Tatnall recorded 30 tackles at linebacker and on special teams in `04 to rank 12th on the team. He also forced a fumble, against San Diego State, and recovered a fumble, versus BYU. He appeared in all 12 games during the 2004 season. Tatnall achieved Second Team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VII honors for the first time in `04. He also was named Academic All-Conference for the second consecutive year.

2003: Tatnall played in all 12 games for UW in the 2003 season and started one game -- at Air Force. Not only did he achieve his dream of playing for the Cowboys on the field, but he accomplished much off the field. He was named an Academic All-Mountain West Conference honoree in 2003, earning a perfect 4.00 cumulative grade point average in marketing. Tatnall ranked 14th in tackles for the Cowboys, with 28 total tackles -- 11 solo tackles and 17 assisted tackles. He also recovered a fumble against Air Force. That Air Force game thrust Tatnall into the spotlight, but he met the challenge and passed with flying colors. The game began with UW kicking off to the Falcons. Tatnall made the tackle on the opening kickoff, but it was not his tackle that had the biggest bearing on what would lie ahead for him. Starting linebacker Guy Tuell suffered a deep thigh bruise covering the kickoff return, and was unable to play the remainder of the day. That led to Tatnall starting the game at weakside linebacker. He went on to lead the Pokes in tackles at Air Force with 14, and he also recovered a fumble on the day -- not bad for a player who didn't know he would be starting until after the opening kickoff.

2002: Tatnall played in seven games as a redshirt freshman, and was credited with one tackle.

2001: Redshirted.

High School: He earned Honorable Mention All-Conference honors at Christiana High School in Newark, Del. He lettered four years in football, three in indoor track and two in baseball. His high school football coach was Marvin Spence. Tatnall was senior class president, a member of the his school's Honor Society and made the President's List.

Personal: Born Jan. 14, 1983, he is the eldest of three children of Jo-ann and Jeffrey Tatnall. Tatnall is majoring in marketing.