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College Career:
A versatile lineman, played in 49 career games, including 26 consecutive starts at center after from guard before his junior year started all 13 games at center for the second consecutive year as a senior and was a member of the Rimington Trophy watch list (nation's top center) while also earning consensus first-team All-Big 12 honors ... voted team captain by his teammates and named one of UT's Most Consistent Offensive Players started all 13 games at center as a junior after switching from guard, earning honorable mention All-Big 12 honors from The Associated Press ... was a key part of a line that helped Texas rank first in the nation in scoring offense (50.2 ppg), second in rushing offense (274.9 ypg) and third in total offense (512.1 ypg) paved the way for 289 yards rushing and 556 yards of total offense in Texas' 41-38 Rose Bowl victory over USC for the National Championship logged time as a backup center and guard in 10 games as a sophomore, including the Longhorns win over Michigan in the Rose Bowl as a redshirt freshman in 2003, appeared in all 13 games on offense and special teams redshirted in 2002.
Personal:
Full name Lyle Robert Sendlein a Scottsdale native, attended Chaparral High School where he was a four-year letterman and three-year starter started at defensive tackle and linebacker as a senior, linebacker as a junior and offensive tackle as a sophomore ... helped lead the team to back-to-back Arizona 4A State Championships in 1999-2000 and a 28-game winning streak ... a first-team all-state, all-region and all-city selection as a senior earned second-team all-state and first-team all-region and all-city honors as a junior ... also named the Valley's 2000 Defensive Player of the Year a first-team all-region choice at offensive tackle as a sophomore father, Robin, played linebacker at UT (1977-80) and in the NFL for eight years with Minnesota (1981-85), Miami (1986-87) and Houston (1988) brother, Austin, was a defensive lineman and lettered for the Longhorns from 2002-03. | 