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2009 (Sophomore): Played in all 12 games as the Rams' primary FG and PAT kicker...Hit 12 of 16 field-goal attempts (75 percent),inclduing 4-for-5 from 40-plus yards, and 26 of 29 PAT attempts (all three misses were blocked)...In resounding 23-17 win at Colorado (Sept. 6), hit all three FG attempts 23 years to the day of CSU's last Boulder win, when his dad also kicked three for the Rams...Gave CSU an important two-score lead late in the third quarter of Buffs contest with a 45-yarder...In conference-opening loss at No. 19 BYU (Sept. 26), connected on a 38-yarder in the fourth quarter, and notched his first 2009 touchback to open the second half...In 31-29 loss at Idaho (Oct. 3), missed the longest attempt of his career, a 50-yarder, early in the second half, but answered with a successful 43-yarder to pull the Rams within one later in the third quarter...In 24-17 loss vs. Utah (Oct. 10), hit a 43-yard FG in cold and windy conditions to knot the game in the second quarter...Helped the Rams to a 6-0 first-quarter lead in loss at No. 8 TCU (Oct. 17), including a career-long 47-yarder, improving to 4-for-4 in his career from the 40-49 distance...In fourth quarter of 17-16 loss vs. Wyoming (Nov. 27), hit a 23-yarder to give CSU a 16-14 lead with 7:28 remaining. 2008 (Freshman): Thrust into action after a camp injury to senior Jason Smith, played in six games and did not play in the final seven contests...Connected on four of his five FG attempts (80 percent), his only miss a block...Also hit all six PATs and had four touchbacks on 24 kickoffs...The first true freshman kicker at CSU since C.W. Hurst in 1997, made his debut in the opener, vs. Colorado (Aug. 31), and connected on every kick, including his first college attempt, from 26 yards...One week later, hit three fourth-quarter FGs, including the game-tying and game-winning kicks in the final 89 seconds, to dispatch Sacramento State (Sept. 6), 23-20; his 20-yard kick as time expired was the first game-winning field goal by a CSU kicker since Jeff Babcock hit one exactly five years earlier, at Cal (Sept. 6, 2003)...The Sac State effort, along with his two touchbacks on kickoffs, earned him MWC Special Teams Player of the Week honors, as well as national recognition from the organization that selects the Lou Groza Award as a `Star of the Week'...In first half of 28-25 win vs. Houston (Sept. 20), had a FG blocked, the first official miss of his career. High School: Garnered Class 3A all-state and all-Western Slope League honors each of his final two seasons at Steamboat Springs (Colo.) High School...Made contributions in all three phases, including several starts as a WR and LB...As a senior, his kicks helped Steamboat (7-4) win several close games en route to a berth in the Class 3A playoffs, where the Sailors lost in Fort Collins to Fossil Ridge...In 2007, caught four passes for 42 yards, and notched 74 tackles and five sacks...Also recorded 25 touchbacks on kickoffs as a senior team captain...On defense, had three sacks against Moffat County in 2007...As a junior, earned first-team all-conference honors, helping SSHS to a Western Slope championship; hit a career-long 51-yarder vs. Palisade...In 2005, kicked a game-winning FG to beat Cortez in quadruple overtime...Head coach was Aaron Finch, Steve Fairchild's CSU teammate...Lettered four years in FB and three in wrestling. Personal: Given name Benjamin Braun DeLine...Born Sept. 24, 1989, in Denver, Colo. ...Parents are Steve and Karen DeLine...Has a younger sister and a younger brother...Both parents are CSU graduates, including father Steve, the Rams' placekicker from 1984-86 who ranks sixth on the school's all-time scoring list (200 points), fourth in career FG (42) and fourth in FG percentage (.724)...Steve also kicked a 60-yarder vs. AFA in 1985, the second-longest kick in CSU annals...Uncle, Dave, was CU's kicker for three seasons (1984, 1986-87)...The two squared off once in college, a 23-7 CSU victory on Sept. 6, 1986, at Folsom Field...Brought smiles and a good time to elderly patients struggling to overcome surgeries and other health issues, at the Lemay Health and Rehab Facility in February before the '10 season...For a week during the summer of 2010, helped struggling students with reading at Tavelli Elementary in Fort Collins...Majoring in animal science...Hometown: Steamboat Springs, Colo.
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