THREE-YEAR LETTERMAN - Has been there to help the team in many different ways...listed at starting tight end on the preseason depth chart...has excellent size and strength and also possesses good hands...excellent blocking ability...has also served as deep snapper and has been nominated for all-conference honors there...brings 19 career starts spanning three seasons to the offense.
2007 - Started three games (William & Mary, Presbyterian, Coastal Carolina) at tight end early in the season and also saw action once again on the offensive line starting the last three games at left tackle...lettered for the third time...caught passes against James Madison (11 yards) and Coastal Carolina (21 yards)...finished the season with three catches for 32 yards...also logged five tackles on special teams...Handled long snapping duties for 10 of 11 games in addition to his tight end and offensive tackle duties...performed the task with efficiency and helped VMI avoid a blocked kick for the entire year.
2006 - Entered preseason camp at tight end but moved to the interior line two weeks into the season and made seven starts at right tackle before moving back to tight end for the season finale against Liberty...was a key reason why VMI was able to lead the Big South in rushing as he brought his blocking skills to two positions...lettered for the second time.
2005 - Played in all 11 games and made five starts...caught four passes for 59 yards...caught two passes for 30 yards in the opener against Davidson and hauled in an 18-yard touchdown pass against William & Mary...handled the long snapping duties and recovered two fumbles against Lehigh...lettered for the first time.
2004 - Did not see game action and was redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL - A graduate of Massaponax High School in Fredericksburg, Va....had 10.5 sacks and 28 hurries with 63 tackles and four pass breakups as a senior...also caught 24 passes for 302 yards and one TD in 2003...named first team All-Commonwealth District and second team All-Northwest Region as a TE/DE...three-time Offensive Lineman of the Week...Adelphia Channel 3 State Championship Defensive Player of the Game, State Championship Offensive Lineman of the Week...selected to the 2004 VHSCA Virginia East/West All-Star Game...Derrick Sears Award 2003...played on the 2003 Commonwealth and Northwest Region Champions and Virginia AAA Division 5 State-Runner Up...served as team captain...was First Team All-Battlefield district as a junior...also lettered two years in basketball and was a team captain for one year.
PERSONAL - Full name is Travis Rowland Ludden...Economics and Business major.
