High School: Competed in football and basketball at Bishop Kelly High School...started for three seasons as a wide receiver, quarterback, and defensive back...three-time All-Southern Idaho Conference selection...was Idaho state A2 Player of the Year as a junior when he caught 70 passes for 1,800 yards and 19 touchdowns...switched to quarterback as a senior and was Southern Idaho Conference Offensive Player of the Year while also earning All-State notice as a defensive back...set state single game records in 1999 when he had 222 yards receiving and caught four touchdowns in the state title game...set 26 school records during his career...played guard in basketball and earned All-State honors as a senior and was a three-time All-SIC selection...basketball team was second in the state his senior year and third his junior year...National Honor Society student...

At Delaware: Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-American candidate...third-year starter at wide receiver in Blue Hens’ four receiver set...Delaware’s active career leader in games played with 41...teams with David Boler and Brian Ingram to give Delaware one of the top pass-catching combinations in the Atlantic 10...outstanding possession receiver with good hands...runs solid routes...outstanding clutch performer...has played 41 career games with 16 starts and has caught 59 passes for 684 yards and seven touchdowns...will serve as Blue Hens’ holder on placements for fourth straight year...caught four passes for 71 yards, including a 44-yard scoring pass from Sonny Riccio in the Blue-White spring game...

2004: Played in all 13 games with eight starts for Blue Hen team that went 9-4, won the Atlantic 10 title, and advanced to the I-AA quarterfinals...team’s No. 3 leading receiver with 32 catches for 350 yards (10.9 avg.) and four touchdowns...proved to be one of Hens’ most clutch performers, grabbing game-winning touchdown catches in wins over Hofstra and William & Mary...after being held without a catch the first two games, caught at least one ball over the next 11 contests...had career-high six receptions each vs. James Madison and Richmond and had career-high 77 yards in win over Richmond...six-yard touchdown catch from Sonny Riccio with 6:09 left clinched 20-19 win over Hofstra and 25-yard scoring catch from Riccio with 4:41 left to play clinched 31-28 regular season win over William & Mary in successive weeks...also caught a 26-yard touchdown pass vs. Massachusetts and a 12-yard touchdown pass vs. Richmond... posted tackles vs. Hofstra and James Madison...caught four passes for 65 yards, including a 39-yard scoring pass from Riccio in spring game...

2003: Named to Verizon/CoSIDA District 2 All-Academic first team...played in all 16 games with seven starts for team that went 15-1, won the Atlantic 10 Conference title, and captured the NCAA I-AA national championship...fourth on team with 19 catches for 275 yards (14.5 avg.) and three touchdowns...also rushed once for eight yards and a touchdown off a fake field goal vs. William & Mary...caught season-high two passes in seven different games with season-high 48 yards vs. William & Mary (season-high 45-yard reception)...caught 12-yard touchdown pass from Andy Hall vs. West Chester, a 37-yard scoring pass from Hall vs. Northeastern, and a six-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Carty in I-AA first round win over Southern Illinois...caught 58-yard touchdown from Brad Michael in spring game...

2002: Transferred to Delaware during the summer from Arizona State...played in all 12 games and started vs. Rhode Island...seventh on the team in receptions with eight for 59 yards with a long reception of 16 yards vs. West Chester...had best game vs. James Madison when he caught four passes for 26 yards...also had two receptions for 18 yards vs. West Chester...completed a two-point conversion pass to Rick Lavelle vs. Georgia Southern...team went 6-6 in first year under head coach K.C. Keeler...

At Arizona State: 2001: Walk-on as a true freshman...did not see game action and retained freshman eligibility...team posted a record of 4-7 under Dirk Koetter...

Personal: Joe Edward Bleymaier (“blay-myer”)...born Aug. 9, 1982 in Boise, ID...son of Gene and Danell Bleymaier...father, Gene, is the director of athletics at Boise State University...father played college football at UCLA and two uncles competed at Air Force and Stanford...enjoys snow skiing, water skiing, whitewater rafting, hunting, and fishing in spare time...one of four children...honor student as a history major at Delaware...three-time member of Atlantic 10 Academic Honor Roll...works construction during the summer.