Josh Tinajero

Class:
Senior
Height:
6-2
Weight:
284
Hometown:
Anchorage, Alaska
High School:
South

2013 (Senior)
Did not appear in any games...Received the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum GPA of 3.2 for the previous two semesters.

2012 (Junior)
2012 Game-by-Game Played against Western Illinois in the final game of the season.

Prior to SIU
Played two seasons at Saddleback Junior College...Started all 11 games at right guard as a redshirt sophomore and a team captain in 2011, helping the Gauchos to an 8-3 record and a Golden State Bowl appearance...Earned first team Southern California Football Association All-Southern Conference honors in 2011...Started all 11 games at left guard as a redshirt freshman in 2010, helping Saddleback to an 8-3 record, the No. 2 seed in the Southern California Football Conference Playoffs and the Southern California Bowl...Redshirted his freshman year at Saddleback and learned under offensive line coach Jackie Slater, a seven-time Pro Bowler and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

High School
Honorable mention All-Conference lineman his senior year in 2009

Personal
Born Aug. 6, 1991 in Montclair, Calif...Son of Edgar and Mimi Tinajero...Father is an engineer, mother is a flight attendant...Majoring in criminology and criminal justice.