He progressed to the Academic All-Big 12 first-team for the only time in 2001, after playing in all 13 of the Longhorns' games, exclusively as the long snapper on punts.

An ankle injury meant Loeffler missed the Longhorns' games against Houston and Tulane in 2002, but he finally took over long snapping duties for field goals and PATs for the last seven games of the season and was the team's Special Teams Player of the Week in week 2 for his two solo tackles against North Carolina.

He then played in all 13 games in his senior year, and his performances earned him the Longhorns' Frank Denius Most Valuable Special Teams Player Award.

[4] He suffered a bone fracture in his lower back during a week 12 loss to the Atlanta Falcons and was placed on injured reserve on November 29, 2011, ending his season.

[7] During the 2014 off season Loeffler met a young entrepreneur Robbie Harrell on his way back home to Austin, TX according to the Twin Cities Business Magazine article "MN Viking Invests In 23-Year-Old's Ice Sculpture Business" Archived November 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.