As a true freshman, he walked on the football team at BSU under head coach Jim Criner, then in the Big Sky Conference.
[2] Trautman had knee injuries in high school, which curbed the interest of Division I-A football programs and he never did wrestle for the Broncos.
[7][8] During his junior season at BSU in 1980, Trautman helped lead the Broncos to the Division I-AA national championship.
[7][9] Selected in the ninth round of the 1982 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins, Trautman was cut late in training camp.
[7][12] After fighting health issues over the years, Trautman died in his sleep at his cabin in Oregon on March 1, 2014, at the age of 53.