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2021 Football Roster

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47 Chris Edmonds

  • Position Safety
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 214
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Columbus, Ga.
  • Previous School Brookstone School

Biography

2021 Spring Buck Buchanan Award Finalist
2021 Spring First Team All-American
2021 Spring First Team All-SoCon

2021 (Spring): Started all seven games of the spring season at safety . . . named first team All-American by multiple sources . . . named first team All-SoCon . . . named a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award for the top defensive player in all of FCS football . . . led the SoCon and tied for third in the nation in total interceptions (4), and led the league and ranked 13th nationally in interceptions per game (0.6) . . . finished third on the team in tackles with 40, including 24 solo stops . . . also had a fumble recovery and two forced fumbles . . . had six tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery at ETSU . . . had an interception against Western Carolina . . . tallied seven tackles and two interceptions, including one returned for a 45-yard touchdown . . . had nine tackles and an interception against Wofford . . . tallied six tackles at The Citadel.

2019 (Freshman): Saw action in seven games on special teams . . . tallied three tackles, all solo . . . had two tackles at Auburn and one versus Furman.

High School: Prepped at Brookstone School in Columbus, Ga . . . played both wide receiver and defensive back . . . as a senior in 2018, caught 22 passes for 513 yards and four touchdowns . . . scored a rushing touchdown as well . . . also had 34 tackles as a senior, including 17 solo stops . . . returned 10 kickoffs and seven punts as a senior as well . . . was also a guard on the basketball team.  

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Historical Player Information

  • 47

    2019Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 205 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2020-21Sophomore

    Safety
    6'2" 205 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2021Junior

    Safety
    6'2" 214 lbs
    47