2017 Football Roster
Sep 20 (Sat)
TBA
Chris Graham
- Position:
- Place Kicker
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Burlingame, Calif.
- High School:
- Burlingame
AT COLORADO: 2017 (Sr.)—He saw action in two games, both wins, kicking the first extra point of the season in the opener against Colorado State, and then kicked off once (pooch kick) at Oregon State … He was one of two recipients of the Bill McCartney Award as selected by the coaching staff for the most improved special teams player during spring ball.
2016 (Jr.)—He split time as CU's placekicker, appearing in 11 games plus the Alamo Bowl with his primary role as the kickoff man and at the end of the season midrange field goals ... Was 10-of-14 on field goal attempts with his long being 46 yards against Washington State; he was also 8-of-10 on PAT kicks ... Finished the year strong, making seven of his final eight attempts (the one he missed was blocked) ... Kicked off 51 times, with 20 touchbacks (39.2 percent), as opponents started inside-the-25 on 11 occasions (and inside-the-20 five times) ... Made two field goals in three different games (Oregon, UCLA, Utah), all games where his kicks were especially needed as those three games were decided by a combined 18 points ... He also recorded two tackles (one solo) on special teams.
2015 (Soph.)—He played in all 13 games and handled all but one of CU’s kickoffs on the season … Had 58 for the year, 17 of which went for touchbacks (with five of those sailing through the end zone) … The average starting field position for the 41 which were returned was the opponent 25-yard line, as 22 of his kickoffs led to the opponent starting inside-the-25 and 11 inside-the-20 … Made his only placement kick, the final PAT in a 48-0 win over Nicholls State … The coaches selected him as the recipient of the Jim Hansen Award, presented to the player who displayed outstanding academic achievement in the spring … He was 5-of-7 on field goals (long of 42) and 6-of-6 on PAT kicks in the four main spring scrimmages … He was awarded a scholarship just prior to the start of August camp.
2014 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in one game, kicking off twice at Southern California; one kick sailed through the end zone, while the other was returned 21 yards from the 8-yard line to the 29 ... Dressed for all 12 games as he was second on the depth chart at both placekicker and punter … He made all 10 kicks in spring scrimmage action (seven PATs, three field goals: those were good from 31, 30 and 39 yards, the latter in the spring game).
2013 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he practiced at both punter and placekicker all fall, and in fact, dressed for all 12 games in case he needed to be activated in case of injury ... He joined the team in the summer as a recruited walk-on.
HIGH SCHOOL—A four-year letterman at a variety of positions (kicker, wide receiver, outside linebacker), he was a first-team All-Peninsula Bay League performer at outside ‘backer his junior year ... Overall as a prep, he was 19-of-21 on field goal attempts, with a long of 50 as a junior a school record, and was 54-of-57 on extra point kick for 111 career points … Burlingame was a combined 17-25 under coach John Philipopoulos during his four years there, including 5-6 marks his junior and senior seasons ... He also earned four letters playing basketball (forward), averaging 5.3 points on 55.4 percent field goal shooting and 4.3 rebounds per game as a senior, when Burlingame won the 2013 Central Coast Section title with a 21-9 record (after claiming the Peninsula South crown with a 12-0 mark) ... He was a first-team All-League performer his senior season.
ACADEMICS—He graduated from Colorado with his degrees in Integrative Physiology and Anthropology in May 2017 ... Earned honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic Team and Academic All-Colorado honors by the state’s NFF chapter as a junior and senior; as a sophomore he was a first-team Academic All-Colorado team member along with earning honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic Team recognition.
PERSONAL—He was born Dec. 7, 1994 in San Jose, Calif. … Hobbies include playing golf, and he has aspirations of becoming a doctor after college.
