Chase Penry

Wyoming

Sep 20 (Sat)

8:15 p.m.

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-1
Weight:
190
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Greenwood Village, Colo.
High School:
Cherry Creek

AT COLORADO: Career

Played in 15 games and started three
Has 10 receptions for 111 yards and a touchdown
Has two special teams points with two knockdown or springing blocks on kickoff returns

2022 (So.)

Has played in four games this season, has two receptions for 25 yards
Had one reception for 11 yards in the home opener against TCU.

2021 (Fr.)—Played in 11 games and started three … Finished the season with eight receptions for 86 yards and a touchdown … Added two special teams points with two knockdown or springing blocks on kickoff returns … Most productive game came against Oregon State in week nine where he had three receptions for 41 yards … His touchdown came against Arizona State on his only reception of the game from seven yards out.

HIGH SCHOOL—A three-star recruit by the recruiting services … Rivals listed him as the No. 7 player in Colorado and the No. 91 wide receiver in the class with a rating of 5.7 … 247Sports ranked him as the No. 9 player out of Colorado and No. 163 receiver in the class, while the 247 Composite had him as the seventh-best player from Colorado and No. 121 receiver nationally … ESPN had him as the No. 14 player in the state and No. 216 wide receiver … He played four years of varsity football under former CU All-American Dave Logan at Cherry Creek where he won back-to-back Colorado State Championships as a junior and senior and were the state’s runners-up as a sophomore … Cherry Creek was 45-5 in his four seasons, including a combined 23-0 with undefeated seasons his junior and senior campaigns … In his career, he hauled in 159 receptions for 2,081 yards and 26 touchdowns, his 159 receptions ranked 10th in Colorado high school history … He had 31 career games with three or more receptions and four games with multiple touchdown receptions ... He also had one rush for six yards and was 7-of-17 passing for 59 yards … He also had three kickoff returns for 28 yards and 11 punt returns for 105 yards, giving him 2,220 all-purpose yards in his career … He was named a Sports Illustrated preseason All-American prior to his senior year when he had 45 catches for 648 yards and nine touchdowns as a team captain … He earned first-team all-state and all-conference honors as a senior … His junior year when he was second-team All-State, he caught 53 passes for 632 yards and nine touchdowns …. He also added one rush for six yards … His sophomore season, he caught 56 passes for 704 yards and seven touchdowns … That season he completed 7-of-17 passes for 59 yards, had one kickoff return for 22 yards and 11 punt returns for 105 yards … As a freshman, he caught five passes for 97 yards and one touchdown and added one kickoff return for six yards … Top games include three 100-yard games his senior season, catching seven passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns against Smoky Hill … He was at his best in the state playoffs, catching seven passes for 116 yards against Regis and then eight catches for 107 yards and a touchdown in the semifinal against Pomona, while also catching a touchdown reception in the team’s state championship win over Valor Christian … His junior season, he had one 100-yard game, when he caught six passes for 112 yards against ThunderRidge, and caught two touchdowns twice, against both Mullen and Fairview … In the State Championship, he had five receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown … His first 100-yard game came his sophomore season against Castle View when he had eight receptions for 131 yards and a touchdown … He also played basketball at Cherry Creek and plans to play his senior season, as well … As a freshman, he averaged 2.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and .7 steals per game.

ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Business Accounting at Colorado … He was an Honor Roll student all-four years at Cherry Creek and named to the Academic All-State team twice … Named to the National Football Foundation's Colorado Chapter Academic All-Colorado first team.

PERSONAL—Born on Jan. 31, 2002 in Alexandria, Va. … His parents are Josh Penry and Jamie Pierce … Both his parents played sports at Colorado Mesa in Grand Junction, his dad football and mom basketball … His dad was a state senator and was the youngest member of the Colorado State Senate when elected in 2006 … He continued a streak of signees from Cheery Creek, including Jonathan Van Diest (2017), Dimitri Stanley (2018), Alec Pell (2019) and Carson Lee and Jayle Stacks (2020) … He has three younger sisters … He enjoys spending time with his family, meditating, and doing yoga … He has hit a hole-in-one in golf … He volunteered with his basketball team at a homeless shelter … He worked for Epicurean Foods during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide food for needy families.