Chris Mulumba

Wyoming

Sep 20 (Sat)

8:15 p.m.

Photo by: Tim Benko, Benko Photographics

chris mulumba vs. northern colorado 2017

Photo by: Roger Carry

Position:
Defensive End
Height:
6-4
Weight:
280
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Helsinki, Finland
High School:
Mäkelänrinteen Lukio
Prev School:
Diablo Valley College

AT COLORADO: 2018 (Sr.)— He played in all 12 games (no starts) … He was one of 43 players in the initial official watch list for the Ted Hendricks Award (top defensive end) … Generally rotated into the lineup as he was in for 279 snaps from scrimmage, recording 24 tackles (16 solo, including a quarterback sack) … Had three tackles for zero gains, two third stops and a quarterback pressure … Had a season-high four tackles (three solo, including his sack) in the opener against Colorado State … Was in on three tackles in three other games (Nebraska, UCLA and Washington State, playing his most snaps of the season – 56 – against the Cougars) … Following spring practices, he was selected by the coaches as the winner of the Ron Scott Award, given to the most improved defensive lineman … Phil Steele College Football selected him to his preseason All-Pac-12 third-team.

2017 (Jr.)—He played in all 12 games, drawing 10 starts at right defensive end … In 463 snaps from scrimmage, he recorded 39 tackles, one for a loss, a half sack, four tackles for no gain, two third down stops, one quarterback hurry and one quarterback chasedown … Posted four or more tackles in six games, including five-straight to end the season … Played a 47 snaps at UCLA when he was credited with two tackles … Had four tackles against No. 15 Washington State, a game in which he was credited with a half sack (first of his career) and a third down stop … His 55 snaps from scrimmage and five tackles against Arizona State were season-highs, but he matched that tackle figure the next week against No. 15 USC … One of his five tackles against the Trojans was for a loss while another went for no gain, and he also had a quarterback chasedown … He enrolled in classes for the spring semester and participated in spring drills.

JUNIOR COLLEGE—He played one season at Diablo Valley College in 2015 for coach Mike Darr; he signed with Central Florida after his sophomore season but did not attend school there so he sat out the year and essentially took a redshirt season … As a sophomore in 2015 he led DVC with 63 tackles, had nine tackles for losses and four sacks in 10 games ... Was a first-team All-Bay 6 League selection that season when he was a teammate of Kyle Trego, who signed with CU and was a sophomore defensive back for the Buffs this past fall … Played his freshman season at Chabot Junior College in 2014 where he posted 35 tackles, four tackles for a loss and had one sack.

PRE-COLLEGE IN FINLAND—He did not play football in high school, but he did wrestle and was a state champion in 2009 ... Was a three-time Finnish national judo champion from 2009-11, a Scandinavian champion in 2010 and holds a black belt in the discipline ... He played for the Helsinki Roosters in 2012, which is a founding member of the American Football Association of Finland ... He served his mandatory one-year of military service for the Finnish Army where he trained as a scout.

ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Ethnic Studies at Colorado and is on schedule to graduate in August 2019.

PERSONAL—He was born Oct. 10, 1992 in Finland ... His parents, Annina and Etienne Mulumba, are natives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but left there a year before he was born to escape that country's civil war ... Hobbies include watching movies and going on hikes ... Is fluent in English, French and Finnish ... His father is a teaching assistant at a Finnish school and his mother is a nurse ... Has two sisters, Audrey and Gloria; Audrey is on the Mount Mercy University women’s basketball team while Gloria plays the same sport at Arizona Western College … Has one younger brother, Etienne, Jr. (Last name is pronounced muh-lum-buh)