Christian Gonzalez

Wyoming

Sep 20 (Sat)

8:15 p.m.

Position:
Cornerback
Height:
6-2
Weight:
200
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
The Colony, Texas
High School:
The Colony

AT COLORADO: 2020 (Fr.)—Started all six games in his true freshman season including the Alamo Bowl, quickly earning a reputation as an elite cornerback … Played in 305 snaps in the regular season with 19 tackles, one tackle for loss and another for no gain, two third down stops, one quarterback hurry, one pass breakup and made two touchdown saving tackles … Was just the 14th true freshman to start a season opener dating back to 1973 … The 19th known freshman to crack 300 defensive plays, doing so in just five regular season games … Played in 372 defensive snaps counting the Alamo Bowl, fourth most on the team and most by a freshman … Saw action on another 38 snaps on special teams in the field goal block and punt return units when the Buffs were in defensive formations … Earned the team's Lee Willard Award as the top freshman on defense … Finalist for the CUSPY for Male Freshman of the Year across all CU sports … Picked on early in the season, he had five tackles and a tackle for loss against UCLA and six tackles against Stanford to open the season … He had two tackles, one for no gain, against San Diego State, and a tackle, pass breakup, quarterback hurry and two third down stops at Arizona when the Buffs gave up just 23 combined points in those two games … Credited with five tackles and three pass breakups in the Alamo Bowl against Texas.

HIGH SCHOOL—A four-star prospect ranked as one of the top 50 players from Texas by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN … Named to the All-Midlands Regional team by PrepStar … 247Sports gave him a rating of 90 as the No. 307 player nationally, No. 28 safety and No. 42 player from Texas … Rivals rated him at 5.8 and the No. 26 defensive back in the class and No. 33 player from Texas … ESPN gave him a scout grade of 80 as the No. 62 player in the region, No. 19 safety in the class and No. 48 player from Texas … He played defensive back and wide receiver for The Colony and coach Rudy Rangel for two seasons, compiling a 17-5 record, including a 12-2 mark in the Division 5A-1 Standings … On defense in his career, he had 46 tackles, 17 pass breakups, three interceptions, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries … On offense, he tallied 65 receptions for 956 yards and 12 touchdowns, ran seven times for 187 yards and two touchdowns and racked up 1,394 all-purpose yards and 18 total touchdowns … He had three kick returns for 236 yards, and also punted three times for an average of 42.3 yards … His senior year helping The Colony to an 8-3 mark when he was named first-team All-District 5-5A, he had 17 tackles on defense with eight pass breakups, two interceptions, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … Offensively he had 43 receptions for 650 yards and 10 touchdowns, four rushes for 89 yards and one touchdown and he returned a kick 75 yards for a score, giving him 13 total touchdowns … He had three games with multiple touchdowns and two 100-yard receiving games … As a junior, he was named first-team All-District 5-5A defense, helping the team to a 9-2 record with 29 tackles, nine pass breakups, one interception, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … Offensively, he had 22 receptions for 306 yards with two touchdowns, three carries for 98 yards and another touchdown … He scored five touchdowns and had 580 all-purpose yards with two kick returns for 161 yards … He had 10 receptions for 151 yards and two touchdowns in a 55-51 win over Byron Nelson as a senior … Against Lone Star, he tallied four receptions for 147 yards and two touchdowns and also added two pass breakups on defense … He had four catches for 100 yards and one touchdown on offense and six tackles on defense in a 42-17 win over Wakeland as a junior … He had five catches for 80 yards and a touchdown in a 31-17 win over Little Elm when he also had three tackles and two pass breakups on defense … He also ran track & field in high school and had a personal best of 21.6 seconds in the 200-meters in the Texas State Championships.

ACADEMICS—He is interested in majoring in Kinesiology at Colorado … He earned Academic All-State honors by the Texas High School Coaches Association in high school.

PERSONAL—He was born on June 28, 2002 in Carrollton, Texas … His parents are Hector and Temple Gonzalez … His father played college basketball at UTEP and went on to play semiprofessional basketball in Colombia … He has two older sisters, Melissa and Samantha, and one younger sister, Lily … Both of his older sisters, Melissa (Texas) and Samantha (Miami, Fla.) ran track & field in college, both were two-time All-Americans in the 400m hurdles and 4x400 relay, and both are members of the Colombian national track & field team … He enjoys playing sports and spending time with friends and family … He is interested in becoming an athletic trainer or football coach after his playing days are over ... He can juggle a soccer ball and spin a football with his feet.

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Season                        G         Plays         UT       AT   —   TOT         TFL        Sacks        TZ       3DS    Hurr       FR        FF    PBU       Int
2020                            5           305         15         4 —    19        1- 1          0- 0         1           2         1         0         0         1         0