Chris Agyemang

Position:
Defensive Lineman
Ht./Wt.:
6-5 / 295
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Billerica, Mass.
Prev School:
Sacred Heart Univ.
High School:
Proctor Academy

Awards and Honors:
2020 Academic All-Mid-American Conference
2018, 2019 All-Northeast Conference First Team
2018 Division I All-New England Team

2020 (Gr.): A grad transfer who started all eight games on the defensive line … registered 16 total tackles … logged 2.0 tackles for loss, including half a sack in the win over Northern Illinois … managed a season-high three tackles in that game … had a key interception on a deflected pass that helped to swing the momentum in the MAC West championship-clinching victory over Western Michigan … also had three pass breakups on the year … named to Phil Steele’s Preseason All-MAC Third Team before ever playing a down in the league … selected to Steele’s postseason all-league fourth team.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Played at Division I FCS school Sacred Heart University from 2016-19 … started all 12 games for the Pioneers in 2019 and led the team in snaps played … team captain … ranked fifth in the NEC with 5.5 sacks last year … finished with 41 total tackles and 8.0 tackles for loss last fall … his seven pass break-ups last year led all NEC defensive linemen … helped the Pioneers capture a share of the NEC title in 2018 with a 5-1 league mark.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters from head coach Casey McCormick at Proctor Academy … two-time team captain … first team all-state … named New Hampshire’s Defensive Player of the Year by USA Today … posted 81 tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss, three sacks, three forced fumbles, one interception and one fumble recovery during his senior campaign.

PERSONAL: Son of Mike and Georgina Agyemang … born Oct. 13, 1996 … full name is Christopher Ankomah Agyemang.