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Jersey Number 17
Chris James
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 228
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ellijay, Ga.
- Prev School:
- Hutchinson (Kan.) CC
- High School:
- Gilmer HS
CAREER
- Signed as a QB in 2018 from Hutchinson C.C....made transition to tight end in 2019.
- Seven-year collegiate career
- 47 catches for 616 yards and eight touchdowns over 24 games (19 starts)
- Seven TD catches in 2019 are most in a single-season by a TE at Chattanooga
- All-SoCon: 2019
- Graduated with a degree in Sport Management in May 2020 & Exercise Science in December 2021
2021 (Senior III)
- 11 games played with eight starts...team captain on nine gamedays.
- 21 catches for 326 yards and a touchdown...second in receptions and receiving yards...15.5 yards per catch was second among receivers with 10 or more receptions.
- Season-high four receptions for 39 yards in the win over Western Carolina...yardage high was 83 on two catches in the win at Samford.
- TD came on a 44-yard catch-and-run in the win at Wofford.
- A.D. Honor Roll.
2020-21 (Senior II)
- Played one game due to injury...caught three passes for 33 yards at Western Kentucky.
- Granted a sixth-year of eligibility for the 2020-21 season from the NCAA after missing time due to injury early in is career.
- Preseason All-America according to STATS and HeroSports.com...tied for first in the NCAA among returning TEs with seven receiving TDs from 2019.
2019 (Senior)
- 12 games played at tight end with 10 starts...All-SoCon first team selection.
- 23 catches for 257 yards and team-high seven TDs...tied for ninth-most receiving TDs in a season at UTC, most by a tight end.
- Second in receptions and third in receiving yards...TDs in six different games.
- Season highs of five catches for 71 yards in the win at Samford...long reception of 40 yards for touchdown.
- Two TD grabs in season finale at VMI...also had TDs against Jame Madison, at Mercer, at Wofford and against Furman.
- Threw a 28-yard TD pass to Jeffrey Wood against Western Carolina.
- A.D. Honor Roll...SoCon Honor Roll.
2018 (Junior)
- Served as a scout team member and primary backup at quarterback.
- Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll...SoCon Honor Roll.
PRIOR TO CHATTANOOGA
- Originally signed with Valdosta State out of high school where he red-shirted in 2015.
- Spent next two seasons at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas.
- Threw for 1,300 yards and rushed for 500 with 24 combined touchdowns as a senior at Gilmer High School.
- Signed as a QB in 2018 from Hutchinson C.C....made transition to tight end in 2019.
- Seven-year collegiate career
- 47 catches for 616 yards and eight touchdowns over 24 games (19 starts)
- Seven TD catches in 2019 are most in a single-season by a TE at Chattanooga
- All-SoCon: 2019
- Graduated with a degree in Sport Management in May 2020 & Exercise Science in December 2021
2021 (Senior III)
- 11 games played with eight starts...team captain on nine gamedays.
- 21 catches for 326 yards and a touchdown...second in receptions and receiving yards...15.5 yards per catch was second among receivers with 10 or more receptions.
- Season-high four receptions for 39 yards in the win over Western Carolina...yardage high was 83 on two catches in the win at Samford.
- TD came on a 44-yard catch-and-run in the win at Wofford.
- A.D. Honor Roll.
2020-21 (Senior II)
- Played one game due to injury...caught three passes for 33 yards at Western Kentucky.
- Granted a sixth-year of eligibility for the 2020-21 season from the NCAA after missing time due to injury early in is career.
- Preseason All-America according to STATS and HeroSports.com...tied for first in the NCAA among returning TEs with seven receiving TDs from 2019.
2019 (Senior)
- 12 games played at tight end with 10 starts...All-SoCon first team selection.
- 23 catches for 257 yards and team-high seven TDs...tied for ninth-most receiving TDs in a season at UTC, most by a tight end.
- Second in receptions and third in receiving yards...TDs in six different games.
- Season highs of five catches for 71 yards in the win at Samford...long reception of 40 yards for touchdown.
- Two TD grabs in season finale at VMI...also had TDs against Jame Madison, at Mercer, at Wofford and against Furman.
- Threw a 28-yard TD pass to Jeffrey Wood against Western Carolina.
- A.D. Honor Roll...SoCon Honor Roll.
2018 (Junior)
- Served as a scout team member and primary backup at quarterback.
- Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll...SoCon Honor Roll.
PRIOR TO CHATTANOOGA
- Originally signed with Valdosta State out of high school where he red-shirted in 2015.
- Spent next two seasons at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas.
- Threw for 1,300 yards and rushed for 500 with 24 combined touchdowns as a senior at Gilmer High School.
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