Chris Garrett (6/4/2020) - Athlete Awards - Concordia University, St. Paul Athletics

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Chris Garrett

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6/4/2020
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Football
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CHRIS GARRETT, football
(DE, 6-4, 230, Jr., Milwaukee, Wis. / Milwaukee Lutheran HS)
All-America First Team
Super Region 4 & NSIC Defensive Player of the Year
Cliff Harris Award finalist (DII Defensive Player of the Year)
Set Division II career record with 15 forced fumbles

“Not only do I think Chris is the best male athlete at CSP, I think he's arguably one of the best football players in the country as he's led the nation in sacks twice, and was one of the top 12 players in the country as a junior." – Shannon Currier, head football coach.

2019 Harlon Hill Trophy semifinalist from Super Region 4
2019 Cliff Harris Award finalist
2019 D2CCA, D2Football.com, Don Hansen & Associated Press All-America First Team selection
2019 AFCA All-America Second Team selection
2019 D2CCA & Don Hansen Super Region 4 Defensive Player of the Year
2019 D2CCA & Don Hansen All-Super Region 4 First Team
2019 NSIC Defensive Player of the Year
Two-time All-NSIC South First Team selection
2018 AFCA & AP All-America First Team
2018 D2CCA All-America Second Team & Don Hansen All-America Third Team
2018 D2Football.com All-America Honorable Mention
2018 All-Super Region 4 First Team by D2CCA & Don Hansen's Football Gazette
Two-time 2019 NSIC Defensive Player of the Week and earned D2Football.com National Defensive Player of the Week once
A two-time National Defensive Player of the Week and five-time NSIC Defensive Player of the Week choice in his career
National leader with seven forced fumbles, 3rd most in DII history in a season
Set DII career record with 15 forced fumbles
Second-straight year leading NSIC in sacks (1.27/game), ranking 2nd in DII after leading the nation in 2018
Second in the NSIC and ninth in NCAA DII with 1.9 TFLs per game
Set CSP career sacks record with 36.5, ranking 13th in DII career history and second in NSIC history
Ranks third in NCAA Division II history with 1.30 sacks per game in his career
Has 48.5 career TFLs in just 28 games played following junior year, third most in CSP history
Ranks 14th in NCAA Division II history with 1.73 career tackles for loss per game
Finished the year ranked 18th in the NSIC with 69 total tackles and has 166 tackles in 28 career games
Set school record with 6.5 TFLs and second-most sacks (5.0) in CSP history with NCAA DII & NSIC single game highs vs MSU Moorhead
His 5.0 sacks against MSUM are seventh most in a single game in NCAA DII history
His 6.5 TFLs against MSUM are 11th most in a single game in NCAA DII history
His three forced fumbles against MSUM is tied for third most in a game in NCAA DII history, an achievement he matched as a freshman at Augustana

Athlete Awards
Date	Athlete	Sport
6/9/2015	Mike Cullen	Men's Track and Field
6/9/2015	Riley Hanson	Volleyball
5/29/2014	Zach Moore	Football
5/29/2014	Kayla Koenecke	Volleyball
5/21/2013	Nate Thienes	Football
5/21/2013	Ellie Duffy	Volleyball
5/17/2012	Megan Carlson	Volleyball
5/17/2012	Bryan Lippincott	Baseball