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39 Chris Turner

  • Position Defensive Line
  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 268
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Hammond, La.
  • High School Hammond

Biography

  • 2019 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll

2021 (Graduate): Played in the first seven games of the season, and earned the starting nod against Kentucky (9/11) … suffered a season-ending injury vs. Texas A&M (10/16) … nine tackles in his abbreviated season … two-tackle performances at Kentucky (9/11), at Boston College (9/25) and vs North Texas (10/9).

2020 (Senior): SEC Academic Honor Roll … played in all 10 games and made two starts during his senior campaign … blocked a PAT vs. Arkansas (12/5) … recorded two tackles against both No. 21/20 Tennessee (10/3) and No. 10/9 Florida (10/31) … had one tackle, a TFL, at South Carolina (11/21) … also posted tackles against No. 12/10 Georgia (12/12) and Vanderbilt (11/28).

2019 (Junior): Played in all 12 games … finished the season with 22 total tackles (14 solo) with 2.0 tackles for loss, both sacks … posted a career-high five tackles at Vanderbilt (10/12) … closed his season with a three-tackle performance (all solo) at Arkansas (11/29) … tallied his first sack of the season, a seven-yard loss, against West Virginia (9/7) … posted another sack against Southeast Missouri (9/14) … heads into his senior season with 49 total tackles, 4.5 sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss.

2018 (Sophomore): SEC Academic Honor Roll … made all 13 starts at one rush end position ... finished the year with 24 tackles, including 3.5 tackles for loss and a pair of quarterback sacks ... added four quarterback pressures as well ... had a season-best four tackles twice, including versus No. 16 Kentucky (10/27) and at No. 13 Florida (11/3) ... had three solo stops early in the season against No. 2 Georgia (9/22), while notching sacks in back-to-back games against Wyoming (9/8) and at Purdue (9/15). 

2017 (Freshman): Saw the field for 12 games as a true freshman ... made three tackles total on the season in reserve action ... recorded two tackles and half a tackle for a loss against Purdue (9/16), and later got in for a tackle for loss at Georgia (10/14) ... later in the season, was used mostly as a pass-rush specialist, and he turned in three quarterback pressures, including one against Florida (11/4) and two against Tennessee (11/11).

High School: Rated as a three-star prospect by ESPN.com, Scout.com and 247Sports … two-star recruit by Rivals … named first-team all-district and was district defensive MVP, while also claiming honorable mention all-state honors as a senior at Hammond High School. 


Personal: Earned his bachelor’s degree in architecture in December 2021.

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Historical Player Information

  • 39

    2017-18Freshman

    Defensive Lineman
    6'4" 250 lbs
    39
  • 39

    2018Sophomore

    Defensive Lineman
    6'4" 255 lbs
    39
  • 39

    2019Junior

    Defensive Lineman
    6'4" 255 lbs
    39
  • 39

    2020Senior

    Defensive Lineman
    6'4" 270 lbs
    39
  • 39

    2021Graduate Student

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 268 lbs
    39