Chris Hummingbird

Height:
6-2
Weight:
240
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Tahlequah, Okla.
High School:
Tahlequah Sequoyah
Prev School:
Tahlequah Sequoyah

Tulsa - A two-year letterwinner and returning starter . . . has played in 29 career games and has five starts . . . has 30 career tackles and 8.5 stops for -38 yards . . .

2013 - Played in 11 games and started five contests . . . received his first career stop in the season opener at Bowling Green . . . tallied 27 tackles, 8.5 TFLs for -38 yards, three sacks for -20 yards and three pass break-ups . . . had a career-best five tackles in three games - Marshall, Louisiana Tech and North Texas . . . totaled 5 tackles, three TFLs for -11 yards, including two sacks for -20 yards, against Louisiana Tech . . . compiled five stops, one sack for -10 yards, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery against Marshall . . .

2012 - Played in 13 contests . . . missed the C-USA Championship Game against UCF . . . was credited with two tackles . . .

2011 - Played in five games . . . credited with one tackle . . . saw limited action on special teams against Boise State, Rice, Marshall, UTEP and BYU . . . did not participate in 2011 spring drills . . . 2010 - Was not on the roster in 2010, but attended classes at Tulsa . . . did not participate in spring drills . . .

Overall - Made the switch from linebacker to defensive end after spring drills in 2012 . . . a great competitor, heavy hitter and is very explosive . . . earned a starting spot last year . . . expecting a big year from him . . . fluid in his movements . . . received the GATES Millennium Academic Scholarship for college.

High School - Was a four-year letterwinner and starter at Tahlequah Sequoyah High School . . . was on teams that posted a four-year overall record of 42-5 . . . was credited with 75 tackles, five sacks and two fumble recoveries as a senior . . . totaled 65 tackles in both his sophomore and junior seasons . . . also lettered four times in power-lifting and twice each in track and wrestling . . . placed fourth in the state wrestling meet as a senior in the 215 pound class . . . advanced to the state track meet as a senior in the shot put . . . was his class president . . . high school football coach was Brent Scott.

Personal - Favorite sports movie is Remember the Titans . . . his favorite TV show is "Mob Wives" . . . lists Step Brothers as his favorite movie . . . the Minnesota Vikings is his favorite NFL team, while Adrian Peterson is his favorite NFL player . . . if he were forced to give up all of his possessions but one, he would keep his photo album . . . Kevin Durant is his favorite professional athlete . . . the Oklahoma City Thunder is his favorite professional sports team . . . the most famous person he has ever met is St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford . . . the youngest of three boys . . . a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes . . . nickname is Birdman . . . mother is Karen Hummingbird . . . majoring in exercise and sports science . . . born June 25, 1992 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.