No. 94 – Los Angeles Chargers | |||||||
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
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Born: | Gainesville, Florida, U.S. | October 19, 1998||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 244 lb (111 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Bucholtz (Gainesville, Florida) | ||||||
College: | Duke (2017–2020) | ||||||
NFL draft: | 2021 / Round: 4 / Pick: 118 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Chris Rumph II (born October 19, 1998) is an American football linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Duke and was drafted by the Chargers in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
Rumph moved often during his early life due his father's career as a football coach. He moved to Gainesville, Florida and transferred to Buchholz High School before his sophomore year. [1] As a senior, he was named first-team All-State and the Big School Player of the Year by The Gainesville Sun after recording 105 tackles, 23 tackles for loss, 18 sacks, two blocked punts, one interception and two fumble recoveries. Rumph committed to play college football at Duke over offers from UCF, Vanderbilt, and Appalachian State. [2]
Rumph redshirted his true freshman season. [3] As a redshirt freshman, he recorded 25 tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, one fumble recovery, and one pass broken up and was named a freshman All-American by USA Today . [4] Rumph posted 47 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, three pass breakups, 11 quarterback hurries and one forced fumble and was named third-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and First-team All-America by Pro Football Focus and Second-team All-America by Sports Illustrated. [5] [6] [7]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | ||||
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6 ft 2+7⁄8 in (1.90 m) | 244 lb (111 kg) | 33+3⁄4 in (0.86 m) | 9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) | 4.37 s | 7.09 s | 33.0 in (0.84 m) | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) | 18 reps | ||||
All values from Pro Day [8] [9] [10] |
Rumph was drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers in the fourth round, 118th overall, of the 2021 NFL Draft. [11] On May 18, 2021, Rumph signed his four-year rookie contract with the Chargers. [12]
On November 15, 2023, Rumph was placed on injured reserve with a fractured foot. [13]
Rumph's father, Chris Rumph, played linebacker at South Carolina and has coached at the collegiate and professional levels and is currently the defensive line coach for Clemson. [14]
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