2008 Football Roster
Roster
Chris Spencer
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 306
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Meridian, MS
- High School/Previous School:
- Meridian HS
- Career & Game-By-Game Statistics
CAREER:
Has played in three games during his Mississippi State career, seeing action against Jacksonville State in his redshirt freshman campaign and two games as a junior . . . Came to Mississippi State following a solid high school career in the Mississippi prep ranks.
2008:
Played in two games during his junior season, the first two of the year . . . Was on the field for seven offensive snaps at Louisiana Tech in the season opener, scoring an 85 percent blocking grade . . . Returned to the playing field a week later in the Bulldogs’ home-opening win over Southeastern Louisiana.
2007:
Did not see action during his sophomore season.
2006:
Played in one game during his redshirt freshman season . . . Saw his first collegiate work in the Bulldogs’ Week 7 win over Jacksonville State.
2005:
Sat out the season as a true freshman redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Superprep Magazine rated him No. 17 among the top prospects in the state in its pre-signing day all-America issue . . . Rated the No. 20 prospect in the state of Mississippi by Dawgs Bite Magazine in its preseason listing of the state’s top players . . . Ranked the No. 28 prospect in the state of Mississippi prior to his senior season by recruiting web site Rivals.com, the No. 6-ranked offensive lineman . . . Credited with running a 4.9 in the 40-yard dash and with a 375-pound bench press by Rivals . . . Selected to play in the Mississippi-Alabama High School all-star game following his senior season . . . Two-way lineman at Meridian for head coach Ed Stanley, seeing action at defensive end and offensive tackle . . . Graded out in the high 80s for his performance on the offensive line . . . Helped lead Meridian to a 9-2 record and into the postseason playoffs as a senior . . . Named first-team, all-state on the offensive line by both the Jackson Clarion-Ledger newspaper and the Mississippi Association of Coaches following his senior campaign . . . Ranked with the top 25 players in the state by that newspaper following his senior season . . . Also named first-team, all-state at offensive tackle by the MAC . . . Outstanding high school student with a 3.5 grade point average . . . Other top scholarship offer: West Virginia . . . Committed to MSU in July 2004 after receiving a scholarship offer two months prior.
PERSONAL:
Born Christopher Rashad Spencer, 12-4-86, in Meridian, Miss.. . . . Son of Mrs. Kathrene Spencer Lewis . . . Major is undeclared.
