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2024 Football Roster

Naji Saker, Linfield Sports Communications
Eric Mahlum, Linfield Sports Communications
Eric Mahlum, Linfield Sports Communications
Kelly Bird, Linfield Sports Communications
Kelly Bird, Linfield Sports Communications
Kelly Bird, Linfield Sports Communications
Kelly Bird, Linfield Sports Communications
Kelly Bird, Linfield Sports Communications
Ryan Gardner, Linfield Sports Communications
Ryan Gardner, Linfield Sports Communications

8 Chance Sparks

  • Height 6-3
  • Academic Year Sr./Sr.
  • Weight 190
  • Position CB
  • Hometown Hillsboro, Ore.
  • Major Secondary Education and History
  • Previous School Century

Biography

JUNIOR
First Team All-Northwest Conference honors.
D3Football.com Second Team All-Region 6 selection.
Started all nine games.
Totaled 20 tackles, led the NWC with five interceptions and added four pass breakups.
Recorded two interceptions against Pacific, returning one for a 59-yard touchdown.
Linfield Football Most Inspiration Award recipient.
Letter winner.
Dean’s List honors.
 
SOPHOMORE
Honorable Mention All-NWC honors.
Teammate of the Year.
Catspy’s Male Inspirational Athlete of the Year.
Letter winner.
Appeared in 11 games.
Recorded 11 receiving yards.
Tallied 22 tackles, 21 solo, and one sack with two interceptions and six pass breakups.
Returned a 44-yard interception for a touchdown against Pacific Lutheran.
 
WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY
Attended WOU for one year before transferring to Linfield.
Member of the Wolves' football team during the 2020 COVID-affected season.
 
CENTURY HIGH SCHOOL
Recorded three-straight over 1,000 receiving seasons.
As a senior, caught 85 passes for 1,195 and 13 touchdowns.
As a junior, registered 66 catches for 1,023 yards and eight TDs.
Hauled in 52 passes for 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns as a sophomore.
Added 52 tackles and two fumble recoveries as a senior.
 
PERSONAL
Majoring in secondary education and history.
 
WHAT’S THE BEST LINFIELD CLASS YOU’VE TAKEN AND WHY? The best classes I’ve taken so far have been my history classes. The lessons learned are immediately applicable to real life scenarios which makes the topic that much more interesting to me.
 
WHO HAS BEEN THE GREATEST INSPIRATION IN YOUR LIFE WHY HAVE THEY BEEN SO INFLUENTIAL? The greatest inspiration of my life was my father before he passed. Since then, my sisters have filled that role. It’s their resilience through all their trials and tribulations that inspire me.
 
THE GREATEST PRINCIPLE OR LESSON THAT I’VE LEARNED WHILE COMPETING IN ATHLETICS AT LINFIELD HAS BEEN… Never trade the ultimate for the immediate. It’s part of our Linfield Football Creed, and I’ve come to live by those words. They are more and more relevant the more I experience.
 
AS A LINFIELD STUDENT-ATHLETE, MY GOALS INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY FOR MY TEAM ARE… To maximize our potential while minimizing our injuries. We are going to face adversity; we’re not the biggest or fastest team out there, but what we have perfected our systems and techniques, and we have each other. My goal for us as a team is to cash in on all the hard work we’ve put in and get some sweet revenge for last season's game against Whitworth.
 

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