Chris Asumnu Class: Senior Hometown: Houston, Texas High School: Alief Elsik Height / Weight: 6-2 / 300 Position: Defensive Tackle Birthdate: 12/18/1989 Experience: 3L Major: Communication

Career Note: Three-year letterman has 51 tackles (22 solo, 29 assists), two and a half tackles for loss and a sack for his career...has played in 33 career games with 15 starts...is penciled in as the starter at right defensive tackle heading into preseason practice.

2010: Saw action in all 12 games as a junior, including nine starts...finished tied for fifth in sacks (1.0), tied for seventh in tackles for loss (2.5), tied for eighth in pass break-ups (1) and 12th with 20 tackles (7 solo, 13 assists)...had a career-best five stops (3 solo, 2 assists vs Army (10/9)recorded first career tackle for loss with a sack among two stops (1 solo, 1 assist) against Southeastern Louisiana (9/2)...also posted three-tackle performances at UTEP (10/23), which included a half tackle for loss, and at Marshall (11/27).

2009: Played in all 12 games as a sophomore, including six starts...finished tied for 18th overall and tied for fourth among defensive linemen in tackles with 17 (8 solo, 9 assists)...tied a season-high with three tackles vs Tulsa (9/4), against McNeese State (9/26), at Southern Miss (10/24) and at UCF (11/21)...also tallied a two-tackle day at Army (10/3).

2008: Saw action in nine games as a true freshman, including five starts...finished tied for 19th overall and tied for sixth among defensive linemen with 14 tackles (7 solo, 7 assists)...recorded a career-high three tackles vs Army (10/4) and tied the mark at Houston (11/8)...also posted two-tackle outings vs East Carolina (9/12), at LSU (11/1) and vs UAB (11/15)...off the field, was a member of the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll and Tulane's 3.0 Club.

High School: Three-year letterman at Alief Elsik High where he played on both the offensive and defensive lines for coach Bill Barron...earned All-District 18-5A honors his final two seasons as a prepster and was twice named the team's most valuable defensive lineman...as a senior, posted 84 tackles, including 34 tackles for loss and seven sacks, six forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, two pass break-ups and a blocked field goal...as a junior, tallied 76 tackles, including four sacks among 27 tackles for loss, four forced fumbles and a pair of fumble recoveries...also lettered twice in track and field, and twice in power lifting...off the field, is a two-time member of the academic all-state team and the President's Education Awards Program.

Personal: Born Chris Chimezie Asumnu on Dec. 18, 1989, in Houston, Texas...one of four children of Christian and Rose Asumnu...sister, Gloria, was an All-American track standout at Tulane...brother, Stanley, played collegiate basketball at Tennessee and professionally for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Developmental League...majoring in communication.

Asumnu's Career Defensive Statistics

	GP-GS	UT-AT-TT	TFL-Yds	SACK-Yds	FF	FR-Yds	PBU	INT-Yds	Blk
2008	9-5	7-7-14	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0	0-0	0
2009	12-6	8-9-17	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0	0-0	0
2010	10-4	7-13-20	2.5-4	1.0-2	0	0-0	1	0-0	0
Career	31-15	22-29-51	2.5-4	1.0-2	0	0-0	1	0-0	0

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