Chris Favoroso

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Height:
6-3
Weight:
245
Position:
DE
Hometown:
Port St. Lucie, Fla.
High School:
Jensen Beach HS
Prev School:
Arizona Western

2017: Favoroso is a mid-year transfer to Montana from Arizona Western and joined the team for spring drills. He will have three years of eligibility left.

2016 (Ariz. Western): All-WSFL first team defensive end… All-ACCAC honors... Named NJCAA National Defensive Player of the Week for week one… Helped his team win the WSFL championship… Helped lead the Matadors to the Junior College National Championship game… Team’s leading tackler with 65 tackles… Ranked second in ACCAC in sacks with 10.5 and tied for fourth in the nation with 22 tackles for loss…

2015 (Appalachian State): Was a redshirt freshman at App. St.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-time letterwinner in football and three-time letterwinner in wrestling… Three-time wrestling All-American… Two-time wrestling state champion… Two-time All-Area first team member… East Region 1 first team in 2014… All-State in 6A football in 2015… All-Area Defensive Player of the Year and East Region Defensive Player of the Year in 2015… Named to ESPN’s top-63 in South Florida as a senior… Tallied the most sacks of any high school football player in the state of Florida with 31… NHSCA High School Wrestling Nationals third place (2012), second place (2013) and sixth place (2014-injured in semifinal)... Ranked by InterMat as the No. 3 wrestler in the nation… Ranked as the No. 1 220lb wrestler in the southeastern U.S…. Two-time All-Area Wrestler of the Year…

PERSONAL: Graduated from Jensen Beach HS in Jensen Beach, Fla. in 2015… Birthdate: April 30, 1996… Born in Philadelphia… His parents are Chuck and Heidi Favoroso of Port St. Lucie, Fla…. His brother Chuck Favoroso is a two-time Special Olympics gold medalist in powerlifting for the state of Florida… He is a business major.