Utah State University Athletics

2018 (SR): Started all 13 games and finished the season second on the team, 14th in the Mountain West and 96th in the nation with 100 tackles (36-solo, 64-assist)... Tied for fourth on the team with 5.0 tackles for loss... Also had 0.5 sacks and one fumble recovery... Posted double digits in tackles three times during the year, including a career-high 15 stops at No. 21 Boise State (11/24)... Had 13 tackles a week earlier at Colorado State (11/17)... Also had 14 tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss, at Wyoming (10//20)... Recovered his only fumble of the season at BYU (10/5)... Had five or more tackles in nine games during the season, and eight or more tackles in seven games.   

2017 (JR): Started all 12 games he played in and finished the season fourth on the team with 71 tackles (32-solo, 39-assist)... Lead the team with three forced fumbles and tied for fourth on the team with 4.0 tackles for loss, while adding 1.0 sacks... Ranked 32nd in the Mountain West in tackles per game (5.9), and was fifth in the conference and 32nd nationally in forced fumbles per game (0.25)... Had a career-high 10 tackles against BYU (9/29) for his first-career double-digit tackle outing... Added a forced fumble, a quarterback hurry and 1.0 tackles for loss against the Cougars... Had eight tackles and a forced fumble at San José State (9/23), and eight tackles and a forced fumble at Air Force (11/25)... Also had eight tackles, to go along with 1.0 tackles for loss, and recovered his first career fumble against New Mexico State (12/29) in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl... His only sack of the season was against Hawai’i (11/18)... Also had his only pass breakup of the season against the Rainbow Warriors... Finished the season by recording at least one tackle in all 12 games he played in and had at least five stops in nine different games.

2016 (SO): Played in 10 games during the season, making two starts… Finished the season with 39 tackles (17-solo, 22-assist), which included 2.0 sacks and 4.0 tackles for loss, while adding one quarterback hurry… Had a season-high nine tackles against Fresno State (10/22) and then added eight tackles, including 1.0 sacks and 1.5 tackles for loss, the following weekend against San Diego State (10/28) in his first career start… Had eight stops, including 0.5 tackles for loss, the following weekend at Wyoming (11/5) before missing the rest of the season due to injury… Had four tackles, including 1.0 sacks and a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss, against Arkansas State (9/16).

2015 (RS-FR): Played on special teams in the first three games of the season against Southern Utah (9/3), at Utah (9/11) and at Washington (9/19), before missing the remainder of the season due to injury... Did not record any stats.

2014 (RS): Redshirted during his first season at Utah State.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played in just four games during his senior season at Stansbury High School in Tooele, Utah, as he rushed for 208 yards on 41 carries (5.0 ypc) and was 12-of-25 passing for 133 yards with one touchdown, while recording 20 total tackles, including 2.0 tackles for loss... Was named the Region 11 and North Region 3AA Most Valuable Player and earned Utah Class 3AA first-team all-state honors from both the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News as a prep junior as he rushed for 953 yards on 116 carries (8.2 ypc) with 19 touchdowns, and completed 41-of-85 passes for 680 yards with 11 touchdowns and just two interceptions... Also recorded 68 total tackles as a junior and added one interception as he helped lead the Stallions to back-to-back Region 11 titles... Was also named the Region 11 and North Region 3AA Most Valuable Player as a sophomore, along with earning Utah Class 3AA second-team all-state honors after rushing for 1,149 yards on 150 carries (7.6 ypc) with 19 touchdowns, while completing 39-of-88 passes for 527 yards with four touchdowns... Also competed in track & field and placed fourth at the Utah Class 3AA state championships as a senior in the 100m with a time of 11.27.

PERSONAL: One of four children of Clint and Kristi Christiansen... Married to Nicole Stanworth... Graduated from Utah State in December of 2018 with a civil engineering degree.

CAREER STATS

CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 15, at Boise State (11/24/18); Sacks: 1.0, vs. three opponents; TFL: 2.0, vs. Arkansas State (9/16/16); FF: 1, vs. three opponents; FR: 1, vs. two opponents; PBU: 1, vs. three opponents; QBH: 1, vs. two opponents.