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68 Chris Flaig

  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 302
  • Position Offensive Guard
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Vero Beach, Fla.
  • High School Vero Beach

Biography

2016 (Junior): Appeared in four games on the offensive line for the Panthers…Part of an offensive line that helped produce 4,503 yards of total offense (No. 4 all-time for yards in a season at FIU)...The Panthers rushed for 1,783 yards (third-most in school history) and produced 2,720 yards through the air... Led an offensive line that gained 516 yards of total offensive versus Marshall (11/19)...The Panthers rushed for 259 yards (eighth-most in school history) versus the Thundering Herd...Helped FIU gain 517 total yards, the ninth most in school history, against Middle Tennessee (10/29)...Made season debut versus the Blue Raiders…Named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (3.0 GPA-or-better).

2015 (Sophomore): Part of an offensive line that gained 4,173 yards (fifth-most in school history), including 2,854 through the air (second-most in school history)...Helped FIU record a school-record 22 TD passes and 15 rushing TDs (sixth-most in school history)...FIU’s o-line helped the Panthers gain over 400 yards of total offense six times...Made FIU debut at UCF as a backup and on special teams (9/3).

2014 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not see game action...Named to the 2014-15 C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (3.0 GPA-or-better).

2013 (Freshman): Redshirted the 2013 season.

Vero Beach: 2012 and 2011 Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers All-Area Honorable Mention...No. 10 on the Orlando Sentinel’s 2013 Mideast Florida Super60...2011 Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) All-District 19 Second-Team...2010 FACA All-District 19 Honorable Mention...committed on July 31, 2012...also competed on the varsity weightlifting (2009, 2011) and basketball (2009, 2010) teams.

Personal: Parents – Chris and Cynthia Flaig…siblings, Andrea and Joey...born December 27th, 1994…began playing football as a high school freshman...Majoring in international business…describes himself as a die-hard fisherman.

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Historical Player Information

  • 68

    2014Freshman

    Offensive Guard
    6'5" 294 lbs
    68
  • 68

    2015Sophomore

    Offensive Guard
    6'5" 302 lbs
    68
  • 68

    2016Junior

    Offensive Guard
    6'5" 302 lbs
    68