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2007: Saw action in 11 games as a true freshman linebacker and registered 19 tackles (eight solos) to earn a spot on The Sporting News' All-Big 12 freshman team ... Registered a career-high five tackles (two solo) vs. Colorado; one of five multi-tackle games he produced as a rookie ... Also had three stops at No. 4 Oklahoma (1 solo) and vs. Oklahoma State (2 solo) ... Recorded first career interception at Oklahoma, which he returned two yards ... Had one kickoff return for six yards ... Missed season-opener at No. 22 TCU with a knee injury sustained in fall camp ... Played 224 snaps for first Baylor letter with a high of 32, twice. High School: Cedar Hill High School, Cedar Hill, Texas ... One of three sons of former Baylor football All-Americans to follow in their father's footsteps to Waco ... Committed to Baylor prior to the start of senior year ... The son of former Baylor All-American and 1989 consensus All-SWC linebacker James Francis, the younger Francis ranked as nation's 62nd-best outside linebacker by Rivals.com ... 3-star rating by Rivals.com ... Rated 50th on The Dallas Morning News' Area Top 100 list and 80th on the San Antonio Express-News Texas Top 100, Francis joined Cedar Hill teammates Romie Blaylock and John Jones in the Bears' 2007 recruiting class ... Waco Tribune-Herald Top 100 recruit ... 2006 Texas Football Texas Top 300 pick was tabbed one of state's top 20 linebackers by the same publication ... 2006 Texas Sports Writers Association Class 5A Defensive Player of the Year ... First-team Class 5A all-state selection by Texas Sports Writers Association, District 8-5A co-defensive MVP and first-team Dallas Morning News all-area selection ... Totaled 212 tackles, nine tackles for loss, five sacks, three forced fumbles, six fumble recoveries and one interception for the Class 5A Division II champion and 16-0 Longhorns ... Biggest tackle of season came against Garland in state semifinals, when on fourth-and-1, he and teammate Cameron Thompson stopped running back Dwight Hamilton for no gain with eight seconds left to preserve Longhorns' 31-24 victory ... Defensive MVP of Cedar Hill's 51-17 5A Division II state championship victory over Cypress Falls ... Credited with 136 tackles as a junior en route to first-team District 7-5A honors ... Active in FCA ... Also considered Colorado, UConn, Houston, Missouri, Rice, TCU, Tulane, UNLV and UTEP ... Coached by Joey McGuire at the District 8-5A school. Personal: The son of James Francis and Rosalyn Johnson, Chris Michael Francis was born Nov. 25, 1988, in Waco, Texas ... Father, James, was a first-round draft choice of the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals in the 1990 NFL Draft and played with the Bengals from 1990 through 1998 before ending career with the Washington Redskins in 1999 ... James Francis is the fifth-leading tackler in Baylor football history with 334 stops and he blocked a single-season school- and NCAA-record eight kicks as a senior in 1989 ... Chris' uncle, cornerback Ron Francis, also played at Baylor and was drafted in the second round of the 1987 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys, where he played from 1987 through 1990 ... Enjoys playing video games and working out ... General studies major. |
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