2005 General Roster
Roster
Chris Thorner
- Position:
- Defensive Tackle
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 299
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- West Suffield, CT
- High School:
- Northwest Catholic West
At SU:
Three letters … Moved to defensive tackle during 2004 preseason camp after being listed as the second-string offensive guard entering the camp … Member of the 2006 Fall Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … Redshirted in 2002.Senior Year (2006):
One of 13 players to start all 12 games … At Illinois, registered two tackles … Against Miami (OH), recorded two tackles … Against Wyoming, registered first career sack and made two tackles … Against Pittsburgh, recorded one tackle … At West Virginia, had one tackle … Against Louisville, registered one tackle … At Cincinnati, had two tackles … At South Florida, recorded three tackles including one for a loss … Against Connecticut, made one tackle.Junior Year (2005): Was one of 36 players to see action in all 11 games … Recorded six tackles against West Virginia, including three solo tackles, and a quarterback hurry … Against Virginia, posted five tackles, including two solo… Recorded two solo tackles at Florida State … At Connecticut, had four tackles, including one solo tackle … Against Rutgers, posted two tackles … Recorded one tackle versus Pittsburgh and Cincinnati … At Notre Dame, had two tackles.
Sophomore Year (2004): Played in all 12 games … Made 23 tackles, including one for a loss … Broke up one pass and recovered one fumble … At Purdue and against Pittsburgh, had one solo tackle … At Buffalo, Virginia and Boston College, posted two tackles … Against Rutgers, had one solo tackle and his first career fumble recovery … Against Florida State, tallied four tackles, including three solo and his first for a loss … At West Virginia, posted a career-best six tackles, including two solo … At Temple, recorded three tackles.
Freshman Year (2003): Appeared in five games, versus Central Florida, Toledo, Boston College, Temple and Notre Dame.
High School: Named to the New Haven Register and Hartford Courant All-State teams as a senior … Posted 75 tackles and 12 sacks as senior … Did not give up a sack in 700 pass attempts during his senior and junior seasons … Also played center for the school basketball team.
Personal: Christopher John Thorner … Born September 29, 1983 in Hartford, Conn. … Son of Gregory and Susan Thorner … One sister … Majoring in history.
Thorner's Career Statistics
Year
Tackles
Assists
Tot.
TFL
Sacks
Int.
FF
Fumble Rec.
2004
9
14
23
1.0-2
0.0-0
0
0
1
2005
10
16
26
0.5-1
0.0-0
0
0
0
2006
9
6
15
2.0-9
1.0-8
0
0
0
Total
28
36
64
2.5-11
1.0-8
0
0
1
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Thorner's Career Bests
| Tackles | Solo | 3 vs. Florida State, 2004 |
| Assists | 4 vs. West Virginia, 2004 | |
| Total | 6 vs. West Virginia, 2004 | |
| Fumble Rec. | 1 vs. Rutgers, 2004 | |
| Pass Breakups | 1 vs. Florida State, 2004 | |
| Sacks | 1.0/8 vs. Wyoming, 2006 | |
| TFL-Yds. | 1.0-2 vs. Florida State, 2004 |
