Chris Highland

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Class: Sophomore Hometown: Normal, Ill. High School: Central Catholic

Height / Weight: 6-2 / 215 Position: LS Experience: 1L

2011: Played in two games as the team's backup longsnapper.

2010: Redshirted.

Bloomington Central Catholic HS: Four-year letterwinner for head coach Bobby Moews ... was the team's starting center and longsnapper and was named the team's lineman of the year ... all-conference honorable mention selection as a senior ... recorded six special teams tackles and recovered two fumbles ... also started at center and served as the team's longsnapper as a junior when it won the state championship ... was the team's longsnapper as a sophomore when BCC was the state runner-up ... also a standout baseball player ... named an all-conference honorable mention selection as a pitcher as a senior.

Personal: Born January 4, 1992, in Normal, Ill. ... son of Dan and Pam Highland ... has two sisters, Danielle and Kelli ... father, Dan, serves as a member of the bench crew at football and men's and women's basketball games at ISU... uncle, Tim, played baseball at Olivet Nazarene ... plans to major in broadcast journalism.