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Sacramento State

2025 Football Roster

8 Kris Ross

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 262
  • Year Junior
  • Position DL
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • High School North Shore HS
  • Previous School Nevada
  • Experience TR

Biography

Prior to Sacramento State
  • Played the 2024 season at Nevada where he started six games.
  • Finished the season with 29 total tackles, with at least one in all 12 games.
  • Recorded six tackles against Oregon State and at Troy and had five tackles at Boise State.
  • Was credited with sacks at Hawaii and Oregon State and a half-sack at Troy.
  • Had two PBU at San Jose State.
  • Attended Texas during the 2022 and 2023 seasons.
  • Redshirted in 2022 after appearing in one game.
  • Recorded a pair of tackles against Louisiana Monroe.
  • Appeared in three games during the 2023 campaign.
  • Had one tackle and a quarterback hurry in the season-opening victory over Rice.
  • Also played at Alabama and against Wyoming.
High School
  • A 2022 graduate of North Shore HS in Houston, Texas.
  • Ranked No. 61 nationally, No. 7 among defensive linemen and No. 13 overall in the state of Texas by On3.
  • Rated No. 171 nationally, No. 14 among defensive tackles and No. 29 overall in the state of Texas by ESPN.
  • Ranked No. 34 nationally among defensive linemen and No. 37 overall in the state of Texas by 247Sports.
  • Rated No. 35 nationally among defensive tackles and No. 58 overall in the state of Texas by Rivals.
  • Chosen to the 2021 Super Team Third Team, the Texas Top 300 and as a Top 10 defensive lineman by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football.
  • Selected Touchdown Club of Houston Defensive Player of the Year in 2021.
  • Named overall Most Valuable Player of District 21-6A and first-team all-district in 2021.
  • Part of a defense that has allowed just 14.4 points per game with five games of seven points or fewer and two shutouts.
  • Helped North Shore to a 14-1 overall record, including a 6-0 district mark and title, and an appearance in the 6A Division 1 championship game in 2021.
  • Named first-team All-District 21-6A in 2020.
  • Also started a game at left tackle against Westlake in the state semifinals.
  • Part of a defense that allowed just 14.3 points per game, including five games of seven points or fewer and a three-game stretch of 12 total points with one shutout.
  • Helped North Shore to a 14-1 overall record, including a 6-0 district mark and title, and an appearance in the 6A Division 1 semifinals in 2020.
  • Played at Port Arthur HS as a sophomore.
  • Also competed in track & field and finished fourth in the 2021 Class 6A shot put (60-3.5) with a PR of 60-9.
Personal
  • Mother, Tinnequo Lightfoot-Ross coached track & field at Southern University.

Statistics

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