Linebacker, Ole Miss (from Arkansas), 2021–24
Chris Paul Jr.
- Number
- No. 11
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 235 lb
- Class (2024)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Cordele, GA
- Born
- Nov 4, 2002
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Chris Paul Jr. played linebacker at Arkansas (2021–23) and Ole Miss (2024). The Los Angeles Rams took Paul in round 5, No. 172 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
12tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Oklahoma, 20242sacks, career highvs. LSU, 2022Honors
All-America: USA Today 2024
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Arkansas | 11 | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2022 | Arkansas | 11 | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2023 | Arkansas | 11 | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2024 | Ole Miss | 11 | LB | Jr. (Yr 4) | 6′1″ | 235 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2024 Ole Miss 12 games, 87 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Furman | W 76–0 | 8 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Middle Tennessee | W 52–3 | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | at Wake Forest | W 40–6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Georgia Southern | W 52–13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Kentucky | L 17–20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | at South Carolina | W 27–3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | at LSU | L 26–29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 26 | vs. Oklahoma | W 26–14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | at Arkansas | W 63–31 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Georgia | W 28–10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | at Florida | L 17–24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | vs. Mississippi State | W 26–14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2023 Arkansas 11 games, 74 tackles, 2 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Western Carolina | W 56–13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Kent State | W 28–6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. BYU | L 31–38 | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | atLSU | L 31–34 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Texas A&M | L 22–34 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | at Ole Miss | L 20–27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 21 | vs.Mississippi State | L 3–7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | atFlorida | W 39–36 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Auburn | L 10–48 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. Florida International | W 44–20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Missouri | L 14–48 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Arkansas 12 games, 50 tackles, 3.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Cincinnati | W 31–24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs.South Carolina | W 44–30 | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Missouri State | W 38–27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs.Texas A&M | L 21–23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Alabama | L 26–49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | atMississippi State | L 17–40 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | atBYU | W 52–35 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | atAuburn | W 41–27 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Liberty | L 19–21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.LSU | L 10–13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs.Ole Miss | W 42–27 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | atMissouri | L 27–29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Arkansas 1 game, 1 tackle
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23 | vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 45–3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine or pro day 2025 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′1″ |
| Weight | 222 lb |
| Arm length | 29⅞″ |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ |
| Wingspan | 75⅜″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.63 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.62 s |
| Vertical jump | 36″ |
| Broad jump | 9′9″ |
| 3-cone drill | 7.46 sW |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.45 sW |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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