2020 Football Roster

Jersey Number 9
Jackson Chryst
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 204
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Palo Alto, Calif.
- High School:
- Palo Alto
2019 (FRESHMAN)
• Did not play. Redshirted
PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL
• Letterwinner for head coach Nelson Gifford
• Led Palo Alto High School to a 10-2 record as a senior in 2018. Palo Alto had posted four losing seasons prior to 2018
• Named the San Francisco Chronicle’s Player of the Year for the Peninsula/South Bay in 2018
• Completed 150-of-272 passes attempted for 2,714 yards and 34 touchdowns as a senior
• As a junior, played in nine games, throwing for 887 yards and eight touchdowns
• Saw his QB rating rise from 37.9 as a sophomore to 74.2 as a junior, then finish at 128.4 his senior season
PERSONAL
• Born in San Diego, Calif.
• Son of Shelley and Geep Chryst
• Father, Geep, has been with the Denver Broncos, San Francisco 49ers, Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals, San Diego Chargers and Chicago Bears as an assistant coach
• Uncle, Paul, is a former offensice coordinator at OSU and current HC at Wisconsin
• Brother is former Stanford quarterback Kellen Chryst
• Has one sister, Gillian
• Majoring in business administration
• Chose Oregon State because “I really like Corvallis and the people with the football program.”
• Did not play. Redshirted
PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL
• Letterwinner for head coach Nelson Gifford
• Led Palo Alto High School to a 10-2 record as a senior in 2018. Palo Alto had posted four losing seasons prior to 2018
• Named the San Francisco Chronicle’s Player of the Year for the Peninsula/South Bay in 2018
• Completed 150-of-272 passes attempted for 2,714 yards and 34 touchdowns as a senior
• As a junior, played in nine games, throwing for 887 yards and eight touchdowns
• Saw his QB rating rise from 37.9 as a sophomore to 74.2 as a junior, then finish at 128.4 his senior season
PERSONAL
• Born in San Diego, Calif.
• Son of Shelley and Geep Chryst
• Father, Geep, has been with the Denver Broncos, San Francisco 49ers, Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals, San Diego Chargers and Chicago Bears as an assistant coach
• Uncle, Paul, is a former offensice coordinator at OSU and current HC at Wisconsin
• Brother is former Stanford quarterback Kellen Chryst
• Has one sister, Gillian
• Majoring in business administration
• Chose Oregon State because “I really like Corvallis and the people with the football program.”
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