'07 WA TE Chris Izbicki (Transfer from Washington)

[TJames]

bio from washington

Chris Izbicki

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Kirkland, Wash.

High School:
Lake Washington

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 246

Position:
TE

Experience:
1V







2010: Played in 10 of 13 games during the 2010 season ... missed Stanford and Oregon games due to injury ... started the Syracuse game ... totaled two pass receptions ... one catch for 15 yards at BYU and one for one yard at USC ... USC reception was a touchdown catch.

2009: Saw action in all 12 games as the Huskies' No. 2 tight end ... started five of 12 games in two tight end formations: vs. LSU, Idaho, Stanford, Arizona and Oregon ... first career reception was a two-yard touchdown in the victory over Idaho ... had a six-yard reception in the win over Arizona ... also had a catch in the victory over No. 19 California ... also posted a pair of tackles in the Stanford game.

2008: Didn't see any game action during his redshirt freshman season ... named the UW's offensive scout team player of the week for the Oklahoma game.

2007: Redshirted his true freshman season at Washington ... named the team's offensive service team player of the week for the Stanford game.

HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL: Named All-KingCo 4A second-team tight end after 2006 season ... ranked the No. 8 tight end recruit in the country by Tom Lemming of CSTV ... selected to play in the Offensse-Defense All-America Bowl in Fort Lauderdale following the 2006 season ... a Seattle Times preseason all-state pick in 2006 ... missed a good portion of his senior season due to injury ... one of 20 football players from the state of Washington named a "red chip" prospect by the Seattle Times ... named to the "Western 100" by the Tacoma News-Tribune ... named to the Long Beach Press-Telegram's "Best in the West" first team ... selected as the nation's No. 67 recruit (all position) by SI.com in its midseason report ... ranked the No. 4 tight end prospect in the country by Scout, which also calls him the state of Washington's No. 1 prospect overall ... also the No. 4 ranked prospect on SuperPrep's Northwest 100 list ... tabbed the No. 13 tight end recuit in the nation and the No. 1 overall recruit in Washington by Rivals ... a PrepStar All-America selection ... helped Kangs to a 7-4 record in 2006 ... Kangs beat Franklin, 35-34 in a KingCo 4A tie-breaker game to earn a trip to the state tournament ... caught 24 passes for 299 yards while compiling 70 total tackles and three sacks as a linebacker in 2006 ... made second-team All-KingCo 4A as a tight end in 2006 after having been the first-team selection as a junior in 2005 ... also played baseball for the Kangs ... coached by Mike Merrill.


Izbicki's Career Statistics

RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g

2009 11 3 7 1 6 0.3 2.3 0.6

2010 10 2 16 1 15 0.2 8.0 1.6

TOTAL 21 5 23 2 15 0.2 4.6 1.1






SCORING g td rush rcv ret pat 2pat fg total avg/g

2009 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0.5

2010 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0.6

TOTAL 21 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 0.6







ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g

2009 11 0 7 0 0 0 7 0.6

2010 10 0 16 0 0 0 16 1.6

TOTAL 21 0 23 0 0 0 23 1.1






TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk

2009 11 2 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 0

2010 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

TOTAL 21 2 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 0

 

[nwi stater]

You mean up to isu!!

 

[goindystate]

again, welcome Chris! Looking forward to seeing you close out your collegiate football career in style! And it's great he's coming here knowing people already!

 

[Jason Svoboda]

Wow, surprised he left so quickly. Maybe he figured he would be able to unseat Alex Jones being he came in from Washington. This kinda sucks because we used the hell out of Jones and Mardis last year and he would have gotten plenty of PT.

 

[new sycamore fan]

Another "big time" recruit that just wasn't a very good player. Like I've said many times here, there is usually a reason players transfer from FBS schools to FCS, and generally speaking they just weren't good enough (although many carry the attitude that they are stooping down to come down a level and expect to be the star). It's too bad they can't just fit in and enjoy the new opportunity they've been given.

 

[longsnapper coach]

so are you saying that the 4 transfer players Indiana/Wash/Mich state/ Bowling green we aquired are not going to make any type of positive contribution? wow. 1 game and everyone is an expert. so would you rather trade the 4 transfers with 4 high school 1st year players? I think that anytime you can aquire experienced players vs high school seniors, it should be a positive.

 

[IndyTreeFan]

so are you saying that the 4 transfer players Indiana/Wash/Mich state/ Bowling green we aquired are not going to make any type of positive contribution? wow. 1 game and everyone is an expert. so would you rather trade the 4 transfers with 4 high school 1st year players? I think that anytime you can aquire experienced players vs high school seniors, it should be a positive.

Wow. Didn't take long for ISU fans to come out against each other. You totally overreacted to what nsf said. He was only commenting on one player, and was making a logical assumption at that. He didn't pan all transfers - if you'd been here long enough, you'd know that this team and all its players have no greater ally than nsf. Calm down.

And no, it isn't ALWAYS better to take a transfer over a high school kid. Can be, but it's not a given.

 

[Callmedoc]

It is all a situational thing...like comparing Ronnie to stutzriem...different guys who took to the situation differently...wasn't a fit for izbicki and I hope him the best in the future..

 

[Callmedoc]

He didn't pan all transfers - if you'd been here long enough, you'd know that this team and all its players have no greater ally than nsf. Calm down.

couldn't speak truer words ITF...NSF does have a point sometimes transfers come in thinking they are going to be playing against the little sisters of the poor and then realize that this level is still pretty darn tough...

 

[new sycamore fan]

In the 4 years as a "new" Sycamore fan, and watching all of the MVFC teams very closely, there are far more FBS transfers that do not contribute significantly than those, like Ronnie Fouch, Jewel Hampton at SIU this year, Evan Frierson at ILS this year...that do. My comment was made before yesterday's game, and did not "target" all of this years' transfers to the Sycamores. I hope all of the ones that are staying do contribute significantly--we are just not off to a rousing start with one having left and one suspended. If you noticed in a previous thread, I was very happy that we added an experienced long snapper, which was a need for us. I still feel that way, so please read things in context.