Christian Turner

Height:
5-11
Weight:
200
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Buford, Ga.
High School:
Buford
Deals:

2022 (Redshirt Junior)
Tallied a career-best 516 yards on a career-high 128 carries while also scoring a career-best seven touchdowns during his final season with the Demon Deacons, helping lead the team to its seventh consecutive bowl game and back-to-back bowl wins with a victory over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl…In 12 games during the 2022 campaign, Turner found the endzone in five games including having two games with multiple touchdowns in wins over VMI and Army en route to the Deacs 6-1 start and tying the program’s highest AP Poll ranking at No. 10…Ran for a career-high 100 yards and two touchdowns, including a 35-yard score against VMI while also having a career-best 118 total yards…Carried the ball a career-high 20 times in the ranked victory at Florida State while also having a touchdown in the win…In his final home game, Turner tallied 69 yards on 16 carries to help the Deacs grab their seventh win of the season.

2021 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Totaled 506 rushing yards on 126 carries including five rushing touchdowns during his first season in Winston-Salem, all were collegiate bests and he finishes third on the team in rushing yards…Collected a career-best two rushing touchdowns versus Norfolk State (Sept. 11)..Tallied a career high 18 rushing attempts at Boston College (Nov. 27)…Set new career highs against Duke with 75 rushing yards and the longest run of his career, 48 yards (Oct. 30)...Caught a season-high in two receptions for a season-high 19 yards at North Carolina (Nov. 6)...Made his Wake Forest debut against Old Dominion where he recorded eight rushing attempts for 37 yards.

Prior to Wake Forest

Appeared in 14 games in his career and earned two varsity letters (2018-19) … Carried the ball 64 times for 270 yards and one touchdown during his career in Ann Arbor … Totaled five career receptions for 29 yards.

Junior (2020)

Saw action on special teams against Wisconsin (Nov. 14).

Sophomore (2019)

Played in 10 games at running back and on special teams … Rushed 44 times for 171 yards (3.9 avg.) and scored one touchdown … Caught four passes for 13 yards … Led the team with 11 carries for 48 yards and scored his first-career touchdown against Rutgers (Sept. 28) … Carried the ball 11 times for 49 yards against Middle Tennessee State (Aug. 31) … Produced 17 yards on six carries and caught a four-yard pass at Wisconsin (Sept. 21) … Missed the final three games of the season due to an injury sustained during practice.

Freshman (2018)

Played in three games and earned his first varsity letter ...Carried the ball 20 times for 99 yards and had a 16-yard reception … Made his career debut vs. Nebraska (Sept. 22) at running back and on special teams … Recorded 10 carries for 55 yards against the Cornhuskers … Played snaps at running back vs. Wisconsin (Oct. 13), rushing three times for eight yards … Gained 32 yards on seven carries and made a 16-yard catch against Florida in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (Dec. 29).

High School

Attended Buford High School and was coached by John Ford … Helped lead Buford to a 13-2 record and Class AAAAA runner-up finish in 2016, followed by an 11-2 record and a Class

AAAAA state semifinal appearance in 2017 … Carried the ball 115 times for 801 yards

and 10 touchdowns during his senior year … Selected for Georgia's All-Region 8-AAAAA team, which was voted on by coaches following his senior season … Rushed for 1,115 yards on 135 carries and scored 18 touchdowns as a junior in 2016 … Totaled 82 carries for 789 yards and nine touchdowns as a sophomore in 2015 … Named a 247Sports three-star prospect, rated the No. 37 running back and No. 60 overall player in Georgia … ESPN four-star recruit, ranked No. 46 in the state of Georgia and the No. 21 prospect at running back … Rivals three-star recruit, rated the No. 18 running back nationally and No. 47 player in Georgia … Invited to play for the National USA 19U football team in the International Bowl at AT&T Stadium where he ran 11 times for 86 yards and two touchdowns, also caught two passes in his team's win … Attended the 2017 Nike The Opening camp.

Personal

Born November 22, 1999 … Son of Ulysess Turner and Amanda Jones-Gouls … Began playing football at 10 years old … First position was linebacker … Prior to playing football, Christian played basketball and wrestled … Talented musician and creative writer. Majoring in Communications.