Norfolk State University Athletics

2021 (Senior)
All-MEAC first-team performer … Started all 11 games at one defensive end position … Tallied 40 tackles, 7.5 for loss, with 5.5 sacks and four QB hurries on the year … Ranked second in the MEAC in sacks behind teammate De’Shaan Dixon … Also ranked ninth in the league in tackles for loss … Posted a sack at Toledo in the season opener … Made two sacks and three total tackles against Elizabeth City State, earning MEAC Defensive Player of the Week honors … Recorded seven tackles, 1.5 for loss, and one sack against Virginia Lynchburg … Chipped in two quarterback hurries and a pass breakup against VUL as well … Also made seven tackles and a sack against Morgan State … Made five stops at N.C. Central … Played in the HBCU Legacy Bowl following the season.

2020 (COVID)
NSU did not play due to COVID-19.

2019 (Junior)
Started all 12 games at defensive end in his first season at NSU … Earned All-MEAC third-team honors … Tied for the MEAC lead with 9.0 sacks – most by a Spartan since Deon King had 9.5 in 2013 … Myers also had a team-high 10.0 tackles for loss among his 36 total tackles … Also had five quarterback hurries, one fumble recovery and one pass deflection … Opened the year with a sack and a quarterback hurry at Old Dominion … Posted two sacks, five tackles and a pass breakup against Virginia State … Made one tackle for loss at Coastal Carolina … Recorded 1.5 sacks and a QB hurry at Howard … Logged a season-high 2.5 sacks in the win at N.C. Central … Matched his season high with five tackles, including half a sack, and recovered a fumble at Delaware State … Also made one sack in the season finale against South Carolina State.

At Middle Tennessee (Freshman/Sophomore Years)
Played in 13 games as a sophomore and seven as a freshman, seeing most of his time on special teams … Redshirted the 2016 season.

High School
Lettered in football and basketball at LaVergne … Rated a three-star recruit by 247 Sports as a tight end and ranked the No. 33 player in the state … Was the No. 38 player on the Tennessee Super Prep 44 … Selected to play in the East-West All-Star Classic, where he registered two sacks.

Personal
Christopher John-Lee Myers was born on May 18, 1998 … Son of Robert and Millicent Myers … Majoring in interdisciplinary studies … Older brother, Robert, was a fifth-round draft pick of the Baltimore Ravens in 2015 who had stints with the Ravens, Colts, Broncos and Seahawks.

Myers’ Career Highs
Tackles: 7 (2x,, last vs. Morgan State, 10-30-21)
TFL: 2.5 (at N.C. Central, 11-9-19)
Sacks: 2.5 (at N.C. Central, 11-9-19)
PBU: 1 (2x, last vs. Virginia Lynchburg, 10-16-21)
FR: 1 (at Delaware State, 11-16-19)