Chris Albero

Career Honors Second-team All-Centennial Conference linebacker (2025) Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week (10/12/25) Two-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2024, 25) 2025: Second-team All-Centennial Conference … Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week (10/12) … Started all 11 games at linebacker for the Centennial Conference Champions … Ranked fifth on the team with 55 tackles (32 solo) … Registered four tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks … Broke up two passes … Had a season-high nine tackles during the win versus Muhlenberg (10/11) and the NCAA Tournament game against Eastern (11/29) … Made 1.5 tackles for loss against Catholic (9/20) … Had a sack at Dickinson (10/18) and half a sack in the conference-winning game versus Johns Hopkins (11/15) … Also served as the team’s primary punt returner … Returned 13 punts for a total of 120 yards, with a long return of 51 yards against the Red Devils. 2024: Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Started all 11 games in the secondary, making seven starts at safety and four at cornerback … Also served as a kick and punt returner … Returned five punts for 17 yards and one kick for 16 yards … Made 38 tackles, featuring 22 solo stops, while breaking up five passes … Intercepted a pass at Kean (11/2), in addition to one stop behind the line of scrimmage … Recorded at least four tackles during six different games … Set a season high for both tackles (10) and solo tackles (5) versus Muhlenberg (11/9) … Broke up two passes during the regular season finale at Gettysburg (11/16). 2023: Appeared in all 11 games as the primary kick-off and punt returner … Returned 21 punts for 173 yards, averaging 8.2 yards per attempt, including a long of 36 yards versus Ursinus (10/7) … Returned 13 kickoffs for 177 yards, averaging 13.6 yards per attempt, featuring a long of 24 yards at McDaniel (10/21) … Finished the season with 350 all-purpose yards on his returns … Also saw time in the defensive secondary, registering a tackle against Ursinus and breaking up a pass versus Kean (10/28). High School: Lettered four times in football, spending two seasons as a team captain … Named Offensive Player of the Year, leading his team to a state championship … Two-time first-team all-state quarterback … First-team all-state defensive back … Three-time first-team all-state kicker … Mini Maxwell Award winner … Selected as Archmere’s Best Athlete Award recipient … All-state performer in both baseball and basketball, serving as a team captain for two years on both teams … Leadership Award recipient as a member of the Blue/Gold Team … National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, and National Spanish Honor Society member … Eucharistic Minister.