2018 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned the Nittany Lion Club Award, presented to the senior with the highest grade point average, at the team's awards banquet.
Season: Appeared in one game...One of 40 players to make their Penn State debut this season.
at Indiana (10/20): Named the coaching staff's Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week. Maryland (11/24): Made his Penn State debut...Saw action on special teams.
2017 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Did not see any game action...Named Academic All-Big Ten...Earned Dean's List accolades in the 2017 fall and 2018 spring semesters, including a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in the spring...Selected as a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
2016 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Added as a run-on in September...Did not see any game action...Named to the Dean's List in the spring of 2017.
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-time letterwinner for head coach Adam Collachi at Council Rock High School North...Was team captain as a senior...Named first-team All-Suburban One as a senior...Selected as a 2014 Pennsylvania Mini Max Award winner from the Maxwell Football Club...Was invited to the Bucks County Lions Football All-Star Classic...Selected as the team’s Most Outstanding Offensive Player in 2014...Accounted for 837 rushing yards, 406 receiving yards and 445 return yards with 16 total touchdowns as a senior...Registered 427 rushing yards and 213 return yards with four total touchdowns as a junior...Ran indoor track for three years and outdoor track for two...Played baseball and ran track...Was a state qualifier in track all five Seasons...Set the school record in the 55-, 60- and 110-meters...Was a member of the National Honor Society and the Science National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Full name is Christopher Michael Welde...Son of Michelle and Joel Welde...Has a younger brother, Michael, and older sister, Brittany...Father, Joel, played football at the University of Dayton...Hobbies include drawing, listening to music and working out...Majoring in mechanical engineering...Born February 9, 1997 in New Haven, Connecticut.