Billings West's Carlson to play for Harvard
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:04 am
Being a West high alumn and Montana athlete fan I thought i should pass on this news. Chris Carlson from Billings West has verballed to play football for Harvard University. For West, Carlson played WR, CB, P, and PR.
West's Carlson to play at Harvard
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Chris Carlson of Billings West has given Harvard University a verbal commitment to play football at the Ivy League school this fall.
Carlson earned first team all-state honors at four positions for the Golden Bears, who won the state AA championship and finished with a 13-0 record. Carlson was honored as a cornerback, receiver, punter and punt returner.
He caught 36 passes, averaging 25 yards per catch and scoring 12 touchdowns. He returned 12 punts for a 21.3 average with three touchdowns. His punting average was 43.4.
On defense, the 6-foot-1, 178-pounder made 4.7 tackles per game and intercepted two passes.
Carlson has been selected to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl, the Montana-North Dakota Badlands Bowl.
Carlson also considered Montana, Colorado State, Princeton and Cornell before choosing Harvard. He has a 4.0 grade point average and is ranked first in the senior class of 507 students at West High.
Harvard was 7-3 last season, finishing second in the Ivy League to Brown.
