Erik Chinander

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Hometown: Allison, IA High School: Allison-Bristow HS Height / Weight: 6-0 / 260

Position: Offensive Line

2002 Honors - - Team Leader Award, offense.

2002 - - Did not see action in first 10 games of the season . . . first action of the season came in win over Northwestern as offense rushed for 245 yards and gained 475 yards total offense . . . suffered knee injury late in the season and missed final games vs. Minnesota and Southern Cal . . . 2001 - - did not see any game action . . . 2000 - - did not see any game action . . . 1999 - - did not see any game action . . . 1998 - - redshirted after joining the team as a walk-on.

High school honors - - First team all-state as a senior by the Des Moines Register and second team all-state by the Iowa Newspaper Association . . . first team all-conference as a senior and second team as a junior . . . Career - - recorded 64 tackles as a senior, including three QB sacks . . . had 31 tackles and two sacks as a junior . . . team captain as a senior . . . earned four letters in football, playing both offense and defense . . . three in track and field and baseball and one in basketball.

Personal - - Born 12/19/79 . . . open major . . . earned academic all-District honors and was member of National Honor Society . . . parents are Ann and Gene Chinander . . . brother of Iowa LB Bret Chinander . . . high school coach was his father, Gene Chinander.