As a Redshirt Senior (2019): Started all 12 games at left guard for third season in a row ...
Opened the way for rushing attack that was one of only two Big Ten teams to have three players with a 100-yard rushing game ... Contributed to an offense that had three games scoring over 45 points ... Protected Josh Jackson, who had the most touchdown passes by a Maryland quarterback in a first half of a game since 1977 ... Blocked for the second-most points in Maryland history with 79 vs Howard (8/31)
As a Senior (2018): Started all 12 games at left guard ... helped block for the 17th best rushing offense in the country and third best in the Big Ten, averaging 230.2 yards per game ... blocked for a team that tallied six games with over 200 rushing yards ... helped four different running backs record 100-yard games - most in program history ... contributed to freshman running back Anthony McFarland setting freshmen rushing records of season yards (1,022), single game yards (298) and 100-yard games (four) .. part of line that blocked the way for team to rush for 444 yards at Bowling Green (9/8) - the team’s most since 1999 against Virginia (445).
As a Junior (2017): Started all 12 games at left guard ... helped the Maryland running game eclipse 160 yards/g for the third consecutive season - the longest such streak for the program since 2001-03 ... also protected Maryland's four different starting quarterbacks which threw only eight interceptions - the fewest for the program since 2003 ... helped pave the way for Ty Johnson's 132 rush yards against Texas (9/2) and 124 rush yards against Towson (9/9) back-to-back weeks ... also helped Ty Johnson record 130 rush yards against Minnesota (9/30).
As a Sophomore (2016): Appeared in all 13 games, primarily on special teams.
As a Redshirt Freshman (2015): Did not see game action.
As a Freshman (2014): Redshirt season.
At Patchogue-Medford High School: Played offensive tackle and on the defensive line for the Raiders for three seasons … did not allow a sack during his senior season … was the co-winner of the Zellner Award, which is presented to the best offensive lineman in the county by the Suffolk County Football Coaches Association … a second-team selection on the New York State Sportswriters Association Class AA All-State team … tabbed a first-team selection for the Newsday All-Long Island team … named an all-county and all-league selection … rated a three-star prospect by ESPN … tabbed a two-star recruit by Rivals and Scout … ranked the 14th-best prospect in New York by 247Sports.com … coached by Gary Marangi.
Personal: Born in Stony Brook, N.Y. ... parents are Thomas and Candice Christie ... lists wearing eye black as a game-day superstition ... Sociology major.
