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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2008 Football

73 Chris Kovalcik

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 290
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool St. Sebastian's

Biography

                         Games Played        Games Started            100-Yard Rushers
Career Totals               24                              21                                     9

Chris started in all 10 games for Penn for the second straight season last season ... 2008 First Team All-Ivy ... 2007 Honorable Mention All-Ivy ... Penn’s offensive line was second in the Ivy League in fewest sacks allowed ...    Penn ranked in the top-10 in the country in fewest sacks allowed his junior year ...     Three different Quakers ran for over 100 yards behind his blocking in 2008 ...     Helped Penn outgain the top Ivy League offense in each of the last two games.

2007: Played in and started in all 10 games last season ... Earned honorable mention All-Ivy ... One of the anchors on an offensive line that led Ivy League and finished seventh nationally in sacks allowed per game (0.90).

2006: Played in seven games as a sophomore ... Started at tackle at Bucknell (10/7) and played against Columbia, Princeton, Harvard, Yale and Brown. Also started against Cornell. 

2005: Did not see any varsity game action.

St. Sebastian’s School: Two-year letterwinner in football ... Three-year letterwinner in hockey ... Earned All-New England, all-scholastic and all-league honors as a senior for football ... Spanish National Honor Society member.

Personal: Born July 15, 1987 in Trenton, N.J. ... Son of Loren and John Kovalcik ... Brother is a pitcher for Navy’s baseball team ... Uncle Robert Arston played basketball at Navy ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences as a communications major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 73

    2005Freshman

    OL
    6'4" 290 lbs
    73
  • 73

    2006Sophomore

    OL
    6'4" 290 lbs
    73
  • 73

    2007Junior

    OL
    6'4" 290 lbs
    73
  • 73

    2008Senior

    OL
    6'4" 290 lbs
    73