Returns for fourth season as The Rock’s placekicking specialist ... Listed on the 40-man preseason Watch List for Fred Mitchell Outstanding Place-Kicker Award that includes the top kickers from Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), NCAA Division II, NCAA III and NAIA schools nominated by their colleges for excellence on the football field and in the community ... One of only eight Division II kickers and one of eight Pennsylvania student-athletes on the Watch List ... Has been successful on 112 of 116 extra point attempts and 25 of 40 field goal tries ... Ranks second on SRU's career PATs list, third on career FGs list and seventh on all-time scoring list with 187 points ... Three-time PSAC Scholar-Athlete.
2010: Appeared in nine games … Earned first-team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division honor … Named as a semifinalist for the 2010 William V. Campbell Trophy … Earned Third Team D2PRODAY.COM Preseason All-America honor …Was The Rock's second leading scorer with 55 points … Went 10-for-13 on field goal attempts with a long of 47 yards … Made both field goal attempts of over 40 yards … Was 25-for-28 on extra point attempts … Ranked fourth in the PSAC in field goals kicked per game and sixth in scoring by a kicker … Finished four-year Rock career ranked second in extra points (135) and tied for fifth place on SRU’s all-time scoring list with 242 points .. ... PSAC Scholar-Athlete.
2009: Finalist for inaugural Fred Mitchell Outstanding Place-Kicker Award ... Earned first-team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division and third-team Don Hansen's Football Gazette All-Super Region One honors ... Led The Rock in scoring in 2009 with 54 points (27-28 PATs, 9-14 FGs) ... Tied for fifth in PSAC in field goals kicked per game and ninth in scoring by a kicker ... Had school-record string of 65 successful PATs snapped by a blocked attempt at Gannon Oct. 17 ... String stretched back to Week 10 of the 2007 season ... Booted career-best 48-yard field goal Oct. 3 vs. Mercyhurst ... Came up just shy of crossbar on 49-yard attempt following week at Indiana ... One of 19 Rock football players who earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete status.
2008: Led The Rock and ranked 10th in PSAC in scoring with 65 points ... Was a perfect 35 of 35 on PATs and hit 10 of 15 FGs ... One of only three PSAC kickers to be perfect in PATs ... Ranked fourth in PSAC in kick scoring, tied for fifth in field goals per game (0.91) and sixth in field goal percentage ... Booted career-long 46-yard FG at Indiana (Pa.) ... That was the second longest kick in the PSAC in 2008 ... Nailed 42-yarder in season opener at Seton Hill ... Also averaged 52.5yards per kickoff ... One of 23 Rock football players who earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete status.
2007: Set school record for successful extra point attempts ... Nailed 50 of 53 tries ... Also hit six of 11 field goal attempts, capped off by season-best 32-yarder in season finale at Edinboro ... Rock’s No. 3 scorer with 68 points ... Ranked fourth among PSAC kickers in both scoring and extra point percentage and fifth in field goal accuracy.
HIGH SCHOOL: Nailed 75% of his field goal attempts during his career ... Booted career-best 47-yarder ... Converted 47 of 50 extra-point tries in senior season ... Lettered two seasons in soccer and one season in football ... Led team to District 6 soccer title..
PERSONAL: Christopher Jason Bahr ... Son of Chris and Eve Bahr ... Latest chapter in an outstanding history of athletic success in his family ... Father is a former Penn State and NFL kicker (Bengals, Raiders, Chargers) and former North American Soccer League player (Philadelphia Atoms) ... Nephew of former Penn State and NFL (Steelers, 49ers, Browns, Giants, Eagles, Patriots) kicker Matt Bahr, former U.S. Olympic Soccer Team member Casey Bahr and former Penn State All-America gymnast Davies Ann Bahr ... Grandson of former Temple and Penn State mens' soccer coach Walt Bahr, who is also a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, and Davies Ann, a former standout swimmer at Temple ... Tutors underprivileged youth at the I Care House in New Castle, assists with YMCA youth soccer and football clinics in the State College area and served as a volunteer at the State Cup youth soccer competition ... Developed a marketing plan for State College Spikes minor-league baseball team while serving as an intern with the team in summer of 2010 ... Attended a Sport Entertainment and Venues Tomorrow conference in South Carolina and a Sport Sales Workshop at Quicken Loans Arena and Progressive Field in Cleveland ...
Sport management major.
| Year |
FGM-FGA |
% |
Long |
EPM-EPA |
Touchback |
| 2007 |
6-11 |
54.5 |
32 |
50-53 |
0 |
| 2008 |
10-15 |
66.7 |
46 |
35-35 |
1 |
| 2009 |
9-14 |
64.3 |
48 |
27-28 |
1 |
| 2010 |
10-13 |
76.9 |
47 |
25-28 |
0 |
| Career |
35-53 |
66.0 |
48 |
137-144 |
2 |
