Chris Joines
DB · Senior
6'2" · 200 lbs · Defense
Also wearing #20: Ja'shon Benjamin (RB)
Background
- Hometown
- Winston-Salem, N.C.
- High school
- Reagan
- Previous school
- Myrtle Beach Prep
Recruiting
No recruiting profile matched — he transferred in from Myrtle Beach Prep.
2026 season
defensive
Season by season
2025tap to read
Played in seven games ... selected to the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society (4/8) ... totaled seven tackles ... picked up a tackle on kickoff coverage at Minnesota (9/27) ... added a season-high three stops against Norfolk State (9/13) ... recorded two tackles against Miami (Ohio) (9/6) ... made Rutgers debut versus Ohio (8/28).
2024tap to read
Started all 14 games at safety … totaled 70 tackles with four for loss … contributed two pass breakups, an interception, forced fumble and fumble recovery for a score … helped the team with the Southern Conference championship in an 11-3 season … recorded a season-high nine tackles in the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs at No. 2 North Dakota State (12/14) … posted seven stops with one for loss in playoff win at No. 10 Rhode Island (12/7) … in on seven tackles against Furman (11/23) … registered six tackles at No. 11 Alabama (11/16) … forced a fumble and broke up a pass versus East Tennessee State (11/2) … logged seven tackles in consecutive games against Western Carolina (10/26), Samford (10/19) and Princeton (10/12) … brought in an interception at Wofford (9/28) … added a pass breakup versus The Citadel (9/21) … recovered a fumble for a touchdown against Presbyterian (8/29). Major: Public Health / Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
2023tap to read
Played in six games … totaled five tackles with a pass breakup … posted two stops in the second round of the FCS playoffs at No. 1 South Dakota State (12/2) … made a tackle in the opening round versus Gardner-Webb (11/25) … broke up a pass against Morehead State (9/9) … added a stop at No. 22 Ole Miss (9/2).
2022tap to read
Played in nine games … totaled 13 tackles with an interception … posted a season-high six tackles versus Western Carolina (10/8) … in on a tackle-for-loss at Gardner-Webb (9/24) … picked off a pass at Auburn (9/3) … made collegiate debut with two stops against Morehead State (8/27). Prior to College: Played the 2021 campaign at Myrtle Beach Prep … saw action at safety for the Marauders … prepped at Reagan High School in Pfafftown, North Carolina, for coach Lyndon Hamilton … earned all-state and all-county laurels for the Raiders … won state championship as a part of the 4x100-meter relay team as a senior. Major: Public Health
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2026 Hampshire Honor Society:
2025 (Senior): Played in seven games ... selected to the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society (4/8) ... totaled seven tackles ... picked up a tackle on kickoff coverage at Minnesota (9/27) ... added a season-high three stops against Norfolk State (9/13) ... recorded two tackles against Miami (Ohio) (9/6) ... made Rutgers debut versus Ohio (8/28).
2024 (Junior at Mercer): Started all 14 games at safety … totaled 70 tackles with four for loss … contributed two pass breakups, an interception, forced fumble and fumble recovery for a score … helped the team with the Southern Conference championship in an 11-3 season … recorded a season-high nine tackles in the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs at No. 2 North Dakota State (12/14) … posted seven stops with one for loss in playoff win at No. 10 Rhode Island (12/7) … in on seven tackles against Furman (11/23) … registered six tackles at No. 11 Alabama (11/16) … forced a fumble and broke up a pass versus East Tennessee State (11/2) … logged seven tackles in consecutive games against Western Carolina (10/26), Samford (10/19) and Princeton (10/12) … brought in an interception at Wofford (9/28) … added a pass breakup versus The Citadel (9/21) … recovered a fumble for a touchdown against Presbyterian (8/29).
Major: Public Health / Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
2023 (Sophomore at Mercer): Played in six games … totaled five tackles with a pass breakup … posted two stops in the second round of the FCS playoffs at No. 1 South Dakota State (12/2) … made a tackle in the opening round versus Gardner-Webb (11/25) … broke up a pass against Morehead State (9/9) … added a stop at No. 22 Ole Miss (9/2).
2022 (Freshman at Mercer): Played in nine games … totaled 13 tackles with an interception … posted a season-high six tackles versus Western Carolina (10/8) … in on a tackle-for-loss at Gardner-Webb (9/24) … picked off a pass at Auburn (9/3) … made collegiate debut with two stops against Morehead State (8/27).
Prior to College: Played the 2021 campaign at Myrtle Beach Prep … saw action at safety for the Marauders … prepped at Reagan High School in Pfafftown, North Carolina, for coach Lyndon Hamilton … earned all-state and all-county laurels for the Raiders … won state championship as a part of the 4x100-meter relay team as a senior.
Major: Public Health