2017
- Played in all 13 games as a linebacker
- Led the team in tackles with 88, including 48 solo stops
- Recorded 17.5 tackles for a loss of 61 yards
- Registered two pass deflections and two forced fumbles
- Finished with five quarterback sacks for 31 yards and five quarterback hurries
- Named the SWAC Defensive Player of the Year
- An All-SWAC First-Team selection
- A STATS FCS All-American Third Team honoree
- A BOXTOROW All-American and SBN Black College All-American
- FCS STATS Buck Buchanan Defensive Player of the Year nominee
2016
- Appeared in all 13 games
- Finished with 70 tackles, with 49 of those unassisted
- Tallied 7.5 tackles for a loss of 39 yards
- Recorded three forced fumbles, two pass deflections and one quarterback hurry
- Added four sacks for a loss of 18 yards
2015 (East Mississippi Community College)
- Led team in tackles
- A member of the first season of Last Chance U.
High School
- Played football all four years at Warren Central High School in Vicksburg, Miss. in which the Vikings were 6-A district co-champions his junior year
- Awarded first-team All-District his sophomore year
- Named Best Linebacker in the District and received the Golden Helmet Award his junior year
- Received first-team All-State honors his junior and senior years
- Led the team in tackles, had one interception and was awarded first-team All-District and Vicksburg Post Defensive Player of the Year his sophomore year, junior and senior years
Personal
- Son of Tina Qualls and Derrick Christmas
- Majoring in engineering and has aspirations to work at his hometown’s research and development laboratory
