Chris Gales brings tone-setting, backfield-wrecking linebacker play to UAlbany
In the 2025 season, Chris Gales was a CAA Second Team linebacker for Albany, piling up 63 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 3 quarterback hurries, and 4 pass breakups in 11 games. He looks like a fit for any defense that wants an active, physical second-level playmaker: he flashes closing burst, lives in the backfield, and showed big-game juice with a 12-tackle, game-ending sack against Monmouth. The current snapshot says “impact starter,” not just “tackles collector.”
