Craig Francois

• Three-year starter for head coach Kevin Pearson
• Helped Cathedral to a 10-2 record and 5-0 mark in league play in 2017
• Recorded 47 tackles as a senior, with 19 for loss. Tallied 13.5 sacks in
11 games, adding 18 quarterback hurries
• Picked up 75 tackles as a junior, totaling 21 for loss. Finished with 6.5
sacks and 10 QB hurries
• First-Team All-League selection
• 247Sports and Rivals rates him three stars
• Played with current Oregon State student-athletes Champ Flemings
and Jeffrey Manning, Jr.
• Born May 15, 1999 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
• Intends to major in either ethnic studies or sociology at Oregon State.
Has a desire to be a firefighter after his playing career
• Has worked in the community, assisting with the Pasadena Trojans
Pop Warner team
• Chose Oregon State because “Oregon State is a dream school of mine
and I love Corvallis.”
• Head Coach Kevin Pearson: “He is a quiet leader. Craig is one of those guys
who commands respect because of his integrity. When he gets on the field,
he changes personalities and he’s like a madman out there. He doesn’t say
a lot; he’s going to go make a hit, then run back to the huddle and do it again.
He is just a great leader like that; lead by example. He’s a young man with a
ton of integrity who is a great student. Craig is never about himself. He goes
about his business in a very professional way. He is a wo