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Christopher Pintado

Christopher Pintado, a senior finance major, has made 24 career special teams starts for the University of Florida, which spent seven weeks atop the 2009 Bowl Championship Series standings. Pintado has twice made the Fall Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll. An avid community service volunteer, the 5-foot-11, 209-pound linebacker works with the Alachua County Health Department’s tobacco prevention organization to develop policies for smoke-free environments in the county. He holds a 3.4 cumulative GPA.

School: University of Florida
Year: 2010
Major: Finance

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