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Christian Bodnar
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Brandon, FL
- High School:
- Bloomingdale
2025 Comeback Player of the Year (one of three national winners)
One of three national winners of the 2025 Comeback Player of the Year Award after a rare condition during the 2024 season left him hospitalized and he returned to play all 12 games at Liberty in 2025 ... A transfer who arrived in 2026 and spent the first three years of his career at Liberty.
2025 (Sophomore at Liberty): One of three national winners of the 2025 Comeback Player of the Year Award ... Started nine times and played in all 12 games ... Finished the year with fourth on the team with 44 tackles, including 35 solo stops ... Recorded two sacks, two pass breakups and a quarterback hurry ... Finished seven games with four or more tackles and had breakout games against Missouri State (four solo tackles, including two sacks), FIU (seven solo stops) and Kennesaw State (six solo tackles and a pass breakup) ... Preseason honors included being named to the Phil Steele CUSA Preseason All-Conference third team, the Athlon Sports CUSA Preseason All-Conference fourth team and the Comeback Player of the Year Award watch list.
2024 (Freshman at Liberty): Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll member ... Saw playing time in five games before being sidelined with an illness ... Started his final game of the season against FIU ... Finished the season with 13 tackles, including eight solo stops ... Added 2.5 tackles for a loss and 1.0 sack ... Also had two quarterback hurries, a forced fumble and a pass breakup ... Recorded Liberty’s longest interception of the season with a 43-yard return against UTEP ... Also added a tackle and a quarterback hurry against UTEP ... Had an assisted tackle, quarterback hurry and a pass breakup against New Mexico State ... Posted four solo stops against East Carolina, including a tackle for a loss ... Recorded a season-high seven tackles against FIU, including a three-yard sack and a forced fumble.
2023 (Redshirt at Liberty): Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll member ... Saw playing time in three out of the last four games of the season while taking a redshirt ...Played against UMass, UTEP and No. 8 Oregon in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl.
High School: Graduated from Bloomington Senior High School in Valrico, Florida ... A first-team all-purpose player as a senior, finishing the year with 45 tackles on defense and 800 rushing yards with 12 touchdowns on offense ... A first team defensive back as a junior, recording 51 tackles with 44 solo stops ... Added four interceptions and seven pass deflections as a junior ... Helped Bloomington reach the playoff semifinals as a sophomore, finishing the year with a 13-1 record ... Recorded six tackles and a pass breakup as a sophomore ... Also participated in track ... Signed with Liberty after high school.
Personal: Son of Christina Bodnar ... One of three national winners for th 2025 Comeback Player of the Year Award ... Days after the fifth game of the 2024 season, he woke up with a severe headache and was rushed to the emergency room, where doctors diagnosed him with post-infectious encephalitis — a rare condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the brain following a routine illness ... The swelling on the left side of his brain impaired the right side of his body, and within days he went from rising defensive standout to losing the ability to walk ... He spent a week in the hospital and months in rehabilitation, relearning basic motor skills while the season continued without him ... Only in January did he receive full medical clearance, allowing him to finally return to the sport that anchored him through recovery ... Uncle, Mohamed Sanu, was an all-conference wide receiver at Rutgers, playing there from 2009-11 ... Sanu was a third-round NFL Draft pick by Cincinnati Bengals in 2012, playing in the NFL from 2012-22 for Cincinnati, Atlanta, New England, San Francisco, Detroit and Miami ... Studying business administration.
One of three national winners of the 2025 Comeback Player of the Year Award after a rare condition during the 2024 season left him hospitalized and he returned to play all 12 games at Liberty in 2025 ... A transfer who arrived in 2026 and spent the first three years of his career at Liberty.
2025 (Sophomore at Liberty): One of three national winners of the 2025 Comeback Player of the Year Award ... Started nine times and played in all 12 games ... Finished the year with fourth on the team with 44 tackles, including 35 solo stops ... Recorded two sacks, two pass breakups and a quarterback hurry ... Finished seven games with four or more tackles and had breakout games against Missouri State (four solo tackles, including two sacks), FIU (seven solo stops) and Kennesaw State (six solo tackles and a pass breakup) ... Preseason honors included being named to the Phil Steele CUSA Preseason All-Conference third team, the Athlon Sports CUSA Preseason All-Conference fourth team and the Comeback Player of the Year Award watch list.
2024 (Freshman at Liberty): Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll member ... Saw playing time in five games before being sidelined with an illness ... Started his final game of the season against FIU ... Finished the season with 13 tackles, including eight solo stops ... Added 2.5 tackles for a loss and 1.0 sack ... Also had two quarterback hurries, a forced fumble and a pass breakup ... Recorded Liberty’s longest interception of the season with a 43-yard return against UTEP ... Also added a tackle and a quarterback hurry against UTEP ... Had an assisted tackle, quarterback hurry and a pass breakup against New Mexico State ... Posted four solo stops against East Carolina, including a tackle for a loss ... Recorded a season-high seven tackles against FIU, including a three-yard sack and a forced fumble.
2023 (Redshirt at Liberty): Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll member ... Saw playing time in three out of the last four games of the season while taking a redshirt ...Played against UMass, UTEP and No. 8 Oregon in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl.
High School: Graduated from Bloomington Senior High School in Valrico, Florida ... A first-team all-purpose player as a senior, finishing the year with 45 tackles on defense and 800 rushing yards with 12 touchdowns on offense ... A first team defensive back as a junior, recording 51 tackles with 44 solo stops ... Added four interceptions and seven pass deflections as a junior ... Helped Bloomington reach the playoff semifinals as a sophomore, finishing the year with a 13-1 record ... Recorded six tackles and a pass breakup as a sophomore ... Also participated in track ... Signed with Liberty after high school.
Personal: Son of Christina Bodnar ... One of three national winners for th 2025 Comeback Player of the Year Award ... Days after the fifth game of the 2024 season, he woke up with a severe headache and was rushed to the emergency room, where doctors diagnosed him with post-infectious encephalitis — a rare condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the brain following a routine illness ... The swelling on the left side of his brain impaired the right side of his body, and within days he went from rising defensive standout to losing the ability to walk ... He spent a week in the hospital and months in rehabilitation, relearning basic motor skills while the season continued without him ... Only in January did he receive full medical clearance, allowing him to finally return to the sport that anchored him through recovery ... Uncle, Mohamed Sanu, was an all-conference wide receiver at Rutgers, playing there from 2009-11 ... Sanu was a third-round NFL Draft pick by Cincinnati Bengals in 2012, playing in the NFL from 2012-22 for Cincinnati, Atlanta, New England, San Francisco, Detroit and Miami ... Studying business administration.
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