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Lewis & Clark College

2025 Football Roster

Steve Gibbons

15 Charlie Valencia

  • Position DB
  • Year Senior
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 194
  • Hometown Watsonville, Calif.
  • High School St. Francis Salesian College Prep
  • Major Rhetoric & Media Studies

Biography

Santa Cruz Sentinel: St. Francis alum Charlie Valencia storms into Pioneers’ starting lineup | County Connections: https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2023/09/27/st-francis-alum-charlie-valencia-storms-into-pioneers-starting-lineup-county-connections/

2024-25 Awards 
 
2025 Northwest Conference Scholar-Athlete 

2024 Stats (Season High Plays In Parentheses)
 
Games: 10

Solo Tackles/Total Tackles: 10 Solo/23 Total (9 Tackles at Pacific 9/14)
  • Appeared in all 10 games and served as one of the team’s top safeties during his third season 
  • Recorded multiple tackles in five contests 
  • Opened the year with five stops against Puget Sound in the season opener 
  • Recorded a season-high six solo tackles and nine total stops at Pacific on September 14
  • Posted four tackles (two solo) at Puget Sound on November 9 
2023 Stats (Season High Plays In Parentheses)
 
Games: 7
 
Solo Tackles/Total Tackles: 10 Solo/13 Total (4 two times) 
 
Pass Breakups: 2 (1 two times)  
  • Carved out a role as a key member of the secondary during his sophomore season
  • Played in seven games
  • Recorded multiple tackles four times during his freshman campaign 
  • Posted four solo tackles in his collegiate debut – the season opener at Puget Sound on September 2
  • Added four solo tackles, a tackle-for-loss (one yard) and a pass breakup against Willamette on September 9 
  • Notched three solo tackles against Puget Sound on November 4 
2022 (Freshman Year): Did not appear in a game in his freshman campaign. 

At Lewis & Clark: Minoring in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation. 

Prior to Lewis & Clark: Attended St. Francis Salesian College Preparatory High School … Named the Pacific Coast Athletic League Defensive Player of the Year as a senior … Earned PCAL First Team All-League DB as a junior and senior and Second Team as a sophomore … Led his team to the PCAL Santa Lucia League Title as a senior. 

Why Lewis & Clark?: I chose Lewis & Clark because of the great academic program that’ll help me achieve my future goals. And the brotherhood feeling from the football program.

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 85

    2022First Year

    DB
    6'0" 192 lbs
    85
  • 47

    2023Sophomore

    DB
    6'0" 192 lbs
    47
  • 15

    2024Junior

    LB/DB
    6'0" 192 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2025Senior

    DB
    6'0" 194 lbs
    15