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Former Football: Ex-Cajun Ringo makes NFL debut with Packers

Tim Buckley, The Advertiser, Sept. 12, 2016

Former UL defensive lineman Christian Ringo made his regular-season NFL debut Sunday, making one solo tackle – a tackle for loss – in the Green Bay Packers’ 27-23 win at Jacksonville.

Ringo, a sixth-round draft choice in 2015, spent all of last season on Green Bay’s practice squad and did not play in any regular-season games then.

He was the only ex-Ragin’ Cajun on an NFL active roster Sunday, as defensive lineman Justin Hamilton is on Seattle’s practice squad, receiver Jamal Robinson is on Jacksonville’s practice squad and tight end Ladarius Green is on Pittsbugh’s physically unable to perform list.

The undrafted Robinson was signed to Jacksonville practice squad just last week.

Ringo, from Forest Hill High in Jackson, Mississippi, left UL tied with Jeff Mitchell as its all-time sacks leader with 21. He also set a Cajun single-season record for sacks with 11.5 in his senior season.

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Defensive lineman helped save a Packers fan last weekend

Wes Hodkiewicz, Packers.com staff writer, July 22, 2016

Thanks to the eagle-eye of George Foster, Former USL SID, the AN is able to post this story on Christian Ringo. Thanks, George.

GREEN BAY – Christian Ringo remembers the moment like it was yesterday.

The future Packers defensive lineman, about 14 years old at the time, brought his little brother, Isaiah, with him to swim at a friend’s house in their hometown of Jackson, Miss.

The agreement came with an understanding, though. Before they arrived, Ringo laid down the ground rules to his younger brother, who was about age four.

“I told him, ‘Stay on the steps. Do not get off the steps,’” Ringo recalled this week in a phone interview. “I think I turned my back for 5 seconds and then all I see is his hands waving in the pool.

“My heart jumped to my stomach, man. I swam so fast. … If something happened to him, I knew my mama wasn’t going to let me come home.”

As he jumped in, Ringo slipped on the slope of the pool but still managed to grab his little brother and toss him in the air, catching him as soon as he regained his balance.

Isaiah was fine and Ringo could safely return home, but that day stuck with him.

Years later, that experience came in handy last weekend when Ringo took his girlfriend to a waterpark in Houston for her birthday.

Swimming near the deep end of the wave pool, Ringo locked eyes with an older man. Everyone, including Ringo, was sitting on an inflated tube or wearing a life jacket, but the man didn’t have either. He was trying to say something, but Ringo couldn’t make out the words.
Ringo saw him splashing, but figured he was just enjoying the waves. Then, he noticed a look of desperation wash over him similar to his younger brother.

So Ringo reacted.

“I don’t know what he was going to say but he was going to say something, but the waves caught him right between his words and he started making the bubbles sounds,” Ringo said.

“He did it twice. When he did it the first time, I’m thinking ‘He probably knows how to swim.’ The second time, it was like, ‘OK, I better assist him.’ The way he reacted after I did it, he was like, ‘Wow, you saved my life.’ I just did what was natural.”

Ringo dragged him a few yards to the shallow area where the man regained his bearings and thanked Ringo before the two went their separate ways.

About 30 minutes later near the pool, Ringo noticed a Packers’ T-shirt flash into his line of vision. Then, he saw it was the same man wearing it.

“I’d seen the shirt before I’d seen him because the shirt grabbed my attention like, ‘I wonder who that is with a Packers’ shirt on?’” Ringo said. “I looked up and saw his face. I was like, ‘Wow, that’s the same guy that I saved.’”

The two caught up again and the man introduced his daughter and his grandchildren to Ringo. They posed for a picture together, which Ringo later posted on his Instagram account.

“He didn’t know I played for the Packers, but he came over,” Ringo said. “He went on to say that when his head was in the water, he was praying for help. He said that God told him that he had somebody to help him, but he didn’t know it was a cheesehead. So he was excited about that.”

Ringo didn’t catch the man’s name but has been trying to reconnect with him ever since. He recalls his daughter saying she has a Facebook page and Snapchat, but so far he hasn’t been able to find her.

Whatever the case, Ringo was happy to be in the right place at the right time, knowing firsthand what it feels like to see a loved one in dire need of help.

One thing that’s certain is there’s a man down in Texas who can be grateful that Isaiah didn’t listen to his older brother all those years ago.

Ringo readying for another run at roster spot

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Posted on the Green Bay Packers website on Aug. 37, 2016

Re-signed by Green Bay on January 18, 2016…Originally drafted by the Packers as their second selection in the sixth round (210th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft…Was on Green Bay’s practice squad for the entire 2015 season…Started all 13 games as a senior in 2014, anchoring a defensive line that helped the Ragin’ Cajuns lead the Sun Belt in rushing defense while ranking third in sacks…Was named the state’s Defensive Player of the Year by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association after ranking seventh in the nation in tackles for loss (20) and 12th in the country in sacks (11½)…His 11½ sacks tied the school single-season record and he also finished tied for No. 1 in school history with 21.0 career sacks…Earned first-team All-Sun Belt honors and also won the team’s MVP award on defense…Led the Sun Belt in sacks (9½) and tackles for a loss (15½) in conference play…Registered a career-high 45 tackles (37 solo) and two fumble recoveries…Recorded four tackles (all solo), including three tackles for a loss, and a sack at Boise State (Sept. 20)…Registered four tackles (all solo), including three tackles for a loss, and two sacks at Texas State (Oct. 14), adding a 41-yard fumble recovery for a TD that put ULL up, 14-3, in the eventual 34-10 win…Was named the Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week for his performance…Matched his career high with eight tackles (six solo) and set a school single-game record with 5½ tackles for a loss at Louisiana-Monroe (Nov. 15)…Added 2½ sacks in the performance that earned him LSWA Defensive Player of the Week honors…A preseason first-team All-Sun Belt selection, he appeared in 11 games with 10 starts as a junior in 2013…Missed two games due to injury…Posted 16 tackles (13 solo), including two for a loss, one sack, two passes defensed and one fumble recovery…Registered three tackles (all solo), including two tackles for a loss, and a 6-yard sack vs. Louisiana-Monroe (Nov. 30)…Played in all 13 games with seven starts as a sophomore in 2012 and ranked second in the conference with a team-high seven sacks…Posted 29 tackles (18 solo), including 10½ tackles for a loss, one fumble recovery and two forced fumbles…Recorded a career-high eight tackles (five solo), including 2½ tackles for a loss, and 1½ sacks vs. Arkansas State (Oct. 23)…Posted three tackles (all solo), a sack and a forced fumble at Louisiana-Monroe (Nov. 3)…Appeared in eight games as a true freshman, seeing action as a reserve on the defensive line and on special teams…Posted 19 tackles (eight solo), including 2½ tackles for a loss, and 1½ sacks…Recorded two tackles (one solo), including 1½ tackles for a loss, and shared a sack in his collegiate debut vs. Nicholls State (Sept. 17)…Came back the following week and posted a season-high six tackles (two solo) at Florida International (Sept. 24)…Was a second-team all-state choice by the Mississippi Association of Coaches as a senior at Forest Hill High School in Jackson, Miss., where he posted 64 tackles, nine sacks and two fumble recoveries…Also was named first-team all-metro and second-team all-state by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger…Played in the Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Classic in Mobile, Ala. …A four-year starter, he also earned first-team all-metro honors as a junior…Lettered three years in track, participating in the shot put, as well as two years in baseball and one in soccer…Given name Christian Jacques Rashad Ringo…Born in Jackson, Miss. …Visited a children’s hospital in New Orleans and a nursing home in Lafayette, La., while he was in college…Residence: Jackson, Miss.