Chris Hammons

Christopher Hammons (born April 1, 1978), is an American lawyer best known for competing on the reality competition shows Survivor and The Amazing Race. In his college days, he played football for the University of Oklahoma.

Early life Hammons was born April 1, 1978, and grew up in Sulphur, Oklahoma. He and his family later moved to Wilburton, where they lived in a trailer without running water. In 1995, his father Billy Lowell Hammons was arrested in Arkansas on drug possession charges and, after pleading no contest, was subsequently sentenced to serve up to 40 years in prison. Chris Hammons would move back to Sulphur, where he played football and basketball at Sulphur High School.

College years In 1996, Hammons earned a scholarship to play football at East Central University (ECU) in Ada, Oklahoma. After only one year at ECU, he left the program and joined the football team at the University of Oklahoma (OU), as a walk-on. He was redshirted his first year at OU, After the 1998 season, OU head coach John Blake was fired, and was replaced by Bob Stoops, who awarded Hammons a full scholarship after becoming impressed by the redshirt walk-on's leadership abilities.

In 1999, Hammons scored his only touchdown with OU, off a pass from Josh Heupel in a game against Baylor. The Sooners went on to win that game, 41–10. Hammons also led his team in receptions that day, and after the game, he was awarded the game ball for his efforts.

In 2009, Hammons partnered with associate Jeff Laird, as well as Laird's son, to start their own OKC law firm, Laird Hammons Laird. Hammons' father-in-law would join them at LHL the following year.

At the Final Tribal Council, Hammons praised Klein for having the gumption to convince fellow finalist Ken McNickle to flip on Wright at the Final Four—although McNickle would claim that it was his decision alone to vote out Wright. Hammons went on to lobby the jury to vote for Klein to be the game's winner. In the end, the entire jury, including Hammons, voted to give Klein the title of Sole Survivor, over finalists Hannah Shapiro and McNickle.

The Amazing Race Hammons competed in Season 31 of The Amazing Race, which featured past players from CBS reality shows Survivor and Big Brother, as well as teams from previous seasons of The Amazing Race. Hammons was teamed up with Survivor 33 alumni and friend Bret Labelle. Hammons and Labelle were eliminated in sixth place.