Carlis, an athletic redshirt junior from Salmen High School, has gained most of his playing time on special teams duty to this point of his career. This spring, however, Carlis finished atop the heap at the free safety position on the depth chart.

Through 2005 Carlis has played in 20 career games and totalled 11 tackles, almost all on special teams

Best season was 2004 when he played in 8 games on special teams and made 7 tackles.

Carlis also played in the first 2 games of the 2003 season but suffered an injury and received a medical redshirt.