CFB Zeitgeist Score
74
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 89th percentile.
Chase Wilson
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
46 TACKLES · 3 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to West Virginia for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · West Virginia
Returning around him
- 26% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -16 net (34 in / 50 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
West Virginia · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #63 · 2026 recruiting class #43
LB · WEST VIRGINIA · BIG 12
Chase Wilson
- 4
- #30
- 6-1 | 230 lb
- Arvada, CO
Heisman Heat
#13271
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP LB AWARD
Butkus
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2022
Colorado State · LB
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★
2023
Colorado State · LB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2025
West Virginia · LB
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Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3-star | 0.8030 | No. 2764 recruit | HighSchool | Colorado State |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Colorado State -> West Virginia | 3-star | 0.8500 | Immediate |
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Colorado State
Composite
0.8030
#2764 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Chase Wilson
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Chase Wilson
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 11g
46Tackles
4.5Tackles for loss
3Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0.4Tackles for loss
0.3Sacks
Projected (13g)
54Tackles
5.3Tackles for loss
3.5Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 46): needs 17/game over remaining 2.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 46): needs 27/game over remaining 2.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 3): needs 1.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 3): needs 3.5/game over remaining 2.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Chase Wilson is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on West Virginia's defense, with 3.0 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, and 2 interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
High-disruption defender | Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
46 86th
SOLO
24 83rd
TFL
4.5 87th
SACK
3.0 94th
QBH
1 44th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
2 64th
INT
2 87th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-3vs Robert Morris | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-17@ Ohio | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | L 10-41@ Kansas | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-48vs Utah | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-38@ BYU | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 13-45@ UCF | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-23vs TCU | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-35@ Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-22vs Colorado | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-25@ Arizona State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 0-49vs Texas Tech | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 24 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2022Colorado State3-9HC: Jay Norvell · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2023Colorado State5-7HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning
2025West Virginia4-8HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | West Virginia | 46 | 24 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Colorado State | 107 | 44 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Colorado State | 29 | 15 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 182 | 83 | 15.5 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 46 | #706/4942 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 4.5 | #648/4972 | 87th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 3.0 | #292/4972 | 94th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 2 | #114/869 | 87th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 2 | #792/2184 | 64th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 1 | #1051/1878 | 44th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 24 | #790/4584 | 83rd pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 19 | #316/578 | 46th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 9.5 | #375/578 | 35th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Butkus award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Losses8g | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 6.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort
74Solid starter
Elite: sacks (88th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · LB · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Chase WilsonWest VirginiaTJ DotteryOle Miss· 85% simMarsel McDuffieUNLV· 84% simMichael MontgomerySouthern Miss· 84% sim
Sacks
Tackles for loss
Tackles
Interceptions
Solo tackles
Passes defended
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Khalil Jacobs’s 2025 season.
Khalil Jacobs
94%match
#2
Hunter Barth
83%
#3
Tyquan King
80%
#4
Alii Matau
79%
#5
Steele Chambers
78%
Matches Khalil on
PD rate
Sack rate
Tackle volume
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Khalil Jacobs's senior season at Missouri (2025).
Khalil Jacobs
96%match
#2
Jayland Parker
84%
#3
Hunter Barth
83%
#4
Khari Coleman
82%
#5
Karene Reid
82%
Matches Khalil on
PD rate
Sack rate
Tackle volume
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Pass share
38.7%
327 pass / 517 run
Plays / game
70.3
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
10.7%
272 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022
Neal Brown
West Virginia
2023
Neal Brown
West Virginia
2025era →
Rich Rodriguez
West Virginia
Coaching transition mid-career: Neal Brown → Rich Rodriguez. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownArvada, CO
Height6'1"
Weight230 lb
Class4
PositionLB
Jersey30
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Current teamWest Virginia
ConferenceBig 12
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Mountain West
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
2 all-conference honors
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | All-Mountain West | all_conference | Colorado State | Mountain West | LB |
| 2023 | All-Mountain West | all_conference | Colorado State | Mountain West | LB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Colorado State | LB4 | #13271 | #13311 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2023 | Colorado State | LB4 | #9827 | #10508 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2022 | Colorado State | LB4 | #11362 | #11772 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2021 | Colorado State | LB4 | #12674 | #12657 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mountain West |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | West Virginia | Big 12 | LB | 4 | No. 30 | 6-1 | 230 lb | Arvada, CO |
| 2024 | Colorado State | Mountain West | LB | 4 | No. 30 | 6-1 | 230 lb | Arvada, CO |
| 2023 | Colorado State | Mountain West | LB | 4 | No. 30 | 6-1 | 230 lb | Arvada, CO |
| 2022 | Colorado State | Mountain West | LB | 4 | No. 30 | 6-1 | 230 lb | Arvada, CO |
| 2021 | Colorado State | Mountain West | LB | 4 | No. 30 | 6-1 | 230 lb | Arvada, CO |