Player Dossier

2015-2018

Illinois

Chase McLaughlin

PK • 6'1" • 190 lbs • Cypress, TX, USA

Impact contributor

Chase McLaughlin shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Player Story

Chase McLaughlin built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a placekicker from Cypress, TX wearing No. 43, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Chase McLaughlin's career was his special-teams...

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Chase McLaughlin, PK. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois. Chase McLaughlin shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Chase McLaughlin quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · PK
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 33 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game
Northwestern
Latest roster
No. 43 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2015 Regular SeasonIllinois000-
2016 Regular SeasonIllinois1000100
2017 Regular SeasonIllinois1200100
2018 Regular SeasonIllinois1100100

Related Context

Chase McLaughlin is listed as a PK for Illinois. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Illinois paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ball State: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. South Florida: 0. Nebraska: 0. Iowa: 0. Rutgers: 0. Minnesota: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Purdue: 0. Indiana: 0. Ohio State: 0. Northwestern: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 10 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern

Best efficiency game

— vs Northwestern

Result
Sat 11/25vs NorthwesternL 7-42
Sat 11/18@ Ohio StateL 14-52
Sat 11/11vs IndianaL 14-24
Sat 11/4@ PurdueL 10-29
Sat 10/28vs WisconsinL 10-24
Sat 10/21@ MinnesotaL 17-24
Sat 10/14vs RutgersL 24-35
Sat 10/7@ IowaL 16-45
Sat 9/30vs NebraskaL 6-28
Fri 9/15@ South FloridaL 23-47
Sun 9/10vs Western KentuckyW 20-7
Sat 9/2vs Ball StateW 24-21

Player Story

Chase McLaughlin story

Chase McLaughlin built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a placekicker from Cypress, TX wearing No. 43, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Chase McLaughlin's career was his special-teams scoring: 211 kicking points, 44 made field goals on 59 attempts, and 79 extra points across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois.

The arc is straightforward: Chase McLaughlin moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Illinois

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonIllinois0
2016 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2017 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2018 Regular SeasonIllinois00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Northwestern

Week 13 · L 21-42 · Conference game

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Wisconsin

Week 11 · L 3-48 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Michigan State

Week 10 · W 31-27 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

vs Minnesota

Week 9 · L 17-40 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

@ Rutgers

Week 7 · W 24-7 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Illinois

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2017 Regular Season · Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games