Player Dossier

2018-2021

Wyoming

Chad Muma

LB • 6'3" • 227 lbs • Lone Tree, CO, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chad Muma shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 54.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

91

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

93

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Wyoming

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Wyoming
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Player Story

Chad Muma built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Lone Tree, CO wearing No. 48, spending time with Wyoming. The clearest part of Chad Muma's career was his defensive production: 266...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8104

Legend · Parker, CO

Committed To
Wyoming
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 6
Overall
No. 70
NFL Team
Jacksonville Jaguars

Chad Muma, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Wyoming. Chad Muma shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 54.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
266
TFL
19
Sacks
5.5
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
3
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

Chad Muma quick answers

Latest team and position
Wyoming · LB
Career Tackles
266
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Wyoming
Top game
UNLV
Recruit profile
3-star · Legend · Wyoming
High school pipeline
Legend · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 3 · Pick 6 · Jacksonville Jaguars
Latest roster
No. 48 · Junior
2021 Tackles rank
142 tackles · LB 1st (top 1%) · Mountain West 1st (top 1%) · National 1st (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonWyoming22-0--037.4
2019 Regular SeasonWyoming12513111026.3
2020 Regular SeasonWyoming67183-1067.6
2021 PostseasonWyoming13130.50.5--077.9
2021 Regular SeasonWyoming131297.5121477.9

Related Context

Chad Muma played LB for Wyoming. Across 4 tracked seasons, Chad Muma recorded 266 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Wyoming.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Wyoming paired 15.5 primary output with 54.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 61.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Wyoming

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

2

Efficiency

61.3

Usage

16.5

Consistency

31.9

Best Game by takeover score

UNLV

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 1. Hawai'i: 1. Colorado State: 1.5. UNLV: 6.5. New Mexico: 2. Boise State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nevada: 14 by 60. Hawai'i: 7 by 39.2. Colorado State: 17 by 65. UNLV: 10 by 91.7. New Mexico: 10 by 61.7. Boise State: 13 by 50

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins3.8 · Games = 2 · +2.6 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 4 · -2.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UNLV

Best efficiency game

91.7 vs UNLV

Result
Sat 12/12vs Boise State10+ tacklesL 9-17137000
Sun 12/6@ New Mexico10+ tackles · Splash gameL 16-17103200
Fri 11/27@ UNLV10+ tackles · 2+ sacksW 45-141063.5030
Fri 11/6@ Colorado State10+ tacklesL 24-341731.5000
Sat 10/31vs Hawai'iW 31-774001
Sat 10/24@ Nevada10+ tacklesL 34-371410100

Player Story

Chad Muma story

Chad Muma built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Lone Tree, CO wearing No. 48, spending time with Wyoming. The clearest part of Chad Muma's career was his defensive production: 266 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Wyoming. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Chad Muma's production has multiple signals. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Wyoming.

The arc is straightforward: Chad Muma 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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    Wyoming

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonWyoming04.21
2019 Regular SeasonWyoming622.73.96
2020 Regular SeasonWyoming1261.316.56
2021 PostseasonWyoming15.554.916.23.5
2021 Regular SeasonWyoming15.554.916.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UNLV

Week 13 · W 45-14 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6.5

Havoc Plays

97.2 takeover

6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 97.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Ball State

Week 3 · W 45-12

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Havoc Plays

93.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Montana State

Week 1 · W 19-16

3

Havoc Plays

91.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Tulsa

Week 4 · L 21-24

3.5

Havoc Plays

84.5 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.5 takeover score.

#5

@ San José State

Week 9 · L 21-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Wyoming

15.5 primary output · 54.9 efficiency · 16.2 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · Wyoming

77.9

15.5 primary · 54.9 efficiency · 16.2 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Wyoming

67.6

12 primary · 61.3 efficiency · 16.5 usage

Milestones

12

Impact games

7

Splash games

17

10+ tackle games