Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Eastern Michigan
Chase Kline
LB • 6'3" • 236 lbs • Chardon, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Chase Kline shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 55.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Michigan State • Eastern Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts
Player Story
Chase Kline built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Chardon, OH wearing No. 6, spending time with Eastern Michigan and Michigan State. The clearest part of Chase Kline's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Michigan State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Chase Kline, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan. Chase Kline shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 55.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 263
- TFL
- 8
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 12
- Passes defended
- 7
Quick Answers
Chase Kline quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Eastern Michigan · LB
- Career Tackles
- 263
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
- Top game
- Massachusetts
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Chardon · Michigan State
- High school pipeline
- Vandegrift · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 124 tackles · LB 12th (top 1%) · Mid-American 4th (top 1%) · National 13th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Michigan State | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Michigan State | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 13.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Michigan State | 7 | 29 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Michigan State | 4 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 24.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 87 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 46.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 124 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 72 |
Related Context
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Chase Kline played LB for Michigan State and Eastern Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Chase Kline recorded 263 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Eastern Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Eastern Michigan paired 18 primary output with 55.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 10 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Michigan State, Eastern Michigan.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2019 Postseason · Michigan State
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
10
Usage
2.4
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Western Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 0. Tulsa: 0. Western Michigan: 2. Indiana: 0. Illinois: 0. Michigan: 0. Rutgers: 0. Maryland: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 1 by 4.2. Tulsa: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 2 by 28.3. Indiana: 3 by 12.5. Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Maryland: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 6 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Michigan
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Western Michigan
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/27 | @ Wake Forest | W 27-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | vs Maryland | W 19-16 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Rutgers | W 27-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Michigan | L 10-44 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs Illinois | L 34-37 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Indiana | W 40-31 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Western MichiganSplash game | W 51-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | vs Tulsa | W 28-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Chase Kline story
Chase Kline built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Chardon, OH wearing No. 6, spending time with Eastern Michigan and Michigan State. The clearest part of Chase Kline's career was his defensive production: 263 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 7 passes defended across 40 career games in the available record. That gives Chase Kline's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Michigan State
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Eastern Michigan
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Michigan State | 3 | 10 | 2.4 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Michigan State | 3 | 10 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0.5 | 18 | 3 | -2.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Michigan State | 2 | 16.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 42.6 | 9 | 6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 18 | 55.5 | 13.1 | 10 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Massachusetts
Week 3 · W 19-17
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
7
Havoc Plays
98.6 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 98.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Akron
Week 11 · W 34-28 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
86.1 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Western Michigan
Week 6 · W 45-23 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Western Michigan
Week 9 · L 21-45 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
78.3 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Kent State
Week 7 · W 28-14 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
74.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 74.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
18 primary output · 55.5 efficiency · 13.1 usage
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#2
2022 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
46.5
8 primary · 42.6 efficiency · 9 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Michigan State
24.6
2 primary · 16.5 efficiency · 2.5 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
6
Splash games
10
10+ tackle games
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