Player Dossier

2019-2023

North Carolina

Don Chapman

DB • 6'1" • 200 lbs • San Diego, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Don Chapman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

33%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

30

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · North Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
North Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Temple

Player Story

Don Chapman built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from San Diego, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Don Chapman's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8736

Central · Baton Rouge, LA

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Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Don Chapman, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · North Carolina. Don Chapman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
200
TFL
10.5
Sacks
4
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
10

Quick Answers

Don Chapman quick answers

Latest team and position
North Carolina · DB
Career Tackles
200
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 48 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · North Carolina
Top game
Temple
Recruit profile
3-star · Central
High school pipeline
Central · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
64 tackles · DB 59th (top 7%) · ACC 33rd (top 6%) · National 304th (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 PostseasonNorth Carolina7101.51--036.5
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina720-0-1036.5
2020 PostseasonNorth Carolina111-0--046.4
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina114742-2046.4
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina8280.50-3028.9
2022 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina930-0-3019.4
2023 PostseasonNorth Carolina134-0--062.5
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina13604.5121062.5

Related Context

Don Chapman played DB for North Carolina. Across 5 tracked seasons, Don Chapman recorded 200 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with North Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

North Carolina paired 10.5 primary output with 28.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 28.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: App State

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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2023 Postseason · North Carolina

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

28.6

Usage

8.4

Consistency

51.3

Best Game by takeover score

App State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. West Virginia: 0. South Carolina: 1. App State: 2. Minnesota: 1. Pittsburgh: 0. Syracuse: 2. Miami: 0. Virginia: 0. Georgia Tech: 1. Campbell: 0. Duke: 2. Clemson: 0. NC State: 1.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. West Virginia: 4 by 16.7. South Carolina: 6 by 35. App State: 8 by 53.3. Minnesota: 4 by 26.7. Pittsburgh: 2 by 8.3. Syracuse: 5 by 40.8. Miami: 2 by 8.3. Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Georgia Tech: 6 by 35. Campbell: 4 by 16.7. Duke: 6 by 45. Clemson: 9 by 37.5. NC State: 6 by 40

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 8 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 5 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

App State

Best efficiency game

53.3 vs App State

Result
Wed 12/27@ West VirginiaL 10-3042000
Sun 11/26@ NC StateL 20-39641.5000
Sat 11/18@ ClemsonL 20-3195000
Sun 11/12vs DukeSplash gameW 47-4566110
Sat 11/4vs CampbellW 59-744000
Sun 10/29@ Georgia TechL 42-46640010
Sat 10/21vs VirginiaL 27-3122000
Sat 10/14vs MiamiW 41-3120000
Sat 10/7vs SyracuseSplash gameW 40-753000
Sun 9/24@ PittsburghW 41-2422000
Sat 9/16vs MinnesotaW 31-1343001
Sat 9/9vs App StateSplash gameW 40-34851010
Sat 9/2vs South CarolinaW 31-1763100

Player Story

Don Chapman story

Don Chapman built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from San Diego, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Don Chapman's career was his defensive production: 200 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 5 interceptions across 48 career games in the available record. That gives Don Chapman's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    North Carolina

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20192019202020202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonNorth Carolina5.525.76.4
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina5.525.76.40
2020 PostseasonNorth Carolina926.473.5
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina926.470
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina3.5193.3-5.5
2022 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina317.22.5-0.5
2023 PostseasonNorth Carolina10.528.68.47.5
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina10.528.68.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Temple

Week 1 · W 55-13 · Postseason

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Virginia

Week 9 · L 41-44 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#3

vs App State

Week 2 · W 40-34

2

Havoc Plays

84.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Duke

Week 11 · W 47-45 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Syracuse

Week 6 · W 40-7 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · North Carolina

10.5 primary output · 28.6 efficiency · 8.4 usage

62.5

#2

2023 Regular Season · North Carolina

62.5

10.5 primary · 28.6 efficiency · 8.4 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · North Carolina

46.4

9 primary · 26.4 efficiency · 7 usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

7

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games