Player Dossier

2019-2021

Wisconsin

Leo Chenal

LB • 6'2" • 257 lbs • Grantsburg, WI, USA

Backfield disruptorDown-to-down presence

Leo Chenal shows a backfield disruptor profile with 69.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

30%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

35

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

40

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Wisconsin

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Wisconsin
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

Player Story

Leo Chenal built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a linebacker from Grantsburg, WI wearing No. 5, spending time with Wisconsin. The clearest part of Leo Chenal's career was his defensive production: 156...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8778

John Hersey · Arlington Heights, IL

Committed To
Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 39
Overall
No. 103
NFL Team
Kansas City Chiefs

Leo Chenal, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Wisconsin. Leo Chenal shows a backfield disruptor profile with 69.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
156
TFL
26
Sacks
12
QB hurries
8
Passes defended
1
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Leo Chenal Wisconsin Highlights

2021 · Wisconsin · Player Highlight

Leo Chenal college highlights at Wisconsin.

Season
2021
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Leo Chenal quick answers

Latest team and position
Wisconsin · LB
Career Tackles
156
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 23 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Wisconsin
Top game
Minnesota
Recruit profile
3-star · John Hersey · Illinois
High school pipeline
John Hersey · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 3 · Pick 39 · Kansas City Chiefs
Latest roster
No. 5 · Junior
2021 Tackles rank
96 tackles · LB 61st (top 5%) · Big Ten 10th (top 2%) · National 72nd (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonWisconsin820212-022.1
2020 PostseasonWisconsin65-0--051.5
2020 Regular SeasonWisconsin6356321051.5
2021 PostseasonWisconsin991.51--081.9
2021 Regular SeasonWisconsin98716.574-081.9

Related Context

Leo Chenal played LB for Wisconsin. Across 3 tracked seasons, Leo Chenal recorded 156 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Wisconsin.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Wisconsin paired 30 primary output with 69.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 43.8 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: Minnesota

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

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Season Explorer

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2020 Postseason · Wisconsin

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

2.2

Efficiency

43.8

Usage

18.6

Consistency

18.8

Best Game by takeover score

Minnesota

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 0. Illinois: 0. Michigan: 4. Indiana: 1. Iowa: 0. Minnesota: 8

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 5 by 20.8. Illinois: 4 by 16.7. Michigan: 3 by 52.5. Indiana: 9 by 47.5. Iowa: 6 by 25. Minnesota: 13 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins3 · Games = 4 · +2.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -2.5 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

Minnesota

Best efficiency game

100 vs Minnesota

Result
Wed 12/30vs Wake ForestW 42-2851000
Sat 12/19vs Minnesota10+ tackles · 2+ sacksW 20-171310521
Sat 12/12@ IowaL 7-2864000
Sat 12/5vs IndianaL 6-1499000
Sun 11/15@ MichiganSplash gameW 49-11331110
Sat 10/24vs IllinoisW 45-741000

Player Story

Leo Chenal story

Leo Chenal built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a linebacker from Grantsburg, WI wearing No. 5, spending time with Wisconsin. The clearest part of Leo Chenal's career was his defensive production: 156 tackles, 26 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, and 1 interception across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Leo Chenal's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Wisconsin

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonWisconsin516.75.1
2020 PostseasonWisconsin1343.818.68
2020 Regular SeasonWisconsin1343.818.60
2021 PostseasonWisconsin3069.222.817
2021 Regular SeasonWisconsin3069.222.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Minnesota

Week 16 · W 20-17 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

100 takeover

8 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

@ Purdue

Week 8 · W 30-13 · Conference game

9

Havoc Plays

95.8 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

9 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Northwestern

Week 11 · W 35-7 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

85.2 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Army

Week 7 · W 20-14

3.5

Havoc Plays

74.6 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Iowa

Week 11 · W 24-22 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

73.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Wisconsin

30 primary output · 69.2 efficiency · 22.8 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin

81.9

30 primary · 69.2 efficiency · 22.8 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Wisconsin

51.5

13 primary · 43.8 efficiency · 18.6 usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

10

Splash games

5

10+ tackle games