Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2021Wisconsin
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.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
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 · 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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 8 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 22.1 |
| 2020 Postseason | Wisconsin | 6 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 6 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51.5 |
| 2021 Postseason | Wisconsin | 9 | 9 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 81.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 9 | 87 | 16.5 | 7 | 4 | - | 0 | 81.9 |
Related Context
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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
2021 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 69.2 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: Purdue
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Postseason · Wisconsin
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
3.3
Efficiency
69.2
Usage
22.8
Consistency
58.3
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 2.5. Notre Dame: 1. Illinois: 1. Army: 3.5. Purdue: 9. Iowa: 3.5. Northwestern: 5. Nebraska: 1.5. Minnesota: 3
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona State: 9 by 62.5. Notre Dame: 8 by 43.3. Illinois: 5 by 30.8. Army: 17 by 85. Purdue: 9 by 87.5. Iowa: 9 by 72.5. Northwestern: 14 by 100. Nebraska: 11 by 60.8. Minnesota: 14 by 80
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins3.7 · Games = 7 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 2 · -1.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
100 vs Northwestern
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/31 | @ Arizona StateSplash game | W 20-13 | 9 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/27 | @ Minnesota10+ tackles · Splash game | L 13-23 | 14 | 8 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | vs Nebraska10+ tackles | W 35-28 | 11 | 6 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | vs Northwestern10+ tackles · Splash game | W 35-7 | 14 | 9 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | vs IowaSplash game | W 27-7 | 9 | 4 | — | 2 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Purdue2+ sacks · Splash game | W 30-13 | 9 | 8 | — | 5.50 | 3.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/17 | vs Army10+ tackles · Splash game | W 20-14 | 17 | 8 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Illinois | W 24-0 | 5 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Notre Dame | L 13-41 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
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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- 1
Wisconsin
2019-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 5 | 16.7 | 5.1 | — |
| 2020 Postseason | Wisconsin | 13 | 43.8 | 18.6 | 8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 13 | 43.8 | 18.6 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Wisconsin | 30 | 69.2 | 22.8 | 17 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 30 | 69.2 | 22.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Minnesota
Week 16 · W 20-17 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
8
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
2
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
81.9
#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
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