Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2019-2024East Carolina
Chad Stephens
DL • 6'1" • 270 lbs • Greensboro, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Chad Stephens shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
87
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · East Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Player Story
Chad Stephens built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Greensboro, NC wearing No. 3, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Chad Stephens' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- East Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Chad Stephens, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · East Carolina. Chad Stephens shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 139
- TFL
- 26.5
- Sacks
- 8
- QB hurries
- 10
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Chad Stephens quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · DL
- Career Tackles
- 139
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 45 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · East Carolina
- Top game
- Tulane
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Southeast Guilford · East Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Southeast Guilford · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 36 tackles · DL 90th (top 9%) · American Athletic 103rd (top 16%) · National 1,097th (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | East Carolina | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 22.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | East Carolina | 5 | 17 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 33.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | East Carolina | 11 | 34 | 8 | 2.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 53.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | East Carolina | 12 | 39 | 11.5 | 3.5 | 4 | - | 0 | 60.1 |
| 2024 Postseason | East Carolina | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 23.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | East Carolina | 12 | 35 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 23.2 |
Related Context
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Chad Stephens played DL for East Carolina. Across 6 tracked seasons, Chad Stephens recorded 4 rushing yards and 139 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
East Carolina paired 19 primary output with 29.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 29.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · East Carolina
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
29.4
Usage
9.2
Consistency
34
Best Game by takeover score
UTSA
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 1. Marshall: 1. App State: 1. Gardner-Webb: 1. Rice: 3.5. SMU: 2.5. Charlotte: 0.5. UTSA: 5. Tulane: 0. Florida Atlantic: 3. Navy: 0. Tulsa: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan: 2 by 18.3. Marshall: 2 by 18.3. App State: 2 by 18.3. Gardner-Webb: 1 by 14.2. Rice: 4 by 51.7. SMU: 2 by 33.3. Charlotte: 8 by 38.3. UTSA: 4 by 66.7. Tulane: 2 by 8.3. Florida Atlantic: 4 by 46.7. Navy: 3 by 12.5. Tulsa: 5 by 25.8
Split Comparison
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Wins2 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 10 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UTSA
Best efficiency game
66.7 vs UTSA
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Tulsa | L 27-29 | 5 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Navy | L 0-10 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Florida AtlanticSplash game | W 22-7 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Tulane | L 10-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ UTSASplash game | L 27-41 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Charlotte | L 7-10 | 8 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/12 | vs SMUSplash game | L 10-31 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ RiceSplash game | L 17-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Gardner-Webb | W 44-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ App State | L 28-43 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Marshall | L 13-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ Michigan | L 3-30 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Chad Stephens story
Chad Stephens built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Greensboro, NC wearing No. 3, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Chad Stephens' career was his defensive production: 139 tackles, 26.5 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 45 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Chad Stephens' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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East Carolina
2019-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020212022202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | East Carolina | 3 | 16.8 | 5.2 | 3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | East Carolina | 2.5 | 19.2 | 5.6 | -0.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | East Carolina | 15.5 | 26.1 | 8.3 | 13 |
| 2023 Regular Season | East Carolina | 19 | 29.4 | 9.2 | 3.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | East Carolina | 5.5 | 17.1 | 4 | -13.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | East Carolina | 5.5 | 17.1 | 4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Tulane
Week 6 · L 9-24 · Conference game
Loss with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
6
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
@ UTSA
Week 9 · L 27-41 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Charlotte
Week 6 · L 24-55 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Rice
Week 5 · L 17-24 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Tulane
Week 10 · L 21-38 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
71.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · East Carolina
19 primary output · 29.4 efficiency · 9.2 usage
60.1
#2
2022 Regular Season · East Carolina
53.2
15.5 primary · 26.1 efficiency · 8.3 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · East Carolina
33.9
2.5 primary · 19.2 efficiency · 5.6 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
10
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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