Player Dossier

2019-2023

Wake Forest

Chelen Garnes

DB • 5'11" • 207 lbs • Waldorf, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chelen Garnes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

55%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

62

Solid production for a defensive back

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Reliability

42

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

76

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Wake Forest

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Navy • Wake Forest
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse

Player Story

Chelen Garnes built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Waldorf, MD wearing No. 9, spending time with Navy and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Chelen Garnes' career was his defensive...

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Chelen Garnes, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Wake Forest. Chelen Garnes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
150
TFL
6.5
Sacks
5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
10

Quick Answers

Chelen Garnes quick answers

Latest team and position
Wake Forest · DB
Career Tackles
150
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 36 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Wake Forest
Top game
Syracuse
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
61 tackles · DB 71st (top 8%) · ACC 37th (top 6%) · National 338th (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonNavy7110.50.511038
2020 Regular SeasonWake Forest00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonWake Forest5133211050.4
2022 Regular SeasonWake Forest126511-3036.7
2023 Regular SeasonWake Forest126121.5-5046.3

Related Context

Chelen Garnes played DB for Navy and Wake Forest. Across 5 tracked seasons, Chelen Garnes recorded 150 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Wake Forest.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Wake Forest paired 7 primary output with 24.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 28.3 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Navy, Wake Forest.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

28.3

Usage

5.5

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

NC State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Elon: 0. Vanderbilt: 3. Old Dominion: 0. Georgia Tech: 0.5. Clemson: 0. Virginia Tech: 2. Pittsburgh: 0. Florida State: 1. Duke: 0. NC State: 2. Notre Dame: 0. Syracuse: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Elon: 2 by 8.3. Vanderbilt: 7 by 59.2. Old Dominion: 3 by 12.5. Georgia Tech: 6 by 30. Clemson: 4 by 16.7. Virginia Tech: 8 by 53.3. Pittsburgh: 3 by 12.5. Florida State: 7 by 39.2. Duke: 6 by 25. NC State: 9 by 57.5. Notre Dame: 3 by 12.5. Syracuse: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 8 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

NC State

Best efficiency game

59.2 vs Vanderbilt

Result
Sat 11/25@ SyracuseL 31-3533000
Sat 11/18@ Notre DameL 7-4532000
Sat 11/11vs NC StateSplash gameL 6-2696110
Thu 11/2@ DukeL 21-2462000
Sat 10/28vs Florida StateL 16-4175001
Sat 10/21vs PittsburghW 21-1731000
Sat 10/14@ Virginia TechSplash gameL 13-30840.500.501
Sat 10/7@ ClemsonL 12-1742000
Sat 9/23vs Georgia TechL 16-30610.5000
Sat 9/16@ Old DominionW 27-2431000
Sat 9/9vs VanderbiltSplash gameW 36-2075003
Thu 8/31vs ElonW 37-1721000

Player Story

Chelen Garnes story

Chelen Garnes built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Waldorf, MD wearing No. 9, spending time with Navy and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Chelen Garnes' career was his defensive production: 150 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Chelen Garnes' 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. 1

    Navy

    2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Wake Forest

    2020-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonNavy513.73.2
2020 Regular SeasonWake Forest0-5
2021 Regular SeasonWake Forest724.86.87
2022 Regular SeasonWake Forest627.64.5-1
2023 Regular SeasonWake Forest8.528.35.52.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Syracuse

Week 6 · W 40-37 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Syracuse

Week 12 · W 45-35 · 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.

#3

@ Tulsa

Week 7 · W 45-17 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.

#4

vs NC State

Week 11 · L 6-26 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#5

@ Virginia Tech

Week 7 · L 13-30 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Wake Forest

7 primary output · 24.8 efficiency · 6.8 usage

50.4

#2

2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest

46.3

8.5 primary · 28.3 efficiency · 5.5 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Navy

38

5 primary · 13.7 efficiency · 3.2 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

8

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games