Usage / Role
16%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Wake 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.
Impact Production
49
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
38
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
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...
Read the storyChelen 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Navy | 7 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 5 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 12 | 65 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 12 | 61 | 2 | 1.5 | - | 5 | 0 | 46.3 |
Related Context
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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
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Navy, Wake Forest.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Navy
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
13.7
Usage
3.2
Consistency
53.1
Best Game by takeover score
Tulsa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tulsa: 2. South Florida: 1. UConn: 1. Notre Dame: 0. SMU: 1. Houston: 0. Army: 0
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. Tulsa: 6 by 45. South Florida: 1 by 14.2. UConn: 1 by 14.2. Notre Dame: 1 by 4.2. SMU: 0 by 10. Houston: 1 by 4.2. Army: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 6 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tulsa
Best efficiency game
45 vs Tulsa
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
Navy
2019
Opening stop
- 2
Wake Forest
2020-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Navy | 5 | 13.7 | 3.2 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | — | — | -5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 7 | 24.8 | 6.8 | 7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 6 | 27.6 | 4.5 | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 8.5 | 28.3 | 5.5 | 2.5 |
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.
3
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
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