Player Dossier

2021-2025

Syracuse

Duce Chestnut

DB • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Camden, NJ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Duce Chestnut shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

81

High-end production for a defensive back

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Reliability

45

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

74

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Syracuse

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Syracuse • LSU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Player Story

Duce Chestnut built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Camden, NJ wearing No. 2, spending time with LSU and Syracuse. The clearest part of Duce Chestnut's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8889

Camden · Camden, NJ

Committed To
Syracuse
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Duce Chestnut, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Syracuse. Duce Chestnut shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
184
TFL
9.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
17
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Duce Chestnut quick answers

Latest team and position
Syracuse · DB
Career Tackles
184
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 47 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Syracuse
Top game
Pittsburgh
Recruit profile
3-star · Camden · Syracuse
High school pipeline
Camden · 17 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
35 tackles · DB 256th (top 27%) · ACC 157th (top 20%) · National 1,110th (top 18%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse12433.50-8058.8
2022 Regular SeasonSyracuse12401.50-1219.7
2023 Regular SeasonLSU2610--039
2024 PostseasonSyracuse135-0--051.8
2024 Regular SeasonSyracuse13553.5115051.8
2025 Regular SeasonSyracuse835-0-3021.2

Related Context

Duce Chestnut played DB for Syracuse and LSU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Duce Chestnut recorded 184 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Syracuse.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Syracuse paired 14.5 primary output with 27 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Syracuse, LSU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · LSU

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

22.5

Usage

8.4

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Florida State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida State: 2. Arkansas: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 1 · -2 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 1 · +2 vs Wins

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida State

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs Florida State

Result
Sat 9/23vs ArkansasW 34-3120000
Sun 9/3@ Florida StateSplash gameL 24-45441010

Player Story

Duce Chestnut story

Duce Chestnut built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Camden, NJ wearing No. 2, spending time with LSU and Syracuse. The clearest part of Duce Chestnut's career was his defensive production: 184 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 6 interceptions across 47 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Syracuse. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Duce Chestnut's production has multiple signals. With 47 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across LSU and Syracuse.

The arc is straightforward: Duce Chestnut moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Syracuse

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    LSU

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202120222023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse14.5275.2
2022 Regular SeasonSyracuse3.516.83.2-11
2023 Regular SeasonLSU222.58.4-1.5
2024 PostseasonSyracuse11.528.17.99.5
2024 Regular SeasonSyracuse11.528.17.90
2025 Regular SeasonSyracuse3223.6-8.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Pittsburgh

Week 9 · L 13-41 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

84.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Pittsburgh

Week 13 · L 14-31 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#3

vs UConn

Week 13 · W 31-24

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Ohio

Week 1 · W 29-9

2.5

Havoc Plays

80.5 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Florida State

Week 1 · L 24-45

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Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Syracuse

14.5 primary output · 27 efficiency · 5.2 usage

58.8

#2

2024 Postseason · Syracuse

51.8

11.5 primary · 28.1 efficiency · 7.9 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Syracuse

51.8

11.5 primary · 28.1 efficiency · 7.9 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games