Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025UNLV
Chief Borders
LB • 6'4" • 245 lbs • Powder Springs, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Chief Borders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
28
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UNLV
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 4
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Florida • Nebraska • Pittsburgh • UNLV
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
Player Story
Chief Borders built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Powder Springs, GA wearing No. 1, spending time with Florida, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, and UNLV. The clearest part of Chief Borders'...
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- Committed To
- Florida
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Chief Borders, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UNLV. Chief Borders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 53
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 14
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Chief Borders quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UNLV · LB
- Career Tackles
- 53
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · UNLV
- Top game
- Utah State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Heard County · Florida
- High school pipeline
- Heard County · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 29 tackles · LB 486th (top 39%) · Mountain West 116th (top 22%) · National 1,433rd (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Florida | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Florida | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nebraska | 5 | 9 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 10.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | UNLV | 14 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 56.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UNLV | 14 | 26 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 11 | - | 0 | 56.6 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Chief Borders played LB for Florida, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, and UNLV. Across 5 tracked seasons, Chief Borders recorded 53 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UNLV.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
UNLV paired 18 primary output with 21.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 21.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 4 team stops, with role shifts visible across Florida, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, UNLV.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · UNLV
Games
14
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
21.5
Usage
8
Consistency
38
Best Game by takeover score
Utah State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 0. Sam Houston: 1. Idaho State: 2. UCLA: 0. Miami (OH): 3. Wyoming: 1. Air Force: 0. Boise State: 0. New Mexico: 1. Colorado State: 2. Utah State: 4. Hawai'i: 1. Nevada: 0. Boise State: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio: 3 by 12.5. Sam Houston: 0 by 10. Idaho State: 2 by 28.3. UCLA: 1 by 4.2. Miami (OH): 3 by 42.5. Wyoming: 1 by 14.2. Air Force: 3 by 12.5. Boise State: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico: 1 by 14.2. Colorado State: 1 by 24.2. Utah State: 4 by 56.7. Hawai'i: 4 by 26.7. Nevada: 3 by 12.5. Boise State: 2 by 38.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.4 · Games = 10 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Utah State
Best efficiency game
56.7 vs Utah State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/24 | @ Ohio | L 10-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/6 | @ Boise StateSplash game | L 21-38 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/30 | @ Nevada | W 42-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Hawai'i | W 38-10 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Utah StateSplash game | W 29-26 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Colorado StateSplash game | W 42-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs New Mexico | L 35-40 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Boise State | L 31-56 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Air Force | W 51-48 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Wyoming | W 31-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Miami (OH)Splash game | W 41-38 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/7 | vs UCLA | W 30-23 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Sam Houston | W 38-21 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | vs Idaho StateSplash game | W 38-31 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Chief Borders story
Chief Borders built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Powder Springs, GA wearing No. 1, spending time with Florida, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, and UNLV. The clearest part of Chief Borders' career was his defensive production: 53 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Chief Borders' 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
Florida
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Nebraska
2023
Peak year stop
- 3
Pittsburgh
2024
Peak year stop
- 4
UNLV
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202120222023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Florida | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Florida | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nebraska | 1.5 | 10.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 5.5 | 13.1 | 2.7 | 4 |
| 2025 Postseason | UNLV | 18 | 21.5 | 8 | 12.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UNLV | 18 | 21.5 | 8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 79 Utah State
Week 12 · W 29-26 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 82 Miami (OH)
Week 4 · W 41-38
3
Havoc Plays
72.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 64 Boise State
Week 15 · L 21-38 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
71.1 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Idaho State
Week 1 · W 38-31
2
Havoc Plays
58.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Illinois
Week 6 · W 20-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
50.5 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 50.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · UNLV
18 primary output · 21.5 efficiency · 8 usage
56.6
#2
2025 Regular Season · UNLV
56.6
18 primary · 21.5 efficiency · 8 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Florida
37.1
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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