Player Dossier

2021-2025

UNLV

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 13.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

5

Efficiency

13.6

Consistency

14.3

Season Value

14.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason · Florida

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Snapshot

Career Teams
4
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Florida • Nebraska • Pittsburgh • UNLV
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Chief Borders, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason · Florida. Chief Borders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.6 disruption score.

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: 2021 Postseason

Florida paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 13.6 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 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · UNLV

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

13.6

Usage

5

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 0. Sam Houston: 0. Unknown: 0. UCLA: 0. Miami (OH): 1. Wyoming: 1. Air Force: 0. Boise State: 0. New Mexico: 1. Colorado State: 1. Utah State: 2. Hawai'i: 1. Nevada: 0. Boise State: 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. Ohio: 3 by 12.5. Sam Houston: 0 by 0. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. UCLA: 1 by 4.2. Miami (OH): 3 by 22.5. 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 14.2. Utah State: 4 by 36.7. Hawai'i: 4 by 26.7. Nevada: 3 by 12.5. Boise State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 9 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Wins
First Half0.3 · Games = 7 · -0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.7 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs First Half

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

36.7 vs Utah State

Result
Wed 12/24@ OhioL 10-1731000
Sat 12/6@ Boise StateL 21-3821000
Sun 11/30@ NevadaW 42-1731000
Sat 11/22vs Hawai'iW 38-10410.500.500
Sun 11/16vs Utah StateW 29-2643110
Sun 11/9@ Colorado StateW 42-1011100
Sat 11/1vs New MexicoL 35-4011100
Sat 10/18@ Boise StateL 31-5610000
Sat 10/11vs Air ForceW 51-4831000
Sat 10/4@ WyomingW 31-1711100
Sat 9/20@ Miami (OH)W 41-3831100
Sun 9/7vs UCLAW 30-2310000
Sat 8/30@ Sam HoustonW 38-2100000
Sat 8/23vs Unknown20000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Florida

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Nebraska

    2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Pittsburgh

    2024

    Peak year stop

  4. 4

    UNLV

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

202120222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 PostseasonFlorida04.20.7
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida04.20.90
2023 Regular SeasonNebraska1.510.52.11.5
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh2.59.41.71
2025 PostseasonUNLV713.654.5
2025 Regular SeasonUNLV713.650

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Utah State

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.8 takeover score.

#2

Illinois

1.5

Primary metric

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 42.7 takeover score.

#3

Kent State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.9 takeover score.

#4

Syracuse

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.3 takeover score.

#5

Miami (OH)

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2021 Postseason · Florida

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

35

#2

2022 Regular Season · Florida

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · UNLV

14.7

7 primary · 13.6 efficiency · 5 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8989

Heard County · Carrollton, GA

Committed To
Florida
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Career Facts

4

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

53

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 30 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.