Usage Score
2.7
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.
Efficiency
13.1
Consistency
51.4
Season Value
24.4
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UNLV
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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
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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.
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
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.1 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: Syracuse
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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2024 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
13.1
Usage
2.7
Consistency
51.4
Best Game by takeover score
Syracuse
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kent State: 1. Youngstown State: 1. Syracuse: 2. SMU: 0.5. Virginia: 0. Clemson: 1. Louisville: 0. Boston College: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kent State: 2 by 18.3. Youngstown State: 1 by 14.2. Syracuse: 1 by 24.2. SMU: 2 by 13.3. Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Clemson: 0 by 10. Louisville: 2 by 8.3. Boston College: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 3 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 5 · -1.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Syracuse
Best efficiency game
24.2 vs Syracuse
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Boston College | L 23-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Louisville | L 9-37 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Clemson | L 20-24 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | vs Virginia | L 19-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/3 | @ SMU | L 25-48 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/24 | vs SyracuseSplash game | W 41-13 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Youngstown State | W 73-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Kent State | W 55-24 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
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
Utah State
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Primary metric
4 disruption/tackle impact with 56.3 takeover score.
#2
Miami (OH)
3
Primary metric
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 47.4 takeover score.
#3
Boise State
3
Primary metric
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 44.5 takeover score.
#4
Syracuse
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 42.4 takeover score.
#5
Illinois
1.5
Primary metric
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 42.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · UNLV
18 primary output · 21.5 efficiency · 8 usage
41.9
#2
2025 Regular Season · UNLV
41.9
18 primary · 21.5 efficiency · 8 usage
#3
2021 Postseason · Florida
35
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
6
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.
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