Player Dossier

2024-2025

South Florida

James Chenault

CB • 6'0" • 180 lbs • Orlando, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

James Chenault shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

29%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

60

Solid production for a corner

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

64

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Florida

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
South Florida
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Player Story

James Chenault built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a cornerback from Orlando, FL wearing No. 9, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of James Chenault's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8417

Jones · Orlando, FL

Committed To
South Florida
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

James Chenault, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Florida. James Chenault shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
44
TFL
1
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

James Chenault quick answers

Latest team and position
South Florida · CB
Career Tackles
44
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 15 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · South Florida
Top game
Miami
Recruit profile
3-star · Jones · South Florida
High school pipeline
Jones · 40 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 9 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
32 tackles · CB 98th (top 21%) · American Athletic 132nd (top 21%) · National 1,282nd (top 21%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Florida612-0-2020.8
2025 Regular SeasonSouth Florida93210-4057.4

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026South Florida to UtahG5/FCS to P481.4Jan 13, 2026

James Chenault played CB for South Florida. Across 2 tracked seasons, James Chenault recorded 7 receiving yards and 44 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with South Florida.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

South Florida paired 7 primary output with 22.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 88.9th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · South Florida

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

22.6

Usage

4.6

Consistency

68.4

Best Game by takeover score

Miami

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Boise State: 0. Florida: 1. Miami: 1. South Carolina State: 0.5. Charlotte: 0. North Texas: 1.5. Florida Atlantic: 1. Memphis: 1. UTSA: 1

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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Boise State: 6 by 25. Florida: 3 by 22.5. Miami: 3 by 22.5. South Carolina State: 4 by 21.7. Charlotte: 3 by 12.5. North Texas: 2 by 23.3. Florida Atlantic: 9 by 47.5. Memphis: 1 by 14.2. UTSA: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0.7 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Miami

Best efficiency game

47.5 vs Florida Atlantic

Result
Fri 11/7vs UTSAW 55-2310001
Sat 10/25@ MemphisL 31-3411001
Sat 10/18vs Florida AtlanticW 48-1397001
Fri 10/10@ North TexasW 63-36200.5001
Fri 10/3vs CharlotteW 54-2632000
Sat 9/20vs South Carolina StateW 63-14420.5000
Sat 9/13@ MiamiL 12-49320010
Sat 9/6@ FloridaW 18-16320010
Thu 8/28vs Boise StateW 34-764000

Player Story

James Chenault story

James Chenault built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a cornerback from Orlando, FL wearing No. 9, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of James Chenault's career was his defensive production: 44 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 3 interceptions, and 6 passes defended across 15 career games in the available record. His career also includes 7 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives James Chenault's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    South Florida

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Florida313.31.9
2025 Regular SeasonSouth Florida722.64.64

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 9 Miami

Week 3 · L 12-49 · Ranked opponent

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

63.1 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Tulsa

Week 13 · W 63-30 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

62 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 98 Florida Atlantic

Week 8 · W 48-13 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

53.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 22 North Texas

Week 7 · W 63-36 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

1.5

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.

#5

@ No. 63 Florida

Week 2 · W 18-16

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Havoc Plays

49.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · South Florida

7 primary output · 22.6 efficiency · 4.6 usage

57.4

#2

2024 Regular Season · South Florida

20.8

3 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 1.9 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games