Player Dossier

2025-2025

San José State

Steve Chavez-Soto

RB • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Chino, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Steve Chavez-Soto leans balanced backfield option traits and 54 efficiency.

Usage / Role

32%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

62

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

48

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

70

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · San José State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
San José State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Player Story

Steve Chavez-Soto built his college career in 2025 as a running back from Chino, CA wearing No. 15, spending time with San José State. The clearest part of Steve Chavez-Soto's career was his backfield work: 448...

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Steve Chavez-Soto, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · San José State. Steve Chavez-Soto leans balanced backfield option traits and 54 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
463
Rushing yards
448
Receiving yards
15
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Steve Chavez-Soto quick answers

Latest team and position
San José State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
463
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 8 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · San José State
Top game
Utah State
Latest roster
No. 15 · Freshman
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
463 scrimmage yards · RB 219th (top 30%) · Mountain West 45th (top 20%) · National 537th (top 20%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2025 Regular SeasonSan José State846344815773.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026San José State to UtahG5/FCS to P479.6Jan 13, 2026

Steve Chavez-Soto played RB for San José State. Across 1 tracked season, Steve Chavez-Soto recorded 448 rushing yards, 15 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with San José State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

San José State paired 463 primary output with 54 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 54 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Loss with 119 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · San José State

Games

8

Scrimmage Yards / G

57.9

Efficiency

54

Usage

22.4

Consistency

76.1

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. New Mexico: 71. Wyoming: 25. Utah State: 119. Hawai'i: 53. Air Force: 49. Nevada: 47. San Diego State: 49. Fresno State: 50

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico: 14 by 52.8. Wyoming: 12 by 21.7. Utah State: 12 by 91.3. Hawai'i: 10 by 55.2. Air Force: 9 by 56.7. Nevada: 8 by 61.2. San Diego State: 16 by 35.5. Fresno State: 9 by 57.9

Split Comparison

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

Wins62 · Games = 2 · +5.5 vs Losses
Losses56.5 · Games = 6 · -5.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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8 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Utah State

Best efficiency game

91.3 vs Utah State

Result
Sun 11/30vs Fresno StateL 14-419505.6005.6
Sun 11/23@ San Diego StateL 3-2514513.6002-23.1
Sat 11/15@ NevadaL 10-558475.9005.9
Sat 11/8vs Air ForceL 16-269495.4015.4
Sun 11/2vs Hawai'i2+ TDW 45-3810535.3035.3
Sat 10/18@ Utah State100 rush yardsL 25-30111029.3011179.9
Sat 10/11@ WyomingL 28-3512252.1002.1
Sat 10/4vs New Mexico2+ TDW 35-2814715.1025.1

Player Story

Steve Chavez-Soto story

Steve Chavez-Soto built his college career in 2025 as a running back from Chino, CA wearing No. 15, spending time with San José State. The clearest part of Steve Chavez-Soto's career was his backfield work: 448 rushing yards, 87 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 15 receiving yards across 8 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with San José State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 15 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 8 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across San José State.

The arc is straightforward: Steve Chavez-Soto 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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    San José State

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 Regular SeasonSan José State4635422.4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 79 Utah State

Week 8 · L 25-30 · Conference game

Loss with 119 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

119

Scrimmage Yards

84.9 takeover

119 scrimmage yards and 22.2 usage.

#2

vs No. 73 New Mexico

Week 6 · W 35-28 · Conference game

71

Scrimmage Yards

59.7 takeover

Win with 71 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

71 scrimmage yards and 23.3 usage.

#3

vs No. 66 Fresno State

Week 14 · L 14-41 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

56.4 takeover

Loss with 50 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

50 scrimmage yards and 24.3 usage.

#4

vs No. 68 Hawai'i

Week 10 · W 45-38 · Conference game

53

Scrimmage Yards

53 takeover

Win with 53 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

53 scrimmage yards and 20.8 usage.

#5

@ No. 43 San Diego State

Week 13 · L 3-25 · Conference game

49

Scrimmage Yards

52.8 takeover

Loss with 49 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

49 scrimmage yards and 28.6 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · San José State

463 primary output · 54 efficiency · 22.4 usage

73.5

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

2

2+ TD games