Alfred Chea

Senior linebacker for Ball State. 2025: 59 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Ball State · Sr.

6′2″ · 221 lb · Jacksonville, FL

CFB Index 45 · #334 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Ball State for 2026

How he plays

Carries tight ends down the field in coverage.

Passes defended: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

3.5 TFL · 5 PBU

Best game: 5 tackles, 1 TFL, vs New Hampshire

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Ball State. 2025: 59 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UConn in 2020.
Transferred from UConn to Ball State in 2025.

His career, year by year

Alfred Chea

LB · Ball State · Sr

Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Alfred Chea has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 8 tackles against Northern Illinois, Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021UConn1-11HC: Lou Spanos · Balanced

2022UConn6-7HC: Jim Mora · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023UConn3-9HC: Jim Mora · Balanced

2024UConn9-4HC: Jim Mora · Run-leaning

2025Ball State4-8HC: Mike Uremovich · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

45Rotational starter #334 of 583?

High confidenceBreakout6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Strength: solo tackles (88th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#353 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles#413 / 2975 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#866 / 2975 · 69th pct

3.5

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.4	0.3	0.0	0.6
Road7g	5.3	0.3	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.2	0.3	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	0.2	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Uremovich

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

45 · #334 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #334 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-MAC

Based on 2025: #31 of 55 Mid-American LBs

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Ball State	59	35	3.5	5	--	--
2024	UConn	7	3	0.0	--	--	--
2023	UConn	4	2	1.0	--	--	--
2022	UConn	1	1	0.0	--	--	--
2021	UConn	2	1	0.0	--	--	--
Career		73	42	4.5	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 34–29

vs New Hampshire

5 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL

Edged out New Hampshire at home in a shootout.

With Q. Ashley — 154 rush yds (12 car) · 2 TD · K. Kelly — 105 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 77.4 · 101 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 0-31@ Purdue	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 3-42@ Auburn	4	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 34-29vs New Hampshire	5	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 25-31@ UConn	8	5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 6	W 20-14vs Ohio	3	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 0-42@ Western Michigan	7	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 42-28vs Akron	6	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 7-21@ Northern Illinois	8	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 17-13vs Kent State	5	2	0.5	—	1
Wk 12	L 9-24vs Eastern Michigan	3	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 9-38@ Toledo	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 24-45@ Miami (OH)	4	3	1.0	—	0
Total		59	35	3.5	—	5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Alfred Chea

2020

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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