Armani Chatman

Senior defensive back for North Carolina. 2023: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 18 tackles.

DB · North Carolina · Sr. · #9

6′0″ · 205 lb · Virginia Beach, VA

CFB Index 57 · #134 of 339 cornersLow confidenceNorth Carolina 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 441 nationally · Signed with Virginia Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for North Carolina. 2023: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 18 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia Tech in 2018.
Transferred from Virginia Tech to North Carolina in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at North Carolina, 107 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2018

Signed with Virginia Tech3-star out of Catholic

202310 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#441 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

Mack Brown

North Carolina

Played his entire career under Mack Brown.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Virginia Tech8-5HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

2020Virginia Tech5-6HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

2021Virginia Tech6-7HC: J.C. Price · Run-heavy

2022Virginia Tech3-8HC: Brent Pry · Balanced

2023North Carolina8-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

57Quality starter #134 of 339?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (85th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#362 / 2842 · 85th pct

Interceptions#148 / 827 · 72nd pct

Solo tackles#1319 / 2842 · 52nd pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

Tackles#2085 / 2842 · 25th pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2235 / 2842 · 18th pct

0.5

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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.8
Road5g	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #134 of 339 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #134 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	North Carolina	18	16	0.5	0.0	4	2	--
2022	Virginia Tech	22	18	1.0	0.0	5	1	--
2021	Virginia Tech	13	8	2.0	0.0	7	1	--
2020	Virginia Tech	32	24	1.0	1.0	6	--	--
2019	Virginia Tech	22	15	0.0	0.0	2	--	--
Career		107	81	4.5	1.0	24	4	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 3	W 31-13vs Minnesota	1	1	0.0	1	3
Wk 4	W 41-24@ Pittsburgh	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 40-7vs Syracuse	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 27-31vs Virginia	2	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 9	L 42-46@ Georgia Tech	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 59-7vs Campbell	3	3	0.0	—	0	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 11	W 47-45vs Duke	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 20-31@ Clemson	2	1	0.5	—	0
Wk 13	L 20-39@ NC State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 10-30@ West Virginia	1	1	0.0	—	0
Total		18	16	0.5	2	4

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

Armani Chatman

2018

202310 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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