Chad Whitener: LB · Oklahoma State · #45.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Chad Whitener
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Three seasons in the Oklahoma State linebacker corps to date. On tape: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against TCU, Week 4, 2017.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
68 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 interceptions. 6.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The New York Times Nov 1
Sports Illustrated Oct 29
Oklahoma State University Athletics Oct 22
The Oklahoman Oct 22Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Oklahoma State | 68 | 44 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | Oklahoma State | 71 | 47 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2015 | Oklahoma State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Career | 139 | 91 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 4 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-24vs Tulsa | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-7@ South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-21@ Pittsburgh | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-44vs No. 16 TCU | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 41-34@ Texas Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 59-16vs Baylor | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 13-10@ Texas | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 50-39@ No. 22 West Virginia | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 52-62vs No. 8 Oklahoma | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-42@ No. 24 Iowa State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 40-45vs Kansas State | 8 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 13 | W 58-17vs Kansas | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 30-21vs No. 22 Virginia Tech | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 68 | 44 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
68tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%6 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups68 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Mike Gundy — 30-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 4.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Gundy
Pass share
50.4%
503 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
76.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
539 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Oklahoma State, 139 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Sonny Dykes and Mike Gundy.
