#48

Chase Christiansen

Senior linebacker for Utah State. 2018: 72 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Utah State · Sr. · #48

6′1″ · 230 lb · Stansbury, UT

Utah State 2018 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Utah State. 2018: 72 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Utah State in 2014.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

ILB recruit

No. 3336 nationally · Signed with Utah State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Utah State, 182 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Utah State2-star out of Stansbury

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3336 national

CFB

College

Utah State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Matt Wells

Utah State

Played his entire career under Matt Wells.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Matt Wells, all balanced offenses — 20-18 over that span.

2016Utah State3-9HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2017Utah State6-7HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2018Utah State11-2HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (90th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#251 / 2662 · 90th pct

Solo tackles#778 / 2662 · 70th pct

Tackles for loss#779 / 2662 · 68th pct

4.0

Passes defended#744 / 2662 · 66th pct

QB hurries#730 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Sacks#1282 / 2662 · 50th pct

0.5

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.0	0.2	0.1	0.0
Road5g	7.2	0.5	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.9	0.3	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	6.0	0.5	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bronco Mendenhall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Utah State	72	26	4.0	0.5	2	--	--
2017	Utah State	71	33	4.0	1.0	1	--	--
2016	Utah State	39	17	4.0	2.0	--	--	--
Career		182	76	12.0	3.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2018

W 45–20

at BYU

3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL

Dominant 25-point win on the road against BYU.

With T. Hintze — 42 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG · D. Thompson — 109 rush yds (17 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week