#36

Chase Kuerschen

Senior safety on Tulane's 2020 roster.

S · Tulane · Sr. · #36

6′1″ · 195 lb · Knoxville, TN

Tulane 2020 alumnus

The story

4 safety on Tulane's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Tulane in 2017.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 2414 nationally · Signed with Tulane

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Tulane, 228 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201710 games

Signed with Tulane2-star out of Knoxville Catholic

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2414 national

CFB

College

Tulane

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

1 coach

2017–2020

Willie Fritz

Tulane

Played his entire career under Willie Fritz.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Willie Fritz, all run-heavy offenses — 25-25 over that span.

2017Tulane5-7HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2018Tulane7-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2019Tulane7-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2020Tulane6-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (99th percentile). Strength: tackles (95th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (9th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#14 / 2211 · 99th pct

Tackles#108 / 2211 · 95th pct

Passes defended#309 / 2211 · 82nd pct

Forced fumbles#39 / 497 · 46th pct

QB hurries#917 / 2211 · 29th pct

Sacks#1032 / 2211 · 27th pct

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Tackles for loss#1821 / 2211 · 9th 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

2020 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	5.4	0.0	0.0	0.6
Road5g	7.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	6.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	6.6	0.0	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Tulane	69	54	0.0	3	--	--
2019	Tulane	76	58	1.5	2	2	--
2018	Tulane	23	16	0.0	1	1	--
2017	Tulane	60	44	0.5	1	1	--
Career		228	172	2.0	7	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2020

W 35–21

vs Memphis

5 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 PD

With M. Pratt — 254 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 24 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · R. Wright — 43 AVG · 52 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week