Chase Williams: DB · San José State · #1.
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Chase Williams
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for three head coaches across six seasons and two programs. The first career honor came in 2022: All-Mountain West. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Toledo — Week 3, 2023.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
49 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | San José State | 49 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | San José State | 37 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 | USC | 48 | 31 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | USC | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | USC | 29 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | USC | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 171 | 109 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 6 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 28-56@ No. 6 USC | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 17-42vs No. 18 Oregon State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-3vs Cal Poly | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-21@ Toledo | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 20-45vs Air Force | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-35@ Boise State | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 52-24@ New Mexico | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-21vs Utah State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-0@ Hawai'i | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-18vs Fresno State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-13vs San Diego State | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-31@ UNLV | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-24vs Coastal Carolina | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Week 2 · 2023
W 59-3
vs Cal Poly
1 interception · 4 tackles · 3 solo tackles
Dominant 56-point win at home against Cal Poly.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
49tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL49 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Brennan
Pass share
47.6%
375 pass / 412 run
Plays / game
60.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
397 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #340 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at USC and San José State, 171 tackles — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST
All-Mountain West mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Clay Helton, Donte Williams and Brent Brennan.
