Chase Williams

Senior defensive back for San José State. 2023: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 49 tackles.

DB · San José State · Sr. · #1

6′1″ · 199 lb · Corona, CA

CFB Index 42 · #340 of 538 safetiesLow confidenceSan José State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 138 nationally · Signed with USC

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for San José State. 2023: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 49 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to USC in 2018.
Transferred from USC to San José State in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at San José State, 171 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2018

Signed with USC4-star out of Eleanor Roosevelt

202210 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Mountain Westhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#138 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST

All-Mountain West mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

1 coach

2018–2023

Brent Brennan

San José State

Played his entire career under Brent Brennan.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018USC5-7HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

2019USC8-5HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning

2020USC5-1HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021USC4-8HC: Donte Williams · Balanced, fast tempo

2022San José State7-5HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2023San José State7-6HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

42Rotational starter #340 of 538?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#566 / 2842 · 79th pct

Tackles#616 / 2842 · 78th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2842 · 67th pct

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

Tackles for loss#1868 / 2842 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.6	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Ken Niumatalolo

Pass share

51.0%

106 pass / 102 run

Plays / game

69.3

3 games

Team sack rate

1.8%

110 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #340 of 538 safeties

Former four-star. Now #340 at the position.

Career stats

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	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2023

W 42–18

vs Fresno State

1 TOT

Dominant 24-point win at home against Fresno State.

With A. Weir — 42 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 55 LONG · C. Cordeiro — 146 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.4 · 27 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 28-56@ USC	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 1	L 17-42vs Oregon State	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 59-3vs Cal Poly	4	3	0.0	1	0
Wk 3	L 17-21@ Toledo	7	2	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 4	L 20-45vs Air Force	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 27-35@ Boise State	4	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 7	W 52-24@ New Mexico	4	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 8	W 42-21vs Utah State	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 35-0@ Hawai'i	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 42-18vs Fresno State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 24-13vs San Diego State	6	3	0.5	—	0
Wk 13	W 37-31@ UNLV	4	3	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 14-24vs Coastal Carolina	4	4	0.0	—	0
Total		49	29	1.0	1	2

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