Chase Winovich: LB · Michigan · #15.
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Chase Winovich
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Three seasons in the Michigan linebacker corps to date. All-Big Ten in 2018 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Northwestern — Week 5, 2018.
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
61 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 15.5 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-24@ No. 12 Notre Dame | 8 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 49-3vs Western Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-20vs SMU | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-10vs Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-17@ Northwestern | 9 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 42-21vs Maryland | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-13vs No. 15 Wisconsin | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-7@ No. 24 Michigan State | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-7vs No. 14 Penn State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-7@ Rutgers | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-20vs Indiana | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 39-62@ No. 10 Ohio State | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 15-41vs No. 10 Florida | 7 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 61 | 32 | 15.5 | 4.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
61tackles this seasonTFL rate
25%16 TFLSack rate
7%4 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups61 tackles · 15.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Jim Harbaugh, all run-heavy offenses — 28-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 6.0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 5.2 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Harbaugh
Pass share
38.6%
340 pass / 540 run
Plays / game
67.7
13 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
370 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Michigan, 162 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2017) — drafted at #77 overall by the New England Patriots.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brady Hoke → Jim Harbaugh. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
New England PatriotsEntering 8th NFL season
New England PatriotsEntering 8th NFL season
