#21

Chazz Surratt

Former linebacker at North Carolina. 2020: 91 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks.

LB · North Carolina · Sr. · #21

6′2″ · 225 lb · Denver, NC

All-AmericanMinnesota — drafted 2021, Rd 3, Pick 15, #78 overall

Recruiting

3★

DUAL recruit

No. 412 nationally · Signed with North Carolina

Statement game17 tackles · 2 TFL · 1 sackat Virginia Tech (FBS) · L 41-43

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at North Carolina. 2020: 91 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Carolina in 2016.
Drafted round 3 by the Minnesota in 2021.
Named All-America (SN) in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at North Carolina, 207 tackles, an All-American season (2020) — drafted at #78 overall by Minnesota.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2016

Signed with North Carolina3-star out of East Lincoln

202011 games

All-Americafirst
All-ACCfirst

2021

Drafted by Minnesotaround 3, pick 78

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#412 national

CFB

College

North Carolina

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #78

Minnesota · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2020)

1 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

2 coaches

2017–2018

Larry Fedora

North Carolina

2019–2020

Mack Brown

North Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Larry Fedora → Mack Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MinnesotaEntering 6th NFL season

#78Rd 3 · Pick 15

MinnesotaEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017North Carolina3-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2018North Carolina2-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2019North Carolina7-6HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning

2020North Carolina8-4HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: sacks (98th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#23 / 2211 · 99th pct

Sacks#31 / 2211 · 98th pct

6.0

Solo tackles#35 / 2211 · 98th pct

QB hurries#31 / 2211 · 98th pct

Tackles for loss#147 / 2211 · 93rd pct

7.5

Passes defended#309 / 2211 · 82nd pct

Forced fumbles#39 / 497 · 46th pct

Interceptions#180 / 568 · 34th 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

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	8.0	1.1	0.8	0.0
Road5g	8.6	0.2	0.2	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	6.0	0.9	0.8	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	9.6	0.6	0.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-American

Named to an All-America team by a recognized selector.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Selector Grid · 2020

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN1st

SI—

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	North Carolina	91	49	7.5	6.0	3	1	--
2019	North Carolina	115	66	15.0	6.5	3	1	--
2018	North Carolina	--	--	--	--	--	--	1
2017	North Carolina	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	7
Career		207	116	22.5	12.5	6	2	8

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2020

W 56–45

vs Virginia Tech

4 TOT · 1 QB HUR

Edged out Virginia Tech at home in a shootout.

With M. Carter — 214 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · J. Williams — 169 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 31-6vs Syracuse	9	4	2.5	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 5	W 26-22@ Boston College	8	8	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 6	W 56-45vs Virginia Tech	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 28-31@ Florida State	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 48-21vs NC State	8	6	1.0	1.0	1	0
Wk 9	L 41-44@ Virginia	10	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 56-24@ Duke	12	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 59-53vs Wake Forest	14	7	2.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 13	L 17-31vs Notre Dame	7	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 49-9vs Western Carolina	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	W 62-26@ Miami	10	6	0.0	0.0	—	2
Total		91	49	7.5	6.0	1	3

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

2016

202011 games

2021

2020 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-American

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays