#13

Chris Peace

Senior outside linebacker for Virginia. 2018: 63 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks.

OLB · Virginia · Sr. · #13

6′2″ · 245 lb · Newport News, VA

Virginia 2018 alumnus

The story

4 outside linebacker for Virginia. 2018: 63 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Virginia in 2014.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 3336 nationally · Signed with Virginia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Virginia, 184 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2014

Signed with Virginia2-star out of Denbigh

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3336 national

CFB

College

Virginia

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015

Mike London

Virginia

2016–2018

Bronco Mendenhall

Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mike London → Bronco Mendenhall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Virginia4-8HC: Mike London · Balanced

2016Virginia2-10HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-leaning

2017Virginia6-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-leaning

2018Virginia8-5HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (97th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (94th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#70 / 2662 · 97th pct

6.5

Tackles for loss#151 / 2662 · 94th pct

10.0

QB hurries#184 / 2662 · 91st pct

Tackles#373 / 2662 · 86th pct

Solo tackles#618 / 2662 · 76th pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th 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

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.8	0.7	0.5	0.0
Road5g	6.6	0.9	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.6	0.9	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	0.6	0.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Virginia	63	30	10.0	6.5	--	--	--
2017	Virginia	68	32	10.5	7.5	2	1	--
2016	Virginia	53	24	6.5	2.0	2	--	--
2015	Virginia	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		184	86	27.0	16.0	4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2018

W 28–0

vs South Carolina

1 TOT · 0 SACKS · 0 TFL

Dominant 28-point win at home against South Carolina.

With B. Perkins — 207 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 81 rush yds (15 car) · L. Coleman — 38 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 42 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 42-13vs Richmond	2	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 16-20@ Indiana	7	5	2.0	0.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 3	W 45-31vs Ohio	6	2	2.0	1.5	—
Wk 4	W 27-3vs Louisville	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 21-35@ NC State	6	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 16-13vs Miami	7	4	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 8	W 28-14@ Duke	7	5	2.5	2.5	—	2.5 sacks
Wk 9	W 31-21vs North Carolina	6	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 10	L 13-23vs Pittsburgh	4	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 45-24vs Liberty	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 27-30@ Georgia Tech	6	4	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 31-34@ Virginia Tech	7	4	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 28-0vs South Carolina	1	0	0.5	0.5	—
Total		63	30	10.0	6.5	—

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

2014

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays