Senior defensive back on Syracuse's 2025 roster.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Camden, NJ
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 413 nationally · Signed with Syracuse
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Syracuse's 2025 roster.
Darian Chestnut
Erases the deep middle of the field. Three head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 8 tackles against UConn — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Dino Babers, Nunzio Campanile, and Fran Brown. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Fran Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #338 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #48 of 75 ACC DBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-45@ Tennessee | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-20vs UConn | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 3-38vs Duke | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 18-31@ SMU | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-30vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-41@ Georgia Tech | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-38@ Miami | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 12-34vs Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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.
2026 Outlook
Syracuse
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Syracuse
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Syracuse · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #35 · 2026 recruiting class #35
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to AJ McCarty’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to JaTravis Broughton's graduate season at TCU (2024).
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Player DNA