Don Chapman

Senior defensive back for North Carolina. 2023: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 64 tackles.

DB · North Carolina · Sr. · #2

6′1″ · 200 lb · San Diego, CA

CFB Index 67 · #126 of 538 safetiesLow confidenceNorth Carolina 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 763 nationally · Signed with Lincoln

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for North Carolina. 2023: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 64 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Lincoln in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at North Carolina, 200 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20197 games

Recruited3-star out of Lincoln

202313 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#763 national

CFB

College

North Carolina

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

Mack Brown

North Carolina

Played his entire career under Mack Brown.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Mack Brown — 38-27 over that span.

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

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

2021North Carolina6-7HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning

2022North Carolina9-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

2023North Carolina8-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

67Quality starter #126 of 538?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (94th percentile). Strength: tackles (89th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#162 / 2842 · 94th pct

Tackles#297 / 2842 · 89th pct

Tackles for loss#635 / 2842 · 76th pct

4.5

QB hurries#574 / 2842 · 74th pct

Interceptions#148 / 827 · 72nd pct

Sacks#847 / 2842 · 62nd pct

1.0

Passes defended#1113 / 2842 · 50th 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

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	4.6	0.4	0.1	0.1
Road5g	5.4	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	0.3	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	5.5	0.4	0.2	0.0

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 · 2023

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #126 of 538 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #126 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	North Carolina	64	43	4.5	1.0	1	2	--
2022	North Carolina	30	18	0.0	0.0	3	--	--
2021	North Carolina	28	17	0.5	0.0	3	--	--
2020	North Carolina	48	40	4.0	2.0	2	1	--
2019	North Carolina	30	22	1.5	1.0	1	2	--
Career		200	140	10.5	4.0	10	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023

W 41–31

vs Miami

2 TOT

Edged out Miami at home in a shootout.

With D. Maye — 273 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.4 · 10 rush yds (10 car) · O. Hampton — 197 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 31-17vs South Carolina	6	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 40-34vs App State	8	5	1.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 3	W 31-13vs Minnesota	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 41-24@ Pittsburgh	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 40-7vs Syracuse	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 41-31vs Miami	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 27-31vs Virginia	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 42-46@ Georgia Tech	6	4	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 10	W 59-7vs Campbell	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 47-45vs Duke	6	6	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 20-31@ Clemson	9	5	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 13	L 20-39@ NC State	6	4	1.5	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 10-30@ West Virginia	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		64	43	4.5	1.0	2	1

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