#23

Jason Chambers

Senior cornerback for West Virginia. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 34 tackles.

CB · West Virginia · Sr. · #23

5′11″ · 189 lb · Charlotte, NC

CFB Index 52 · #170 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to West Virginia for 2026

How he plays

Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

Passes defended: 86th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

4 PBU · 34 tackles · 3 TFL

Best game: 1 PBU, 4 tackles, vs Colorado

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for West Virginia. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 34 tackles.

Signed with North Carolina Central in 2022.
Transferred from App State to West Virginia in 2025.

His career, year by year

Jason Chambers

CB · West Virginia · Sr · #23

Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Shawn Clark and Rich Rodriguez. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against Utah, Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024App State5-6HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced

2025West Virginia4-8HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

52Rotational starter #170 of 364?

Low confidenceAscending7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (80th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Solo tackles#559 / 2975 · 80th pct

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

Tackles#1138 / 2975 · 61st pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.5
Road6g	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	0.2	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #170 of 364 corners

Unranked recruit. Now #170 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #10 of 29 Big 12 CBs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	West Virginia	34	29	3.0	4	1	--
2024	App State	37	23	1.0	--	1	--
Career		71	52	4.0	4	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 31–24

vs Pittsburgh

4 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With O. Straw — 45 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG · N. Marchiol — 192 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 57.4 · -4 rush yds (10 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-3vs Robert Morris	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 10-17@ Ohio	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 31-24vs Pittsburgh	4	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 10-41@ Kansas	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 14-48vs Utah	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 6	L 24-38@ BYU	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 13-45@ UCF	—	—	—	—	1	—
Wk 9	L 17-23vs TCU	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 10	W 45-35@ Houston	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 29-22vs Colorado	4	4	2.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 23-25@ Arizona State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 0-49vs Texas Tech	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		34	29	3.0	0.0	1	4

How he plays

Play style

Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

34Tackles

29Solo

3TFL

0Sacks

4Pass def.

1INT

34 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 3 TFL.

Week 41 PD
Week 81 INT
Week 92 PD
Week 111 PD

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

West Virginia

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · West Virginia

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -17 net (34 in / 51 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

West Virginia · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #49 · 2026 recruiting class #25

DNA match

Player DNA

Cover Corner

Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Marquis Cooper’s 2025 season.

Marquis Cooper

90%match

Buffalo · 2025

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 16

Adrian Cole

Florida International · 2022

89%

Jonas Duclona

South Florida · 2025

88%

Caleb Biggers

Boise State · 2022

All-Mountain West

87%

Keonte Glinton

New Mexico State · 2024

85%

Matches Marquis on

Class year

Height

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kenneth Robinson's junior season at UTSA (2022).

Kenneth Robinson

100%match

UTSA · 2022

Dadrian Taylor

UTSA · 2022

All-Conference USA

98%

Caleb Biggers

Boise State · 2022

All-Mountain West

96%

Jordan Favors

App State · 2024

All-Sun Belt

94%

BJ Sculark

New Mexico State · 2023

94%

Matches Kenneth on

Class year

Height

Interceptions

Player DNA

Players who play like Jason Chambers

Marquis Cooper

Buffalo · 2025

90%

Jonas Duclona

South Florida · 2025

88%

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

Jason Chambers

2022

202410 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Cover Corner

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