Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 14-16@ Washington | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-33@ Utah | 11 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Total | 16 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#21
Chapman Lewis
Junior safety on Utah State's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 175 lb · Fort Worth, TX
CFB Index 67 · #124 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceTransferred Texas Tech → Utah State for 2026
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
3★
S recruit
No. 777 nationally · Signed with Texas Tech
Last played in 2026.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Junior safety on Utah State's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas Tech in 2023.
- Transferred from Texas Tech to Utah State in 2026.
How he projects
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Grades highest in speed and zone coverage.
The full scouting readChapman Lewis
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Joey McGuire and Bronco Mendenhall. One game to point at: 11 tackles, 1 TFL against Utah — Week 3, 2026.
16 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20235 games
- Signed with Texas Tech3-star out of Burleson Centennial
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Blake Anderson, Nate Dreiling, and Bronco Mendenhall. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Utah State
2025Texas Tech
2026Utah State
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Utah State | 16 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Texas Tech | 44 | 28 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 14 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 74 | 46 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | -- |
Game log
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +11 tackles, +1 tackle for loss.
Season context · Team result + system
2023Texas Tech7-6HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced
2024Texas Tech8-5HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced, fast tempo
2026Utah State0-3HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Concern: passes defended (28th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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.
Defensive profile
Defender profile · Production by role
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
16tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%1 TFL16 tackles · 1 for loss.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 8.0 TKL/g, 0.5 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Pass share
54.3%
121 pass / 102 run
Plays / game
74.3
3 games
Team sack rate
8.3%
120 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Jordan Hayes’s 2016 season.
Matches Jordan on
Tackle volume
PD rate
Height
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Carter Davis's junior season at Boston College (2026).
86%match
Matches Carter on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Chapman Lewis
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- Ike Larsen56 tackles · 2025
- #15D'Angelo Mayes40 tackles · 2025
- #34Dylan Tucker34 tackles · 2025
- #21Chapman Lewis2 games · 2026
24 more on the roster · Utah State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology