6′1″ · 195 lb · Knoxville, TN · Knoxville Catholic
Chase Kuerschen: S · Tulane · #36.
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Chase Kuerschen
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has four seasons of production at Tulane behind him. A game that shows it: 12 tackles against Houston — Week 6, 2020.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
64 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.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 27-24@ South Alabama | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-27vs Navy | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 66-24@ Southern Miss | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-49@ Houston | 12 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 34-37vs No. 17 SMU | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 34-51@ UCF | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-3vs Temple | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-21@ East Carolina | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-12vs Army | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-21vs Memphis | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 64 | 49 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
69tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL69 tackles · 3 pass breakups.
4 seasons under Willie Fritz, all run-heavy offenses — 25-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Pass share
38.2%
313 pass / 507 run
Plays / game
74.5
11 games
Team sack rate
10.3%
359 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2020
69 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Tulane, 228 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 40 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Willie Fritz.
