#17

Chauncey Manac

Senior linebacker for Louisiana. 2021: 57 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 10.5 sacks.

LB · Louisiana · Sr. · #17

6′3″ · 251 lb · Fargo, GA

CFB Index 93 · #8 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceLouisiana 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WDE recruit

No. 115 nationally · Signed with Georgia

Statement game6 tackles · 4.5 TFL · 4 sacksat Liberty (FBS) · W 42-14

Top 0.1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Louisiana. 2021: 57 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 10.5 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Georgia in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Louisiana, 166 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2016

Signed with Georgia4-star out of Clinch County

201811 games

Signed with Louisiana3-star out of Garden City C.C.

202113 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#115 national

CFB

College

Louisiana

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Billy Napier

Louisiana

Played his entire career under Billy Napier.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Billy Napier — 41-12 over that span.

2018Louisiana7-7HC: Billy Napier · Run-heavy

2019Louisiana11-3HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2020Louisiana10-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2021Louisiana13-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

93All-America level #8 of 578?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (98th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#16 / 2743 · 99th pct

10.5

Tackles for loss#47 / 2743 · 98th pct

14.5

QB hurries#67 / 2743 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#404 / 2743 · 85th pct

Tackles#459 / 2743 · 83rd pct

Passes defended#735 / 2743 · 67th pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th 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

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.9	0.7	0.4	0.0
Road6g	4.7	1.6	1.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	0.6	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	4.6	1.6	1.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Michael Desormeaux

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

our read the All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #8 of 578 FBS linebackers by CFB Index Score.2021 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

93 · #8 of 578 LBs

Former four-star. Now #8 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Louisiana	57	35	14.5	10.5	2	--	--
2020	Louisiana	31	15	5.5	2.0	--	1	--
2019	Louisiana	31	17	5.0	3.0	--	--	--
2018	Louisiana	47	32	8.5	4.0	1	--	--
Career		166	99	33.5	19.5	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021

W 27–24

vs Nicholls

0 TFL · 0 SACKS · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With L. Lewis — 304 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 51.6 · 7 rush yds (5 car) · R. Byrns — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 54 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 18-38@ Texas	5	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 2	W 27-24vs Nicholls	4	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 3	W 49-14vs Ohio	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 28-20@ Georgia Southern	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 20-18@ South Alabama	7	5	2.0	1.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 7	W 41-13vs App State	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 28-27@ Arkansas State	4	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 9	W 45-0vs Texas State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 21-17vs Georgia State	7	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 35-21@ Troy	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 12	W 42-14@ Liberty	6	5	4.5	4.0	—	4 sacks
Wk 13	W 21-16vs UL Monroe	5	4	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 14	W 24-16vs App State	6	4	2.5	1.0	—	2.5 TFL
Total		55	34	14.5	10.5	—