Chelen Garnes: DB · Wake Forest · #9.
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Chelen Garnes
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Ken Niumatalolo and Dave Clawson. On tape: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against NC State, Week 11, 2023.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
61 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 61 | 33 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 5 | -- |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 65 | 38 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 13 | 10 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Navy | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 |
| Career | 150 | 85 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 10 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-17vs Elon | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 36-20vs Vanderbilt | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-24@ Old Dominion | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 16-30vs Georgia Tech | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 12-17@ Clemson | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-30@ Virginia Tech | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-17vs Pittsburgh | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-41vs No. 4 Florida State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-24@ Duke | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 6-26vs NC State | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 7-45@ No. 20 Notre Dame | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-35@ Syracuse | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 61 | 33 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%5 pass breakupsTackle volume
61tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL61 tackles · 2 for loss · 1.5 sacks · 5 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 4.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
41.0%
321 pass / 461 run
Plays / game
65.2
12 games
Team sack rate
12.8%
367 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
61 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons, at Navy and Wake Forest, 150 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Ken Niumatalolo and Dave Clawson.
