James Chenault Jr.
Utah Utes
85
Great

James Chenault Jr.

Utah UtesContender
RCBDefenseGreatTRANSFER · South Florida
2nd String / Backup

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James Chenault Jr. is listed 2nd string at RCB for Utah Utes.

Junior · #5 · 6'0", 180 lbs

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Depth at RCB · Utah Utes

  1. 11191Elijah ReedStarter
  2. 2585James Chenault Jr.You
  3. 31966Dylan Waters

Utah Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Jones, ranked #1,863 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 32 tackles, 2 INT, 4 PBU. That's 6% of the team's production at his spot and 84th-percentile production nationally — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,863 NatlTeam Share6%Percentile84th
Orlando, FL
Jersey
#5
Class
JR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
180 lbs
Transfer
South Florida

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—3224

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8417
National Rank
#1863
High School
Jones
Hometown
Orlando, FL

Why this rating?

On a 92-rated defense; 84th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.86 for competition level) put them +5 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
92
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 84% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 26% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.86)
Depth-chart adjustment
+5 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 11WKUTKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final W 41-24

Sep 26WISUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-17

Sep 19WUSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 33-0

Sep 13WARKTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final W 43-10

Sep 4WIDHOTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 66-14

James Chenault Jr.'s 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

32 tkl · 4 PD · 2 INT
Usage / Involvement67%
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