Jo Chavez
Rice Owls
72
Average

Jo Chavez

Rice OwlsRebuilding
VIPERDefenseAverage
Projected Starter

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Jo Chavez is the projected starter at VIPER for Rice Owls.

Junior · #2 · 6'0", 194 lbs

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Depth at VIPER · Rice Owls

  1. 1272Jo ChavezStarter
  2. 22572Caden VerMaas

Rice Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Folsom, ranked #2,529 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 40 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 72 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,529 NatlTeam Share4%
Folsom, CA
Jersey
#2
Class
JR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
194 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025401.50

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
0.8000
National Rank
#2529
High School
Folsom
Hometown
Folsom, CA

Why this rating?

On a 73-rated defense; 71th-percentile production (×0.80 for competition level) put them -1 vs unit starters → 72.

Team defense (SP+)
73
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 71% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.80)
Depth-chart adjustment
-1 for role

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 10LECUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-12

Oct 3LUTSATKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
5
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 16-14

Sep 27LFRESTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-24

Sep 19LWMUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-21

Sep 12LNDTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 52-0

Sep 5WHCUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-3

Jo Chavez's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

40 tkl · 1.5 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement80%
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