2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 30
Chase Wilson
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Arvada, Colo.
- High School:
- Ralston Valley
- Prev School:
- Colorado State
- Played in 42 career games, including 25 starts
- Has 280 tackles, including 122 unassisted tackles, nine sacks, 18.5 tackles for loss, four interceptions, 11 pass breakups, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries
2025 (r-Sr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Conference First-Team honors
- Started all 11 games in which he played at linebacker and used on special teams
- Saw action on 564 plays, including 515 on defense
- Used on 40 or more defensive snaps in nine games
- Season-high 61 defensive snaps at Ohio and seven special teams plays at BYU and at Houston
- Finished the season with 46 tackles, including 24 solo stops, and added 4.5 tackles for loss (three sacks), two interceptions and two pass breakups through 11 games
- Recorded five tackles with two solo stops and a pass breakup at Arizona State
- Notched three solo stops against Colorado
- Totaled two solo tackles at Houston
- WVU Team Captain: Houston
- Collected two tackles, including a half tackle for loss against TCU
- Led the defense with a season-high 11 tackles with five solo stops and half a tackle for loss at BYU
- Added his second interception of the season at BYU
- Tallied three tackles with two solo stops vs. Utah
- WVU Team Captain: Utah
- Recorded three tackles with one solo stop at Kansas
- Missed the Pitt game with a leg injury
- Totaled seven tackles, including two sacks, one interception and one pass breakup at Ohio
- Registered a sack in back-to-back games for the first time in his career at Ohio and the first Mountaineer to do so since Sean Martin (DL) at Cincinnati and vs. Baylor in 2024
- Leading tackler for WVU with six tackles in his WVU debut vs. Robert Morris
- Added 1.5 tackles for loss, including one sack
- Transferred to WVU from Colorado State in Winter 2025
2024 (r-Jr.) - Colorado State
- Played linebacker for coach Jay Norvell at Colorado State
- Two-time All-Mountain West Conference Second-Team performer
- Started all 13 games
- Earned All-Mountain West Second-Team honors
- Second on the team with 98 tackles, including 39 solo stops, three tackles for loss, two interceptions, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery
- Had four double-figure tackle performances, including a season-high 11 and a pass breakup against Nevada
- Finished with 10 tackles at Oregon State, UTEP and New Mexico
- Season-high two tackles for loss against Colorado
- Recorded eight tackles and an interception at Texas
2023 (r-So.) - Colorado State
- Started all 12 games, finishing second on the team in tackles for 107
- Recorded 3.5 sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss
- Had six games with double-figure tackles, including season-high 15 against Utah Tech
- Had 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss against Wyoming
2022 (r-Fr.) - Colorado State
- After returning from injury, added depth at linebacker
- Registered 29 tackles for the season
- Finished with seven tackles and 2.5 sacks against New Mexico
2021 (Fr.) - Colorado State
- Redshirted after making three appearances before sustaining a season-ending injury
2020 (COVID) - Colorado State
- Appeared in two games
High School
- Played for coach Matt Loyd at Ralston Valley High
- Earned all-state honors and team captain as a senior
- Rushed for 2,021 yards and had 576 receiving yards in his career, scoring 28 combined touchdowns
- Collected 44 tackles as a senior, two sacks and six tackles for loss
Personal
- Son of Josh and Linda Wilson
- One of four children (1 brother, 2 sisters)
- Graduated with his bachelor’s degree in construction management from Colorado State in December 2024
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