Leo Chenal

4 seasons in Kansas City — 127 tackles, 8 sacks, and two Super Bowl rings as a rotational thumper.

The 3rd-round LB out of Wisconsin has built a career inside Steve Spagnuolo's defense as a downhill thumper. Game counts include playoffs — Kansas City reached the Super Bowl in 3 of his 4 seasons (winning LVII and LVIII, losing LIX).

His production has been steady, not spectacular: 21 → 38 → 43 → 25 tackles per year, with consistent pressure rate as a designed blitzer.

Two Super Bowl rings (LVII, LVIII) — won both as a 2nd-year and 3rd-year LB before age 24.

Chenal entered the league in 2022 and won the Super Bowl in his Year 2 (LVII vs PHI) and Year 3 (LVIII vs SF). He played meaningful snaps in both runs as a sub-package linebacker and special teamer.

Few players carry 2 rings before age 24 — Chenal is in that small group with the rest of the early-2020s Chiefs core.

2023 was the pressure year: 8 QB hits, 9 TFLs, 3 sacks — all career highs.

The 2023 season was Chenal's peak disruption year — 9 TFLs, 3 sacks, 8 QB hits across 21 games (including the Super Bowl LVIII run). Spagnuolo used him as a designed A-gap blitzer regularly.

2024 saw the pressure role scaled back (1 QB hit), but 2025 has bounced back with 5 QB hits in 14 games — closer to his 2023 rate as a pass rusher.

43 tackles across 19 games in 2024 — career-high in volume despite the team's 1st Super Bowl loss.

The 2024 season — which ended in Kansas City's Super Bowl LIX loss to Philadelphia — produced Chenal's career-high in tackles (43 across 19 games, including playoffs). His role expanded as the Chiefs' LB room cycled through injuries.

It's the rare line where the team's worst playoff outcome of his career also coincides with his most defensive snaps and most production by volume.

Career: 127 tackles, 20 TFL, 8 sacks, 17 QB hits across 69 games — a high-impact-rate specialist.

Career totals through 4 seasons (regular + postseason):

- 127 tackles (1.84/game) — modest volume, reflective of his rotational role - 20 TFLs (0.29/game) — high impact rate - 8.0 sacks as an off-ball LB - 17 QB hits — the Spagnuolo blitz package shows here - 4 forced fumbles

The TFL rate (0.29 per game) is the standout — when Chenal is on the field, he's finding the ball in the backfield at an above-average clip for an inside LB. He's a designed disruption package, not a coverage piece.