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Chazz Surratt

Linebacker, Seattle Seahawks · #44.

Player facts

Team: Seattle Seahawks
Position: Linebacker
Number: 44
Born: Feb 16, 1997 (age 29)
Birthplace: Denver, NC, USA
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 233 lbs
College: North Carolina
Experience: 5 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	50	30	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	4.5	6	0

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Sep 27	@ WSH	L 33-31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ ARI	W 31-7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Wed, Sep 9	vs NE	W 13-10	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 3 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Chazz Surratt (born February 16, 1997) is an American professional football outside linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where he began his career as a quarterback before transitioning to linebacker, and was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the third round of the 2021 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Chazz Surratt, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Surratt attended East Lincoln High School in Denver, North Carolina. He helped lead the East Lincoln football team to victories in the 2012 2A and 2014 2AA NCHSAA state championship games. A highly regarded high school quarterback, Surratt was a two-time first-team Associated Press (AP) All-State selection. During his senior year, Surratt was named North Carolina AP Offensive Player of the Year, as well as being a Parade All-America and Parade National Player of the Year. Surratt would set the North Carolina high school state record for most career touchdowns with 229. He was also honored as the 2014–15 NCHSAA Male Athlete of the Year.

College career

Recruited by Tar Heel coach Larry Fedora to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to play quarterback, Surratt redshirted during his first season with the program in 2016. He was named the starting quarterback during his redshirt freshman season in 2017, replacing graduate transfer Brandon Harris who had struggled to begin the season. Surratt himself struggled with inconsistency and injury throughout 2017, only appearing in nine games, starting seven. After a suspension to start the 2018 season, Surratt became the backup to Nathan Elliott. He appeared in one game during his redshirt sophomore season, sustaining a season-ending injury against Miami.

When Head Coach Mack Brown returned before the 2019 season, Surratt elected to make the switch to linebacker prior to his redshirt junior season rather than transfer to another school for an opportunity to continue to play quarterback. Carolina had just signed the highly touted Sam Howell and also had quarterbacks Cade Fortin and Jace Ruder on the roster, giving Surratt slim chances to crack the quarterback depth chart. The move to linebacker proved to be a revelation, and Surratt had a successful season highlighted by a game-winning interception against rival Duke. In the 2019 season, Surratt started and played in all 13 games and had 115 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 forced fumble, and 1 fumble recovery. After the completion of the season, Surratt was named first-team All-ACC at the linebacker position. In his redshirt senior season in 2020, Surratt played in 11 games and finished with 91 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, 1 interception, 1 forced fumble, and 1 fumble recovered.

Surratt opted out of participating in the Orange Bowl against Texas A&M, in order to prepare for the 2021 NFL draft.