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Leo Chenal

Linebacker, Washington Commanders · #54.

Player facts

Team: Washington Commanders
Position: Linebacker
Number: 54
Born: Oct 26, 2000 (age 25)
Birthplace: Grantsburg, WI, USA
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 250 lbs
College: Wisconsin
Experience: 5 seasons
Status: Day-To-Day

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	18	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	2.5	2	0
Career	236	133	103	7	3	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	6	24	22	1

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Sep 27	vs SEA	W 33-31	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ DAL	L 37-20	12	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ PHI	L 24-22	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

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

About

Leo Chenal ( shə-NEL; born October 26, 2000) is an American professional football linebacker for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers and was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round of the 2022 NFL draft, where he won Super Bowl LVII and LVIII.

From Wikipedia’s article on Leo Chenal, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Chenal grew up in West Sweden, Wisconsin township and attended school in the Frederic, Wisconsin district. He open enrolled as a freshman to nearby town Grantsburg, Wisconsin to attend Grantsburg High School, where he played both running back and linebacker. As a senior, Chenal rushed for 2,038 yards and 42 touchdowns with 226 receiving yards and three touchdowns on offense and had 120 tackles and seven tackles for loss on defense. He was named both the small-school Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year by Wisconsin Football Coaches Association and the state Gatorade Football Player of the Year. After a devastating loss to the future state champions, Iola-Scandinavia. Chenal finished his high school career with 3,706 rushing yards and 68 touchdowns and 1,300 receiving yards and 17 touchdown receptions on offense and with 385 tackles, 55 tackles for loss, seven sacks, and three interceptions on defense.

College career

Chenal joined the Wisconsin Badgers as an early enrollee. He played in 11 games during his freshman season and had 20 tackles with two tackles for loss and one sack. As a sophomore, he was named honorable mention All-Big Ten Conference after finishing the season with 46 tackles, six tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, one forced fumble and one interception in seven games during Wisconsin's COVID-19-shortened 2020 season. Chenal was named the Butkus–Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year and first-team All-Big Ten as a junior.

On January 3, 2022, Chenal announced that he would forgo his senior year to enter the 2022 NFL draft.

Personal life

Chenal has seven brothers and eight sisters. Out of his fifteen siblings, eight of them are full and seven of them are half siblings. Chenal married his college girlfriend, Ashley Luczak, in June 2021.

From Wikipedia’s article on Leo Chenal, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹