2023 Football Roster
Garnes, Chelen
Jersey Number 9
Chelen Garnes
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 207
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Waldorf, MD
- High School:
- North Point
- Deals:
Bio
2023 (Senior)
Saw action in every game and started in 11 games during the 2023 season… Finished the season with 61 tackles including 33 solo tackles with 2.0 tackles-for-loss, 1.5 sacks, five pass breakups and two fumble recoveries… Ranked second on the team with five pass breakups… Had seven games with five or more tackles… Recorded a career-high with five pass breakups during the 2023 season… Recorded a season-high nine tackles including six solo tackles, 1.0 tackle-for-loss, 1.0 sack and one fumble recovery against NC State.
2022 (Redshirt Junior)
Saw action in all 13 games at safety with starts in all 13 games, helping lead the team to its seventh consecutive bowl game and back-to-back bowl wins with a victory over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl…Totaled a career-best 71 tackles including 43 solo tackles and 28 assisted tackles which ranked third on the team…Posted 2.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sacks, coming in the final two wins of the season against Syracuse and Missouri…Grabbed an interception in the victory over Liberty and a fumble recovery in the win at Vanderbilt…Tallied three pass breakups including a pair in the win at Vanderbilt…Recorded a career-best 12 tackles in the win over Liberty…Had two or more tackles in all 13 games during the 2022 season.
2021 (Sophomore)
Played in seven games during his first season in Winston-Salem during the Demon Deacons historic 2021 season that included ACC Atlantic Division and Gator Bowl titles...Notched 13 tackles including eight solo tackles while also having 3.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks...Recorded season highs in tackles (4), sacks (1) and tackles for loss (2) against Syracuse...Totaled 242 plays including a season-high 57 snaps at Virginia
Prior to Wake
Appeared in all 13 contests on the Navy defense ... Finished the year with 11 tackles, including half a sack and half a tackle for loss ... also intercepted 2 passes and broke up another ... Member of a defensive unit that made huge strides from 2018 to 2019 in numerous statistical categories - rushing defense (90th to 10th), passing defense (75th to 39th), total defense (86th to 16th), scoring defense (103rd to 34th), third down defense (121st to 20th), pass efficiency defense (117th to 68th), sacks 129th to 55th), tackles for a loss (129th to 53rd) ... Credited with his first career pass breakup in the Midshipmens’ win over SMU ... Recorded his second interception and turned in a tackle in a win at UConn ... Primarily played special teams over the first four contests, including making his collegiate debut in the Midshipmens’ season-opening victory over Holy Cross ... Pitched in a tackle against USF and also made the first interception of his career ... Part of a defensive squad that held USF to just 3 points, the fewest points by an FBS opponent since Navy defeated Army, 17-3, in 2009 ... USF was also held without a touchdown, marking the first time the Midshipmens’, as a team, did not give up a touchdown since Dec. 30, 2013, when they beat Middle Tennessee in the Armed Forces Bowl, 25-6 ... Played a sensational game against Tulsa where he produced a career-best 6 tackles, including his first career sack.
High School
A 2018 graduate of North Point High School ... A two-sport athlete who earned letters in football (3) and track & field (3) ... Named a two-time All-County selection in football, who also served as the football team captain his junior and senior years ... Led football team to 2018 region championship victory.
Personal
Son of Troy and Sylvette Garnes...Majoring in Mathematical Economics.
Saw action in every game and started in 11 games during the 2023 season… Finished the season with 61 tackles including 33 solo tackles with 2.0 tackles-for-loss, 1.5 sacks, five pass breakups and two fumble recoveries… Ranked second on the team with five pass breakups… Had seven games with five or more tackles… Recorded a career-high with five pass breakups during the 2023 season… Recorded a season-high nine tackles including six solo tackles, 1.0 tackle-for-loss, 1.0 sack and one fumble recovery against NC State.
2022 (Redshirt Junior)
Saw action in all 13 games at safety with starts in all 13 games, helping lead the team to its seventh consecutive bowl game and back-to-back bowl wins with a victory over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl…Totaled a career-best 71 tackles including 43 solo tackles and 28 assisted tackles which ranked third on the team…Posted 2.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sacks, coming in the final two wins of the season against Syracuse and Missouri…Grabbed an interception in the victory over Liberty and a fumble recovery in the win at Vanderbilt…Tallied three pass breakups including a pair in the win at Vanderbilt…Recorded a career-best 12 tackles in the win over Liberty…Had two or more tackles in all 13 games during the 2022 season.
2021 (Sophomore)
Played in seven games during his first season in Winston-Salem during the Demon Deacons historic 2021 season that included ACC Atlantic Division and Gator Bowl titles...Notched 13 tackles including eight solo tackles while also having 3.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks...Recorded season highs in tackles (4), sacks (1) and tackles for loss (2) against Syracuse...Totaled 242 plays including a season-high 57 snaps at Virginia
Prior to Wake
Appeared in all 13 contests on the Navy defense ... Finished the year with 11 tackles, including half a sack and half a tackle for loss ... also intercepted 2 passes and broke up another ... Member of a defensive unit that made huge strides from 2018 to 2019 in numerous statistical categories - rushing defense (90th to 10th), passing defense (75th to 39th), total defense (86th to 16th), scoring defense (103rd to 34th), third down defense (121st to 20th), pass efficiency defense (117th to 68th), sacks 129th to 55th), tackles for a loss (129th to 53rd) ... Credited with his first career pass breakup in the Midshipmens’ win over SMU ... Recorded his second interception and turned in a tackle in a win at UConn ... Primarily played special teams over the first four contests, including making his collegiate debut in the Midshipmens’ season-opening victory over Holy Cross ... Pitched in a tackle against USF and also made the first interception of his career ... Part of a defensive squad that held USF to just 3 points, the fewest points by an FBS opponent since Navy defeated Army, 17-3, in 2009 ... USF was also held without a touchdown, marking the first time the Midshipmens’, as a team, did not give up a touchdown since Dec. 30, 2013, when they beat Middle Tennessee in the Armed Forces Bowl, 25-6 ... Played a sensational game against Tulsa where he produced a career-best 6 tackles, including his first career sack.
High School
A 2018 graduate of North Point High School ... A two-sport athlete who earned letters in football (3) and track & field (3) ... Named a two-time All-County selection in football, who also served as the football team captain his junior and senior years ... Led football team to 2018 region championship victory.
Personal
Son of Troy and Sylvette Garnes...Majoring in Mathematical Economics.
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