Scouting Report: Strengths

• Supreme athlete with explosive hitting power, excellent speed, a frame that looks like it is calved out of rock, and decent agility
• A natural leader on the Wisconsin defense - almost a coach on the field with a super high football IQ
• Huge hitter with immense strength in the running game - who easily blows through lead blockers and easily handles being double-teamed. The best run defender on the team
• An immense pass rusher who led the Badgers in both sacks and tackles for loss in both 2020 and the 2021 regular season
• Overpowering at the point of attack who is elite as a bull rusher and has a nice swim move in his arsenal
• Versitile player who could play all linebacker positions at a high level
• Rarely out of position - has a great knowledge of running game concepts and seems to always be in the right place at the right time
• Very good quality tackler pretty much always wraps up and brings his man to the ground
• Keeps feet moving after initial contact. Jumps inside as a counter to typical rush, but needs to show a larger variety of moves.
• Made Bruce Feldman's annual freak's list -- and quoted as saying:
  "The 6-2, 255-pound junior (31 tackles, six TFLs in 2020) is one of eight Badgers who bench 400 pounds or more. Chenal does 420 and cleans 385. The big man clocked a 4.00 time in the pro agility and has hit a top speed of 20.95 MPH on the GPS. He’s also broad jumped 10-1."
• Was at elite at the Combine putting up a 4.53-second 40-yard dash, a 40.5-inch vertical, and a 10-foot-8 broad jump
• Good all-around athlete with very good short-area quickness and fluidity. Very good playing strength and has worked hard in the weight room, adding bulk and filling out his frame
• Works hard to get better and gives top effort on every play. A heads-up defender who shows impressive field awareness.
• Super hard worker who plays 100% on every play