2020 Football Roster
Kuerschen, Chase
Jersey Number 36
Chase Kuerschen
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Knoxville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Knoxville Catholic HS
Bio
2019: Played in and started 12 games for Tulane…Led the team with 76 tackles…Made three tackles against FIU (Aug. 29)…Posted seven solo tackles at No. 10 Auburn (Sept. 7)…Collected six tackles against Houston (Sept. 19)…Racked up a season-best eight tackles and an interception in the win over UConn (Oct. 12)…Registered eight tackles at Memphis (Oct. 18)…Recorded seven tackles, including a career-best 1.0 tackles for loss, at Navy (Oct. 26)…Totaled seven tackles against Tulsa (Nov. 2)…Posted six tackles at Temple (Nov. 16)…Tallied eight tackles against UCF (Nov. 23)…Posted a team-high eight tackles at SMU (Nov. 30)... Led the Green Wave with seven total tackles and five solo tackles and made one interception in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl against Southern Miss (Jan. 4).
2018: Played in 12 of Tulane’s 13 games with three starts in his sophomore year...Recorded a season-high five tackles against Cincinnati (Oct. 6) to total 23 this year...Earned three solo tackles in each of the Green Wave’s road matchups against Ohio State (Sept. 22) and Cincinnati.
2017: Played in 12 games with eight starts...Finished season with 60 total tackles, good for fourth most on the team, and a team-high two forced fumbles...Recorded eight tackles and forced a fumble at Navy (9/9)...Tallied six tackles and one forced fumble at Oklahoma (9/16)...Recorded three tackles vs. Army (9/23)...Had team-high seven tackles, an interception and 0.5 TFL vs. Tulsa (10/7)...Tallied four tackles at FIU (10/14)...Had career-high 14 tackles vs. USF (10/21)...Tallied seven tackles and one pass break-up at Memphis (10/27)...Recorded six tackles vs. Houston (11/18)...Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.
High School: Was a four-year letterman for Steve Matthews at Knoxville Christian High School in Knoxville, Tenn....Rated a two-star prospect by 247sports (#156 athlete, #53 player in Tennessee), Scout.com and Rivals.com...Helped his team to Class 4A state playoff appearances all four seasons and a Class 4A District 1 championship as a junior...As a senior, returned a punt and a kickoff for touchdowns and registered 35 tackles with two interceptions (one returned for a touchdown) and a forced fumble while playing safety in addition to catching 35 passes for 722 yards and nine touchdowns as a wide receiver...Also lettered in basketball for four years.
Personal: Majoring in Finance & Management.
Kuerschen’s Career Defensive Statistics
Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd Sks-Yd FF FR PBU Int Bk
2017 12-8 42-18-60 0.5-1 0.0-0 2 0 1 1 0
2018 12-3 16-7-23 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 1 1 0
2019 11-11 58-18-76 1.5-5 0.0-0 0 0 2 1 0
Career 36-23 116-43-159 2.0-6 0.0-0 2 0 4 1 0
Kuerschen’s Career Highs
Interceptions 1, 4x, last vs. Southern Miss, 1/4/20
Tackles 14 vs. USF, 10/21/17
Tackles for loss 1.0 at Navy, 10/26/19
Fumbles forced 1, 2x, last at Oklahoma, 9/16/17
Pass breakups 1, 4x, last at SMU, 11/30/19
2018: Played in 12 of Tulane’s 13 games with three starts in his sophomore year...Recorded a season-high five tackles against Cincinnati (Oct. 6) to total 23 this year...Earned three solo tackles in each of the Green Wave’s road matchups against Ohio State (Sept. 22) and Cincinnati.
2017: Played in 12 games with eight starts...Finished season with 60 total tackles, good for fourth most on the team, and a team-high two forced fumbles...Recorded eight tackles and forced a fumble at Navy (9/9)...Tallied six tackles and one forced fumble at Oklahoma (9/16)...Recorded three tackles vs. Army (9/23)...Had team-high seven tackles, an interception and 0.5 TFL vs. Tulsa (10/7)...Tallied four tackles at FIU (10/14)...Had career-high 14 tackles vs. USF (10/21)...Tallied seven tackles and one pass break-up at Memphis (10/27)...Recorded six tackles vs. Houston (11/18)...Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.
High School: Was a four-year letterman for Steve Matthews at Knoxville Christian High School in Knoxville, Tenn....Rated a two-star prospect by 247sports (#156 athlete, #53 player in Tennessee), Scout.com and Rivals.com...Helped his team to Class 4A state playoff appearances all four seasons and a Class 4A District 1 championship as a junior...As a senior, returned a punt and a kickoff for touchdowns and registered 35 tackles with two interceptions (one returned for a touchdown) and a forced fumble while playing safety in addition to catching 35 passes for 722 yards and nine touchdowns as a wide receiver...Also lettered in basketball for four years.
Personal: Majoring in Finance & Management.
Kuerschen’s Career Defensive Statistics
Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd Sks-Yd FF FR PBU Int Bk
2017 12-8 42-18-60 0.5-1 0.0-0 2 0 1 1 0
2018 12-3 16-7-23 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 1 1 0
2019 11-11 58-18-76 1.5-5 0.0-0 0 0 2 1 0
Career 36-23 116-43-159 2.0-6 0.0-0 2 0 4 1 0
Kuerschen’s Career Highs
Interceptions 1, 4x, last vs. Southern Miss, 1/4/20
Tackles 14 vs. USF, 10/21/17
Tackles for loss 1.0 at Navy, 10/26/19
Fumbles forced 1, 2x, last at Oklahoma, 9/16/17
Pass breakups 1, 4x, last at SMU, 11/30/19
South Alabama Postgame: HC Jon Sumrall, SPEAR Javion White, RB Zuberi Mobley
Sunday, September 07
Tulane Tuesday: BAN Harvey Dyson - 9/2/25
Wednesday, September 03
Tulane Tuesday: HC Jon Sumrall - 9/2/25
Tuesday, September 02
Tulane Tuesday: WR Omari Hayes - 9/2/25
Tuesday, September 02
