Chad Muma

Experience: 4 years

Height: 6-3

Age: 26

Weight: 239 lbs

College: Wyoming

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YEAR	TEAM	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
2025	Indianapolis Colts	5	4	3	1	0	0
2024	Jacksonville Jaguars	17	29	10	19	0	0
2023	Jacksonville Jaguars	17	15	8	7	0	2
2022	Jacksonville Jaguars	16	41	26	15	1.5	1
TOTAL		55	89	47	42	1.5	3	0	0	0	0	0

Biography

CAREER TRANSACTIONS:

Signed to practice squad on November 4, 2025.
Waived by the Colts on November 1, 2025.
Claimed off waivers (from Jacksonville) on August 27, 2025.
Originally drafted by Jacksonville in the third round (70th overall) in the 2022 draft

2024 (JAGUARS):

Saw action in all 17 games and made three starts... Totaled 30 tackles (11 solo)... Recorded two tackles (one solo) on special teams
10/20 vs. N.E.: Started at linebacker and posted one solo tackle
9/29 at HOU: Started at linebacker and recorded eight tackles (three solo)
9/23 at BUF: Recorded seven tackles (two solo)

2023 (JAGUARS):

Played in 17 games (two starts) and recorded 12 tackles (five solo) and two passes defensed... Added three solo tackles on special teams
11/12 vs. S.F.: Recorded two tackles on special teams
10/8 at BUF: Started at linebacker and recorded three solo tackles... Posted one tackle on special teams
10/1 vs. ATL: Started at linebacker and posted a season-high seven tackles (three solo) and two passes defensed

2022 (JAGUARS):

Saw action in 16 regular-season games (two starts) and both postseason games... In the regular season, he posted 37 tackles (22 solo), three tackles for loss, three quarterback hits, 1.5 sacks and one pass defensed... On special teams, he posted nine tackles (five solo).... In the postseason, he posted three solo tackles
1/7 vs. TEN: Saw action at linebacker and on special teams and posted seven tackles (five solo), including one tackle for loss
12/4 at DET: Started at linebacker and posted 11 tackles (seven solo) and 1.5 sack
11/27 vs. BAL: Made his first career start at linebacker and played all 72 defensive snaps and nine special teams snaps... Posted career highs in tackles (nine) and solo tackles (four)

COLLEGE:

Named 2021 Second-Team All-American by both the Walter Camp Football Foundation and Pro Football Focus (PFF)
2021 Third-Team All-America selection by Associated Press
One of only six national finalists for the 2021 Butkus Award, honoring the nation's best linebacker, and one of 18 national semifinalists for the Chuck Bednarik Award, recognizing the nation's outstanding defensive player
Ranked No. 3 in the nation in solo tackles (6.5 per game) and ranked No. 4 in the nation in total tackles (10.9 per game) for the 2021 season
Tied for No. 2 in the nation in interceptions returned for touchdowns, with two pick-sixes on the year
Credited with 142 tackles for the 2021 season, which ranked as the fourth-best single-season total in school history
Tallied 267 career total tackles
Elected a team captain as both a junior and senior at Wyoming

PERSONAL:

He and his wife Alyssa were married in the summer of 2024
Majored in mechanical engineering
Named to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society in 2022
Earned Academic All-Mountain West Conference honors four consecutive years
The son of former Wyoming Cowboy Ty Muma, who lettered for the Cowboys in 1990 and '91

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