2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 22
Chase Garnett
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Fort Worth, Texas
- High School:
- Liberty Christian HS
2025: Saw action in two games...redshirt season...had eight carries for 81 yards (10.1 ypc)...ran twice for seven yards vs. South Carolina State (9/20)...had six carries for 74 yards with a 26-yard long at North Texas (10/10).
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned first-team All-State honors and All-District honors while helping lead Liberty Christian to a state championship in his junior season of 2023โฆ.ran for more than 3,000 yards and 50 touchdowns in is final two seasons while catching 22 passes for 150 yardsโฆnamed district Offensive MVP and set school rushing touchdown recordโฆtotaled nearly 3,500 yards on his careerโฆled team to a 9-1 record, a district and regional title and the state semifinals in his senior year (2024), running for 1,244 yards and 20 touchdowns and an 8.9 yards per carry average (Max Preps)โฆnamed a Top 10 running back in Texas by TD Recruitsโฆhit 21.9 MPH during a game run (according to Liberty Sports Performance, 10/19/24)โฆran for 231 yards and three touchdowns vs. LCAโฆas a junior, ran for 1,743 yards and 29 touchdowns, posting 7.51 yards per carry an 10 100-yard games (Max Preps) while adding 15 receptions for 87 yards and 2 touchdownsโฆhis sophomore season he logged 312 yards and 5 touchdowns on 4.0 yards per carry, adding 4 catches for 39 yards receiving.โฆplayed his freshman and sophomore seasons at Keller (Texas) Centralโฆ.also ran track, running a wind-aided 11.77 in the 100 meters as a junior (per Athletic.net)โฆposted a sophomore 100-meter time of 11.43 in Spring 2023โฆ.squated 570 pounds and maintained a 3.8 grade-point averageโฆrated a three-star recruit by On3, ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports, which gave him an 85 player ratingโฆhad 20 offers, choosing USF over Arizona, Minnesota, Boise State, UTSA, Tulsa, Arkansas State, Connecticut, Wyoming, Toledu, UTEP, Columbia, Cornell, Yale, and Dartmouth, among others.
PERSONAL: Earned USF Athletic Honor Roll recognition in the fall of 2025.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned first-team All-State honors and All-District honors while helping lead Liberty Christian to a state championship in his junior season of 2023โฆ.ran for more than 3,000 yards and 50 touchdowns in is final two seasons while catching 22 passes for 150 yardsโฆnamed district Offensive MVP and set school rushing touchdown recordโฆtotaled nearly 3,500 yards on his careerโฆled team to a 9-1 record, a district and regional title and the state semifinals in his senior year (2024), running for 1,244 yards and 20 touchdowns and an 8.9 yards per carry average (Max Preps)โฆnamed a Top 10 running back in Texas by TD Recruitsโฆhit 21.9 MPH during a game run (according to Liberty Sports Performance, 10/19/24)โฆran for 231 yards and three touchdowns vs. LCAโฆas a junior, ran for 1,743 yards and 29 touchdowns, posting 7.51 yards per carry an 10 100-yard games (Max Preps) while adding 15 receptions for 87 yards and 2 touchdownsโฆhis sophomore season he logged 312 yards and 5 touchdowns on 4.0 yards per carry, adding 4 catches for 39 yards receiving.โฆplayed his freshman and sophomore seasons at Keller (Texas) Centralโฆ.also ran track, running a wind-aided 11.77 in the 100 meters as a junior (per Athletic.net)โฆposted a sophomore 100-meter time of 11.43 in Spring 2023โฆ.squated 570 pounds and maintained a 3.8 grade-point averageโฆrated a three-star recruit by On3, ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports, which gave him an 85 player ratingโฆhad 20 offers, choosing USF over Arizona, Minnesota, Boise State, UTSA, Tulsa, Arkansas State, Connecticut, Wyoming, Toledu, UTEP, Columbia, Cornell, Yale, and Dartmouth, among others.
PERSONAL: Earned USF Athletic Honor Roll recognition in the fall of 2025.
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