LB · Washington Commanders · #45
K'Lavon Chaisson
ROLB1- College
- LSU
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 255 lb
- Experience
- 7th season
Tackles
15▼ 16 vs '25
100th of 123 LBs
Stops
8▼ 17 vs '25
111th of 123 LBs
Yards per run tackle
3.0▲ 0.9 vs '25
48th of 123 LBs
Missed tackle rate
21.1%▲ 8.9 vs '25
117th of 123 LBs
Coverage
9 targets
77.8 cmp% · 6.6 y/tgt · 0 int
Ranks compare against the 123 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 @ PHIL | 42 | 76.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 66.7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 @ DALL | 36 | 65.5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 vs SEAW | 45 | 67.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 66.7 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 vs INDL | 45 | 68.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 vs NYGT | 58 | 65.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 100.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 @ SFL | 45 | 72.6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 271 | 68.8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2.5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 77.8 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Commanders
$11Mover 1 year
- Avg. per year
- $11M
- Guaranteed
- $10.3M 94%
- 2026 cap hit
- $11.5M 3.5% of the cap
- Signed
- 2026
- Runs through
- 2026
2026 · now
Year 1 of 1 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 271 | 68.8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 21.1 | 2.5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 94.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 16 | 639 | 67.2 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 12.1 | 7.5 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 78.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | 508 | 51.4 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 22.0 | 5.0 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 68.8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17 | 283 | 25.5 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 104.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9 | 109 | 18.5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 15 | 384 | 39.2 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 19.4 | 1.0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 108.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 16 | 568 | 50.7 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 15.0 | 1.0 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 79.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 94 | 2,762 | 45.0 | 142 | 110 | 30 | 16.4 | 20.0 | 56 | 78 | 40 | 92.2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 |