Eastern Washington University Athletics

2022: Played in three games, recording his first tackle against Idaho (11/5/22).

2021: Redshirted.

Coach Aaron Best on Vidican: “Chad is a consummate defensive tackle. We want workers and players who allow others to make plays by doing their jobs. He wants players who want to work out, get into the weight room and want to get better in the classroom. He wanted to be an Eagle and we’re excited that he wanted to be here as much as we wanted him here. He’s not the biggest player at defensive tackle, but Coach Strandley wants activity. We’ll sacrifice a little length a times for the characteristics we look for. Chad represents a lot of those characteristics – he’s tough, a great teammate and loves brotherhood. He’s excited about his journey starting in 2021 in Cheney.”

HS: Graduated in 2021 from Hazen High School. Was listed as a two-star recruit by 247 Sports. In January of 2021, he was named by the Seattle Times as a "White Chip" selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington. Hazen lost both of its games during the abbreviated 2020-21 season. Twice earned All-4A North Puget Sound League Valley Division honors as both an offensive and defensive lineman for the Highlanders. He was a second team choice as both an offensive and defensive lineman in 2019. Hazen finished 2-7 overall in his junior season. In his sophomore season he was second team all-league on offense and honorable mention on defense as the Highlanders finished 6-4. He also received the school’s Dillon Hamer Award. Was coached in high school by Christopher Bennett. He lettered three years in football, and also competed in track and field. He had a bests in 2019 of 44-4 1/4 in the shot put en route to winning the Renton All-City title in that event, and also competed in the discus and javelin at the All-City Championships.

Personal: Interested in majoring in criminal justice at Eastern. Born 4/12/03 in Kirkland, Wash. Parents are Daniel and Florentina Vidican. He is a first generation college student in his family. Name is pronounced “vid-ih-cun.”
 

Year	GP	TT	Hi	S	TL-Yds	FF-FR	PBU	I-Yds
2022	3	1	1	0	0-0	0-0	0	0-0