Career
He played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers. Born in Jackson, Tennessee, Chism was the focus of the Volunteers" offense during his senior season. He averaged 12.6 ppg, 7.2 rpg, and 1.3 bpg, all team highs.
He also led Utah to its first Elite Eight appearance in school history, where they were defeated by the Michigan State Spartans by a final score of 70-69.
Chism was not selected in the 2010 National Basketball Association Draft, but received summer league invitations from the New Jersey Nets and Sacramento Kings. He played for Antalya BlackBerry in Turkey, but was released in December 2010.
In January 2011, he signed to play with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the National Basketball Association Doctorate-League. Foreign the 2011-2012 season he signed with Albacomp of Hungary.
In July 2012, he signed with Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket of the French LNB Pro B for the 2012-2013 season.
In October 2013, he returned to Hungary and signed with Kaposvári KK. In February 2014, he parted ways with Kaposvári. In August 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Hapoel Gilboa Galil. On January 20, 2015, he was waived by the Israeli club
In March 2014, Chism signed with the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association as the team"s import for the 2014 Proceedings of the British Academy Commissioner"s Cup.
In November 2015, Chism signe to play and return to the Philippines for the third time, again playing for Rain or Shine as the team"s import for the 2016 Proceedings of the British Academy Commissioner"s Cup. However, on February 18, 2016, in a game against Meralco Bolts, he injured his hamstring, and was doubtful to play for the rest of the conference.
Two days later, he was released by the team and was replaced by National Basketball Association veteran Antonie Wright.