Chickillo's numbers aren't as good as you'd think: 355 bench press, 420 pound squat. For comparison, Perryman is at 400 bench press and 525 squat.
I think the reason the coaches are excited is Chick's progression. Rival's quoted Swasey as syaing Chick went from 238 lbs to 265/270 in weight, from 315 to 355 in bench, from 365 to 420 in squats and from 286 to 315 in the power clean. So he's on the right trajectory. He "played big" last year as a TF. With another 30 pounds of weight and 40-50 pounds of strength, I have to believe he'll "play bigger" this year.