Last confirmed: Arkansas State, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 240 lb · Pascagoula, MS
Caleb Caston: DE · Arkansas State · #54.
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Caleb Caston
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. 2 stars out of high school, two seasons of real snaps at Arkansas State since. One game to point at: 7 tackles against UL Monroe — Week 13, 2017.
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Arkansas State | 39 | 20 | 9.0 | 5.0 |
| 2016 | Arkansas State | 11 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| Career | 50 | 23 | 12.0 | 7.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 36-43@ Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-3vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-44@ SMU | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 43-25@ Georgia Southern | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 51-17vs Coastal Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 47-3vs Louisiana | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-21@ New Mexico State | 5 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 19-24@ South Alabama | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-12vs Texas State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 67-50@ UL Monroe | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 25-32vs Troy | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 30-35vs Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 20 | 9.0 | 5.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
13%5 sacksTFL rate
23%9 TFLHurry rate
21%8 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
38%5 of 13 pressures39 tackles · 9 for loss · 5 sacks.
2 seasons under Blake Anderson — 15-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Pass share
52.9%
511 pass / 455 run
Plays / game
80.5
12 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
556 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
39 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Arkansas State, 7 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Blake Anderson.
