#43

Caleb Dietlin

Senior defensive lineman for Missouri State. 2025: 3 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.

DL · Missouri State · Sr. · #43

6′3″ · 245 lb · Aurora, IL

CFB Index 44 · #248 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Missouri State for 2026

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

QB hurries: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

3 TFL · 19 tackles · 6 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 1 tackles, vs SMU

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Missouri State. 2025: 3 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.

His career, year by year

Caleb Dietlin

DL · Missouri State · Sr · #43

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles, 0.5 sacks against Florida International, Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Missouri State7-6HC: Nick Petrino · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

44Rotational starter #248 of 420?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (95th percentile). Strength: sacks (89th percentile). Concern: tackles (29th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#117 / 2975 · 95th pct

Sacks#291 / 2975 · 89th pct

3.0

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

Solo tackles#1855 / 2975 · 35th pct

Tackles#2072 / 2975 · 29th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.0	0.4	0.4	0.0
Road6g	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	0.4	0.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Casey Woods

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #248 of 420 edge rushers

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #25 of 45 Conference USA DLs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Missouri State	19	11	3.0	3.0	2	--	--
Career		19	11	3.0	3.0	2	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 13-73@ USC	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 21-20@ Marshall	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 10-28vs SMU	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 22-27vs Western Kentucky	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 24-17@ New Mexico State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 28-21vs Florida International	4	2	0.5	0.5	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 11	W 21-17@ Liberty	3	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 38-24vs UTEP	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 34-41@ Kennesaw State	2	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Bowl	L 28-34@ Arkansas State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	2
Total		19	11	3.0	3.0	—	2

How he plays

Play style

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

19Tackles

11Solo

3TFL

3Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

19 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.

Week 12 PD
Week 31 sack
Week 100.5 sacks
Week 111 sack
Week 130.5 sacks

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.

2026 Outlook

Missouri State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Missouri State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +8 net (19 in / 11 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Missouri State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #119 · 2026 recruiting class #131

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Caiden Woullard’s 2022 season.

Caiden Woullard

77%match

Miami (OH) · 2022

Ashaad Hall

UTEP · 2025

76%

Quintayvious Hutchins

Boston College · 2024

NFL Rd 7

76%

Oluwaseyi Omotosho

Wyoming · 2022

76%

Brayden Manley

Georgia Tech · 2025

75%

Matches Caiden on

TFL rate

Weight

Hurry rate

Differs from Caiden on

Height (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Brayden Manley's freshman season at Georgia Tech (2025).

Brayden Manley

78%match

Georgia Tech · 2025

Ryan Johnson

Southern Miss · 2024

72%

Jah Joyner

Minnesota · 2022

64%

Jaden Davis

Central Michigan · 2024

64%

Jay'shon Thomas

Northern Illinois · 2025

63%

Matches Brayden on

TFL rate

Weight

Sack rate

Differs from Brayden on

Class year (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Caleb Dietlin

Ashaad Hall

UTEP · 2025

76%

Brayden Manley

Georgia Tech · 2025

75%

Keshawn Hayden

Central Michigan · 2025

72%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology