Caleb McMillan

#5 · WR · Jr. · Marshall6′1″ · 200 lb · Orlando, FL · Jefferson County

Caleb McMillan: WR · Marshall · #5.

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Caleb McMillan

WR · Marshall · Jr · #5

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Marshall. One game to point at: 85 receiving yards and 4 receptions against East Carolina — Week 2, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	Marshall	18	275	15.3	2	75
2022	Marshall	13	198	15.2	1	78
2021	Marshall	4	50	12.5	0	16
2020	Marshall	1	8	8.0	0	8
Career		36	531	14.8	3	78

Season	Team
2023	Marshall	1	21	--
2022	Marshall	1	4	22
2021	Marshall	--	--	--
2020	Marshall	--	--	--
Career		2	25	22

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 31-13@ East Carolina	4	85	21.3	1	75	Season-high 85 yds
Wk 4	W 24-17vs Virginia Tech	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 5	W 41-35vs Old Dominion	1	40	40.0	0	40
Wk 6	L 41-48@ NC State	2	17	8.5	0	15
Wk 10	L 9-31@ App State	3	28	9.3	0	15
Wk 11	W 38-33vs Georgia Southern	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Wk 12	L 0-28@ South Alabama	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 13	W 35-21vs Arkansas State	2	39	19.5	1	21
Bowl	L 17-35vs UTSA	3	44	14.7	0	21
Total		18	275	15.3	2	75

Signature game

Week 2 · 2023

W 31-13

at East Carolina

4 rec · 85 yds · 1 TD

With C. Fancher — 178 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 59.2 · 30 rush yds (15 car) · C. Montgomery — 75 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 1 rec · 16 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · East Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +6.08Chuck Montgomery pass complete to Caleb McMillan for 75 yds for a TD (Kameron Lake KICK)
Week 13 · Arkansas State · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.44Cam Fancher pass complete to Caleb McMillan for 21 yds for a TD (Rece Verhoff KICK)
Week 1 · UTSA · 3rd and 13 · Q1 · EPA +3.17Cole Pennington pass complete to Caleb McMillan for 21 yds to the MRSH 48 for a
Week 1 · UTSA · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.08Cole Pennington pass complete to Caleb McMillan for 17 yds to the UTSA 33 for a
Week 11 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.63Caleb McMillan run for 21 yds for a TD (Rece Verhoff KICK)
Week 5 · Old Dominion · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.05Cam Fancher pass complete to Caleb McMillan for 40 yds to the ODU 19 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · Virginia Tech · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +1.98Cam Fancher pass complete to Caleb McMillan for 12 yds to the MRSH 44 for a
Week 6 · NC State · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +1.69Cam Fancher pass complete to Caleb McMillan for 15 yds to the NCSU 46 for a
Week 10 · App State · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +1.59Cam Fancher pass complete to Caleb McMillan for 15 yds to the APP 39 for a
Week 13 · Arkansas State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.37Cam Fancher pass complete to Caleb McMillan for 18 yds to the ARST 40 for a

Teams and coaches

2020Marshall7-3HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning

2021Marshall7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Marshall9-4HC: Charles Huff · Run-heavy

2023Marshall6-7HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 34 (#387 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

34Below cohort / limited sample #387 of 497 · 2023?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (89th percentile). Strength: rush tds (89th percentile). Concern: catch rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#71 / 639 · 89th pct

16.6

TD rate#148 / 639 · 76th pct

9.5%

Explosive rate#284 / 639 · 54th pct

14.3%

EPA / target#468 / 639 · 27th pct

0.53

Catch rate#575 / 639 · 10th pct

66.7%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#13 / 294 · 89th pct

Long catch#63 / 566 · 88th pct

Yards / catch#144 / 566 · 74th pct

15.3

Rush yards#96 / 294 · 67th pct

Rec TDs#267 / 566 · 43rd pct

Rec yards#397 / 566 · 30th pct

275

Receptions#453 / 566 · 19th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	1.2	22.5	17.6	0.2
Road4g	2.5	35.2	12.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	39.6	19.3	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	1.8	19.2	9.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

49.1%

425 pass / 441 run

Plays / game

66.6

13 games

Team sack rate

7.9%

445 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

18 catches and 1 carry in 9 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

34 · #387 of 497 WRs · 2023

Two-star recruit. Now #387 at the position.

Caleb McMillan

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Style of play

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

18 catches and 1 carry in 9 games

Five seasons at Marshall

2019