Caleb Mills: DB · New Mexico State · #12.
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Caleb Mills
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. A two-star recruit with three seasons on the field at New Mexico State since. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Massachusetts — Week 13, 2021.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
75 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | New Mexico State | 75 | 51 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2018 | New Mexico State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 76 | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-30vs UTEP | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 10-28@ San Diego State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 25-34@ New Mexico | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-41vs Hawai'i | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 31-37@ San José State | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-55@ Nevada | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 34-48@ Hawai'i | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-35vs Utah State | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 3-59@ No. 3 Alabama | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 16-56@ Kentucky | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 44-27vs Massachusetts | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 51 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
75tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL75 tackles · 3 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Doug Martin — 7-29 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 7.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 8.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Doug Martin
Pass share
58.4%
516 pass / 368 run
Plays / game
73.7
12 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
546 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
75 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #170 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at New Mexico State, 76 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Doug Martin.
