Senior defensive lineman for Kansas. 2022: 2.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.
6′3″ · 305 lb · Covington, LA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 1974 nationally · Signed with Missouri
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Kansas. 2022: 2.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.
Caleb Sampson
Wins his gap play after play. Caleb Sampson has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Kansas. The receipt: 4 tackles against West Virginia — Week 2, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Kansas, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Lance Leipold. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (83rd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #314 at the position.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-10vs Tennessee Tech | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-42@ West Virginia | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 48-30@ Houston | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-27vs Duke | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-38vs TCU | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 23-35@ Baylor | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-43@ Texas Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-55vs Texas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-47@ Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 13 | 3.5 | 2.5 | — | 2 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Quentin Bivens’s 2022 season.
Matches Quentin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Quentin Bivens's senior season at Southern Miss (2022).
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Player DNA