Last confirmed: Colorado State, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · 255 lb · Inglewood, CA
Caleb Smith: DL · Colorado State · #53.
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Caleb Smith
Wins his gap play after play. Second year in the Colorado State defensive front. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against New Mexico — Week 7, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
37 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Colorado State | 37 | 17 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 2 |
| 2017 | Colorado State | 7 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| Career | 44 | 23 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 34-43vs Hawai'i | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 13-45vs Colorado | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-27vs Arkansas | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 19-35vs Illinois State | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 42-30@ San José State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-18vs New Mexico | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-56@ Boise State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-34vs Wyoming | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-49@ Nevada | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-29vs No. 14 Utah State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 19-27@ Air Force | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 17 | 5.0 | 2.0 | — | 2 |
Week 7 · 2018
W 20-18
vs New Mexico
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
14%5 TFLSack rate
5%2 sacksHurry rate
8%3 hurries37 tackles · 5 for loss · 2 sacks.
2 seasons under Mike Bobo — 10-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Bobo
Pass share
56.4%
501 pass / 387 run
Plays / game
74.0
12 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
539 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
37 tackles in 11 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Colorado State, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Bobo.
