Calen Bullock: S · USC · #7.
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Calen Bullock
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The three seasons at USC span two head coaches: Donte Williams and Lincoln Riley. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Pac-12 again in 2023. On tape: 9 tackles against Washington, Week 10, 2023.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
58 tackles. 5 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.
247Sports Nov 2
USA Today Nov 1
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-28vs San José State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 66-14vs Nevada | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-28@ Arizona State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 48-41@ Colorado | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 43-41vs Arizona | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-48@ No. 21 Notre Dame | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 32-34vs No. 14 Utah | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 50-49@ California | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 42-52vs No. 5 Washington | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 27-36@ No. 6 Oregon | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-38vs UCLA | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 58 | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
58tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL58 tackles · 5 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
56.7%
457 pass / 349 run
Plays / game
62.0
13 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
494 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #128 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at USC, 140 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #78 overall by the Houston Texans.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Pac-12 1st team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Donte Williams → Lincoln Riley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Houston TexansEntering 3rd NFL season
Houston TexansEntering 3rd NFL season
