Kaleb Cost
Kaleb Cost
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Kaleb Cost has played for three head coaches in three seasons at North Carolina. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles, 1 TFL against UCF, Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mack Brown, Freddie Kitchens, and Bill Belichick. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Belichick
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Carolina | 45 | 33 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | North Carolina | 61 | 43 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | North Carolina | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 111 | 78 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 41–6
vs Richmond
2 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 35-point win at home against Richmond.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
North Carolina
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · North Carolina
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -11 net (20 in / 31 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
North Carolina · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #31 · 2026 recruiting class #19
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jordan Anderson’s 2022 season.
Matches Jordan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jayden Sweeney's junior season at Florida Atlantic (2025).
Matches Jayden on
Background
2025 - Junior Season at Carolina Appeared in 11 of the team’s 12 games, missing one due to injury Started eight games at nickel Ended the season with 45 tackles, including 33 solo stops Also had two tackles for loss Tallied an interception in the season opener against TCU Logged five pass breakup...