Player Dossier

2014-2017

Arkansas State

Caleb Caston

DE • 6'2" • 240 lbs • Pascagoula, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Caleb Caston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

27%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

75

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Arkansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Arkansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Player Story

Caleb Caston built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive end from Pascagoula, MS wearing No. 54, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Caleb Caston's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7533

Pascagoula · Pascagoula, MS

Committed To
Arkansas State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Caleb Caston, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Arkansas State. Caleb Caston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
50
TFL
12
Sacks
7
QB hurries
8

Quick Answers

Caleb Caston quick answers

Latest team and position
Arkansas State · DE
Career Tackles
50
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 21 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Arkansas State
Top game
SMU
Recruit profile
2-star · Pascagoula · Arkansas State
High school pipeline
Lutheran North · 13 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 54 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
39 tackles · DE 62nd (top 18%) · Sun Belt 91st (top 18%) · National 1,008th (top 18%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonArkansas State00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonArkansas State00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonArkansas State9111--016.2
2016 Regular SeasonArkansas State91021--016.2
2017 PostseasonArkansas State121101-070.7
2017 Regular SeasonArkansas State1238857-070.7

Related Context

Caleb Caston played DE for Arkansas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Caleb Caston recorded 50 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Arkansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Arkansas State paired 22 primary output with 31.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 10.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · Arkansas State

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

10.7

Usage

2

Consistency

14.8

Best Game by takeover score

Texas State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UCF: 2. Toledo: 0. Auburn: 0.5. Utah State: 0.5. Georgia Southern: 0. South Alabama: 0. New Mexico State: 0. Louisiana: 0. Texas State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCF: 1 by 24.2. Toledo: 1 by 4.2. Auburn: 1 by 9.2. Utah State: 2 by 13.3. Georgia Southern: 1 by 4.2. South Alabama: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico State: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana: 1 by 4.2. Texas State: 2 by 28.3

Split Comparison

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Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas State

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs Texas State

Result
Sat 12/17@ UCFSplash gameW 31-1311110
Sun 12/4@ Texas StateSplash gameW 36-1421110
Sat 11/26@ LouisianaL 19-2410000
Sat 11/12vs New Mexico StateW 41-2210000
Sat 10/15vs South AlabamaW 17-710000
Thu 10/6vs Georgia SouthernW 27-2610000
Sat 9/17@ Utah StateL 20-34210.5000
Sat 9/10@ AuburnL 14-51100.5000
Sat 9/3vs ToledoL 10-3110000

Player Story

Caleb Caston story

Caleb Caston built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive end from Pascagoula, MS wearing No. 54, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Caleb Caston's career was his defensive production: 50 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, and 7 sacks across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Caleb Caston's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Arkansas State

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201620172017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonArkansas State0
2015 Regular SeasonArkansas State00
2016 PostseasonArkansas State510.725
2016 Regular SeasonArkansas State510.720
2017 PostseasonArkansas State2231.99.517
2017 Regular SeasonArkansas State2231.99.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ SMU

Week 4 · L 21-44

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#2

@ New Mexico State

Week 9 · W 37-21 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#3

@ Nebraska

Week 1 · L 36-43

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Havoc Plays

58.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Texas State

Week 14 · W 36-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

55.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.5 takeover score.

#5

@ UL Monroe

Week 13 · W 67-50 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

53.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Arkansas State

22 primary output · 31.9 efficiency · 9.5 usage

70.7

#2

2017 Regular Season · Arkansas State

70.7

22 primary · 31.9 efficiency · 9.5 usage

#3

2016 Postseason · Arkansas State

16.2

5 primary · 10.7 efficiency · 2 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

8

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games