Usage / Role
29%
Rotational offensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2009-2012Purdue
Caleb TerBush
QB • 6'5" • Metamora, IL, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Caleb TerBush is a balanced quarterback profile with 18.1 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
25
Developing production for a quarterback
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
26
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Purdue
0910111112
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rice
Player Story
Caleb TerBush built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a quarterback from Metamora, IL wearing No. 19, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Caleb TerBush's career was his passing role: 3,077...
Read the storyCaleb TerBush, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Purdue. Caleb TerBush is a balanced quarterback profile with 18.1 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 3,351
- Passing yards
- 3,077
- Rushing yards
- 274
- Touchdowns
- 28
Quick Answers
Caleb TerBush quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 3,351
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2011 Postseason · Purdue
- Top game
- Rice
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Class 2012
- 2012 Total offense rank
- 1,213 total offense · QB 124th (top 41%) · Big Ten 15th (top 12%) · National 152nd (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Purdue | 1 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 0 | 38.9 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2011 Postseason | Purdue | 13 | 94 | 101 | -7 | 1 | 68.3 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Purdue | 13 | 2,030 | 1,804 | 226 | 13 | 68.3 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Purdue | 8 | 1,213 | 1,150 | 63 | 14 | 52.3 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Caleb TerBush
Caleb TerBush played QB for Purdue. Across 4 tracked seasons, Caleb TerBush recorded 3,077 passing yards, 274 rushing yards, and 28 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Postseason
Purdue paired 2,124 primary output with 59.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 59.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2012 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rice
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2011 Postseason · Purdue
Games
13
Primary Metric / G
163.4
Efficiency
59.8
Usage
16.2
Consistency
77.2
Best Game by takeover score
Rice
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 94. Middle Tennessee: 240. Rice: 251. Southeast Missouri State: 150. Notre Dame: 109. Minnesota: 157. Penn State: 172. Illinois: 190. Michigan: 194. Wisconsin: 106. Ohio State: 140. Iowa: 81. Indiana: 240
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Michigan: 16 by 56.6. Middle Tennessee: 42 by 55.8. Rice: 47 by 62.4. Southeast Missouri State: 19 by 71.9. Notre Dame: 21 by 52.4. Minnesota: 27 by 62.6. Penn State: 31 by 46.7. Illinois: 35 by 58.8. Michigan: 16 by 92.3. Wisconsin: 22 by 41.4. Ohio State: 27 by 52.8. Iowa: 24 by 51.8. Indiana: 33 by 72
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins173 · Games = 7 · +20.8 vs Losses
Losses152.2 · Games = 6 · -20.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Rice
Best efficiency game
92.3 vs Michigan
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/27 | vs Western Michigan | W 37-32 | 8 | 13 | 101 | 61.5 | 1 | 0 | 56.6 | 3 | -7 | -2.30 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 11/26 | @ Indiana | W 33-25 | 16 | 25 | 192 | 64.0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 8 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Iowa | L 21-31 | 10 | 16 | 86 | 62.5 | 1 | 0 | 51.8 | 8 | -5 | -0.60 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Ohio State | W 26-23 | 15 | 24 | 140 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 52.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Wisconsin | L 17-62 | 10 | 19 | 103 | 52.6 | 1 | 2 | 41.4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Michigan | L 14-36 | 9 | 13 | 156 | 69.2 | 1 | 0 | 92.3 | 3 | 38 | 12.70 | 0 | 41 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Illinois | W 21-14 | 16 | 25 | 178 | 64.0 | 2 | 0 | 58.8 | 10 | 12 | 1.20 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Penn State | L 18-23 | 12 | 25 | 162 | 48.0 | 1 | 2 | 46.7 | 6 | 10 | 1.70 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Minnesota | W 45-17 | 14 | 21 | 140 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 62.6 | 6 | 17 | 2.80 | 0 | 14 |
| Sun 10/2 | vs Notre Dame | L 10-38 | 10 | 15 | 101 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 52.4 | 6 | 8 | 1.30 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Southeast Missouri State | W 59-0 | 14 | 17 | 143 | 82.4 | 0 | 0 | 71.9 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 9/10 | @ RiceDual-threat | L 22-24 | 18 | 31 | 183 | 58.1 | 1 | 0 | 62.4 | 16 | 68 | 4.30 | 1 | 29 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Middle Tennessee | W 27-24 | 19 | 33 | 220 | 57.6 | 2 | 1 | 55.8 | 9 | 20 | 2.20 | 0 | 12 |
Player Story
Caleb TerBush story
Caleb TerBush built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a quarterback from Metamora, IL wearing No. 19, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Caleb TerBush's career was his passing role: 3,077 passing yards, 25 touchdown passes, 476 attempts, and 274 rushing yards across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Purdue. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 274 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Purdue.
The arc is straightforward: Caleb TerBush moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Purdue
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20092010201120112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Purdue | 14 | 39.6 | 6.9 | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | -14 |
| 2011 Postseason | Purdue | 2,124 | 59.8 | 16.2 | 2,124 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Purdue | 2,124 | 59.8 | 16.2 | 0 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Purdue | 1,213 | 51 | 18.1 | -911 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Rice
Week 2 · L 22-24
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
251
Total Offense
83.8 takeover
251 total offense with 62.4 efficiency.
#2
@ Indiana
Week 13 · W 33-25 · Conference game
240
Total Offense
66.6 takeover
Win with 240 yards of offense and 72 efficiency.
240 total offense with 72 efficiency.
#3
vs Marshall
Week 5 · W 51-41
310
Total Offense
65.9 takeover
Win with 310 yards of offense and 62.1 efficiency.
310 total offense with 62.1 efficiency.
#4
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 1 · W 27-24
240
Total Offense
65 takeover
Win with 240 yards of offense and 55.8 efficiency.
240 total offense with 55.8 efficiency.
#5
@ Michigan
Week 9 · L 14-36 · Conference game
194
Total Offense
64.2 takeover
Loss with 194 yards of offense and 92.3 efficiency.
194 total offense with 92.3 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Postseason · Purdue
2,124 primary output · 59.8 efficiency · 16.2 usage
68.3
#2
2011 Regular Season · Purdue
68.3
2,124 primary · 59.8 efficiency · 16.2 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Purdue
52.3
1,213 primary · 51 efficiency · 18.1 usage
Milestones
1
250+ passing yards
1
300+ total offense
2
3+ TD games
7
Above avg efficiency
Next best actions
Keep exploring Caleb TerBush
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.