Player Career

Caleb Lightbourn Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Caleb Lightbourn story

Caleb Lightbourn built his college career from 2015 through 2021 as a punter from Washougal, WA wearing No. 30, spending time with Nebraska and Oregon State. The clearest part of Caleb Lightbourn's career was his field-position work: 162 punts, 6,602 punting yards, and 5 punts inside the 20 across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Nebraska. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 4 rushing yards and 6 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Nebraska and Oregon State.

The arc is straightforward: Caleb Lightbourn 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. 1

    Nebraska

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Oregon State

    2019-2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201620172018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonNebraska0
2016 PostseasonNebraska00
2016 Regular SeasonNebraska00
2017 Regular SeasonNebraska00
2018 Regular SeasonNebraska00
2019 Regular SeasonOregon State00
2020 Regular SeasonOregon State00
2021 Regular SeasonOregon State00

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021Oregon State to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted16.4Feb 26, 2021

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Tennessee

Week 1 · L 24-38 · Postseason

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Iowa

Week 13 · L 10-40 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Maryland

Week 12 · W 28-7 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

vs Minnesota

Week 11 · W 24-17 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

@ Ohio State

Week 10 · L 3-62 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Nebraska

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2016 Regular Season · Nebraska

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Nebraska

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

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Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games