Player Dossier

2015-2021

Oregon State

Caleb Lightbourn

P • 6'3" • 231 lbs • Washougal, WA, USA

Impact contributor

Caleb Lightbourn shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Nebraska

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
Nebraska • Oregon State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee

Player 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...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8261

Camas · Camas, WA

Committed To
Nebraska
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Caleb Lightbourn, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Nebraska. Caleb Lightbourn shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Rushing yards
4

Quick Answers

Caleb Lightbourn quick answers

Latest team and position
Oregon State · P
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 8 entries · 36 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Nebraska
Top game
Tennessee
Recruit profile
3-star · Camas · Nebraska
High school pipeline
Camas · 15 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 30 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2015 Regular SeasonNebraska000-
2016 PostseasonNebraska1200100
2016 Regular SeasonNebraska1200100
2017 Regular SeasonNebraska1200100
2018 Regular SeasonNebraska500100
2019 Regular SeasonOregon State000-
2020 Regular SeasonOregon State500100
2021 Regular SeasonOregon State200100

Related Context

Caleb Lightbourn played P for Nebraska and Oregon State. Across 7 tracked seasons, Caleb Lightbourn recorded 4 rushing yards and 6 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Nebraska.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Nebraska paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Nebraska, Oregon State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State

Game with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Oregon State

Games

2

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Oregon State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 0. Oregon State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Oregon State

Best efficiency game

— vs Oregon State

Result
Sat 9/18@ Oregon State
Sat 9/11@ Indiana

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

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

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games