Player Dossier

2016-2021

Oklahoma

Caleb Kelly

LB • 6'3" • 232 lbs • Fresno, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Caleb Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

33%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

34

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Oklahoma

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Oklahoma
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Player Story

Caleb Kelly built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a linebacker from Fresno, CA wearing No. 19, spending time with Oklahoma. The clearest part of Caleb Kelly's career was his defensive production: 175...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.9847

Clovis West · Fresno, CA

Committed To
Oklahoma
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Caleb Kelly, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Oklahoma. Caleb Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
175
TFL
12
Sacks
5
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
3
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Caleb Kelly quick answers

Latest team and position
Oklahoma · LB
Career Tackles
175
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 10 entries · 41 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Oklahoma
Top game
Baylor
Recruit profile
5-star · Clovis West · Oklahoma
High school pipeline
Palm Desert · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 19 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
18 tackles · LB 614th (top 49%) · Big 12 158th (top 35%) · National 2,098th (top 35%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 PostseasonOklahoma71210--058
2016 Regular SeasonOklahoma7242121058
2017 PostseasonOklahoma134-0--062.1
2017 Regular SeasonOklahoma13493.5141062.1
2018 PostseasonOklahoma10710--048.6
2018 Regular SeasonOklahoma10543.53-1148.6
2019 PostseasonOklahoma41-0--040.7
2019 Regular SeasonOklahoma46-0--040.7
2020 Regular SeasonOklahoma00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonOklahoma718101-017.3

Related Context

Caleb Kelly played LB for Oklahoma. Across 6 tracked seasons, Caleb Kelly recorded 175 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Oklahoma.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Oklahoma paired 10.5 primary output with 25.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 25.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · Oklahoma

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

25.1

Usage

7.5

Consistency

60.9

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 0. UTEP: 1. Ohio State: 1. Tulane: 0. Baylor: 1. Iowa State: 0.5. Texas: 1. Kansas State: 1. Texas Tech: 1. Oklahoma State: 1. Kansas: 2.5. West Virginia: 0. TCU: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia: 4 by 16.7. UTEP: 2 by 18.3. Ohio State: 4 by 26.7. Tulane: 5 by 20.8. Baylor: 5 by 30.8. Iowa State: 3 by 17.5. Texas: 1 by 14.2. Kansas State: 9 by 47.5. Texas Tech: 3 by 22.5. Oklahoma State: 4 by 26.7. Kansas: 3 by 37.5. West Virginia: 6 by 25. TCU: 4 by 21.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.9 · Games = 11 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 2 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kansas

Best efficiency game

47.5 vs Kansas State

Result
Mon 1/1vs GeorgiaL 48-5443000
Sat 12/2vs TCUW 41-17400.5000
Sat 11/25vs West VirginiaW 59-3163000
Sat 11/18@ KansasSplash gameW 41-3311.5010
Sat 11/4@ Oklahoma StateW 62-5244001
Sun 10/29vs Texas TechW 49-27320010
Sat 10/21@ Kansas StateW 42-3598100
Sat 10/14@ TexasW 29-2411000
Sat 10/7vs Iowa StateL 31-38310.5000
Sat 9/23@ BaylorW 49-4154000
Sat 9/16vs TulaneW 56-1452000
Sat 9/9@ Ohio StateW 31-1643000
Sat 9/2vs UTEPW 56-722000

Player Story

Caleb Kelly story

Caleb Kelly built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a linebacker from Fresno, CA wearing No. 19, spending time with Oklahoma. The clearest part of Caleb Kelly's career was his defensive production: 175 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 1 interception across 41 career games in the available record. That gives Caleb Kelly's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Oklahoma

    2016-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201620172017201820182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 PostseasonOklahoma731.49.8
2016 Regular SeasonOklahoma731.49.80
2017 PostseasonOklahoma10.525.17.53.5
2017 Regular SeasonOklahoma10.525.17.50
2018 PostseasonOklahoma8.533.18.4-2
2018 Regular SeasonOklahoma8.533.18.40
2019 PostseasonOklahoma07.31.8-8.5
2019 Regular SeasonOklahoma07.31.80
2020 Regular SeasonOklahoma00
2021 Regular SeasonOklahoma213.63.22

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Baylor

Week 5 · W 66-33 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Iowa State

Week 10 · W 34-24 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

85 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#3

@ West Virginia

Week 13 · W 59-56 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

85 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#4

@ Kansas

Week 12 · W 41-3 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

79.2 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Texas Tech

Week 9 · W 52-21 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

66.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Oklahoma

10.5 primary output · 25.1 efficiency · 7.5 usage

62.1

#2

2017 Regular Season · Oklahoma

62.1

10.5 primary · 25.1 efficiency · 7.5 usage

#3

2016 Postseason · Oklahoma

58

7 primary · 31.4 efficiency · 9.8 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

5

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games