Player Dossier

2017-2021

Arkansas State

Caleb Bonner

LB • 6'1" • 221 lbs • Reform, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Caleb Bonner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

68%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

86

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

63

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Arkansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Arkansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe

Player Story

Caleb Bonner built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Reform, AL wearing No. 22, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Caleb Bonner's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7652

Tuscaloosa County · Northport, AL

Committed To
Arkansas State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Caleb Bonner, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Arkansas State. Caleb Bonner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
197
TFL
14.5
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
2
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Caleb Bonner quick answers

Latest team and position
Arkansas State · LB
Career Tackles
197
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 52 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Arkansas State
Top game
UL Monroe
Recruit profile
2-star · Tuscaloosa County · Arkansas State
High school pipeline
Tuscaloosa County · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 22 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
63 tackles · LB 213th (top 17%) · Sun Belt 27th (top 6%) · National 359th (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonArkansas State1019-0--039.5
2018 PostseasonArkansas State83-0--017.1
2018 Regular SeasonArkansas State8230.501-017.1
2019 PostseasonArkansas State138-0-1054.3
2019 Regular SeasonArkansas State13575.50--254.3
2020 Regular SeasonArkansas State9245111050.4
2021 Regular SeasonArkansas State12633.51.53-053.3

Related Context

Caleb Bonner played LB for Arkansas State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Caleb Bonner recorded 197 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Arkansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Arkansas State paired 7.5 primary output with 26.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 26.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina

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

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2019 Postseason · Arkansas State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

26.6

Usage

5.7

Consistency

49.4

Best Game by takeover score

Coastal Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida International: 1. SMU: 0. UNLV: 1. Georgia: 0. Southern Illinois: 0. Troy: 0.5. Georgia State: 0.5. Louisiana: 0. Texas State: 1. UL Monroe: 0.5. Coastal Carolina: 2. Georgia Southern: 0. South Alabama: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida International: 8 by 43.3. SMU: 8 by 33.3. UNLV: 3 by 22.5. Georgia: 3 by 12.5. Southern Illinois: 7 by 29.2. Troy: 6 by 30. Georgia State: 8 by 38.3. Louisiana: 2 by 8.3. Texas State: 4 by 26.7. UL Monroe: 3 by 17.5. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 28.3. Georgia Southern: 4 by 16.7. South Alabama: 7 by 39.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 8 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 5 · -0.5 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

Coastal Carolina

Best efficiency game

43.3 vs Florida International

Result
Sat 12/21vs Florida InternationalW 34-2681001
Fri 11/29@ South AlabamaL 30-3473100
Sat 11/23vs Georgia SouthernW 38-3343000
Sat 11/16vs Coastal CarolinaSplash gameW 28-27211010
Sat 11/2@ UL MonroeW 48-41300.5000
Sat 10/26vs Texas StateW 38-1444100
Thu 10/17vs LouisianaL 20-3722000
Sat 10/5@ Georgia StateL 38-52870.5000
Sat 9/28@ TroyW 50-43620.5000
Sat 9/21vs Southern IllinoisW 41-2875000
Sat 9/14@ GeorgiaL 0-5531000
Sun 9/8@ UNLVW 43-1732100
Sat 8/31vs SMUL 30-3784000

Player Story

Caleb Bonner story

Caleb Bonner built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Reform, AL wearing No. 22, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Caleb Bonner's career was his defensive production: 197 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 52 career games in the available record. That gives Caleb Bonner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Arkansas State

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonArkansas State07.91.3
2018 PostseasonArkansas State1.515.43.11.5
2018 Regular SeasonArkansas State1.515.43.10
2019 PostseasonArkansas State7.526.65.76
2019 Regular SeasonArkansas State7.526.65.70
2020 Regular SeasonArkansas State8205.80.5
2021 Regular SeasonArkansas State828.570

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UL Monroe

Week 14 · W 48-15 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

85 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#2

@ UL Monroe

Week 11 · W 27-24 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Coastal Carolina

Week 12 · W 28-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Texas State

Week 12 · L 45-47 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#5

@ Alabama

Week 2 · L 7-57

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Havoc Plays

58.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Arkansas State

7.5 primary output · 26.6 efficiency · 5.7 usage

54.3

#2

2019 Regular Season · Arkansas State

54.3

7.5 primary · 26.6 efficiency · 5.7 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Arkansas State

53.3

8 primary · 28.5 efficiency · 7 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games