Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2022Kansas
Caleb Sampson
DL • 6'3" • 305 lbs • Covington, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Caleb Sampson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
54
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
30
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
74
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Missouri • Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Player Story
Caleb Sampson built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Covington, LA wearing No. 98, spending time with Kansas and Missouri. The clearest part of Caleb Sampson's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Missouri
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Caleb Sampson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Kansas. Caleb Sampson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 70
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Caleb Sampson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · DL
- Career Tackles
- 70
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Baylor
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Northlake Christian School · Missouri
- High school pipeline
- Northlake Christian School · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 98 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 19 tackles · DL 345th (top 35%) · Big 12 144th (top 32%) · National 1,930th (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Missouri | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kansas | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 0 | 45.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 39.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas | 9 | 24 | 3.5 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 38.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas | 9 | 19 | 3.5 | 2.5 | - | 2 | 0 | 45.6 |
Related Context
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Caleb Sampson played DL for Missouri and Kansas. Across 6 tracked seasons, Caleb Sampson recorded 70 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Kansas paired 8 primary output with 17.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.7 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on 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 Missouri, Kansas.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Kansas
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
17.7
Usage
6
Consistency
14.8
Best Game by takeover score
Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee Tech: 2. West Virginia: 0. Houston: 3. Duke: 0. TCU: 1. Baylor: 2. Texas Tech: 0. Texas: 0. Kansas State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee Tech: 2 by 28.3. West Virginia: 4 by 16.7. Houston: 2 by 38.3. Duke: 3 by 12.5. TCU: 0 by 10. Baylor: 1 by 24.2. Texas Tech: 3 by 12.5. Texas: 3 by 12.5. Kansas State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Houston
Best efficiency game
38.3 vs Houston
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | @ Kansas State | L 27-47 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Texas | L 14-55 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | @ Texas Tech | L 28-43 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ BaylorSplash game | L 23-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs TCU | L 31-38 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Duke | W 35-27 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ HoustonSplash game | W 48-30 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ West Virginia | W 55-42 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Tennessee TechSplash game | W 56-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Caleb Sampson story
Caleb Sampson built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Covington, LA wearing No. 98, spending time with Kansas and Missouri. The clearest part of Caleb Sampson's career was his defensive production: 70 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. That gives Caleb Sampson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Missouri
2017
Opening stop
- 2
Kansas
2018-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201720182019202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Missouri | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kansas | 7 | 13.4 | 3.3 | 7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas | 3 | 15.4 | 6.5 | -4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas | 5.5 | 17.2 | 6.2 | 2.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas | 8 | 17.7 | 6 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Baylor
Week 3 · L 7-45 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Texas Tech
Week 14 · L 13-16 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
76.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Houston
Week 3 · W 48-30
3
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#4
@ TCU
Week 5 · L 14-51 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Oklahoma
Week 8 · L 23-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Kansas
8 primary output · 17.7 efficiency · 6 usage
45.6
#2
2019 Regular Season · Kansas
45.1
7 primary · 13.4 efficiency · 3.3 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Kansas
39.2
3 primary · 15.4 efficiency · 6.5 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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