Player Dossier

2017-2021

New Mexico State

Caleb Mills

DB • 6'5" • 212 lbs • Gastonia, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Caleb Mills shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

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Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

1

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

12

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
New Mexico State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Player Story

Caleb Mills built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Gastonia, NC wearing No. 12, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Caleb Mills' career was his defensive...

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Caleb Mills, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Caleb Mills shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
76
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Caleb Mills quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico State · DB
Career Tackles
76
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 19 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Top game
San Diego State
Latest roster
No. 12 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
75 tackles · DB 33rd (top 4%) · FBS Independents 8th (top 3%) · National 214th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State20-0--033.3
2019 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State61-0--033.8
2020 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State1175-0-3049.7

Related Context

Caleb Mills played DB for New Mexico State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Caleb Mills recorded 108 receiving yards and 76 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with New Mexico State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

New Mexico State paired 5 primary output with 32.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 0.7 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: San Diego State

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · New Mexico State

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

0.7

Usage

0.1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

San Diego State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. San Diego State: 0. Fresno State: 0. Georgia Southern: 0. Incarnate Word: 0. UTEP: 0. Liberty: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

San Diego State

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs San Diego State

Result
Sat 11/30@ LibertyL 28-49
Sat 11/23vs UTEPW 44-35
Sat 11/16vs Incarnate WordW 41-28
Sat 10/26@ Georgia SouthernL 7-41
Sun 9/29vs Fresno StateL 17-30
Sun 9/15vs San Diego StateL 10-3111000

Player Story

Caleb Mills story

Caleb Mills built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Gastonia, NC wearing No. 12, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Caleb Mills' career was his defensive production: 76 tackles, 2 interceptions, and 3 passes defended across 19 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with New Mexico State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Caleb Mills' production has multiple signals. His career also includes 108 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 19 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across New Mexico State.

The arc is straightforward: Caleb Mills 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

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    New Mexico State

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20172018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State0
2018 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State0000
2019 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00.70.10
2020 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00
2021 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State532.96.45

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ San Diego State

Week 1 · L 10-28

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Utah State

Week 10 · L 13-35

1

Havoc Plays

59.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Nevada

Week 6 · L 28-55

1

Havoc Plays

52.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Hawai'i

Week 8 · L 34-48

1

Havoc Plays

50.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Massachusetts

Week 13 · W 44-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

40 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State

5 primary output · 32.9 efficiency · 6.4 usage

49.7

#2

2019 Regular Season · New Mexico State

33.8

0 primary · 0.7 efficiency · 0.1 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · New Mexico State

33.3

0 primary · 0 efficiency · 0 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games