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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022UTEP
Cal Wallerstedt
LB • 5'10" • 223 lbs • Harrisburg, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cal Wallerstedt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 54 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
81
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UTEP
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UTEP
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico
Player Story
Cal Wallerstedt built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Harrisburg, NC wearing No. 30, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Cal Wallerstedt's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- UTEP
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Cal Wallerstedt, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UTEP. Cal Wallerstedt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 54 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 99
- TFL
- 14.5
- Sacks
- 8
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Cal Wallerstedt quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTEP · LB
- Career Tackles
- 99
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · UTEP
- Top game
- New Mexico
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Hickory Ridge · UTEP
- High school pipeline
- Hickory Ridge · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 30 · Junior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 95 tackles · LB 56th (top 5%) · Conference USA 8th (top 2%) · National 64th (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | UTEP | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UTEP | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UTEP | 12 | 95 | 14.5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.2 |
Related Context
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Cal Wallerstedt played LB for UTEP. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cal Wallerstedt recorded 99 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with UTEP.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
UTEP paired 26.5 primary output with 54 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 54 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · UTEP
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
2.2
Efficiency
54
Usage
16.2
Consistency
47
Best Game by takeover score
New Mexico
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma: 2. North Texas: 0. New Mexico State: 1. New Mexico: 5.5. Boise State: 2.5. Charlotte: 1. Louisiana Tech: 0.5. Florida Atlantic: 1. Middle Tennessee: 4.5. Rice: 3.5. Florida International: 1. UTSA: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma: 5 by 40.8. North Texas: 2 by 8.3. New Mexico State: 9 by 47.5. New Mexico: 7 by 79.2. Boise State: 9 by 62.5. Charlotte: 8 by 43.3. Louisiana Tech: 4 by 21.7. Florida Atlantic: 11 by 55.8. Middle Tennessee: 14 by 95. Rice: 10 by 76.7. Florida International: 7 by 39.2. UTSA: 9 by 77.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 5 · -1.6 vs Losses
Losses2.9 · Games = 7 · +1.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
New Mexico
Best efficiency game
95 vs Middle Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ UTSASplash game | L 31-34 | 9 | 2 | — | 2.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Florida International | W 40-6 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/3 | @ Rice10+ tackles · Splash game | L 30-37 | 10 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/30 | vs Middle Tennessee10+ tackles · 2+ sacks | L 13-24 | 14 | 6 | — | 2.50 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Florida Atlantic10+ tackles | W 24-21 | 11 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 31-41 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Charlotte | W 41-35 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Boise StateSplash game | W 27-10 | 9 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/18 | @ New Mexico2+ sacks · Splash game | L 10-27 | 7 | 4 | — | 3.50 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/11 | vs New Mexico State | W 20-13 | 9 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | @ OklahomaSplash game | L 13-45 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/28 | vs North Texas | L 13-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Cal Wallerstedt story
Cal Wallerstedt built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Harrisburg, NC wearing No. 30, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Cal Wallerstedt's career was his defensive production: 99 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with UTEP. 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 Cal Wallerstedt's production has multiple signals. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UTEP.
The arc is straightforward: Cal Wallerstedt 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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UTEP
2019-2022
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Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UTEP | 26.5 | 54 | 16.2 | 26.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ New Mexico
Week 3 · L 10-27
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5.5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 9 · L 13-24 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
92.3 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 92.3 takeover score.
#3
@ UTSA
Week 13 · L 31-34 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
83.4 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 83.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Rice
Week 10 · L 30-37 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
80.1 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Boise State
Week 4 · W 27-10
2.5
Havoc Plays
69.3 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · UTEP
26.5 primary output · 54 efficiency · 16.2 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · UTEP
37.5
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 1 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · UTEP
37.4
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 1 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
6
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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