Player Dossier

2019-2022

UTEP

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.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

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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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.7697

Hickory Ridge · Harrisburg, NC

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

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonUTEP00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonUTEP11-0--037.5
2021 Regular SeasonUTEP33-0--037.4
2022 Regular SeasonUTEP129514.5831075.2

Related Context

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

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 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: UL Monroe

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

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2020 Regular Season · UTEP

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

UL Monroe

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UL Monroe

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs UL Monroe

Result
Sat 9/26@ UL MonroeW 31-610000

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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    2019-2022

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Season Value Progression

2019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonUTEP0
2020 Regular SeasonUTEP04.210
2021 Regular SeasonUTEP04.210
2022 Regular SeasonUTEP26.55416.226.5

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

4

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

75.2

#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