Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2023Wake Forest
Caelen Carson
DB • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Waldorf, MD, USA
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Caelen Carson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Wake Forest
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Wake Forest
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Player Story
Caelen Carson built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a defensive back from Waldorf, MD wearing No. 1, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Caelen Carson's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Wake Forest
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2024
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 39
- Overall
- No. 174
- NFL Team
- Dallas Cowboys
Caelen Carson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Wake Forest. Caelen Carson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.3 disruption score.
Quick Answers
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- Latest team and position
- Wake Forest · DB
- Career Tackles
- 113
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Wake Forest
- Top game
- Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · North Point · Wake Forest
- High school pipeline
- North Point · 5 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2024 · Round 5 · Pick 39 · Dallas Cowboys
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Junior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 42 tackles · DB 179th (top 19%) · ACC 86th (top 14%) · National 805th (top 14%)
Caelen Carson played DB for Wake Forest. Across 4 tracked seasons, Caelen Carson recorded 113 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Wake Forest.
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