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
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Caelen Carson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
52
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
61
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Wake Forest
2020212223
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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 113
- TFL
- 2.5
- Passes defended
- 22
Quick Answers
Caelen Carson quick answers
- 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%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Wake Forest | 8 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 34.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 8 | 22 | - | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 34.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 9 | 31 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 50.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 41.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 11 | 42 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 44 |
Related Context
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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.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Wake Forest paired 9.5 primary output with 24.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
22.3
Usage
3.4
Consistency
51.5
Best Game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Elon: 0. Vanderbilt: 1. Old Dominion: 0. Georgia Tech: 1. Clemson: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Pittsburgh: 2. Florida State: 1. Duke: 1. NC State: 1. Notre Dame: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Elon: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 10 by 51.7. Old Dominion: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Tech: 3 by 22.5. Clemson: 4 by 16.7. Virginia Tech: 6 by 25. Pittsburgh: 2 by 28.3. Florida State: 5 by 30.8. Duke: 5 by 30.8. NC State: 2 by 18.3. Notre Dame: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
Best efficiency game
51.7 vs Vanderbilt
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/18 | @ Notre Dame | L 7-45 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs NC State | L 6-26 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Thu 11/2 | @ Duke | L 21-24 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Florida State | L 16-41 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs PittsburghSplash game | W 21-17 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Virginia Tech | L 13-30 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Clemson | L 12-17 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Georgia Tech | L 16-30 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Old Dominion | W 27-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Vanderbilt10+ tackles | W 36-20 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Thu 8/31 | vs Elon | W 37-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Caelen Carson 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 production: 113 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 22 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. That gives Caelen Carson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Wake Forest
2020-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20202020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Wake Forest | 5 | 19.3 | 2.9 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 5 | 19.3 | 2.9 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 9.5 | 24.9 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 6 | 17.5 | 2.3 | -3.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 7 | 22.3 | 3.4 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Virginia
Week 7 · W 40-23 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Florida State
Week 3 · W 35-14 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
65.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Vanderbilt
Week 2 · W 36-20
1
Havoc Plays
55 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.
#4
@ Virginia
Week 4 · W 37-17 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
52.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Duke
Week 10 · L 21-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
50.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Wake Forest
9.5 primary output · 24.9 efficiency · 3.4 usage
50.8
#2
2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest
44
7 primary · 22.3 efficiency · 3.4 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Wake Forest
41.4
6 primary · 17.5 efficiency · 2.3 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
6
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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