Player Dossier

2021-2025

Vanderbilt

Miles Capers

EDGE • 6'4" • 235 lbs • Sumter, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Miles Capers shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Vanderbilt

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Vanderbilt
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Player Story

Miles Capers built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as an edge defender from Sumter, SC wearing No. 29, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Miles Capers' career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8359

Sumter · Sumter, SC

Committed To
Vanderbilt
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Miles Capers, EDGE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Vanderbilt. Miles Capers shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
114
TFL
20
Sacks
8
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Miles Capers quick answers

Latest team and position
Vanderbilt · EDGE
Career Tackles
114
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 36 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Vanderbilt
Top game
Utah State
Recruit profile
3-star · Sumter · Vanderbilt
High school pipeline
Sumter · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 29 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
37 tackles · EDGE 7th (top 15%) · SEC 127th (top 17%) · National 1,044th (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonVanderbilt23-0--039.3
2022 Regular SeasonVanderbilt00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonVanderbilt9293.512-040.4
2024 PostseasonVanderbilt12410--060.1
2024 Regular SeasonVanderbilt12416.52.513060.1
2025 PostseasonVanderbilt132-0--050.6
2025 Regular SeasonVanderbilt133594.531050.6

Related Context

Miles Capers played EDGE for Vanderbilt. Across 5 tracked seasons, Miles Capers recorded 114 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Vanderbilt.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Vanderbilt paired 15 primary output with 28.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 25.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

25.3

Usage

6.2

Consistency

25.2

Best Game by takeover score

Utah State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 0. Charleston Southern: 3. Virginia Tech: 2. South Carolina: 0. Georgia State: 4. Utah State: 4.5. Alabama: 2. LSU: 0. Missouri: 0.5. Texas: 0. Auburn: 0.5. Kentucky: 1. Tennessee: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 2 by 8.3. Charleston Southern: 3 by 42.5. Virginia Tech: 1 by 24.2. South Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Georgia State: 3 by 52.5. Utah State: 5 by 65.8. Alabama: 3 by 32.5. LSU: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 7 by 34.2. Texas: 1 by 4.2. Auburn: 2 by 13.3. Kentucky: 4 by 26.7. Tennessee: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.6 · Games = 10 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Utah State

Best efficiency game

65.8 vs Utah State

Result
Wed 12/31vs IowaL 27-3420000
Sat 11/29@ TennesseeW 45-2431000
Sat 11/22vs KentuckyW 45-1742000
Sat 11/8vs AuburnW 45-38210.5000
Sat 11/1@ TexasL 31-3410000
Sat 10/25vs MissouriW 17-10710.5000
Sat 10/18vs LSUW 31-2411000
Sat 10/4@ AlabamaSplash gameL 14-3032110
Sat 9/27vs Utah StateSplash gameW 55-35532.5010
Sat 9/20vs Georgia StateSplash gameW 70-21322.501.500
Sat 9/13@ South CarolinaW 31-721000
Sat 9/6@ Virginia TechSplash gameW 44-2011001
Sat 8/30vs Charleston SouthernSplash gameW 45-332210

Player Story

Miles Capers story

Miles Capers built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as an edge defender from Sumter, SC wearing No. 29, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Miles Capers' career was his defensive production: 114 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, and 1 interception across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Miles Capers' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Vanderbilt

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2021202220232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonVanderbilt06.31.4
2022 Regular SeasonVanderbilt00
2023 Regular SeasonVanderbilt6.520.76.26.5
2024 PostseasonVanderbilt1528.17.88.5
2024 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1528.17.80
2025 PostseasonVanderbilt17.525.36.22.5
2025 Regular SeasonVanderbilt17.525.36.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 79 Utah State

Week 5 · W 55-35

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

88.6 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Texas

Week 9 · L 24-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 133 Georgia State

Week 4 · W 70-21

4

Havoc Plays

80.5 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Alcorn State

Week 2 · W 55-0

2.5

Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Auburn

Week 10 · L 15-31 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

71.7 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Vanderbilt

15 primary output · 28.1 efficiency · 7.8 usage

60.1

#2

2024 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

60.1

15 primary · 28.1 efficiency · 7.8 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt

50.6

17.5 primary · 25.3 efficiency · 6.2 usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games