Player Dossier

2021-2024

App State

Caden Sullivan

LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Inman, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Caden Sullivan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

37%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

46

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

46

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · App State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
App State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina

Player Story

Caden Sullivan built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a linebacker from Inman, SC wearing No. 26, spending time with App State. The clearest part of Caden Sullivan's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8333

Boiling Springs · Boiling Springs, SC

Committed To
App State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Caden Sullivan, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · App State. Caden Sullivan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
116
TFL
8
Sacks
3
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Caden Sullivan quick answers

Latest team and position
App State · LB
Career Tackles
116
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 29 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · App State
Top game
Coastal Carolina
Recruit profile
3-star · Boiling Springs · App State
High school pipeline
Boiling Springs · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 26 · Junior
2024 Tackles rank
35 tackles · LB 410th (top 34%) · Sun Belt 119th (top 19%) · National 1,134th (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonApp State00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonApp State917321-040.1
2023 PostseasonApp State1210-0--047.2
2023 Regular SeasonApp State12544111047.2
2024 Regular SeasonApp State8351021035.5

Related Context

Caden Sullivan played LB for App State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Caden Sullivan recorded 116 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with App State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

App State paired 7 primary output with 28.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 23.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · App State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

23.2

Usage

5.9

Consistency

12.5

Best Game by takeover score

South Alabama

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. East Tennessee State: 0.5. Clemson: 1. East Carolina: 0. South Alabama: 2.5. Marshall: 0. Louisiana: 0. Georgia State: 0. Georgia Southern: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. East Tennessee State: 7 by 34.2. Clemson: 5 by 30.8. East Carolina: 9 by 37.5. South Alabama: 6 by 50. Marshall: 3 by 12.5. Louisiana: 3 by 12.5. Georgia State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Southern: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.2 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 5 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Alabama

Best efficiency game

50 vs South Alabama

Result
Sat 11/30@ Georgia SouthernL 20-2910000
Sat 10/26vs Georgia StateW 33-2610000
Sat 10/12@ LouisianaL 24-3431000
Sat 10/5@ MarshallL 37-5231000
Thu 9/19vs South AlabamaSplash gameL 14-48620.5001
Sat 9/14@ East CarolinaW 21-1994000
Sun 9/8@ ClemsonL 20-6653000
Sat 8/31vs East Tennessee StateW 38-10720.5000

Player Story

Caden Sullivan story

Caden Sullivan built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a linebacker from Inman, SC wearing No. 26, spending time with App State. The clearest part of Caden Sullivan's career was his defensive production: 116 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Caden Sullivan's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    App State

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20212022202320232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonApp State0
2022 Regular SeasonApp State614.55.46
2023 PostseasonApp State728.15.61
2023 Regular SeasonApp State728.15.60
2024 Regular SeasonApp State423.25.9-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Coastal Carolina

Week 7 · L 24-27 · Conference game

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#2

vs South Alabama

Week 4 · L 14-48 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Old Dominion

Week 12 · W 27-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Texas State

Week 6 · L 24-36 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Southern Miss

Week 9 · W 48-38 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · App State

7 primary output · 28.1 efficiency · 5.6 usage

47.2

#2

2023 Regular Season · App State

47.2

7 primary · 28.1 efficiency · 5.6 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · App State

40.1

6 primary · 14.5 efficiency · 5.4 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

5

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games