Player Dossier

2025-2025

Washington State

Caleb Francl

LB • 6'1" • 190 lbs • Grand Island, NE, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Caleb Francl shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

96

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

70

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Washington State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Washington State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State

Player Story

Caleb Francl built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Grand Island, NE wearing No. 9, spending time with Washington State. The clearest part of Caleb Francl's career was his defensive production: 82...

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Caleb Francl, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Washington State. Caleb Francl shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
82
TFL
6
Sacks
2
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Caleb Francl quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington State · LB
Career Tackles
82
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 16 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Washington State
Top game
Oregon State
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
82 tackles · LB 99th (top 8%) · Pac-12 2nd (top 2%) · National 131st (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2025 PostseasonWashington State13810--071.7
2025 Regular SeasonWashington State13745253071.7

Related Context

Caleb Francl played LB for Washington State. Across 1 tracked season, Caleb Francl recorded 82 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Washington State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Washington State paired 18 primary output with 40.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 40.1 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: Oregon State

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Washington State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.4

Efficiency

40.1

Usage

12.4

Consistency

46.5

Best Game by takeover score

Oregon State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 1. Idaho: 1. San Diego State: 0. North Texas: 2. Washington: 0.5. Colorado State: 1. Ole Miss: 0. Virginia: 2.5. Toledo: 2. Oregon State: 3. Louisiana Tech: 1. James Madison: 1. Oregon State: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah State: 8 by 43.3. Idaho: 11 by 55.8. San Diego State: 3 by 12.5. North Texas: 3 by 32.5. Washington: 2 by 13.3. Colorado State: 8 by 43.3. Ole Miss: 6 by 25. Virginia: 10 by 66.7. Toledo: 7 by 49.2. Oregon State: 6 by 55. Louisiana Tech: 5 by 30.8. James Madison: 8 by 43.3. Oregon State: 5 by 50.8

Split Comparison

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Wins1.3 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oregon State

Best efficiency game

66.7 vs Virginia

Result
Mon 12/22@ Utah StateW 34-2186100
Sat 11/29vs Oregon StateSplash gameW 32-8520011
Sat 11/22@ James MadisonL 20-24850010
Sun 11/16vs Louisiana TechW 28-352001
Sat 11/1@ Oregon StateSplash gameL 7-1064110
Sat 10/25vs ToledoSplash gameW 28-774000
Sat 10/18@ Virginia10+ tackles · Splash gameL 20-221011.5001
Sat 10/11@ Ole MissL 21-2460000
Sat 9/27@ Colorado StateW 20-381100
Sat 9/20vs WashingtonL 24-59210.5000
Sat 9/13@ North TexasSplash gameL 10-5931110
Sun 9/7vs San Diego StateW 36-1331000
Sun 8/31vs Idaho10+ tacklesW 13-10116000

Player Story

Caleb Francl story

Caleb Francl built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Grand Island, NE wearing No. 9, spending time with Washington State. The clearest part of Caleb Francl's career was his defensive production: 82 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Washington State. 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 Caleb Francl'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 Washington State.

The arc is straightforward: Caleb Francl 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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    Washington State

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonWashington State1840.112.4
2025 Regular SeasonWashington State1840.112.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 126 Oregon State

Week 10 · L 7-10 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

85 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 31 Virginia

Week 8 · L 20-22

2.5

Havoc Plays

83.3 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 126 Oregon State

Week 14 · W 32-8 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 48 Toledo

Week 9 · W 28-7

2

Havoc Plays

72 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.

#5

@ Oklahoma State

Week 1

1

Havoc Plays

71.7 takeover

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Washington State

18 primary output · 40.1 efficiency · 12.4 usage

71.7

#2

2025 Regular Season · Washington State

71.7

18 primary · 40.1 efficiency · 12.4 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

6

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games