Player Dossier

2022-2025

Kansas State

Colby McCalister

S • 5'10" • 198 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Colby McCalister shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage Score

1.7

Efficiency

9.6

Consistency

3

Season Value

4.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · Kansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Kansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Colby McCalister, S. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · Kansas State. Colby McCalister shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Kansas State paired 3.5 primary output with 13.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.6 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: Arizona

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2024 Regular Season · Kansas State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

9.6

Usage

1.7

Consistency

3

Best Game by takeover score

Cincinnati

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Tulane: 0. Arizona: 1. BYU: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. Colorado: 0. West Virginia: 0. Kansas: 0. Houston: 0. Arizona State: 0. Cincinnati: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 0 by 0. Tulane: 4 by 16.7. Arizona: 0 by 10. BYU: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma State: 4 by 16.7. Colorado: 1 by 4.2. West Virginia: 1 by 4.2. Kansas: 2 by 8.3. Houston: 2 by 8.3. Arizona State: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

Wins0.1 · n=7 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0 · n=3 · -0.1 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · n=6 · +0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=5 · -0.2 vs First Half

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arizona

Best efficiency game

25 vs Cincinnati

Result
Sun 11/24vs CincinnatiW 41-1563000
Sun 11/17vs Arizona StateL 14-2411000
Sat 11/2@ HoustonL 19-2422000
Sun 10/27vs KansasW 29-2721000
Sat 10/19@ West VirginiaW 45-1810000
Sun 10/13@ ColoradoW 31-2811000
Sat 9/28vs Oklahoma StateW 42-2044000
Sun 9/22@ BYUL 9-3821000
Sat 9/14vs ArizonaW 31-700001
Sat 9/7@ TulaneW 34-2742000
Sat 8/31vs Unknown00000

Career Arc

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

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    Kansas State

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20222023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonKansas State0
2023 PostseasonKansas State3.513.43.33.5
2023 Regular SeasonKansas State3.513.43.30
2024 Regular SeasonKansas State19.61.7-2.5
2025 Regular SeasonKansas State0-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Baylor

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.6 takeover score.

#2

Arizona

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#3

NC State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 30.2 takeover score.

#4

Missouri

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 12.5 takeover score.

#5

Cincinnati

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Postseason · Kansas State

3.5 primary output · 13.4 efficiency · 3.3 usage

9.8

#2

2023 Regular Season · Kansas State

9.8

3.5 primary · 13.4 efficiency · 3.3 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Kansas State

4.5

1 primary · 9.6 efficiency · 1.7 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8437

Clear Brook · Friendswood, TX

Committed To
Kansas State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

50

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 22 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

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Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
S
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
5
Career tackles
50