Usage Score
7.4
Player Dossier
2023-2025North Carolina
Kaleb Cost
DB • 5'11" • 195 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kaleb Cost shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.3 disruption score.
Efficiency
24.3
Consistency
59.6
Season Value
25.8
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · North Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 4
- Program Path
- North Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Unknown
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.
Kaleb Cost, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · North Carolina. Kaleb Cost shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.3 disruption score.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
North Carolina paired 2 primary output with 40.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 24.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · North Carolina
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
24.3
Usage
7.4
Consistency
59.6
Best Game by takeover score
NC State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. TCU: 1. Charlotte: 0. Unknown: 0. UCF: 1. Clemson: 1. California: 0. Virginia: 1. Syracuse: 2. Stanford: 0. Duke: 1. NC State: 1
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. TCU: 6 by 35. Charlotte: 5 by 20.8. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. UCF: 7 by 39.2. Clemson: 4 by 26.7. California: 5 by 20.8. Virginia: 2 by 18.3. Syracuse: 5 by 40.8. Stanford: 3 by 12.5. Duke: 3 by 22.5. NC State: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
Wins0.7 · n=3 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · n=7 · +0.2 vs Wins
First Half0.5 · n=6 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · n=5 · +0.5 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
Syracuse
Best efficiency game
40.8 vs Syracuse
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | @ NC State | L 19-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Duke | L 25-32 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Stanford | W 20-15 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/31 | @ Syracuse | W 27-10 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Virginia | L 16-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ California | L 18-21 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Clemson | L 10-38 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ UCF | L 9-34 | 7 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Unknown | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Charlotte | W 20-3 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 9/2 | vs TCU | L 14-48 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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North Carolina
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Progression
2023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | North Carolina | 2 | 40.8 | 4.5 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | North Carolina | 9 | 28.7 | 7 | 7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | North Carolina | 9 | 28.7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | North Carolina | 8 | 24.3 | 7.4 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Unknown
Game with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Primary metric
4 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#2
Syracuse
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.8 takeover score.
#3
West Virginia
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.4 takeover score.
#4
TCU
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.4 takeover score.
#5
UCF
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2023 Postseason · North Carolina
2 primary output · 40.8 efficiency · 4.5 usage
37.1
#2
2025 Regular Season · North Carolina
25.8
8 primary · 24.3 efficiency · 7.4 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · North Carolina
15.7
9 primary · 28.7 efficiency · 7 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2023 · Rating 0.8733
Sandy Creek · Tyrone, GA
- Committed To
- North Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Career Facts
1
Career teams
4
Seasons tracked
111
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 24 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.