Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Ohio State
Caleb Downs
S • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Hoschton, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Caleb Downs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
56
Solid production for a safety
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Ohio State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Alabama • Ohio State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon
Player Story
Caleb Downs built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Hoschton, GA wearing No. 2, spending time with Alabama and Ohio State. The clearest part of Caleb Downs' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 11
- Overall
- No. 11
- NFL Team
- Dallas Cowboys
Caleb Downs, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Ohio State. Caleb Downs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 256
- TFL
- 16
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 10
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Caleb Downs quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio State · S
- Career Tackles
- 256
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Ohio State
- Top game
- Oregon
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Mill Creek · Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Mill Creek · 38 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 1 · Pick 11 · Dallas Cowboys
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 68 tackles · S 54th (top 10%) · Big Ten 41st (top 6%) · National 296th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Alabama | 14 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Alabama | 14 | 99 | 3.5 | 0 | - | 3 | 2 | 50.8 |
| 2024 Postseason | Ohio State | 16 | 20 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 61.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 16 | 61 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 61.8 |
| 2025 Postseason | Ohio State | 14 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 14 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alabama to Ohio State | P4 to P4 | 91.7 | Jan 17, 2024 |
Caleb Downs played S for Alabama and Ohio State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Caleb Downs recorded 256 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Ohio State paired 17 primary output with 31.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 27.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Alabama, Ohio State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Ohio State
Games
14
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
27.4
Usage
7.4
Consistency
40
Best Game by takeover score
Penn State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami: 0. Texas: 0. Grambling: 2. Ohio: 1. Washington: 0. Minnesota: 1. Illinois: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Penn State: 2. Purdue: 0. UCLA: 1. Rutgers: 2. Michigan: 1. Indiana: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 8 by 33.3. Texas: 5 by 20.8. Grambling: 2 by 28.3. Ohio: 6 by 35. Washington: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 4 by 26.7. Illinois: 9 by 37.5. Wisconsin: 6 by 25. Penn State: 5 by 40.8. Purdue: 4 by 16.7. UCLA: 3 by 22.5. Rutgers: 3 by 32.5. Michigan: 3 by 22.5. Indiana: 8 by 33.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 12 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Penn State
Best efficiency game
40.8 vs Penn State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1/1 | vs Miami | L 14-24 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/7 | vs Indiana | L 10-13 | 8 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Michigan | W 27-9 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs RutgersSplash game | W 42-9 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs UCLA | W 48-10 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Purdue | W 34-10 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Penn StateSplash game | W 38-14 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Wisconsin | W 34-0 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Illinois | W 34-16 | 9 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Minnesota | W 42-3 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Washington | W 24-6 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Ohio | W 37-9 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs GramblingSplash game | W 70-0 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Texas | W 14-7 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Caleb Downs story
Caleb Downs built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Hoschton, GA wearing No. 2, spending time with Alabama and Ohio State. The clearest part of Caleb Downs' career was his defensive production: 256 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 6 interceptions across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Alabama. 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 Downs' production has multiple signals. His career also includes 201 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Alabama and Ohio State.
The arc is straightforward: Caleb Downs 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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Alabama
2023
Opening stop
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Ohio State
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Alabama | 8.5 | 37.3 | 7.6 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Alabama | 8.5 | 37.3 | 7.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Ohio State | 17 | 31.7 | 7.6 | 8.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 17 | 31.7 | 7.6 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Ohio State | 10 | 27.4 | 7.4 | -7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 10 | 27.4 | 7.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oregon
Week 7 · L 31-32 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Iowa
Week 6 · W 35-7 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 15 Penn State
Week 10 · W 38-14 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
77.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 72 Rutgers
Week 13 · W 42-9 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#5
@ Auburn
Week 13 · W 27-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Ohio State
17 primary output · 31.7 efficiency · 7.6 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Ohio State
61.8
17 primary · 31.7 efficiency · 7.6 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Alabama
50.8
8.5 primary · 37.3 efficiency · 7.6 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
8
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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