Player Dossier

2023-2025

Ohio 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 26.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

7.4

Efficiency

26.7

Consistency

14.3

Season Value

14.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Alabama • Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon

Scouting Read

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Caleb Downs, S. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · Ohio State. Caleb Downs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.7 disruption score.

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 16 primary output with 31.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 26.7 efficiency.

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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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Ohio State

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

26.7

Usage

7.4

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

Miami

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami: 0. Texas: 0. Unknown: 2. Ohio: 1. Washington: 0. Minnesota: 0. 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. Unknown: 2 by 28.3. Ohio: 6 by 35. Washington: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 4 by 16.7. 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.

Wins0.6 · Games = 11 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.6 vs Wins
First Half0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.9 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs First Half

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 1/1vs MiamiL 14-2485000
Sun 12/7vs IndianaL 10-1386000
Sat 11/29@ MichiganW 27-932001
Sat 11/22vs RutgersW 42-933110
Sun 11/16vs UCLAW 48-1031100
Sat 11/8@ PurdueW 34-1043000
Sat 11/1vs Penn StateSplash gameW 38-14511010
Sat 10/18@ WisconsinW 34-066000
Sat 10/11@ IllinoisW 34-1697000
Sat 10/4vs MinnesotaW 42-342000
Sat 9/27@ WashingtonW 24-622000
Sat 9/13vs OhioW 37-963100
Sat 9/6vs UnknownSplash game211010
Sat 8/30vs TexasW 14-753000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Alabama

    2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Ohio State

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

202320232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonAlabama8.537.38
2023 Regular SeasonAlabama8.537.380
2024 PostseasonOhio State1631.18.77.5
2024 Regular SeasonOhio State1631.18.70
2025 PostseasonOhio State926.77.4-7
2025 Regular SeasonOhio State926.77.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Oregon

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#2

Penn State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.2 takeover score.

#3

Auburn

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.2 takeover score.

#4

Oregon

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 48.5 takeover score.

#5

Rutgers

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Postseason · Ohio State

16 primary output · 31.1 efficiency · 8.7 usage

27.4

#2

2024 Regular Season · Ohio State

27.4

16 primary · 31.1 efficiency · 8.7 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Alabama

26.6

8.5 primary · 37.3 efficiency · 8 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

4

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

5★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9953

Mill Creek · Hoschton, GA

Committed To
Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

2

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

256

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 44 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.