Player Dossier

2023-2025

Tennessee

Caleb Herring

DL • 6'5" • 245 lbs • Newnan, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Caleb Herring shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

50%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

54

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

44

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia

Player Story

Caleb Herring built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Newnan, GA wearing No. 31, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Caleb Herring's career was his defensive...

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Caleb Herring, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Tennessee. Caleb Herring shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
26
TFL
8
Sacks
5
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Caleb Herring quick answers

Latest team and position
Tennessee · DL
Career Tackles
26
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 18 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Tennessee
Top game
Georgia
High school pipeline
Riverdale · 15 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 31 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
15 tackles · DL 476th (top 45%) · SEC 290th (top 39%) · National 2,414th (top 39%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonTennessee2311--027.5
2024 PostseasonTennessee6210--013.6
2024 Regular SeasonTennessee66-01-013.6
2025 PostseasonTennessee100-01-060.6
2025 Regular SeasonTennessee10156452060.6

Related Context

Caleb Herring played DL for Tennessee. Across 3 tracked seasons, Caleb Herring recorded 26 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Tennessee paired 18 primary output with 24.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 8.9 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: Ohio State

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

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2024 Postseason · Tennessee

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

8.9

Usage

2.8

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 1. Chattanooga: 1. NC State: 0. Alabama: 0. Mississippi State: 0. UTEP: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 2 by 18.3. Chattanooga: 1 by 14.2. NC State: 1 by 4.2. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Mississippi State: 1 by 4.2. UTEP: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ohio State

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Ohio State

Result
Sun 12/22@ Ohio StateL 17-4222100
Sat 11/23vs UTEPW 56-021000
Sun 11/10vs Mississippi StateW 33-1410000
Sat 10/19vs AlabamaW 24-1710000
Sat 9/7@ NC StateW 51-1011000
Sat 8/31vs ChattanoogaW 69-310000

Player Story

Caleb Herring story

Caleb Herring built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Newnan, GA wearing No. 31, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Caleb Herring's career was his defensive production: 26 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 18 career games in the available record. That gives Caleb Herring's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Tennessee

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonTennessee216.33.9
2024 PostseasonTennessee28.92.80
2024 Regular SeasonTennessee28.92.80
2025 PostseasonTennessee1824.37.816
2025 Regular SeasonTennessee1824.37.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 6 Georgia

Week 3 · L 41-44 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

vs UTSA

Week 4 · W 45-14

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Havoc Plays

62.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 58 Mississippi State

Week 5 · W 41-34 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ Ohio State

Week 1 · L 17-42 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

59.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Chattanooga

Week 1 · W 69-3

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Havoc Plays

53.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Tennessee

18 primary output · 24.3 efficiency · 7.8 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Tennessee

60.6

18 primary · 24.3 efficiency · 7.8 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Tennessee

27.5

2 primary · 16.3 efficiency · 3.9 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games