Player Dossier

2022-2025

Jacksonville State

Caleb Nix

S • 6'0" • 202 lbs • Phenix City, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Caleb Nix shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

49%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

49

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

41

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Clemson • Jacksonville State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kennesaw State

Player Story

Caleb Nix built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a safety from Phenix City, AL wearing No. 1, spending time with Clemson and Jacksonville State. The clearest part of Caleb Nix's career was his defensive...

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Caleb Nix, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State. Caleb Nix shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
64
TFL
4
Passes defended
3
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Caleb Nix quick answers

Latest team and position
Jacksonville State · S
Career Tackles
64
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 15 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State
Top game
Kennesaw State
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
63 tackles · S 66th (top 12%) · Conference USA 28th (top 6%) · National 363rd (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonClemson00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonClemson11-0--036.4
2024 Regular SeasonClemson00-0--0-
2025 PostseasonJacksonville State147-0--061.5
2025 Regular SeasonJacksonville State145640-3361.5

Related Context

Caleb Nix played S for Clemson and Jacksonville State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Caleb Nix recorded 64 tackles and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Jacksonville State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Jacksonville State paired 11 primary output with 26.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 26.6 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Clemson, Jacksonville State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kennesaw 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 · Jacksonville State

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

26.6

Usage

7.8

Consistency

53.9

Best Game by takeover score

Kennesaw State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Troy: 0. UCF: 0. Liberty: 1. Georgia Southern: 1. Murray State: 1. Southern Miss: 1.5. Sam Houston: 0. Delaware: 0. Middle Tennessee: 2. UTEP: 1.5. Kennesaw State: 2. Florida International: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. Kennesaw State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Troy: 7 by 29.2. UCF: 4 by 16.7. Liberty: 4 by 26.7. Georgia Southern: 2 by 18.3. Murray State: 5 by 30.8. Southern Miss: 8 by 48.3. Sam Houston: 5 by 20.8. Delaware: 0 by 0. Middle Tennessee: 4 by 36.7. UTEP: 5 by 35.8. Kennesaw State: 11 by 65.8. Florida International: 3 by 12.5. Western Kentucky: 2 by 8.3. Kennesaw State: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.8 · Games = 9 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 5 · -0.1 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

Kennesaw State

Best efficiency game

65.8 vs Kennesaw State

Result
Wed 12/17vs TroyW 17-1373000
Sat 12/6vs Kennesaw StateL 15-1933001
Sat 11/29vs Western KentuckyW 37-3421000
Sat 11/22@ Florida InternationalL 21-2733000
Sun 11/16vs Kennesaw State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 35-261180020
Sat 11/8@ UTEPW 30-27520.50010
Wed 10/29@ Middle TennesseeSplash gameW 24-21431010
Wed 10/15vs DelawareW 38-2500000
Fri 10/10@ Sam HoustonW 29-2754000
Sat 9/27@ Southern MissL 25-42821.5000
Sat 9/20vs Murray StateW 45-1052100
Sat 9/13@ Georgia SouthernL 34-4121001
Sat 9/6vs LibertyW 34-2442001
Thu 8/28@ UCFL 10-1744000

Player Story

Caleb Nix story

Caleb Nix built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a safety from Phenix City, AL wearing No. 1, spending time with Clemson and Jacksonville State. The clearest part of Caleb Nix's career was his defensive production: 64 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, and 3 passes defended across 15 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Jacksonville State. 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 Nix's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 27 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 15 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Clemson and Jacksonville State.

The arc is straightforward: Caleb Nix 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

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

  1. 1

    Clemson

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Jacksonville State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonClemson0
2023 Regular SeasonClemson04.20.60
2024 Regular SeasonClemson00
2025 PostseasonJacksonville State1126.67.811
2025 Regular SeasonJacksonville State1126.67.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 89 Kennesaw State

Week 12 · W 35-26 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

88.6 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 127 Middle Tennessee

Week 10 · W 24-21 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 94 Southern Miss

Week 5 · L 25-42

1.5

Havoc Plays

70.5 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.5 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 129 UTEP

Week 11 · W 30-27 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Murray State

Week 4 · W 45-10

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Havoc Plays

53.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State

11 primary output · 26.6 efficiency · 7.8 usage

61.5

#2

2025 Regular Season · Jacksonville State

61.5

11 primary · 26.6 efficiency · 7.8 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Clemson

36.4

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

2

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games