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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Iowa State
Caleb Bacon
LB • 6'4" • 240 lbs • Lake Mills, IA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Caleb Bacon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
80
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Player Story
Caleb Bacon built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Lake Mills, IA wearing No. 26, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Caleb Bacon's career was his defensive production:...
Read the storyCaleb Bacon, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State. Caleb Bacon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 131
- TFL
- 16
- Sacks
- 6
- QB hurries
- 12
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Caleb Bacon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 131
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
- Top game
- Oklahoma State
- Latest roster
- No. 26 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 68 tackles · LB 178th (top 14%) · Big 12 37th (top 6%) · National 295th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa State | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2023 Postseason | Iowa State | 13 | 8 | - | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 65.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa State | 13 | 52 | 6.5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 65.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa State | 12 | 68 | 9.5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 68.6 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Iowa State to Penn State | P4 to P4 | 86.3 | Jan 4, 2026 |
Caleb Bacon played LB for Iowa State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Caleb Bacon recorded 131 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Iowa State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Iowa State paired 19.5 primary output with 38.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 38.2 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: Oklahoma State
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
38.2
Usage
11.3
Consistency
42.3
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 1.5. Kansas State: 2. Iowa: 0. Arkansas State: 1. Arizona: 2. Cincinnati: 0.5. Colorado: 1. BYU: 1.5. Arizona State: 2. TCU: 1. Kansas: 0. Oklahoma State: 7
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota: 4 by 31.7. Kansas State: 4 by 36.7. Iowa: 6 by 25. Arkansas State: 5 by 30.8. Arizona: 8 by 53.3. Cincinnati: 5 by 25.8. Colorado: 6 by 35. BYU: 4 by 31.7. Arizona State: 5 by 40.8. TCU: 8 by 43.3. Kansas: 6 by 25. Oklahoma State: 7 by 79.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.8 · Games = 8 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
Best efficiency game
79.2 vs Oklahoma State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Oklahoma State2+ sacks · Splash game | W 20-13 | 7 | 7 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Kansas | W 38-14 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ TCU | W 20-17 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Arizona StateSplash game | L 19-24 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs BYU | L 27-41 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Colorado | L 17-24 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Cincinnati | L 30-38 | 5 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs ArizonaSplash game | W 39-14 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Arkansas State | W 24-16 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Iowa | W 16-13 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs South Dakota | W 55-7 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | @ Kansas StateSplash game | W 24-21 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Caleb Bacon story
Caleb Bacon built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Lake Mills, IA wearing No. 26, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Caleb Bacon's career was his defensive production: 131 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Iowa 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 Bacon's production has multiple signals. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa State.
The arc is straightforward: Caleb Bacon 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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Iowa State
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Iowa State | 19.5 | 34.2 | 10.2 | 19.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa State | 19.5 | 34.2 | 10.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | — | — | -19.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa State | 19.5 | 38.2 | 11.3 | 19.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 121 Oklahoma State
Week 14 · W 20-13 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
7
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
@ Ohio
Week 3 · L 7-10
4
Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Northern Iowa
Week 1 · W 30-9
4
Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Memphis
Week 1 · L 26-36 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#5
@ BYU
Week 11 · W 45-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
62.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
19.5 primary output · 38.2 efficiency · 11.3 usage
68.6
#2
2023 Postseason · Iowa State
65.5
19.5 primary · 34.2 efficiency · 10.2 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Iowa State
65.5
19.5 primary · 34.2 efficiency · 10.2 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
9
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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