Player Dossier

2024-2025

Nebraska

Caleb Benning

DB • 5'11" • 200 lbs • Omaha, NE, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Caleb Benning shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

22%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

21

Developing production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

25

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Nebraska

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Nebraska
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah

Player Story

Caleb Benning built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Omaha, NE wearing No. 28, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Caleb Benning's career was his defensive production:...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8811

Westside · Omaha, NE

Committed To
Nebraska
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Caleb Benning, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Nebraska. Caleb Benning shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
24

Quick Answers

Caleb Benning quick answers

Latest team and position
Nebraska · DB
Career Tackles
24
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 8 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Nebraska
Top game
Utah
Recruit profile
3-star · Westside · Nebraska
High school pipeline
Westside · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 28 · Freshman
2025 Tackles rank
20 tackles · DB 429th (top 44%) · Big Ten 241st (top 31%) · National 2,021st (top 33%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 PostseasonNebraska23-0--040.4
2024 Regular SeasonNebraska21-0--040.4
2025 PostseasonNebraska613-0--044.1
2025 Regular SeasonNebraska67-0--044.1

Related Context

Caleb Benning played DB for Nebraska. Across 2 tracked seasons, Caleb Benning recorded 24 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Nebraska.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Nebraska paired 0 primary output with 13.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 8.4 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: Boston College

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · Nebraska

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

8.4

Usage

1.5

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Boston College

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 0. Wisconsin: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Boston College

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Boston College

Result
Sat 12/28vs Boston CollegeW 20-1532000
Sat 11/23vs WisconsinW 44-2510000

Player Story

Caleb Benning story

Caleb Benning built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Omaha, NE wearing No. 28, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Caleb Benning's career was his defensive production: 24 tackles across 8 career games in the available record. His career also includes 25 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Caleb Benning's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    Nebraska

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonNebraska08.41.5
2024 Regular SeasonNebraska08.41.50
2025 PostseasonNebraska013.22.30
2025 Regular SeasonNebraska013.22.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 8 Utah

Week 1 · L 22-44 · Postseason · Ranked opponent

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

38.3 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 38.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Houston Christian

Week 3 · W 59-7

0

Havoc Plays

11.7 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Boston College

Week 1 · W 20-15 · Postseason

0

Havoc Plays

10.8 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.8 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 117 Akron

Week 2 · W 68-0

0

Havoc Plays

7.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 51 Northwestern

Week 9 · W 28-21 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.9 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Nebraska

0 primary output · 13.2 efficiency · 2.3 usage

44.1

#2

2025 Regular Season · Nebraska

44.1

0 primary · 13.2 efficiency · 2.3 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Nebraska

40.4

0 primary · 8.4 efficiency · 1.5 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games