Player Dossier

2023-2025

Virginia

Caleb Hardy

S • 6'4" • 215 lbs • Mcdonough, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Caleb Hardy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

52

Solid production for a safety

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Reliability

56

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

54

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisville

Player Story

Caleb Hardy built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Mcdonough, GA wearing No. 26, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Caleb Hardy's career was his defensive production: 39...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8478

Eagle's Landing · McDonough, GA

Committed To
Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Caleb Hardy, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Virginia. Caleb Hardy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
39
TFL
2.5
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Caleb Hardy quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia · S
Career Tackles
39
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 17 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Virginia
Top game
Louisville
Recruit profile
3-star · Eagle's Landing · Virginia
High school pipeline
Eagle's Landing · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 26 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
17 tackles · S 271st (top 49%) · ACC 292nd (top 37%) · National 2,253rd (top 37%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia414-0-1035.7
2024 Regular SeasonVirginia5821-2041.7
2025 PostseasonVirginia82-0--034.3
2025 Regular SeasonVirginia8150.50.53-034.3

Related Context

Caleb Hardy played S for Virginia. Across 3 tracked seasons, Caleb Hardy recorded 39 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Virginia paired 5 primary output with 16.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 19.6 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: Duke

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

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2023 Regular Season · Virginia

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

19.6

Usage

4

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Duke

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. Louisville: 1. Duke: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 6 by 25. Georgia Tech: 3 by 12.5. Louisville: 3 by 22.5. Duke: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Duke

Best efficiency game

25 vs Miami

Result
Sat 11/18vs DukeW 30-27200010
Fri 11/10@ LouisvilleL 24-3130001
Sat 11/4vs Georgia TechL 17-4531000
Sat 10/28@ MiamiL 26-2962000

Player Story

Caleb Hardy story

Caleb Hardy built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Mcdonough, GA wearing No. 26, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Caleb Hardy's career was his defensive production: 39 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 17 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Caleb Hardy's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Virginia

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia219.64
2024 Regular SeasonVirginia516.74.43
2025 PostseasonVirginia413.94.2-1
2025 Regular SeasonVirginia413.94.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Louisville

Week 7 · L 20-24 · Conference game

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 105 Virginia Tech

Week 14 · W 27-7 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#3

vs William & Mary

Week 3 · W 55-16

2

Havoc Plays

73.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Duke

Week 12 · W 30-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

58.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Louisville

Week 11 · L 24-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

47.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Virginia

5 primary output · 16.7 efficiency · 4.4 usage

41.7

#2

2023 Regular Season · Virginia

35.7

2 primary · 19.6 efficiency · 4 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Virginia

34.3

4 primary · 13.9 efficiency · 4.2 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games