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 Score

4.2

Efficiency

13.9

Consistency

8.3

Season Value

26.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisville

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

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.

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

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 13.9 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: Virginia Tech

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Virginia

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

13.9

Usage

4.2

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Missouri: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. William & Mary: 2. Louisville: 0. North Carolina: 0. Duke: 0. Virginia Tech: 2. Duke: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Missouri: 2 by 8.3. Coastal Carolina: 3 by 12.5. William & Mary: 3 by 32.5. Louisville: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Duke: 2 by 8.3. Virginia Tech: 3 by 32.5. Duke: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Virginia Tech

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs Virginia Tech

Result
Sun 12/28@ MissouriW 13-720000
Sun 12/7vs DukeL 20-2710000
Sun 11/30vs Virginia TechSplash gameW 27-7310.500.500
Sat 11/15@ DukeW 34-1721000
Sat 10/25@ North CarolinaW 17-1611000
Sat 10/4@ LouisvilleW 30-2722000
Sat 9/13vs William & MarySplash gameW 55-1630000
Sat 8/30vs Coastal CarolinaW 48-730000

Career Arc

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

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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

Louisville

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 55.4 takeover score.

#2

Virginia Tech

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.

#3

William & Mary

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.6 takeover score.

#4

Duke

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.7 takeover score.

#5

Louisville

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Virginia

5 primary output · 16.7 efficiency · 4.4 usage

33.6

#2

2023 Regular Season · Virginia

28.4

2 primary · 19.6 efficiency · 4 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Virginia

26.6

4 primary · 13.9 efficiency · 4.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8478

Eagle's Landing · McDonough, GA

Committed To
Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

39

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 17 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.