Amonte Caban: DL · Louisville · #53.
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Amonte Caban
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches at Louisville: Bobby Petrino, Lorenzo Ward and Scott Satterfield. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Florida State — Week 4, 2019.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Louisville | 32 | 17 | 6.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Louisville | 46 | 27 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2017 | Louisville | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2016 | Louisville | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 89 | 52 | 13.0 | 3.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-35vs No. 9 Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-0vs Eastern Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-21vs Western Kentucky | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-35@ Florida State | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 41-39vs Boston College | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 62-59@ No. 19 Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-45vs No. 3 Clemson | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-21vs Virginia | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-52@ Miami | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-34vs Syracuse | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-45@ Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 38-28vs Mississippi State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 17 | 6.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 13 · 2019
W 56-34
vs Syracuse
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 22-point win at home against Syracuse.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%6 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackHurry rate
16%5 hurries32 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
34.9%
301 pass / 562 run
Plays / game
66.4
13 games
Team sack rate
11.6%
345 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Louisville, 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bobby Petrino → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
