Senior linebacker for Sam Houston. 2025: 29 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 0.5 sacks.
6′1″ · 245 lb · Fort Worth, TX · South Hills HS / Phillips Exeter Academy
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
QB hurries: 92nd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
tackles · 2025
1 TFL · 0.5 sacks · 2 PBU
Best game: 7 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks, vs Delaware
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Sam Houston. 2025: 29 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 0.5 sacks.
His career, year by yearCa'lub Holloway
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Ca'lub Holloway has been at Sam Houston through two head coaches in three seasons. The receipt: 9 tackles against Oregon State — Week 11, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: K.C. Keeler → Phil Longo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (92nd percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (28th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Phil Longo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Conference USA
Based on 2025: #33 of 45 Conference USA LBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 29 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Sam Houston | 2 | -- | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Sam Houston | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 35 | 24 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025
W 26–23
vs Delaware
1 QB HUR · 1 PD · 0 TFL
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With C. Gerrand — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG · L. Locke — 213 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 26.1 · -14 rush yds (4 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 20-37@ Hawai'i | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-55@ Texas | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-29vs Jacksonville State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-35vs UTEP | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 21-17@ Oregon State | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 26-23vs Delaware | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-31@ Middle Tennessee | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 16-56vs Florida International | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 2 |
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
2026 Outlook
Sam Houston
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Sam Houston
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Sam Houston · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #117 · 2026 recruiting class #126
Player DNA
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Austin Keys’s 2024 season.
Matches Austin on
Differs from Austin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to MJ Stroud's junior season at Georgia Southern (2024).
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Differs from MJ on
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