Former defensive back at Texas. 2020: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 52 tackles.
6′1″ · 207 lb · Cibolo, TX
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 19 nationally · Signed with Texas
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive back at Texas. 2020: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 52 tackles.
Caden Sterns
This is his third year in the same secondary at Texas. 2020 brought the first one: All-Big 12. The receipt on tape: 13 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Iowa State, Week 13, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Texas, 171 tackles — drafted at #152 overall by Denver.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Tom Herman.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
DenverEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Tom Herman — 25-12 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles (88th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (87th percentile). Concern: sacks (27th 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
2020 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 8.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 6.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 8.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2020
W 41–34
8 TOT · 7 SOLO · 1 PD
Edged out Oklahoma State on the road in a shootout.
With R. Bujcevski — 47 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 58 LONG · D. Jamison — 1 PD · 2 SOLO · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 59-3vs UTEP | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 63-56@ Texas Tech | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 31-33vs TCU | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-16vs Baylor | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-34@ Oklahoma State | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 17-13vs West Virginia | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-23vs Iowa State | 13 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Total | 52 | 30 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |