Former linebacker at App State. 2024: 35 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
6′2″ · 230 lb · Inman, SC
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.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 1654 nationally · Signed with App State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at App State. 2024: 35 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
Caden Sullivan
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. This is his third year in the same linebacker corps at App State. One game to point at: 9 tackles against East Carolina — Week 3, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at App State, 116 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Shawn Clark.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Shawn Clark — 20-17 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: sacks (25th 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
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dowell Loggains
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #472 at the position.
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-10vs East Tennessee State | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-66@ Clemson | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 21-19@ East Carolina | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 14-48vs South Alabama | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 37-52@ Marshall | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-34@ Louisiana | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-26vs Georgia State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 20-29@ Georgia Southern | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 1 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.
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Khali Saunders’s 2023 season.
Matches Khali on
Differs from Khali on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Harrison Taggart's junior season at California (2025).
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Player DNA