Cal Wallerstedt: LB · UTEP · #30.
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Cal Wallerstedt
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Third year in the UTEP linebacker corps. The first career honor came in 2022: All-Conference USA. On tape: 14 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Middle Tennessee, Week 9, 2022.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
95 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 14.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-31vs North Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 13-45@ No. 9 Oklahoma | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-13vs New Mexico State | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-27@ New Mexico | 7 | 4 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 27-10vs Boise State | 9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-35@ Charlotte | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-41@ Louisiana Tech | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21vs Florida Atlantic | 11 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-24vs Middle Tennessee | 14 | 6 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 30-37@ Rice | 10 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 40-6vs Florida International | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-34@ UTSA | 9 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Total | 95 | 32 | 14.5 | 8.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
95tackles this seasonTFL rate
15%14 TFLSack rate
8%8 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups95 tackles · 14.5 for loss · 8 sacks.
3 seasons under Dana Dimel, all run-leaning offenses — 15-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 8.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 7.2 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 10.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Dimel
Pass share
45.3%
379 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
69.7
12 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
378 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Three seasons at UTEP, 99 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dana Dimel.
