Senior linebacker for Missouri. 2019: 39 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′3″ · 230 lb · Kearney, MO
Recruiting
ILB recruit
No. 1954 nationally · Signed with Missouri
Statement game16 tacklesat Wyoming (FBS) · L 31-37
Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Missouri. 2019: 39 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Cale Garrett
This is his fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Missouri. The receipt: 16 tackles against Wyoming — Week 1, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Missouri, 296 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Barry Odom.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Barry Odom — 25-25 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: interceptions (88th 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
2019 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road1g | 16.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 7.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2019
W 34–14
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-37@ Wyoming | 16 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 38-7vs West Virginia | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 50-0vs Southeast Missouri State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-14vs South Carolina | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-10vs Troy | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 30 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 |