Caleb Curtain is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Charlotte.
Curtain moves between deep coverage and the slot. Came to Charlotte by way of Elon. The first one came in 2024: All-America (NCAA). On tape: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against North Carolina, Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Charlotte | 36 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 36 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 11-34vs App State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 3-20vs North Carolina | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-35vs Monmouth | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-28vs Rice | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 26-54@ South Florida | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-49vs Temple | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-54vs North Texas | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 22-48@ East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-28vs UTSA | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-35@ No. 4 Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 0-27@ No. 22 Tulane | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
36tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFL36 tackles · 2 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Pass share
51.4%
379 pass / 358 run
Plays / game
61.4
12 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
408 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #22 of 28 American Athletic DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Selector Grid · 2024
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2024)
named by 1 selector
