Caleb Curtain

Senior defensive back on Charlotte's 2025 roster.

DB · Charlotte · Sr. · #1

6′1″ · 195 lb · Greensboro, NC

CFB Index 27 · #462 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Charlotte for 2026

How he projects

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

The full scouting read

The story

4 defensive back on Charlotte's 2025 roster.

Transferred from Elon to Charlotte in 2025.

His career, year by year

Caleb Curtain

DB · Charlotte · Sr · #1

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He got to Charlotte by way of Elon. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL against North Carolina, Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Charlotte1-11HC: Tim Albin · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

27Below cohort / limited sample #462 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#1060 / 2975 · 64th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Solo tackles#1735 / 2975 · 40th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.7	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Tim Albin

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

27 · #462 of 544 safeties

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #22 of 28 American Athletic DBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Charlotte	36	12	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		36	12	2.0	0.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 42–35

vs Monmouth

3 TOT · 1 SOLO

Edged out Monmouth at home in a shootout.

With C. Harrell — 382 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 55.2 · 47 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · E. Jai Mason — 10 rec · 228 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 11-34vs App State	5	2	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2	L 3-20vs North Carolina	5	1	0.5	—
Wk 3	W 42-35vs Monmouth	3	1	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 17-28vs Rice	4	2	1.0	—
Wk 6	L 26-54@ South Florida	4	0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 14-49vs Temple	2	0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 20-54vs North Texas	4	3	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 22-48@ East Carolina	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 7-28vs UTSA	3	2	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 3-35@ Georgia	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 0-27@ Tulane	4	0	0.5	—
Total		36	12	2.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Caleb Curtain

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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