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Caleb McCullough

Former linebacker at Arizona State. 2024: 76 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Arizona State · Sr. · #22

6′2″ · 225 lb · Oxnard, CA

CFB Index 65 · #156 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceArizona State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 554 nationally · Signed with Pacifica

Statement game12 tackles · 1.5 TFLvs Utah (FBS) · W 27-19

Top 1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Arizona State. 2024: 76 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pacifica in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Arizona State, 136 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2020

Recruited3-star out of Pacifica

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#554 national

CFB

College

Arizona State

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2022

Herm Edwards

Arizona State

2023–2024

Kenny Dillingham

Arizona State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Herm Edwards → Kenny Dillingham. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Arizona State2-2HC: Herm Edwards · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Arizona State8-5HC: Herm Edwards · Run-heavy

2022Arizona State3-9HC: Herm Edwards · Balanced

2023Arizona State3-9HC: Kenny Dillingham · Balanced

2024Arizona State11-3HC: Kenny Dillingham · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

65Quality starter #156 of 571?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (93rd percentile). Strength: solo tackles (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#185 / 2892 · 93rd pct

Solo tackles#190 / 2892 · 93rd pct

Tackles for loss#218 / 2892 · 92nd pct

8.0

Interceptions#132 / 862 · 74th pct

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th 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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	6.3	0.8	0.1	0.1
Road6g	5.3	0.4	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.7	0.5	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	6.0	0.7	0.0	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kenny Dillingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #156 of 571 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #156 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Arizona State	76	41	8.0	1.0	1	2	--
2023	Arizona State	52	26	4.5	1.0	2	--	--
2022	Arizona State	3	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Arizona State	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Arizona State	3	--	0.0	0.0	--	1	--
Career		136	71	12.5	2.0	3	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024

W 28–23

vs BYU

6 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With S. Leavitt — 247 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 76.4 · 8 rush yds (8 car) · C. Skattebo — 147 rush yds (28 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 30-23vs Mississippi State	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 31-28@ Texas State	5	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 22-30@ Texas Tech	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 35-31vs Kansas	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 27-19vs Utah	12	6	1.5	0.0	2	0	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 8	L 14-24@ Cincinnati	5	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 42-21@ Oklahoma State	9	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 35-31vs UCF	8	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 24-14@ Kansas State	6	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 28-23vs BYU	6	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 49-7@ Arizona	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	W 45-19vs Iowa State	5	3	2.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 31-39vs Texas	3	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		76	41	8.0	1.0	2	1

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

Caleb McCullough

2020

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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