Sophomore defensive end for Duke. 2021: 0.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 14 tackles.
6′4″ · 235 lb · Kennesaw, GA
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 1140 nationally · Signed with North Cobb
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 defensive end for Duke. 2021: 0.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 14 tackles.
Caleb Oppan
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Second year in the Duke defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt: 3 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Pittsburgh — Week 10, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Duke, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under David Cutcliffe — 5-18 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (84th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (3rd 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
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Manny Diaz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 28-31@ Charlotte | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-23vs Northwestern | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 52-33vs Kansas | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-38@ North Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-48@ Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-45@ Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 29-54vs Pittsburgh | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 22-62vs Louisville | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-47vs Miami | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Garrett Nelson’s 2021 season.
Matches Garrett on
Differs from Garrett on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Isaiah Nixon's sophomore season at UCF (2025).
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Player DNA