Caleb Ransaw

Former safety at Tulane. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

S · Tulane · Jr. · #7

6′0″ · 196 lb · Harvest, AL

CFB Index 36 · #390 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceJacksonville — drafted 2025, Rd 3, Pick 24, #88 overall

The story

Former safety at Tulane. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Troy in 2021.
Transferred from Troy to Tulane in 2024.
Drafted round 3 by the Jacksonville in 2025.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 2485 nationally · Signed with Troy

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Tulane, 107 tackles — drafted at #88 overall by Jacksonville.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20214 games

Signed with Troy2-star out of Sparkman

202410 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-AACthird

2025

Drafted by Jacksonvilleround 3, pick 88

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2485 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #88

Jacksonville · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-AAC

All-AAC mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

3 coaches

2021–2022

Willie Fritz

Tulane

2023

Slade Nagle

Tulane

era →

2024

Jon Sumrall

Tulane

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Willie Fritz, Slade Nagle, and Jon Sumrall. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

JacksonvilleEntering 2nd NFL season

#88Rd 3 · Pick 24

JacksonvilleEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Troy5-7HC: Chip Lindsey · Balanced

2022Troy12-2HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-leaning

2023Troy11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Balanced

2024Tulane9-5HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

36Below cohort / limited sample #390 of 537?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#937 / 2892 · 67th pct

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1063 / 2892 · 61st pct

3.0

Tackles#1331 / 2892 · 53rd pct

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	2.5	0.5	0.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	0.5	0.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #390 of 537 safeties

Two-star recruit. Now #390 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Tulane	31	22	3.0	1.0	2	--	--
2023	Troy	50	27	5.0	0.0	1	1	--
2022	Troy	21	13	0.0	0.0	3	--	--
2021	Troy	5	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		107	63	8.0	1.0	6	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 41–33

at Louisiana

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

Edged out Louisiana on the road in a shootout.

With R. Pleasant — 2 SOLO · 1 TD · 2 TOT · M. Hughes — 166 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	L 27-34vs Kansas State	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 19-34@ Oklahoma	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 41-33@ Louisiana	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 45-10vs South Florida	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 45-37@ North Texas	5	4	2.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 10	W 34-3@ Charlotte	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 52-6vs Temple	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 35-0@ Navy	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 24-34vs Memphis	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	L 14-35@ Army	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		31	22	3.0	1.0	—	2

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

Caleb Ransaw

20214 games

202410 games

2025

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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