Caleb Spann is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Central Michigan.
Spann moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Central Michigan. On tape: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Eastern Michigan, Week 5, 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
54 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 0.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Central Michigan | 54 | 27 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Central Michigan | 61 | 40 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 5 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Central Michigan | 41 | 26 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Central Michigan | 20 | 15 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | Central Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 179 | 109 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 16-14@ San José State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-45@ Pittsburgh | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-63@ No. 23 Michigan | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-10vs Wagner | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-13vs Eastern Michigan | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 22-28@ Akron | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-6@ Bowling Green | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-13vs Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-24@ Western Michigan | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-19vs Buffalo | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-16@ Kent State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 3-21vs Toledo | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 7-34vs Northwestern | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 54 | 27 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
54tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL54 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road7g | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Drinkall
Pass share
32.2%
252 pass / 531 run
Plays / game
60.2
13 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
261 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #280 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #18 of 40 Mid-American DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 1,608 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Mid-American as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim McElwain → Matt Drinkall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
