Caleb Spurlin: DL · App State · #97.
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Caleb Spurlin
Wins the gap play after play. Played for three head coaches at App State: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz and Shawn Clark. The first career honor came in 2021: All-Sun Belt. On tape: 7 tackles against Georgia Southern, Week 13, 2021.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 23-25@ No. 22 Miami | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 31-30vs Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-41@ Louisiana | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-27vs No. 14 Coastal Carolina | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 59-28vs UL Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 48-14@ Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-7vs South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-7@ Troy | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-3vs Georgia Southern | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 16-24@ No. 20 Louisiana | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 15 | 4.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Week 8 · 2021
W 30-27
1.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%4 TFLSack rate
4%2 sacksHurry rate
9%3 hurries35 tackles · 4 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shawn Clark
Pass share
4.5%
23 pass / 490 run
Plays / game
39.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
431 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at App State, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 49 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz, and Shawn Clark. Multi-era developmental context.
