#97

Caleb Spurlin

Senior defensive lineman for App State. 2021: 1.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 35 tackles.

DL · App State · Sr. · #97

5′11″ · 240 lb · Galax, VA

CFB Index 72 · #54 of 274 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferenceApp State 2021 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for App State. 2021: 1.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 35 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at App State, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202110 games

All-Sun Beltthird

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

App State

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

3 coaches

2017–2018

Scott Satterfield

App State

2019

Eli Drinkwitz

App State

era →

2020–2021

Shawn Clark

App State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz, and Shawn Clark. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017App State9-4HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2018App State11-2HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2019App State13-1HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy

2020App State9-3HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021App State10-4HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

72Quality starter #54 of 274?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (84th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#323 / 2743 · 84th pct

Sacks#704 / 2743 · 72nd pct

1.5

Tackles for loss#794 / 2743 · 69th pct

4.0

Tackles#1129 / 2743 · 58th pct

Solo tackles#1422 / 2743 · 47th pct

Passes defended#1695 / 2743 · 19th 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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Dowell Loggains

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #54 of 274 interior linemen

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	App State	35	16	4.0	1.5	--	--	--
2020	App State	31	9	4.0	2.5	--	--	--
2019	App State	29	10	1.5	0.0	1	--	--
2018	App State	21	9	3.5	1.5	--	--	--
2017	App State	5	1	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		121	45	15.0	6.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2021

W 30–27

vs Coastal Carolina

1 QB HUR · 1 TFL · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With C. Brice — 347 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.4 · 34 rush yds (5 car) · M. Williams — 8 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	L 23-25@ Miami	7	4	0.5	0.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 4	W 31-30vs Marshall	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 13-41@ Louisiana	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 30-27vs Coastal Carolina	5	2	1.5	1.5	—
Wk 9	W 59-28vs UL Monroe	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 48-14@ Arkansas State	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 31-7vs South Alabama	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 45-7@ Troy	2	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 27-3vs Georgia Southern	7	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 16-24@ Louisiana	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Total		33	15	4.0	1.5	—

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

Caleb Spurlin

202110 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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