Former cornerback at Buffalo. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′0″ · 210 lb · Tampa, FL
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 1826 nationally · Signed with Buffalo
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former cornerback at Buffalo. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Caleb Tate
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Caleb Tate has been at Buffalo through two head coaches in four seasons. The receipt: 1 tackles against Kent State — Week 14, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Buffalo, 32 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Lance Leipold → Maurice Linguist. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th 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
2024 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Lembo
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 at the early end of the ladder.
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 34-3vs Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 23-20@ Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-47@ UConn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-15vs Toledo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-20@ Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 43-7vs Kent State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Kendricks Gladney’s 2021 season.
Matches Kendricks on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Trey Rucker's sophomore season at Oklahoma State (2021).
Matches Trey on
Player DNA