#53

Caleb Taylor

Former defensive tackle at Kansas. 2024: 1 sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.

DT · Kansas · Sr. · #53

6′4″ · 315 lb · Kansas City, MO

CFB Index 67 · #75 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceKansas 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 1608 nationally · Signed with Kansas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive tackle at Kansas. 2024: 1 sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kansas, 50 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20203 games

Signed with Kansas3-star out of Staley

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1608 national

CFB

College

Kansas

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020

Les Miles

Kansas

2021–2024

Lance Leipold

Kansas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Lance Leipold. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Kansas0-9HC: Les Miles · Run-leaning

2021Kansas2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

2022Kansas6-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Kansas9-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

67Quality starter #75 of 285?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (14th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#682 / 2892 · 75th pct

4.5

QB hurries#585 / 2892 · 74th pct

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles#2149 / 2892 · 25th pct

Solo tackles#2420 / 2892 · 14th 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	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.2
Road6g	2.2	0.5	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.3	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #75 of 285 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #75 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Kansas	18	7	4.5	1.0	3	--	--
2023	Kansas	6	3	1.5	0.5	1	--	--
2022	Kansas	9	2	1.0	0.5	--	--	--
2021	Kansas	14	8	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Kansas	3	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		50	21	9.0	2.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2024

W 17–13

at BYU

1 SOLO · 2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With J. Daniels — 169 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.0 · 15 rush yds (10 car) · D. Greaves — 41 AVG · 47 LONG · 3 NO

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 17-23@ Illinois	3	0	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 3	L 20-23vs UNLV	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 28-32@ West Virginia	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 27-38vs TCU	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 31-35@ Arizona State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 42-14vs Houston	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 27-29@ Kansas State	2	2	2.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 45-36vs Iowa State	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 17-13@ BYU	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 17-45@ Baylor	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		18	7	4.5	1.0	—	3

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

Caleb Taylor

20203 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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