#81

Caleb Wilson

Former tight end at UCLA. 2018: 60 catches, 965 receiving yards, 4 TD.

TE · UCLA · Jr. · #81

6′4″ · 235 lb · Gardena, CA

Arizona — drafted 2019, Rd 7, Pick 40, #254 overall

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 669 nationally · Signed with UCLA

Statement game15 rec · 208 ydsvs Texas A&M (FBS) · W 45-44

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at UCLA. 2018: 60 catches, 965 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UCLA in 2016.
Drafted round 7 by the Arizona in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UCLA, 1,675 receiving yards — drafted at #254 overall by Arizona.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20168 games

Signed with UCLA3-star out of Montgomery Bell Academy

2019

Drafted by Arizonaround 7, pick 254

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#669 national

CFB

College

UCLA

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #254

Arizona · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016–2017

Jim Mora

UCLA

2018

Chip Kelly

UCLA

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Mora → Chip Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ArizonaEntering 8th NFL season

#254Rd 7 · Pick 40

ArizonaEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016UCLA4-8HC: Jim Mora · Pass-leaning

2017UCLA6-7HC: Jim Mora · Pass-leaning

2018UCLA3-9HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (100th percentile). Strength: receptions (100th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#1 / 109 · 100th pct

965

Receptions#1 / 109 · 100th pct

Long catch#10 / 109 · 91st pct

Yards / catch#11 / 109 · 89th pct

16.1

Rec TDs#20 / 109 · 79th pct

Rush yards#6 / 18 · 61st pct

Rush TDs#4 / 18 · 42nd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.0	88.2	14.0	0.2
Road5g	4.8	87.2	20.1	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.6	67.0	13.9	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	6.2	105	19.1	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bob Chesney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	UCLA	60	965	16.1	4	--
2017	UCLA	38	490	12.9	1	--
2016	UCLA	16	220	13.8	0	--
Career		114	1,675	14.7	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2018

W 34–27

vs USC

4 rec · 63 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Kelley — 289 rush yds (40 car) · 2 TD · W. Speight — 166 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 22 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-26vs Cincinnati	4	36	9.0	0	16
Wk 2	L 21-49@ Oklahoma	4	92	23.0	0	65
Wk 5	L 16-38@ Colorado	2	13	6.5	0	9
Wk 6	L 24-31vs Washington	8	102	12.8	1	29
Wk 7	W 37-7@ California	5	92	18.4	0	46
Wk 8	W 31-30vs Arizona	6	82	13.7	0	20
Wk 9	L 10-41vs Utah	5	62	12.4	0	27
Wk 10	L 21-42@ Oregon	2	75	37.5	1	63
Wk 11	L 28-31@ Arizona State	11	164	14.9	2	33	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 34-27vs USC	4	63	15.8	0	29
Wk 13	L 42-49vs Stanford	9	184	20.4	0	66	Season-high 184 yds
Total		60	965	16.8	4	66

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