Caleb Wooden is a defensive back at Arkansas who has not played in Arkansas's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Arkansas lists 27 defensive backs this season.
Arkansas is 3-5. Next: at Auburn, Sat Nov 7.
Wooden plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Cadillac Williams, Hugh Freeze and Sam Pittman. A game that shows it: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Auburn — Week 9, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-7vs Alabama A&M | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-14vs Arkansas State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 35-41@ No. 17 Ole Miss | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-32@ Memphis | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-56vs No. 22 Notre Dame | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-34@ No. 12 Tennessee | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 42-45vs No. 4 Texas A&M | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-33vs Auburn | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 35-38vs Mississippi State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 12 | L 22-23@ LSU | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 37-52@ No. 17 Texas | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-31vs Missouri | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 39 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%3 TFL59 tackles · 3 for loss · 3 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sam Pittman
Pass share
48.8%
381 pass / 400 run
Plays / game
65.1
12 games
Team sack rate
6.5%
417 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
59 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #282 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #35 of 57 SEC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
6 coachesPlayed for 6 head coaches at 2 schools: Bryan Harsin, Cadillac Williams, Hugh Freeze, Sam Pittman, Bobby Petrino and Ryan Silverfield.
