#19

Caliph Brice

Senior linebacker for Florida Atlantic. 2021: 58 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Florida Atlantic · Sr. · #19

6′2″ · 210 lb · Rock Hill, SC

CFB Index 43 · #355 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceFlorida Atlantic 2021 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Florida Atlantic. 2021: 58 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Florida Atlantic, 141 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Florida Atlantic

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

2 coaches

2019

Lane Kiffin

Florida Atlantic

2020–2021

Willie Taggart

Florida Atlantic

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Lane Kiffin → Willie Taggart. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Florida Atlantic11-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced

2020Florida Atlantic5-4HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2021Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

43Rotational starter #355 of 578?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (96th percentile). Strength: tackles (84th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#97 / 2743 · 96th pct

Tackles#441 / 2743 · 84th pct

Solo tackles#813 / 2743 · 69th pct

Tackles for loss#914 / 2743 · 64th pct

3.5

Sacks#1293 / 2743 · 50th pct

0.5

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th 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 · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	5.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road4g	8.0	0.9	0.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+3g	5.0	1.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Zach Kittley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

43 · #355 of 578 LBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Florida Atlantic	58	25	3.5	0.5	1	--	--
2020	Florida Atlantic	55	23	5.0	1.5	--	--	--
2019	Florida Atlantic	28	11	1.0	1.0	--	1	--
Career		141	59	9.5	3.0	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 45–14

vs Fordham

1 QB HUR · 4 SOLO · 6 TOT

Dominant 31-point win at home against Fordham.

With N. Perry — 278 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.3 · 29 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · M. Hayball — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 45 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 14-35@ Florida	10	3	0.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 2	W 38-6vs Georgia Southern	8	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 45-14vs Fordham	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 7-31@ Air Force	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 58-21vs Florida International	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 14-31@ UAB	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 38-9@ Charlotte	10	7	3.5	0.5	—	0	3.5 TFL
Wk 9	W 28-25vs UTEP	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 17-27vs Middle Tennessee	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		58	25	3.5	0.5	—	1

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

Caliph Brice

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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