Chris Calhoun: DL · Wake Forest · #51.
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Chris Calhoun
Wins the gap play after play. Four seasons in the Wake Forest defensive front to date. One game to point at: 12 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Tulane — Week 1, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 38 | 18 | 4.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 21 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 12 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2015 | Wake Forest | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 71 | 34 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-17@ Tulane | 12 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 51-20vs Towson | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 34-41vs Boston College | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-56vs No. 8 Notre Dame | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-24vs Rice | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-63vs No. 4 Clemson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-38@ Florida State | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 56-35@ Louisville | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-41vs No. 22 Syracuse | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-23@ No. 22 NC State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-34vs Pittsburgh | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 37-34vs Memphis | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 18 | 4.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Week 1 · 2018
W 23-17
at Tulane
1 tackle for loss · 12 tackles · 8 solo tackles
A close one, won by 6 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
8%3 hurries38 tackles · 4 for loss.
4 seasons under Dave Clawson — 25-26 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
41.6%
441 pass / 620 run
Plays / game
81.6
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
479 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
38 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Wake Forest, 1 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Clawson.
