Notre Dame · L 13-35
5 tackles
The other 7 games average 8 tackles. This one was 3 below.
Coleman Cauley
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Three seasons in the Navy linebacker corps to date. First career honor, 2025: AAC Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 11 tackles against Air Force — Week 5, 2026.
63 tackles · 2 sacks
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
63 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Last game (Wk 9): 5 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-15vs Towson | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-38@ Florida Atlantic | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-24@ UAB | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 9-14@ Air Force | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 34-26vs Tulsa | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 34-38@ UTSA | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 39-49vs North Texas | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-35vs No. 5 Notre Dame | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 35 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Oct. 31 · L 13-35 vs Notre Dame, play by play
5 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, 2 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Navy’s defense played that day
9 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
8 tackles, including 1 sack. He hurried the quarterback twice.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 9 for him; the box score credits 8.
Sacked the quarterback for a 1-yard loss. Third quarter, down 24-20.
10 tackles. The pressure he forced on 4th and 11 ended Tulsa’s drive (downs).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 11 for him; the box score credits 10.
Hurried the quarterback on 4th and 11. Fourth quarter, up 34-26. Ended Tulsa’s drive (downs).
11 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
7 tackles, including 1 sack.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 7-yard loss. Third quarter, up 20-17.
8 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
5 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 4 of his 5, sacks included.
Ratings of the games shown run from -10 to +25 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
63tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups63 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
3 seasons under Brian Newberry — 23-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 8.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 8.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 8.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Newberry
Pass share
18.6%
96 pass / 420 run
Plays / game
64.5
8 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
114 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2026
63 tackles in 8 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #22 of 61 American Athletic LBs
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%).
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Brian Newberry.
