Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 31-27@ Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#3
Landan Callahan
Sophomore cornerback on Duke's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 185 lb · Rural Hall, NC · Ronald Reagan
CFB Index 11 · #351 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Duke for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
ATH recruit
No. 826 nationally · Signed with Duke
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 cornerback on Duke's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Duke in 2024.
Landan Callahan
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. He has spent three seasons in the Duke secondary. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Illinois — Week 2, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with Duke3-star out of Reagan
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Duke
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Duke
Played his entire career under Manny Diaz.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Manny Diaz — 20-9 over that span.
2024Duke9-4HC: Manny Diaz · Pass-leaning
2025Duke9-5HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced
2026Duke2-0HC: Manny Diaz · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Low confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Manny Diaz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Part-time starter
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
11 · #351 of 364 corners
Three-star recruit. Now #351 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #19 of 19 ACC CBs
How the All-ACC estimate is computed
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 31–27
at Illinois
1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.
With W. Eget — 206 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.9 · -2 rush yds (1 car) · N. Sheppard — 147 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Duke
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Duke
Returning around him
- 3 Duke players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +2 net (19 in / 17 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Duke · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #69 · 2026 recruiting class #71
DNA match
Player DNA
Perimeter Tackler
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
CB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Deshawn Jones Jr’s 2022 season.
84%match
Matches Deshawn on
Class year
Tackle volume
Height
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Christian Bodnar's sophomore season at Liberty (2025).
Matches Christian on
Height
PD rate
Tackle volume
Differs from Christian on
Class year (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Landan Callahan
Background
2026: Returning starting cornerback ... has played in 17 career games with six starts … booked 43 tackles and two PBUs … tallied 3+ tackles in eight games, 5+ in four games and a career-high eight at Clemson in 2025 ... recorded a solo PBU versus NC State and Virginia in the ACC Championship Game...
The secondary · Duke
- #8DaShawn Stone86 tackles · 2025
- #2Patrick Smith-Young70 tackles · 2025
- #3Landan Callahan42 tackles · 2025
- #5Kimari Robinson34 tackles · 2025
- Dylan Flowers33 tackles · 2025
12 more on the roster · Duke team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology