Caleb Bacon
Penn State Nittany Lions
85
Great

Caleb Bacon

Penn State Nittany LionsSolid
RDEDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Iowa State
2nd String / Backup

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Caleb Bacon is listed 2nd string at RDE for Penn State Nittany Lions.

Redshirt senior · #10 · 6'4", 242 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Penn State Nittany Lions

  1. 11987Yvan KemajouStarter
  2. 21085Caleb BaconYou
  3. 38961Jackson Ford

Penn State Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

This season: 68 tackles, 9.5 TFL, 3 sacks. That's 9% of the team's production at his spot and 92th-percentile production nationally — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Team Share9%Percentile92th
Lake Mills, IA
Jersey
#10
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'4"
Weight
242 lbs
Transfer
Iowa State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—689.53

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Why this rating?

On a 87-rated defense; 92th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.89 for competition level) put them +5 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
87
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 92% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 19% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.89)
Depth-chart adjustment
+5 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10LUSCTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-23

Oct 3LNUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-13

Sep 26LWISTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-20

Sep 19WBUFFTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 55-13

Sep 12WTEMTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-9

Sep 5WMRSHTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
5
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-0

Caleb Bacon's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

68 tkl · 9.5 TFL · 3 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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