Caleb Ashby

LBSeasons 2013–2016 (4)Games 415'10" · 222 lbsHometown Saline, Mich.High school Saline

All-American 2016

Second Team All-CCIW · 2015Player of the Week · 2015All-American · 2016First Team All-CCIW · 2016CCIW Player of the Year · 2016All-Region · 2016

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Tackles

231

12.0 sacks · 35.0 TFL · 5 INT

Points

2 TD

All-Time Rankings

Best career and season finishes (top 10) and single-game finishes (top 3) on computed leaderboards, 1999–2025

3rd Interception Return TDs · career · 2 5th Interception Return TDs · 2014 · 1 6th Solo Tackles · career · 134 6th Total Tackles · career · 231 7th Fumble Recoveries · career · 3 8th Tackles for Loss · career · 35.0 8th Sacks · 2016 · 10.0 9th Fumble Recoveries · 2014 · 2

Biography

From the official athletics bio

Career: Finished career with 231 career tackles including 35 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, and five interceptions including two returned for touchdowns.

2013: Played in four games for the Thunder his freshman year...seven tackles on the season...recorded four tackles against Albion University on Sept. 14.

2014: Appeared in all 12 games for the Thunder...named to D3football Team of the Week on Sept. 25...totalled 69 tackles including 9.5 tackles for loss...forced one fumble, recovered two fumbles and returned one interception for a touchdown...registered 12 tackles with one for loss, recovered a fumble and returned an interception for a touchdown against UW-Eau Claire on Sept. 20...had 10 tackles with 2.5 for loss against Augustana on Oct. 11.

2015: Second Team All-CCIW selection...CCIW Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 12...recorded 69 tackles including 9 tackles for loss and two sacs...forced and recovered one fumble...had three interceptions and 10 pass break-ups...blocked a kick, broke up four passes and had a season-high nine tackles including a sack at North Park on Oct. 3...had eight tackles, two for loss, and an interception against Augustana on Oct. 10...intercepted a pass and had 1.5 tackles for loss against Lakeland in the first round of the NCAA Playoffs.

2016: Named a finalist for the Cliff Harris Award...First Team All-American selection by D3football.com...First Team All-North Region selection by D3football.com...Don Larson CCIW Defensive Player of the Year...First Team All-CCIW selection...started all 13 games, recording 86 tackles including 16.5 tackles for loss and 10 sacks...had four pass breakups and one interception...returned an interception for a touchdown and recorded a sack at Illinois Wesleyan on Oct. 1...had a season-high 14 tackles in Division III quarterfinals at Mary Hardin-Baylor on Dec. 3...had two sacks in consecutive games against North Park and Augustana.

High school: Two-year starter...All-Conference honoree...team defensive MVP...all-area honors.

Major: Psychology

Season by Season

All-Purpose Yards

Season ▴	G	IR	Yds	Yds/G
2014	12	52	52	4.3
2015	12	0	0	0.0
2016	13	33	33	2.5
Career	37	85	85	2.3

Scoring

Season ▴	TD	Pts
2014	1	6
2016	1	6
Career	2	12

Defense

Season ▴	GP	Solo	Ast	Tot	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	QBH	FF	FR	Blk
2013	4	5	2	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	12	41	28	69	9.5	0.0	1	1	0	1	2	0
2015	12	41	28	69	9.0	2.0	3	10	1	1	1	1
2016	13	47	39	86	16.5	10.0	1	4	6	0	0	0
Career	41	134	97	231	35.0	12.0	5	15	7	2	3	1

Interceptions

Season ▴	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2014	1	52	52.0	1	52
2015	3	0	0.0	0	0
2016	1	33	33.0	1	33
Career	5	85	17.0	2	52

Game Logs

From box scores, 1999–2025

Date ▴	Opponent	Solo	Ast	Tot	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	QBH	FF	FR	Blk
Sep 14, 2013	Albion College	4	0	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 21, 2013	Luther College	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 2, 2013	Millikin University	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 16, 2013	North Park University	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 6, 2014	Coe College	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 13, 2014	Kalamazoo College	5	1	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Sep 20, 2014	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	7	5	12	1.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 4, 2014	North Park University	2	4	6	1.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 11, 2014	Augustana College (IL)	8	2	10	2.5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 18, 2014	Millikin University	2	3	5	0.5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 25, 2014	North Central College	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 1, 2014	Elmhurst University	2	1	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 8, 2014	Illinois Wesleyan University	4	3	7	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 15, 2014	Carthage College	4	1	5	2.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 22, 2014	Benedictine University	2	5	7	0.5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 29, 2014	John Carroll University	3	1	4	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 5, 2015	Coe College	2	5	7	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 12, 2015	Adrian College	1	1	2	0.5	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 19, 2015	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	4	2	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 3, 2015	North Park University	3	6	9	1.0	1.0	0	4	0	0	0	1
Oct 10, 2015	Augustana College (IL)	6	2	8	2.0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 17, 2015	Millikin University	3	1	4	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 24, 2015	North Central College	4	0	4	1.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 31, 2015	Elmhurst University	4	1	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Nov 7, 2015	Illinois Wesleyan University	4	2	6	1.5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 14, 2015	Carthage College	6	2	8	1.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 21, 2015	Lakeland University	1	1	2	1.5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 28, 2015	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	3	5	8	0.5	0.0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Sep 3, 2016	Benedictine University	4	3	7	1.0	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Sep 10, 2016	Kalamazoo College	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Sep 17, 2016	Carthage College	6	2	8	1.0	0.0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Sep 24, 2016	Elmhurst University	1	4	5	1.5	1.5	0	0	1	0	0	0
Oct 1, 2016	Illinois Wesleyan University	2	3	5	2.0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 8, 2016	Millikin University	4	2	6	1.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 15, 2016	North Central College	4	2	6	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 22, 2016	North Park University	5	3	8	2.0	2.0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Nov 5, 2016	Augustana College (IL)	4	3	7	2.0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 12, 2016	Carroll University	4	4	8	1.5	0.5	0	0	1	0	0	0
Nov 19, 2016	Huntingdon College	2	2	4	2.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 26, 2016	North Central College	4	2	6	1.5	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 3, 2016	University of Mary Hardin-Baylor	6	8	14	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Date ▴	Opponent	No	Yds	Long
Sep 20, 2014	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	1	52	52
Sep 12, 2015	Adrian College	1	0	0
Oct 10, 2015	Augustana College (IL)	1	0	0
Nov 21, 2015	Lakeland University	1	0	0
Oct 1, 2016	Illinois Wesleyan University	1	33	33

Roster History

Season	#	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt	Hometown	High School
2013	52	OLB	Freshman	5'9"	213 lbs	Saline, Mich.	Saline
2014	52	LB	Sophomore	5'9"	217 lbs	Saline, Mich.	Saline
2015	52	LB	Junior	5'9"	217 lbs	Saline, Mich.	Saline
2016	52	LB	Senior	5'10"	222 lbs	Saline, Mich.	Saline