STRENGTHS
Caleb is a lengthy, long legged, complete Tight End with excellent hands to catch the ball deeper down the field than the average Tight End. His in-line pass blocking techniques are excellent using his long arms and lateral agility to stifle the pass rush of any Edge Rusher. Caleb has excellent hands and is quick off the line into his routes. He has solid run after the catch skills using a stiff arm to his advantage keeping tacklers off those long legs to pick up first downs. Caleb can block in space like an H-back of be used on the line of scrimmage. Because of his size when used in the slot he is a matchup nightmare. He has the speed to out run most Linebackers and the size to use his body as a shield against defensive backs. In the red zone because of his athleticism he can be lined up inside or outside to catch touchdowns on fade routes or across the middle on slants. Caleb is a pass catching Tight End who is a willing blocker and a good blocker and that’s the definition of a complete Tight End.
CONCERNS
Caleb will have to gain better mental stamina and physical strength to become the impact player his talents suggest. When he blocks he needs to stay with his blocks longer and finish both running routes and blocking better than he does right now. He tends to give up on both too quickly. Caleb’s medicals will need to be investigated and could be a reason for his lack of finishing.
TALENT BOARD ROUND 2.03
The physical strength that Caleb needs to increase to become the impact player his talents suggest should not be hard to accomplish. The mental stamina he needs to develop to finish his blocks and finish running his routes will be the key to how well he can improve at the next level and continue to impact as he did at the college level. Caleb has the talent to be an excellent and complete Tight End but not giving up on run blocks, especially sweeps around his side will dictate his ability to stay on the field and get the needed three down repetitions to impact. I like his quickness off the line and the ability to get into his routes and that separates him from most tight ends and makes him very dangerous on third downs. Mental toughness is the type of skill you either have or you don’t have. It’s not something you can develop. Caleb seems to have the mental toughness but lacks the mental stamina and those are two different skills. Mental stamina can be developed and the lack of it is sometimes is attributed to the lack of the CORRECT physical strength and physical stamina to compete. Sometimes this is because of medical reasons so teams will have to do their homework and if there are no issues than putting Caleb with NFL trainers should do the trick and help Caleb to reach his full potential.
