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2024 Football Roster

Troy L. Sayles

1 Caleb Curtain

1 Caleb Curtain

  • Position:
    Defensive Back
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Greensboro, N.C.
  • Highschool:
    Grimsley
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-1 / 196

Summary

Biography

2024 (RS Junior):
  • First Team All-American by Phil Steele
  • Second Team All-American by Stats Perform
  • CAA Chuck Boone Leadership Award recipient
  • Nominee for the AFCA Good Works Team
  • First team All-CAA safety and Phil Steele first team All-CAA
  • Doris Robinson Award finalist and semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy
  • Team captain
  • Started all 12 games for the Phoenix
  • Led Elon with 75 tackles, 11 passes defended and two interceptions
  • Added 4.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and a quarterback hurry
  • Twice had double-digit tackle totals, including a season-high 12 in a win over Campbell
  • Had an interception and four passes defended at Duke to open the season
  • Recorded 11 tackles against Richmond
  • Had 1.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sack at Hampton
  • Had a sack and three pass breakups against New Hampshire
  • Picked off a pass in the end zone and returned it 16 yards in a win over Maine
  • Stats Perform and Phil Steele First Team Preseason All-American
  • FCS Football Central Second Team Preseason All-American
  • CAA Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and preseason all-conference
  • Phil Steele CAA Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and preseason first team all-conference
  • Named to the Buck Buchanan preseason watch list, given to the best defensive player in FCS Football
  • Named the top returning safety in the CAA by HeroSports prior to the season and a top ten returning safety in all of FCS by FCS Football Central
  • Nominee for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team
  • Nominee for the William V. Campbell Trophy, given to the college football player with the best combination of academics, on-field production and community service

2023 (RS Sophomore):
  • Named Second Team All-American by FCS Stats Perform, the AFCA, the Associated Press and Phil Steele
  • First Team All-CAA
  • Phil Steele First Team All-CAA
  • Started all 11 games at the bandit position
  • Led the team with 80 tackles and 54 solo tackles. Added 6.5 for loss and 4.5 sacks.
  • Had a team-best four interceptions (No. 13 nationally), tied for team-high honors with two fumbles recovered (No. 21 nationally) and had six pass break-ups
  • Opened the season with a bang, returning an interception 50 yards for a touchdown at Wake Forest
  • Had double-digit tackle totals three times, including a career-best 12 at Villanova
  • Had a career-best 1.5 tackles for loss at Wake Forest
  • Recovered fumbles in back-to-back weeks at Villanova and home against Monmouth
  • Named CAA Defensive Player of the Week after recording 11 tackles and a sack in a 14-6 win over William & Mary
  • Had six tackles, an interception, and two pass break-ups against North Carolina A&T
  • Had five tackles, an interception, a fumble recovery and two pass break-ups against Monmouth
  • Had at least four tackles in all 11 games
  • Has at least one tackle in 15 straight games dating back to the 2022 season

2022 (Redshirt Freshman):
  • Played in 11 games for Elon
  • Finished the season with 12 tackles, 11 of which were solo, along with a sack, an interception, and a pass break-up
  • Had a sack and a pass break-up in the win over UAlbany
  • Closed the first half of the Delaware game with an interception and 12-yard return
  • Had a season-high five tackles at New Hampshire

2021 (Freshman):
  • Played in four games
  • Finished the year with four tackles
  • Had a career-best two tackles in the win over Rhode Island to close out the season

High School:
  • Posted 611 receiving yards and eight touchdowns
  • Also had 354 return yards
  • On defense, recorded 45 tackles and two interceptions
  • 2020-21 4A state champions
  • 2021 Game of Inches Defensive Player of the Year, High School OT Defensive Player of the Year, Metro 4A All-Conference, and 4A first team all-state
  • Team captain
Personal:
  • Full name is Caleb Lawson Curtain
  • Son of Eugene and Belinda Curtain
  • Two brothers, Jalen and Isaiah 
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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 185 lbs
  • 31

    2021Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'1" 181 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    Linebacker/Defensive Back
    6'1" 193 lbs
    31
  • 1

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    6'1" 191 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2024Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Back
    6'1" 196 lbs
    1
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