With the Denver Broncos, 2021. Photo: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive back, Texas, 2018–⁠20

Caden Sterns

Number: No. 7
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 207 lb
Class (2020): Junior
Hometown: Cibolo, TX
Born: Nov 2, 1999

Caden Sterns played defensive back at Texas (2018–⁠20). The Denver Broncos took Sterns in round 5, No. 152 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Best season: 62; Tackles, 2018 (Texas, 10–⁠4)
Drafted: No. 152; Round 5, 2021 NFL Draft (Denver Broncos)

13tackles, career highvs. Iowa State, 2020 2interceptions, career highvs. TCU, 2018

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

10–⁠4AP 98–⁠5AP 257–⁠3AP 19

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
2018	Texas	62	46	3	1	4	4
2019	Texas	57	42	4	1	0	1
2020	Texas	52	30	1.5	0	1	3
Career		171	118	8.5	2	5	8

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	Texas	7	DB	Fr.
2019	Texas	7	DB	So.
2020	Texas	7	DB	Jr.	6′1″	207

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2020 Texas 7 games, 52 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 12	vs.UTEP	W 59–⁠3	4	0	0.5	0	1
Sep 26	atTexas Tech	W 63–⁠56	4	4	0	1	1
Oct 3	vs.TCU	L 31–⁠33	12	4	0	0	0
Oct 24	vs.Baylor	W 27–⁠16	5	2	0.5	0	0
Oct 31	atOklahoma State	W 41–⁠34	8	7	0	0	1
Nov 7	vs.West Virginia	W 17–⁠13	6	6	0	0	0
Nov 27	vs.Iowa State	L 20–⁠23	13	7	0.5	0	0

2019 Texas 8 games, 57 tackles, 1 sack

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Aug 31	vs.Louisiana Tech	W 45–⁠14	8	6	0	0	1
Sep 7	vs.LSU	L 38–⁠45	9	7	0	0	0
Sep 14	vs.Rice	W 48–⁠13	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 21	vs.Oklahoma State	W 36–⁠30	12	10	1	0	0
Nov 9	vs.Kansas State	W 27–⁠24	5	3	0	0	0
Nov 16	atIowa State	L 21–⁠23	8	7	2	1	0
Nov 23	atBaylor	L 10–⁠24	6	3	0	0	0
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Utah	W 38–⁠10	8	6	1	0	0

2018 Texas 13 games, 62 tackles, 1 sack, 4 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 1	vs.Maryland	L 29–⁠34	4	3	0	0	0	0
Sep 8	vs.Tulsa	W 28–⁠21	4	3	0.5	0	1	0
Sep 15	vs.USC	W 37–⁠14	2	1	0	0	0	1
Sep 22	vs.TCU	W 31–⁠16	5	2	0	0	2	0
Sep 29	atKansas State	W 19–⁠14	3	3	0	0	0	0
Oct 6	vs.Oklahoma	W 48–⁠45	7	6	0	0	0	0
Oct 13	vs.Baylor	W 23–⁠17	1	1	0	0	1	0
Oct 27	atOklahoma State	L 35–⁠38	7	4	0	0	0	0
Nov 3	vs.West Virginia	L 41–⁠42	6	5	0	0	0	0
Nov 10	atTexas Tech	W 41–⁠34	7	5	0	0	0	2
Nov 17	vs.Iowa State	W 24–⁠10	5	5	2	1	0	0
Nov 23	atKansas	W 24–⁠17	8	5	0.5	0	0	1
Dec 1	vs.Oklahoma	L 27–⁠39	3	3	0	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2021
Height	5′11⅞″
Weight	202 lb
Arm length	32⅛″
Hand size	9½″
40-yard dash	4.40 s
10-yard split	1.50 s
Vertical jump	42″
Broad jump	10′8″
Bench press	14 reps
3-cone drill	6.96 s
20-yard shuttle	4.13 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 17 games with a stat; latest team: Philadelphia Eagles.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2021	Denver Broncos	12	28	2	2
2022	Denver Broncos	5	16	0	2
NFL career		17	44	2	4

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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