Caleb Downs
Dallas CowboysPos S
Updated September 3, 2026
Draft & College
Round 1, pick 11 · Dallas Cowboys · 2026
Ohio State (Big Ten)
Taken
#11
where he actually went
Consensus board
6th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our board
4th
where we had him ranked
Our college model
#14
among S in our college data
He went about where consensus had him.
In college · 2023-2025 · 38 games
6 INT, 10 pass breakups, 256 tackles, 16 TFL
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 220 players taken as a late first-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 70% earned a second contract and 72% became starters. The median one started 58 career games.