Caleb Melton

Height:
6-3
Weight:
235
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Placerville, CA
High School:
El Dorado HS

Expected to back up the defensive tackles at Cal Poly this fall.

2016 -- Played in all 12 games as a reserve defensive lineman and on special teams ... secured one solo tackle in regular-season game against San Diego ... made three tackles in 2017 Spring Game.

2015 -- Redshirt ... made one tackle, a sack, in 2016 Spring Game.

American River College -- Played two years on the defensive line and helped Beavers to 10-2 overall record and NorCal Conference title in 2014.

High School -- Earned All-Sierra Valley Conference honors as both a junior and senior at El Dorado High School in Placerville ... a tight end and defensive end ... caught 31 passes as a senior and made 27 tackles, including four sacks ... also competed in track and field, placing third in the league finals in both the shot put and discus as a senior ... personal best of 45-2 1/2 in shot put helped Cougars to league title all four years ... member of 4-H for nine years and worked on the family farm called Kids Inc ... chose to transfer to Cal Poly because "multiple family members have attended here."

Personal -- Son of Tom Melton and Mary Watkins ... one brother, Drew, and one sister, Hannah ... wants to be a high school teacher and football coach ... grew up on an apple farm ... born July 25, 1995, in Placerville, Calif. ... majoring in anthropology and geography.